CURRICULUM VITAE
"My painting is based on a primordial soup of life made of water, salt and carbon"
Judith Sturm was born in 1973 in Saarlouis, south-west Germany on the border with France and Luxembourg. She lives and works in Mallorca.
Already in early childhood she discovered her love for art and won four painting competitions during her school days.
Two stays in the USA, in 2006 and 2008 in the printing workshop of the well-known master printer Erika Greenberg-Schneider in Tampa, Florida, decisively shaped Judith Sturm's graphic work. In 2005, the master student of Prof. Baumgarten developed her own unmistakable signature in her painting.
An important meaning in Judith Sturm's work is the lower layer of the painted canvas; only in later work steps does the artist cover these with further colors, but the differentiated pink and salmon-colored underpainting on many layers of chalk ground remains transparent. It is a form of non-representational painting, a treatment of the picture's surface with liquefied paint sprinkled with salt. This gives Sturm's work a special painterly liveliness, which forms a contrast to the linear, outline-like passages in the figurative representations - and thus a strangeness in the thoroughly familiar.
Dr. Peter Funken, Berlin on Judith Sturm's work.
In their poses, the bodies of young women and men depicted by Judith Sturm appear seductive, almost erotic, yet their images simultaneously deal with injury and damage. Not only is their skin reddened, the figures also lack their heads, and due to the compositions and image cuts, other body parts are not depicted either. The permanent headlessness is a reduction consciously staged by the artist, which directs the gaze to the bodies - to curved hips, breasts, and slender legs - as well as to tightly fitting briefs, bikinis, and T-shirts, which certainly emphasize an erotic, self-confident radiance.
However, the flesh-colored parts of the bodies are not only recognizable as skin surfaces, but in many works they form the lower layer of the painted canvas; only in later steps does the artist cover them with further colors, but the differentiated pink and salmon background remains translucently recognizable. It is a form of non-representational painting, a treatment of the picture surface with liquefied paint into which salt was sprinkled, which later suggests the irregular reddening of the skin surfaces. This gives Sturm's works a special painterly liveliness, which formulates a contrast to the linear, outline passages in the body representations - and thus a strangeness in the thoroughly familiar. One could say - to speak with Dylan Thomas - that this type of painting is, among other things, also an "adventure in skin matters".
Training | Career
- 2023 Curator Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2022 Restorer Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2020 Ambassador Federal Association Children's Hospice | Germany
- 2019 - 2021 Curator PHW Exhibitions - Palma Majorca | Spain
- 2017 Artist in residence - Majorca | Spain
- 2008 Artist in residence (Monotype/Etching) Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
- 2006 Artist in residence (Monotype/Etching) Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
- 2014 - 2020 Art auctions "Im Kinsky" - Vienna | Austria
- 2013 Admission to the Order of the Knights of St. Stanislaus - Vienna | Austria
- 2012 - 2016 Member BBK Berlin - Berlin| Germany
- 2009 - today Member Saarländisches Künstlerhaus - Saarbrücken | Germany
- 2010 - 2013 Founder artspace raum82 - Berlin | Germany
- 2009 Culture project „Insight vs Outlook“ - Hangzhou & Shanghai | China
- 2002 - today Freelance artist stations: Saarbruck - Berlin - Vienna - Manacor - Porto Cristo - Artà - Costa de la Calma
- 2002 Master student of Prof. Bodo Baumgarten HbK Saar - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2000 Diploma in fine arts with distinction HbK Saar - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1997 - 2000 Founding member of the O.T. Producers Gallery - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1995 Artist in residence (paper cut / water colours) Kilmurry House - Thomastown | Ireland
- 1994 – 2002 Art studies at the HbK Saar at Prof. Sigurd Rompza | Prof. Bodo Baumgarten | Prof. Wolfgang Nestler - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1994 General high school diploma - Saarbruck | Germany
Art Awards - Grants
- 2020 EM Design Award London | UK
- 2007 Nomination for the Robert Schuman Art Prize - Trier | Deutschland
- 2006 Individual funding from the Saarland Ministry of Culture - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2000 Grant from the city of Saarbruck - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1999 Culture Prize S.B.S. EV of the City of Saarlouis - Saarlouis | Germany
- 1998 2nd prize Deutsche Bank Cultural Foundation - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1990 Air is Life - 20th International Youth Competition - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1989 Storck advancement prize of imagination - Halle, Westfalen | Germany
Memberships
- 2023 Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe | Germany
- 2023 Kunstverein Germersheim - Germersheim | Germany
- 2023 Böblinger Kunstverein - Böblingen | Germany
- 2023 Gmünder Kunstverein - Schwäbisch Gmünd | Germany
- 2012 - 2016 BBK Berlin - Berlin | Germany
- 2009 Saarländisches Künstlerhaus - Saarbrücken | Germany
Art Fairs
- 2024 WIKAM 24 Gallery Art Moments - Vienna | Austria
- 2023 Spectrum Miami Art Fair Gallery Artbox - Miami, Florida| USA
- 2017 fig bilbao Galeria Espai d'Art - Bilbao | Spain
- 2012 Artstage Singapore Berliner Kunstkontakter - Singapore | Singapore
- 2007 bridge ArtFair miami 07 Bleu Acier - Miami, Florida | USA
- 2006 bridge ArtFair miami 06 Bleu Acier - Miami, Florida | USA
Private and Public Collections
- 2023 Visual AIDS Contemporary Arts Organization - New York | USA
- 2023 Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor - Santander, Cantabria | Spain
- 2023 Museum The Turner House - Penarth, Wales | United Kingdom
- 2023 Museum RAG - Richmond | Canada
- 2022 Collection Roberto Blanco - Mallorca | Spain
- 2022 Familiy Roth - New York | USA
- 2021 Familiy Roth - New York | USA
- 2021 Agnieszka Eleonore von Wchinitz und Tettau - Navarra | Spain
- 2019 Bell Media - Munich | Germany
- 2017 Rapräger Rechtsanwälte - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2015 Collection Roman Redzimski - Kleinblittersdorf | Germany
- 2014 Deutsche Handelskammer Wien - Wien | Österreich
- 2011 Collection Berliner Kunstkontakter - Berlin | Germany
- 1998 Galerie Art Engert - Eschweiler | Germany
- 2008 Rechtsanwälte Schock & Wolff - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2007 Familiy von Boch - Merzig | Germany
- 2007 Familiy Villeroy de Galhau - Wallerfangen | Germany
- 2006 Saarland Ministry of Culture - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2006 Tec4U - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2000 HbK Saar - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1998 Galerie 48 - Saarbruck | Germany
Solo Shows
- 2023 Thought Bubbles LW Art Gallery in cooperation with Galeria HMH - Santanyí, Majorca | Spain
- 2023 Die Unendlichkeit des Seins Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2022 Connectedness Part I Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2021 Walk by the Sea Galerie Studio 25 - Artà, Majorca | Spain
- 2019 Informal Realism Pastelleria del Arte - Porto Cristo, Majorca | Spain
- 2017 Insights Gallery Arte Casa - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2015 Mesokosmos Gallery2 - Berlin | Germany
- 2014 Hautnah und Geheimnisvoll Deutsche Handelskammer - Vienna | Austria
- 2013 Unikat Galerie Fuchs Contemporary @ Erste-Bank - Vienna | Austria
- 2012 Pin up! Frauenschmiede Neukölln - Berlin | Germany
- 2012 Memento Mori raum 82 Kunstfestival Nacht und Nebel - Berlin| Germany
- 2011 Awake! raum 82 - Berlin | Germany
- 2011 Popart Meets Rilke raum 82 art festival Nacht und Nebel - Berlin | Germany
- 2010 From Heaven To Hell raum 82, art festival Nacht und Nebel - Berlin | Germany
- 2009 True Colours Städtische Galerie Hilden - Hilden | Germany
- 2008 Paperdolls Galerie Artbalance - Hamburg | Germany
- 2008 Ansichten Kunstverein Sulzbach - Sulzbach | Germany
- 2008 Recent Monotypes and Paintings Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
- 2006 Watercolors and Monotypes Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
- 2005 Die Thematik des Weiblichen - Serie Einundreißig Galerie Hofhaus Beaumarais - Saarlouis | Germany
- 2004 Galerie 48 - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2002 Galerie 48 - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2002 Erinnere Dich! Kulturfoyer Saarbrücken - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2000 Herzzeitlos Kulturfoyer Saarbrücken - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1999 Galerie Wasser- und Brotmaschine - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1998 Galerie 48 - Saarbruck | Germany
Group Shows
- 2024 R_epertoire | 10. Spanish Flu Mail Art Biennale Herman Ottó Museum – Miskolc Gallery - Miskolc | Hungary
- 2024 Positions – 1 Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2024 Starke Frauen Kulturtreff "Altes Rathaus" - Saarwellingen | Germany
- 2024 Between | The Lines Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2024 Postcards from the Edge Berry Campbell Gallery (Visual Aids) - New York City | USA
- 2024 Print it! 2024 Aire Place Studios - Leeds | United Kingdom
- 2023 Mitgliederausstellung 2023 Badischer Kunstverein - Karlsruhe | Germany
- 2023 Winter Lights Fronteer Gallery - Sheffield | United Kingdom
- 2023 Money - The symbol of Power Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2023 Why Do Yo Do It? | First Edition Boomer Gallery - London | United Kingdom
- 2023 The Turner House Open Exhibition "Trails" Museum Turner House - Penarth, Wales | United Kingdom
- 2023 Collecting and Reassembling Museum Richmond Art Gallery - Richmond | Canada
- 2023 Thompson Gallery - Zug | Switzerland
- 2023 Viele Gründe Gallery Puzić - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2023 Swiss Art Expo SBB Eventhalle Zurich - Zurich | Switzerland
- 2023 People and Place KREIVA Gallery - Bridlington, East Yorkshire | United Kingdom
- 2023 The Endless Summer Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2023 Equilibrium Gallery Artly Mix - São Paulo, Brazil | South America
- 2023 VI Mini Print International Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor - Santander, Cantabria | Spain
- 2023 In Memory Of Gallery The House of Smalls - Chipping Campden | United Kingdom
- 2023 Secret Night Gallery Puzić - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2023 Le Grand Bleu Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2023 Private Collection I Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2023 Absolute Feminine Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2023 Crescendo Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2022 Dauerausstellung Galerie I Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2021 Boater Beyond Borders Galerie Studio 25 - Artà, Majorca | Spain
- 2021 Bodypainted Galerie Konstanze Wolter - Chemnitz | Germany
- 2021 Galerie Art42 - Karlsruhe | Germany
- 2020 Fifty Shades Of White Hotel Saratoga - Palma, Majorca | Spain
- 2019 Benefiz Kunst Auktion Berlinische Galerie - Berlin | Germany
- 2019 Summer Chic Hotel Saratoga - Palma, Majorca | Spain
- 2019 Grand Opening Pastelleria del Arte - Porto Cristo, Majorca | Spain
- 2018 Summerslump Galerie Michaela Helfrich - Berlin | Germany
- 2018 Grand Opening Party Arte Casa Gallery - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
- 2014 6KO_OP Salon 69 Basement - Vienna | Austria
- 2014 Dies alles gibt es also - Das vierte Buch Cuxhavener Kunstverein - Cuxhaven | Germany
- 2013 Kunst-stoff-art Basement - Vienna | Austria
- 2013 Macht Kunst Kunsthalle Deutsche Bank - Berlin | Germany
- 2012 Avril Contemporain art club Les 4 Arts - Paris | Frankreich
- 2012 Reliquie TUFA Tuchfabrik Trier - Trier | Germany
- 2011 Luxuskörper art festival 48 Stunden Neukölln - Berlin | Germany
- 2011 Giftshop Serenade Milchhof - Berlin | Germany
- 2010 Schwarz-Weiss-Rosa-Rot raum82 - Berlin | Germany
- 2010 angezettelt! Saarländisches Künstlerhaus - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2010 On Sale Infantellina Contemporary - Berlin | Germany
- 2009 Farben und Formen Saarländische Galerie Europäisches Kunstforum e.V. - Berlin | Germany
- 2009 tausche X gegen Y Kunstdeck - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2009 Art Venture Gallery Miejska bwa Bydgoszcz - Bydgoszcz | Poland
- 2009 Body in Circumstance Gallery 1918 ArtSPACE - Shanghai | China
- 2009 Insight vs Outlook German Consulate General Shanghai - Shanghai | China
- 2009 Insight vs Outlook YN Art Institution - Hangzhou | China
- 2008 Gosz Rausch 3 Museum Gosz - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2008 Dein Land macht Kunst Saarländisches Künstlerhaus - Saarbrücken | Deutschland
- 2008 3 Künstler aus dem Saarland Kunstverein Zehnthaus Jockgrim - Jockgrim | Germany
- 2008 Einblick Burggalerie Stolberg - Stolberg | Germany
- 2008 D®Ess-Code Primo Piano Living Gallery - Lecce | Italy
- 2007 Kunstpreis Robert Schuhman | Prix d‘Art Robert Schuman Museum Simeonstift - Trier | Germany
- 2007 Horses & Stripes Keramikmuseum Mettlach - Mettlach | Germany
- 2007 New Editions Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
- 2007 Form und Farbe Museum Haus Ludwig (Studio) - Saarlouis | Germany
- 2006 Entre Chien et Loup Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
- 2006 Le singulier du féminin Galerie Nicole Buck - Strasbourg | France
- 2005 Die Thematik des Weiblichen - Serie Einundreißig Galerie Hofhaus Beaumarais - Saarlouis | Germany
- 2004 48 galerie48 - Saarbruck | Germany
- 2002 Vor-Bilder (n) Kunstverein Eisenturm - Mainz | Germany
- 2000 Kunstszene Saar - Visionen2000 - Bilder vom Menschen Albert-Weisgerber-Stiftung - St. Ingbert | Germany
- 2000 20 Neue für das älteste Gewerbe der Welt Galerie der HbK Saar - Saarbrücken | Germany
- 1999 Raum / Frau / Licht / Farbe / Feld / Mann O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1999 Sans Titre / Ohne Titel Ancienne Trésorerie - Epinal | France
- 1998 Eine wird bestimmt berühmt O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1998 Rot O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1998 Malersommer in der Alten Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Völklinger Hütte - Völklingen | Germany
- 1997 Volles Haus O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1997 Rauminstallation | Malerei O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1997 Eröffnung O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1996 Eröffnungsausstellung UKV - Saarbruck | Germany
- 1995 Kilmurry House | Mildred-Anne Butler House - Thomastown | Ireland