Portfolio PDF Thomas Straub

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1 Portfolio PDF Thomas Straub

2 Vita 1976 born in Villingen (Black Forest), Germany Woodcarvingschool in Oberammergau, Bavaria graduation with state price Academy of Fine Arts Nürnberg Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe 2005 Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki Masterstudent of Prof. Harald Klingelhöller MFA at Glasgow School of Art lives and works in Cologne, Germany Scholarships and Awards DAAD Postgraduate-Scholarship at Glasgow School of Art Art Award of the Stiftung Christliche Kunst, Wittenberg - Debutant Promotion of the state Baden-Württemberg Project Promotion of the state Nordrhein-Westfalen Project Promotion of the state Nordrhein-Westfalen Exhibitions, Solo (selected) in progress, Kunstzelle im WUK, Vienna, Austria The Inner Half Herimitage, Simultanhalle, Cologne untitled (Rorschach Test), 2013, Case Study, Hannover - The Votive Square Fire, Bruch & Dallas, Cologne Katalog Release, V8 Plattform, Karlsruhe - 90 Epitaph, Roxy Theater, Basel, Schwitzerland - Grafic Works, Bischofsetage, EKD, Berlin Debutant Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe - Instrument, St.Matthäus-Kirche, Kulturforum, Berlin - antiplastic, Badischer Kunstverein (Lichthof), Karlsruhe Rigorose Dämmerung, Galerie Tinderbox, Hamburg Billboard (at the end there...), McLellan Gallery, Glasgow, UK - Ursprung eines Endes, Projektraum Mayerei, Karlsruhe - In the beginning there is Darkness, Goethe Institut, Glasgow, UK Skeptizismus, Galerie Tinderbox, Hamburg gemeiner Alltag, Mintrop 11, Düsseldorf

3 Exhibitions, Group (selected) hagulane, Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen untitled (Skull), Kabinett Jakobistraße 5, Hannover - 8 Jahre V8, V8 Plattform, Karlsruhe journey without a map, Galerie Marion Scharmann, Cologne - re.turn, former AEG Hall 17, Nürnberg - Acquisition of the state BW, Kunst Museum Singen - Aktzeichnen ungelöst, V8 Plattform, Karlsruhe bigness as usual, V8 Plattform, Karlsruhe the absence of myth, former monastery, Obermarchtal oil on canvas, former AEG Hall 15, Nürnberg - Realisation of the exhibition architecture for Printed Matter with Daniel Wogenstein after a concept of Gareth Long for the PS1 New York, USA - Aus der Tiefe des Raumes, Institut Rheinumschlag, Düsseldorf - 6 Rooms on view, HBC Alexanderplatz, Berlin - A Part Apart, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt/Main - Archeologie Contemporaine, Projektraum V8, Karlsruhe Yesterday Today Tomorrow, Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood, Kunstverein Glasgow, UK Into it, Kunstverein Hildesheim - Masterstudent exhibition, Kunsthalle Mannheim - Ernte 06, Kunsthalle Baselland, Basel, Switzerland - Bodenkontakt, Galerie Tinderbox, Hamburg Cropped, Galerie FiggevonRosen, Cologne - S/W, Projectspace Bellstreet, Wien, Austria - Gegenstände, Badischen Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe - 9th Skulpterdays of the Baltic Sea Countries, Kellokoski, Finland - Von mir aus, Galerie MeyerRiegger, Karlsruhe Situated Self, Artmuseum Tennispalatsi, Helsinki, Finland

4 Installation view of the exhibition The Inner Half Hermitage at Simultanhalle, Cologne Eremitage, 2014 aluminium telescopic tubes and swivel coupler; 375 x 560 x 210 cm

5 Installation view of the exhibition The Inner Half Hermitage at Simultanhalle, Cologne Provisorische Wand, 2014 wood skeleton wedged into the architecture, found cardboards, tape; 915 x 565 x 10 cm

6 Installation view of the exhibition hagulane at Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, South Germany Parallel Moonrise (Vier Beleuchtungsstative), 2014 aluminium, plastic, neon tubes, electr. components, sandbags; 215 x 370 x 300 cm

7 Aureole (Fragment), 2014 wood covered with beaten gold on Polimentground, aluminium; 115 x 220 x 30 cm

8 untitled (Holbeingruppe, # 5/5), sheets, Edition 100; opaque white and charcoal on A3 photocopy, screenprint with Jade powder and transperent lacquer on paper; 42 x 29,7 cm

9 untitled (Rorschach Test), 2013 carved and sanded Lime wood, dry Elder branch; 140 x 90 x 50 cm

10 The Votive Square Fire (Videostill), 2013 a videoset for a postarchaic custom; aluminium stands with neon tubes, electr. components, six bale of straw; soundtrack by Joe Lally (ex-fugazi) Video 15 50

11 Installation view of the exhibition The Votive Square Fire at Bruch und Dallas, Cologne Vier Beleuchtungsstative, 2013 aluminium, plastic, neon tubes, electr. components; 350 x 350 x cm

12 Installation view of the exhibition The Votive Square Fire at Bruch und Dallas, Cologne Vier Beleuchtungsstative, 2013 aluminium, plastic, neon tubes, electr. Components; 350 x 350 x cm Provisorische Wände, 2013 wood skeleton wedged into the architecture, construction foil; A: 520 x 250 cm, B: 370 x 250 cm, C: 410 x 280 cm

13 Installation view at the disused neo-classicism Torhaus in Schwäbisch Gmünd, South Germany The Hut / Die Hütte, 2012 the construction is only wedged into the architecture, the circle line is carved into the boards; painted pine wood; 582 x 927 cm

14 untitled (Icon, after van Gogh), 2012 beaten gold on Polimentground and charcoal on A3 foto copy; framed 35 x 47 cm

15 Installation view of the exhibition re.turn in the former AEG-Hall 20, Nürnberg Billboard, 2010 the letters are carved into the boards; painted pine wood; 840 x 650 x 320 cm

16 Installation view of the Debütantenausstellung at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe Lightning Structure, 2010 aluminium, 400W HQI spot lights; 300 x 170 x 56 cm

17 Installation view of the Debütantenausstellung at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe Primary Model, 2010 wedged into the architecture; construction foil, wood, sheet steel; 443 x 443 cm

18 SDR I, 2011 a window frame into a window frame with sliding lid stained maple, glass, lacquered HDF; 52,6 x 65,5 x 5 cm

19 Installation view in the courtyard of the former monastery Obermarchtal, South Germany Billboard, 2010 the letters are carved into the boards; painted pine wood; 840 x 650 x 320 cm

20 Installation view in the courtyard of the former monastery Obermarchtal, South Germany Billboard, 2010 the letters are carved into the boards; painted pine wood; 840 x 650 x 320 cm

21 Installation view in the courtyard of the former monastery Obermarchtal, South Germany Billboard (Backside), 2010 painted pine wood; 840 x 650 x 320 cm

22 Installation view of the exhibition antiplastic at Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe Provisorische Wand (mit Überhang), 2010 wood skeleton wedged into the architecture, cardboard, tape; 527 x 552 x 312 cm

23 Installation view of the exhibition antiplastic at Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe f.l.t.r. Provisorische Wand (mit Überhang), 2010 wood skeleton wedged into the architecture, cardboard, tape; 527 x 552 x 312 cm Vier Standleuchten, 2009 neon tubes, electric components, maple branchs, steel, wheels; each 275 x 110 x 110 cm Schwarzes Quadrat, 2009 pencil on Polimentground on a found paper; framed 80 x 80 cm

24 Installation view of the exhibition antiplastic at Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe f.l.t.r. o.t. (Rorschach Test), 2010 Lime wood carved and sanded, dry pine tree; 120 x 120 x 60 cm Kreisaura (12 ), 2010 Polimentground and colored pencil on black cardboard; framed 47 x 47 cm

25 Kreisaura, 2010 Polimentground and pencil on transparentpaper; framed 51 x 51 cm

26 Installation view of the exhibition Rigorose Dämmerung at Tinderbox Gallery, Hamburg f.l.t.r. Vier Standleuchten, 2009 neon tubes, electric components, maple branchs, steel, wheels; each 275 x 110 x 110 cm Schwarzes Quadrat, 2009 pencil on Polimentground on a found paper; framed 80 x 80 cm

27 Schwarzes Quadrat, 2009 pencil on Polimentground on a found paper; framed 80 x 80 cm

28 o.t. (Rorschach Test), 2009 found Elder branch, Lime wood carved and sanded; 110 x 100 x 30 cm

29 Skull (Icon, after Warhol), 2009 beaten gold on Polimentground on A3 foto copy; framed 40 x 52 cm

30 Große Trage, 2008 steel, skin colored varnish, wood, Resopal board; 270 x 30 x 90 cm

31 Illumination (Videostill), 2008 an artifical set to clarify a metaphysical problem; 6`10 Loop

32 Installationview of the exhibition Billboard at McLellan Gallery, Glasgow/UK Billboard, 2008 A kind of turning the first sentence of the Bibel (Genesis, creation mythology) In the beginning there was darkness into future tense. wood, card board, acrylic paint, gaffa tape, sand bags; 720 x 440 x 140 cm

33 Installation view of the exhibition At the beginning there is darkness, Goethe Institut Glasgow Thornbush, 2008 scratch drawing on window; acrylic paint; 215 x 250 cm

34 Installation view of the exhibition Skeptizismus, Tinderbox Gallery, Hamburg f.l.t.r. Große Aureole, 2007 wood, beaten gold, poliment, steel; 280 x 156 x 30 cm Provisorische Wand, 2007 wood skeleton wedged between floor and ceiling, cardboard, tape; 650 x 265 cm Trage, 2007 steel varnished, wood, Resopal board; 176 x 61 x 42 cm

35 Große Aureole, 2007 wood covered with beaten gold on Polimentground, steel; 280 x 156 x 30 cm

36 Installation view of the exihibition Skeptizismus at Tinderbox Gallery, Hamburg f.l.t.r. untitled (Hochaltar), 2007 MDF, steel, Plexi glas, neon tubes; 270 x 210 x 120 cm Provisorische Wand, 2007 wood skeleton wedged between floor and ceiling, card board, tape; 650 x 265 cm

37 Installation view on the landroad close to Matti Salminen s Farm, Linjatie 551, Kellokoski, Finland; Black Billboard, 2006 The lines of the Eightstar are carved into the boards; nordish pinewood, black acrylic paint; 400 x 500 cm

38 Installation view on the landroad close to Matti Salminen s Farm, Linjatie 551, Kellokoski, Finland; Black Billboard, 2006 The lines of the Eightstar are carved into the boards; nordish pinewood, black acrylic paint; 400 x 500 cm