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Susanne Kraisser Biography
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born in Rosenheim, southern Germany, 1977

Education

1994 - 1997          Apprenticeship as wood-scultpor, Munich
1998 - 1999          worked as wood-scultpor in Sweden
2000 - 2006          Art Academy, Nürnberg, sculpture, Professor Christian Höpfner
2003                      Master Bachelor in sculpture
2006 / 2007          Art University, Bremen, Professor Bernd Altenstein
2007                      graduation with excellence in Master Bachelor

Awards / Scholarships

1994 - 1997          Annual placing at Dannerwettbewerb
1998                      Scholarship Leonardo da Vinci
1997 - 2000          'Begabtenförderung' of Bavarian Government
2001/2002             First Price, sculpture class of Christian Hoepfner, Art Academy Nürnberg
2004                      Scholarship "Oskar-Karl-Forster" of Bavarian Department of Culture Art Award Hollfeld
2006                      First Price, design of medal for competition Firmengärten, Bremen
                              First Price, coin design, German Government, Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung, Berlin

Solo /Twin exhibitions

2009                      Bremen, Galerie Gavriel, fragility and mass
                              Bamberg, Galerie Sculptur, sculptures
2008                      Belzig, Kunstverein Hoher Fläming, fragility and mass
2007                      Vienna, Gallery Akum, ars melancholia, with Lars Herrmann
                              Dresden, Sezession 89,Gallery Drei, animal, with Yvette Kiessling
2005                      Erlangen, New gallery of Kunstverein Erlangen, Stille Ästhetik, catalogue
                              Hollfeld, Art Museum, Körper im Zustand der Ruhe
                              Nürnberg, Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg, Kraißer & Keil, with Ilona Keil
2003                      Ebersberg, Gallery of Süddeutsche Zeitung, Masse und Miniatur

Group exhibitions

2009                      Paris, Bourse du Commerse, Cut log, Contemporary Art Fair
                              Berlin, Humboldt Umspannwerk, Berliner Kunstsalon, Art Fair, catalogue
                              Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst, Koschatzky Kunstpreis
                              Zürich, Puls 5, Art Fair, Art Show Zürich
2008                      Hannover, gallery M & R Kolbien, Miniature size sculpture, catalogue
                              Bremen, Städtische Galerie, Meisterschüler, catalogue
2007                      Bonn, Frauenmuseeum, art fair, catalogue
                              Bremen, Gallery Dechanatstrasse, diploma exhibition, catalogue
2006                      Erlangen, Schloßgarten, Hesperidengarten, catalogue
                              Bremerhaven, museum municipal, Generationen III
                              Offenbach, Kunstraum mato, Gastspiel
2005                      Ludwigsburg, Stiftung Kunst der Sparkasse Ludwigsburg,
                              Holzschnitt heute, catalogue
                              Herne, Flottmannhallen, Kubo, art fair young artists
2004                      Rostock, gallery Art Fuhrmann, Pro Figura III
                              Erlangen, Museumswinkel, Still Stand, catalogue
                              France, Rennes, Orangerie, Visite

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