Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
In Elisabeth Sonneck paintings she combines minimalistic pictorial concepts with coloristic experiments. Her perception of color as an unstable essence, whose effect is ultimately dependent on the color of its surroundings, references the oeuvre of Josef Albers.
Her color rhythms are the direct result of the precise physical and manual action of painting. Subtle nuances in the colors are revealed, in which the consciously reduced painterly gesture emphasizes the temporal process of the painting’s emergence.
Education
1984-1988 Studied fine arts at Hochschule für Kunst, Ottersberg
Solo Exhibition
2015 widmertheodoridis, Eschlikon (CH), Fliegenfänger, colour-installation
Brunnhofer Gallery, Linz (A), retrospective Basel, with T. Kühnapfel, colour-installation
Kunstmuseum Ahlen (D), mono poly – 3 Situationen in Farbe, wallpainting and colour-installation, cat.
März Gallery Mannheim (D), colour cube – zwischen weiss und weiss, colour-installation
2014 Gallery Parterre, Berlin (D), unfix., with K. Bomhardt, colour-installation
2013 Guardini Gallery, Berlin (D), Verschränkungen, with A. Schmid, wallpainting, light-installation, cat.
Gallery Hein Elferink, with R. Splitt
2012 Brunnhofer Gallery, Linz (A), schwarz licht, wallpainting
Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst Otterndorf (D), –einander, permanent wallpainting, cat.
cube4x4x4 of März Gallery Mannheim (D), Kaum im Lot, wallpainting
2011 Pomona-Temple (Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel), Belvedere Potsdam (D), Temperaturen in Schinkels Blau, permanent wallpainting
Gallery Hein Elferink, Staphorst (NL), wallpainting
2010 Gallery artopoi, Freiburg (D), Architektur im Spiegel der Farbe with H.J. Glattfelder, wallpainting
2009 Gallery Hein Elferink, Staphorst (NL)
public space, Linz (A) cultural capitol of Europe, Ansichtssache: Roter Platz, 6 billboard paintings
2008 Brunnhofer Gallery, Linz (A), 4/4 full house, wallpainting, cat.
2007 public space, Sopot (PL), blind date / Klangfläche, 3 billboard paintings, cat.
Gallery Hein Elferink, Staphorst (NL)
Laumer Bautechnik, Massing (D), Flussbett, sight facade, permanent outdoor wallpainting
2006 Zionskirche Berlin-Mitte (D), Pendel, colour-installation
Gallery weißer elefant, Berlin (D), keine gewissheit für die augen, with P. Boese, wallpainting
2005 Schmidt Gallery, Berlin (D), Ordnung und Chaos, System und Zufall, cat.
Group exhibitions and site specific paintings (selected)
2015 oqbo raum für wort ton bild, Berlin (D), paperfile #11
Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst Otterndorf (D), Wir können auch anders!, cat.
Gallery weisser elefant, Berlin (D), 100 Jahre Schwarzes Quadrat, cat.
Geisberg Berlin (D), Standard International Postspatial Surfaces #1, wallpainting
2014 Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen (D), Farbwechsel, colour-installation, cat.
Kunstmuseum Ahlen (D), Dahlhausen viral
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford (USA), Vault Series: Jam II
Volta NY (USA) / Brunnhofer Gallery, colour-installation, cat.
Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn (D), prime line, colour-Installation
2013 Museum Gegenstandsfreier Kunst Otterndorf (D), Wieder Sehen, collection
Phayao and H-Gallery, Chiang Mai (TH), light space projects/rituals of exhibition II
Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin (D), Farbe Raum Farbe, wallpainting, cat.
Vasarely Museum, Budapest (H), 30 years collection Grauwinkel, cat.
Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin (D), Hauptsache Grau, cat.
Gallery weißer elefant, Berlin (D), Lineare Resonanzen, colour-installation
2012 März Gallery Mannheim (D), Farbräume
IDEAL-Hochhaus, Gropiusstadt Berlin (D), Skylounge, colour-installation
Gleisdreieck-Park, Berlin (D), Gleisdreieck – art in public space, colour-installation, cat.
März Gallery, Mannheim (D), linear
2011 Brunnhofer Gallery, Linz (A), turn around
Staatliches Museum Schwerin (D), Die Niederländische Savanne. Alte Meister – Neue Kunst, wallpainting, cat.
Zweigstelle Berlin (D), sternklar
Hôpiteaux Universitaires de Genève (CH), États d´Âme, colour-installation
Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam (D), Colour and Paint, wallpainting
2010 Parkhaus Projects, Berlin (D), Rampe, colour-installation
2009 Gallery Nord / Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin (D), Farbe konkret, cat.
Gallery Hein Elferink, Staphorst (NL), Start!
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin (D), Selected Artists, wallpainting, cat.
2008 Castle Sanssouci, Potsdam (D), Neue Kunst in den Neuen Kammern!, colour-installation, cat.
Grant
2015 Grant of federal state Oberösterreich, Linz (A)
2008 Annual Grant for fine arts of Berlin Senate of cultural affairs (D)
Workshop
2013-2015 Teaching assignments for color and space, Hochschule der Bildenden
*cat. = catalogue
