Curriculum Vitae Pomona Zipser

Personal Information
Born: 1958 in Romania,
Resides: Since 1970 in Berlin, Germany

Education

1979-85

• Study of Painting with Mac Zimmermann at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany
• Study of Sculpture with Lothar Fischer at the University of Arts, Berlin, Germany (Master’s degree)

Family

1988

• Birth of the daughter Elena

Professional Associations

1990-2006

• Member of the Association of Female Artists of Berlin (Verein Berliner Künstlerinnen)
  2005-06
• Member of the Association of German Artists (Deutscher Künstlerbund)
  2007
• Member of Sculpture Network

Scholarships and Awards

1979

• Jean-Walter-Award for the study of fresco paintings in Romania
• Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
  1986
• Foreign exchange scholarship for study in Venice
  1988
• Scholarship for the young artists of the University of Arts, Berlin
  1990
• Berlin Senate Grant for Artists
• Marianne Werefkin Award
  1991
• Scholarship from the Barkenhoff-Foundation, Worpswede
  1996
• Artists’ Award of the Grundkreditbank
• First prize in the contest for the project of church windows in Straussberg
  2018
• Scholarship from the Kuenstlerresidenz Chretzeturm, Switzerland

Teaching and Workshops

1997

• Workshop about concrete sculptures at the International Workcamp in Gantikow
• Lectureship at the Summer Academy in Thüringen, Böhlen
  1999
• Workshop at Positions of Young Art and Culture at the Academy of Arts, Berlin
  2004-05
• University lectureship for sculpting at the Berlin Weissensee University of Art
  2006-23
• Courses on sculpting and art theory at the studio of Pomona Zipser in Berlin

Curatorial Projects and Symposia

1986

• Lithographies for the novel Holy Cecilia by Paul Schuster, Mariannenpresse, Berlin, Germany
  1988
• Association of German Artists, Sculpture Symposium Deutscher Kuenstlerbund, Karlsruhe, Germany
  1990-91
• Bronze statues for the Franziskus-Hospital, Berlin, Germany
  1996
• The Business of the Fools, international symposium in Potsdam, Germany
  1997
• World Peace Service, Intercultural Workshop Zimbabwe-Berlin
• Illustration for the edition of collected Romanian poems Dangerous Serpentines

Significant Works and Collaborations

1999-00

• Sculpture for Berliner Wasserbetriebe, Berlin, Germany
  2001
• Design of the Red Award for the German Aids Society
  2007
• Illustrations for The First Citizen of Hermannstadt Was a Robber by Johanna Letz, Iconopoly, Munich, Germany
  2011
• Cooperation with Sorg&Partner Architects, Stuttgart

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

1987

• Galerie Stil & Bruch, Berlin, Germany
• Paradiso Perduto, Venice, Italy
  1989
• Otto Galerie, Munich, Germany
• Städtische Galerie, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
  1992
• Galerie M, Lindau, Germany
  2001
• Galerie Linneborn, Berlin, Germany
  2007
• Mathematics Department Library, Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany
• Neues Kunsthaus, Ahrenshoop, Germany

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

1984

• Galerie Wiesenmeier, Weilburg, Germany
  1986
• Galerie Jeroch und Sauer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  1988
• Lose Bande, z-Art, Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
  1990
• The West Berlin Art Scene, Berlinische Galerie, State Museum of Berlin, Germany
  2000
• Exhibition of the Gabriele Münter Preis, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

Public and Private Collections (Selection)

• Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bonn, Germany
• Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany
• Berlinische Galerie, State Museum of Berlin, Germany
• National Graphic Arts Collection, Munich, Germany