Stephanie Imbeau

In ihrer künstlerischen Praxis untersucht Stephanie Imbeau, wie Individuen zu einer
Gemeinschaft zusammenfinden, wie wir im Kollektiv ein Gefühl persönlicher Sicherheit suchen, einen Ort des Geborgenseins. Zur Erforschung dieses universellen menschlichen Bedürfnisses greift sie zurück auf Darstellungen baulicher Elemente, die im Kontext ihrer Arbeit als Anthropomorphismen zu werten sind. Die
basalen Formen, die sie verwendet und deren Schutzfunktion immer schon evident
ist, geben dabei den Rahmen ab für eine Kartierung persönlicher Grenzziehungen:
die physischen Räume, in denen wir Sicherheit und Sinn finden. Der simple Umriss eines Hauses etwa ist sowohl Begrenzung nach außen als auch ein in den Raum hinein getragener innerer Anspruch: „Ich bin hier!“

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2007 - Master of Fine Arts, Merit in Studio Practice, Newcastle University, UK
2004 - Bachelor of Fine Art, Cum Laude, Ohio State University, USA

Einzelausstellungen

2016 - Surround, Green Hill Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 - Connection: Recent Work by Stephanie Imbeau, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC, USA
2009 - Shelter, Channel 4 Big 4, Channel 4 Headquarters, London, UK
2008 - Inside Revisited, North Tyneside Council Offices, North Tynside, UK
2008 - Inside, The Bridge at Tynemouth Station, Tynemouth, UK

Gruppenausstellungen

2021 - Women Artists in the Arctic, Espace des Femmes, Paris, France
2021 - Slow Moves, Stützpunkt Teufelsberg, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Artspring, Multiple Venues, Berlin, Germany
2021 - Off World: Arctic Origins, Multiple Venues, Hawaii and California, USA
2020 - Leave No Trace, Open Out Festival, Tromso, Norway
2019 - Queer Frontiers, ARTIQ, London, UK
2018 - Goodwill, The Galleries at CCBC, Baltimore County, MD, USA
2018 - Hope for Hope, Rånässalongen V, Rånäs, Sweden
2018 - WAVE Light + Water + Sound, Blue River Plaza, Breckenridge, CO, USA
2018 - Molding / Mark-Making: Ceramic Artists and Their Drawings, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, New York, NY, USA
2017 - BGE Light Art Walk, Light City, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD, USA
2016 - UNEARTHED, ROCKLEMANN &, Berlin, Germany
2015 - A thin line separates laughter from pain, CP Projects Space, New York, NY, USA
2015 - Move, Maneuver. Track and Traipse, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
2014 - Homeland [In]Security: Vanishing Dreams, Dorsky Center, New York, NY, USA
2014 - Our Mirror is an Island, W83 Ministry Center, New York, NY, USA
2014 - Hope Gathering, W83 Ministry Center, New York, NY, USA
2013 - INHABIT, International Arts Movement Conference, W83 Ministry Center, New York, NY, USA
2013 - Cannes Also, Cannes Lions Festival, Cannes, France
2012 - Indie-pendent Journeys, All Angels, New York, NY, USA
2012 - BMC The Projector Series, Multiple Venues, Manchester, UK
2012 - Up, Light/Light, Up, W83 Ministry Center, New York, NY, USA
2011 - Wish You Were Here 10, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2010 - Artprize, Peaches B&B, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
2010 - The Still Sun presented by SCOOP, Tivoli Garden and Studios, Charleston, SC, USA
2009 - AIR 3, Morley Gallery, London, UK
2009 - Sculpture in the Sanctuary, Hill Farm Nurseries, Nottinghamshire, UK
2008 - Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece
2007 - Last of The Summer's Fine Art, The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, UK
2007 - Exhibition of Recent Works, Long Gallery, Newcastle University, UK


Stipendium

2019 - The Arctic Circle Residency Programme, Spitsbergen
2019 - Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Schöppingen, Germany
2019 - Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA
2018 - Breckcreate, Breckenridge, CO, USA
2017 - Life After Boring, Baltimore, MD, USA
2016 - Bergby Konst Center, Bergby, Sweden
2015 - A.I.R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France
2015 - CFW Arts Summer Working Residency at Princeton Theological Seminary buildings, Princeton, NJ, USA
2011 - Mecklenburg Inspiriert, Kühlungsborn, Germany
2010 - Pilot Projects, New York City, NY, USA

Wettbewerbe und Auszeichnungen

2020 - Supported by Stiftung Kunstfonds NEUSTART Kultur
2009 - Supported by The National Lottery through Arts Council England for new sculpture piece, Rain Cloud
2008 - Winner of Channel 4’s Big 4 Public Art Competition, London, UK
2007 - Nominated by BALTIC curator Alessandro Vincentelli for Axis Graduates


Ausgewählte Presseberichterstattung
2019 - An Arctic Procession By Stephanie Imbeau, coeuretart.com
2018 - Umbrella Art Takes Over Breckenridge During WAVE, westword.com
2015 - A Time in Space: Move, Maneuver. Track And Traipse at School 33, bmoreart.com
2014 - Flipping the Hierarchy of Needs, Hyperallergic.com
2009 - Brilliant Installation Artworks Around the World, The Big Thinker, Vol 131, October 2009
2009 - Art Alumna Takes Umbrellas to New Heights, The Ohio State University Arts and Humanities Focus, Vol II, Issue 4: April 2009
2009 - The Channel 4 Big Art Project, Channel 4.com
2009 - Channel 4 Unveils Stephanie Imbeau’s Big 4 Public Art Commission, Saatchi Online
2008 - Stephanie Imbeau Wins Channel 4’s Big4 Public Art Competition, Saatchi Online
2008 - Graduate’s Work at the Forefront
of Public Art, Newcastle University Newslink
2008 - Stephanie Finds Strength Outside Restraining Walls, The Newcastle Journal
2008 - Station is Wired Up To Impress, The Evening Chronicle, Newcastle