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insta: monitoystudio
acknowledged artist: BBK, Gedok und AAN (Algarve/PT)
1969 born
1989 Abitur – highschool
1995 1. Staatsexamen PH-Freiburg – Art, History and Politics
1999 acknowledged scenic painter for theatre- and filmproductions apprenticeship:
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
since 1998 working vor film- and theatre companies
2001- 06 worldtour: Australia, Asia, North and South America
2006 freelance artist
2008 art education at the Museum of Modern Art, Freiburg
2010 2. Staatsexamen and since then working at different schools
2022 Algarve, Portugal
solo exhibitions
2020 september „real time“ Ernst-Lange-Haus Freiburg (until June 2021)
2019 july-september „paintings“ DaVici, Freiburg
2016 january „KGB“-“Die Zukunft“ - Filmpresentation, Slow Club, Freiburg
april concrete- and material paintings, Gisèle, Vauban, Freiburg
2015 july underwater and bicycle cube paintings, Gisèle/, Vauban, Freiburg
2013 march „emotional wall“, Libary, Kandern
2012 september „Girls wanna have fun“, Kunstraum Hieber, Bad Krozingen
2011 november double exhibition: „is 'real' ein mus?“ and „Susi`s bike cubes“ Amt für Bürgerservice, Freiburg
2010 may Videoinstallation for „Cabinet“-production, Freiburger Theatre
2009 july-september „paintings and photos“, Confiserie Rafael Mutter, Freiburg
2008 february presentation of some short films with discussion, kunstkiosk Ehrenkirchen
september „paintings“, Galerie kgm Fuchs, Zentrum Oberwiehre, Freiburg
october paintings with sculptures from Silke Ch. Häge im Kunstpalais, Badenweiler
2007 may – Juni „paintings“, Confiserie Rafael Mutter, Freiburg
july - october „paintings“, Süden (Vauban), Freiburg
july shortfilmpresentation on Documenta XII, Kassel
2001-2008 rentals of paintings, Oberbaumcity (e-translate, HVB-Immobilien), Berlin
2000 may “paintings”, Cafe V am Lausitzer Platz, X-berg, Berlin
october „paintings“ – e-translate-office, Oberbaumcity, Friedlhain, Berlin
1999 march „Brokkoli und Paprika“, Lauschangriff/Jersey, Friedelhain, Berlin
1998 april “paintings”, Filmriß, Friedelhain, Berlin
october „B-NY-958“ – NYC-Collagen, WohnzimmerBar, Prenzelberg, Berlin
1997 – 1998 INTERNET-EXHIBITION - Tacheles, Mitte, Berlin
1996 “Airbrush-Photorealism-Paintings”, XB-Liebig, Friedelhain, Berlin
1997 “Airbrush-Photorealism-Paintings”, XB-Liebig, Friedelhain, Berlin
1995 “Paintings and Drawings”, Pali 49, Friedelhain, Berlin
group exhibitions
2022 july room concept in a supermarket, 60-years-Gedok Freiburg
april „seelifejacket for boatpeople“ www.textile-touches.de, Goethe Inst., Freiburg
2018 march memberexhibition BBK, Kenzingen
june monitoy-Klaudia Schrenk-Almut Quaas, L6, Freiburg
oktober „offensichtlich 18“ - ALS 20, Freiburg
2016 january „studioexhibition“, Ateliergemeinschaft Schützenallee, Freiburg
october „offensichtlich16“ - Schützenallee, Freiburg
2014 october „offensichtlich14“ – Schützenallee, Freiburg
2013 october „studioexhibition“, Ateliergemeinschaft Schützenallee, Freiburg
2012 january „studio Sunday“, Ateliergemeinschaft Schützenalle,Freiburg
2010 february „Privatsammlung“ - Gedok, Amtsgericht, Freiburg
may „Debut 2010“ – Gedok, VHS im Schwarzen Kloster, Freiburg
october „offensichtlich10“ - Schützenallee, Freiburg
2009 february „Enlightment“ – Light objects in a cellar, Rauraum, Grün 8, Freiburg
november „paperworks“, kunstkiosk Ehrenkirchen
2008 april „Art – Fair“, Video presentation, KTS, Freiburg
june Mimesis: exhibition with the artist group +/-zweivonfünf, Bahnweg
october „offensichtlich08“, Bahnweg 6, Freiburg
november „emotional wall-paintings, Regionale 09, Kunsthalle Basel, Schweiz
2006 october „open studios“ im Bahnweg 6, Freiburg
2000 august exhibition with Salomea Antes and Augustine Otto, Seifenhaus
Prenzlberg, Berlin
Projects and Performance
2022 „room concept“ for the 60-year-party of Gedok Freiburg in an empty supermarket
„God-performance“ in front of the Münster, Freiburg
„Skulpturinen“ – we transformed selected plastics and sculptures for a moment in a feminin way, made photos and published these as posters along a construction fence in the inner city, co-prod. with Rebecca Altendorf , Kunst am Bau, Gedok FR
„woman in a Cafe“ – Speed-dating performance in the city, Freiburg
„Sealifejacket for boatpeople“ - Textile Touches of Escape and Migration, Project of Irene Schüller, vorgestellt im Goethe-Institut, Freiburg
2021 Augustine Ottos art scholarship in Worpswede: God-Performance, Roof covering with scrap plastic, duo-chica-paintings
„me and my girlfriends“ - Vulva portraits of my girlfriends and mine
2017 „guilt“ – documentary of actions/crimes without any legal conviction, written by visitors on prison
walls, while they got locked in a prison cell. Shorttermprison next to the disctrict court, Amtsgericht am Holzmarkt, Gedok, Freiburg
2016 „Pussy/Vula-performance“ with Gogo-Trash, Berlin
2014 „Gogo-Trash-Performance“ and filmprojects with Augstine Otto and Kathrin Rothe: „Beauty against racism, sexism and fasiscm“, „Gogos on Carlos Concert“, „GogoTrashWalk“, „backstage“, „Trashsong“, Reithalle, Bern, CH
2013 „wishes“ – Godness satisfies your wishes – performance infront of the Museum of Modern Art with the two angels Anouk und Tokyo, Freiburg
„Your space in my space“ - I place my wokrs where I like to be, e.g. in my favorite bar, Swamp, Freiburg.
2010 „Rien ne va plus“ – game presentation with Christina und Gesine, Long table day, Freiburg
„Nothing remains“
- documentation of a six-month text message love story
2007-
2009 „plusminuszweivonfünf - plm2v5“ - artist group with Markus Bromm, Silke Ch. Häge and Sosein. Procets:
the
KTS-Affairs - group exhibition
Mimesis I und II: In between, we changed the characters in the group over months and imitated each other and showed the results in an exhibition
car gallery with art from the tailgate
car gallery owners: presentation of other artists in the car
"oolinone": common artworks
organization of exhibitions in unusual places with a socio-political context
2008 „Akt 360° „- 3 artist draw a model in 2 days through a mirror on the 4 walls of the room, always going round, complementing and even going beyond the drawing of the others. Invitation: Silke Ch. Häge with Julia, Bahnweg, Freiburg
„Freds life“- A foam puppet gets its own life-story
From beginning 2001 until middle 2006: Art around the world – world traveling with an old Truck from Australia, over Asia to Alaska and then throughout the Americas down to Argentina.
2001 sculpture on the Earthdreamfestival, Alberrie Creek, Australia
2001 ceiling painting in Crocodile Harrys, Coober Pedy, Autralia
2002 painting on corrugated iron, Nullabor, WA, Australia
2004 paintings and objects, Galerie in Berkley, San Francisco, USA
1998 “EX - DOWN - BITION” – underground-truck-park, Friedelhain, Berlin
“Airless-effects”/UV-Color/Blacklight, 72- h-Performancefestival, P`berg, Berlin
1997 “Airless-Performance” with Augustine Otto für “Pfefferberg”, P`berg, Berlin
“Party-Deko” and Org “Alte-SEZ”, P`bergBerlin
Videos and Filming
„A Quest for self love“
3 min 3 sec
theme: trailer for Mina Minnés Show
July 2023
„Santa Bernarda espetáculo noturno“
2 min 53 sec
theme: historical theatre on the pirate ship Santa Bernarda, Lagos Algarve, PT
May 2023
„Santa Bernarda espetáculo do dia“
1 min 42 sec
Thema: middle age show on the pirate ship Santa Bernarda, Lagos Algarve PT
May 2023
„Nachhaltigkeit - sustainibility“
3 min 40 sec
monitoy ft. Mina Minné with support of Porca Preta, Monchique, Algarve, PT
April 2023
„# HandinHand Rettungskette für Menschenrechte“
6 min 50 sec
This film was made as an ad for a „chain of rescue“ - where people would stand in a line from Northern Europe down to the Mediterranean Sea as a sign for human rights because of the boatpeople. Artists like The Brothers, Gerald von VDH, Sajin Stroke, Sushila Sara Mai, Vonwelt and Zweierpasch supported with their artwork. The Film got done with film sequences from the „Seefuchs“ a sea rescue boat before the coastline of Libya.
February 2020
„Fallen Stars"
10 mal ca. 4 min
concert documentation about crazy Fallen Stars, Centrifuga, Berlin
June 2019
„Hanns* Kayser auf der Flucht“
39 min 30 (Theaterstück) 3 min 33 (Trailer)
theme: Although in the middle age there where characters, which didn´t fit in the patriachy standard in these times, theatre collektive "raumzeit" with Lena Drieschner und Nic* Reitzenstein, Regie: Jenny Warnecke, Peterhofkeller in Freiburg
August/September 2018
„Die Girls hau`n ab“
3 min 10 sec
music video of the band Leopold Kraus Wellenkapelle with actors: Nico Schatz, Katharina Rauenbuch, Tabea Burchgart and Yves Pancera. Storyboard and director: Petra Forman, graphics: Lena Wagner
no publishing because of missing musicrights
November 2016
„Gogotrash performing at Carlos“
2 min 31 sec
2014 Camera: Kathrin Rothe and monitoy, Jekami, Reithalle Bern, CH
rework November 2021
„Trashsong“
2 min 44 sec
Performance with Gogotrashgirls, Centrifuga Berlin, Musik: g punkt effekt „Trash“, Kamera: Anja und Vasja, Jekami, ReithalleBern, CH
Oktober 2014
„Beauty against racism, sexism and fascism“
3 min 25 sec
Performance of Augustine Otto, monitoy und Mokoso, camera Kathrin Rothe, Jekami, Reithalle Bern, CH
Oktober 2014 rework Juli 2023
„Gogotrash Jekami 2014“
3 min 9 sec
theme: Gogotrash-performance with Augustine Otto and Monitoy.
Walk around the jekami space, Reithalle Bern, CH Gelände
Oktober 2014 rework im November 2021
„Backstage“
2 min 18
Performance of Augustine Otto, Jekami, Reithalle Bern, CH
Juli 2014 rework im Juli 2023
„Die Zukunft“
19 min 13 sec (Doku) und 27 min 9 sec (Konzert)
dokumentary of a music project: „Die Zukunft“ with Bernadette LaHengst, Guz und Knarf Rellöm meet in the Liquid studio of Markus Heinzel to get an CD done. Each Artist brings one item, either the text, a beat or a melody and the others create the rest. One song, one day. Partially co-produced with Marek Kralewski.
Concert documentation: „Die Zukunft“ at Auditorium, Freiburg
March 2013 / April 2013
„rolling role models“
Länge 3:42 min
Feminist music video with Bernadette LaHengst, the Song is located in the play „Planet of women“, Freiburger theatre (more than 10.000 clicks)
Juli 2012
„Planet der Frauen“
32 min (Theaterstück) und 17 min 15 (Trailer)
Theme: Theatre play „Planet of women“ - a Fightoperette/ Libretto: Maxi Obexer, Music and songs from Bernadette LaHengst, Freiburger Theater
May 2012
„We never walk alone“
10 min 24 sec
Documentary about the metal products of kids out of special circumstances, working in this metalworkshop with my friend Li.
October 2011
„Knastis“
21 min 42 sec
Dokumentary for Rainer with day releaser of the jail, Freiburg
October 2010
„Drogen nehmen und rumfahren“
3 min 29 sec
Musicvideo: „Die Zukunft“ with Bernadette La Hengst, Knarf Rellöm und GUZ in coproduction with Marek Kralewski (more 1 Million clicks on youtube)
October 2010
„cabinett“
Film-Projection, Freiburger Theater
October 2010
“Die rote Beete-Performance”
11 min 20 sec
Documentary about a beetroot-performance of Bromm und Timo in Heitersheim
July 2010
„Zeit“
7 min 34 sec
Seminar project with the theme: time, in coproduction with other students, PH-Freiburg
April 2010
“Der Bundeskünstler sucht den heiligen Geist”
5 min 34 sec
Kamera: Silke Ch. Häge
Theme: the artist Sosein is looking for the holy ghost in the main cathedral of Freiburg under the surveillance of the Art Police Berlin.
December 2009
“Fische”
2 min 42 sec
Slow-Motion with fishs as Projection for a window performance, SUSI, Freiburg
November 2009
“Akt 360°”
13 min 4 sec
Film documentary about the project "Akt 360°"
Theme: 3 artist draw a model in 2 days through a mirror on the 4 walls of the room, always going round, complementing and even going beyond the drawing of the others. Invitation: Silke Ch. Häge with Julia, Bahnweg, Freiburg
November 2009
“Now and Never”
2 min 36 sec
experimental Stop Motion with the song “Now and Never” from Kitty Solaris
October 2009
“Enlightment”
17 min 27 sec
Filmdocu about a group exhibition in a cellar with no electrics, just the objects give light to the audience and play the room, Rauraum im Grün, Freiburg
Kamera: Philipp Rohrbach, Photos: Felix Groteloh und Moni Bosch
April 2009
“Starlight Express”
1 h 13 min 52 sec und 1 h 13 min 59 sec
Theme: Documentary of the Christmas Expo of the roller skaters“Starlight Express” Rollkunstlaufabteilung des FT Freiburg
February 2009
„Freds life Story – I´m a star
1 min 56 sec
Stop-Motion with the music of “Beah”
Theme: the 08/15-life of a person, presented of Fred, a foam puppet.
I made this film because every time, we made an action with the artistgroup “plusminuszweivonfünf” (“plusminustwooffive”), there was the possibility, that a person could join the group. In this case, “Fred” was the fifth member of the exhibition and needed a whole life story.
June 2008
„chickenlife“
2 min 38 sec
Experimental film about chicken with a soundbackdrop of Jürgen Schwer
Theme: The life of chicken and roosters in different states and places with film clips of my world tour.
February 2008
„Partitur I“
33 sec und 3min 58 sec im Loop
In this artwork, I tried to get visuals and sounds 1:1 together.
The musician Jürgen Schwer wrote a partitur with three voices over 16 music tracks and I had to translate this with three photos in my video program and send him back, so he could put the music on it.
January 2008
„Partitur II“
4 min 25 sec – 80 Tracks
Same theme: But now the play is 80 tracks long and both artist work with more effects to suspense the project.
April 2008
„God Bless America“
3 min 11 sec
Theme: experimential film about the perception of 9/11 in different areas. Music from Hans Albers i.e.
After the youth protection law, the film can´t get shown.
October 2007
„ein zäher Fluß“ – Documenta XII
1 min 30 sec
Stop-Motion/Film with the musik of Callahan Affair
Theme: Videoreply to a filming about people in retirement homes. The images are from the world traveling.
June 2007
“Tim´s Reminder”
21 sec
Theme: life-performance on the Supertronics-concert in Melbourne, Australia
2006
Scenic Paint/Filmset
2023 "horse violin" backdrop for the show "Tataruschka" teatro alemáo na serra, Vale Juncal, Algarve, PT
2018 theatre backdrop, WAL-RS School Bötzingen
2017 Copy: The japanese bridge of Claude Monet
2016 waterlilies, Green Reflection of Claude Monet, free-style
2011 House outside painting SUSI-Projekt, Freiburg
Saxophone with pupils from Weiherhof RS, ZMF, Freiburg
2010 Restaurant-Wall painting, Kantine, Freiburg
2009 copy: Harlecin of Picasso
2009 construction fence paintings on Augustiner Platz, Lange Nacht der Museen, Freiburg
2008 backdrop with kids, Hector-Kinderakademie-KA, Pfaffenweiler
2007 „Schattenwelt“, Nextfilm
backdrop for a theatreplay, Grundschule in Pfaffenweiler
2005 Restaurant painting, Panajachel, Guatemala
Disco painting, Liberia, Costa Rica
Paintings in a guesthouse in Las Lajas, Panama
Painting at the office of Panama City Zoo, Panama
2003 „Beyond the sea” (Kevin Spacey) Film studios in Babelsberg
2002 Backdrop for robot show
Ceiling painting in Crocodile Harrys Dugout (Museum), Coober Pedy, OZ
Handpuppets for a puppeteer, Perth
Plastic Digde for Phil Thompson, Perth
2001 advertisment film „rowenta“ (movie construction)
movie construction
125-Jahre Benteler AG, Studio Babelsberg
2000 Logo for the company e-translate at Oberbaumcity, Berlin
movie construction
„chukker“ (nova-film)
First painting girl at the Faust-ensemble, Arena in Berlin, Peter Stein until 2001
1999 acknowledged scenic painter: educated at: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
„liebe ist stärker als der tod“ (teamworx und movie construction) - RTL
2 backdrops for IMAX Cinema am Potsdamer Platz
„Zielfahnder“ (movie construction) - Pro 7
Copy: „Flowers on the table“ of Lovis Corinth
1998 „Götterdämmerung“ (engram pictures GmbH) – Pro 7
„Zielfahnder2 (nova-film) – Pro 7
„tödliches Ultimatum“ (phönix-film)
„Romatic fighter” (movie construction, lothar heinert) – Pro 7
1996 Radical Rave
Scharzwaldhüsle GmbH
Baumservice Velten
presstextes
2023 Documantary about the 60-years-celebration of Gedok Freiburg with pages about my work in 2022
2010 February Catalogue about the exhibition „Privatausstellung“, Amtsgericht Freiburg, Gedok
August some newspaper articles about „Art in jail“, SWR3-Filmreport
2007 February newspaper article about Bahnweg 6, chilli – Magazine, Freiburg
2003 Malaysian Newspaper talking about German artist in Malaysia
2002 Die Woche: German Australian Newspaper: Berlin artists leave footprints in Australia.