barbara caveng was born 1963 in zürich, switzerland. from 1982 to 1986 she studied at the hochschule für musik und darstellende kunst in graz, austria. since 1991 she has taken part as a free-lance artist in numerous art projects, concentrating on sculpture, installation and object art. her installations have been recently shown in projects in the museum of modern art in stockholm, in kunstnernes hus, oslo, the haus der kunst in munich, at the art museum of akurery, iceland, at kunsthalle mannheim und in heidelberger kunstverein.
barbara caveng was awarded in 2003 with the H. W. & J.Hector award by kunsthalle mannheim for installation and in 2002 with the award of the city of limburg for her work U MENJA EST METSCHTA – I HAVE A DREAM. 2001 she was 1th laureate for the installation “finalmeals” of the 1. heidelberger kunstpreis by rainer-wild-foundation. she was awarded in 2001 with the cultural exchange scholarship for moscow by the senat of berlin and in 2002 as an artist in residence of bemis foundation, omaha. In 2007 she enjoyed a residency in Künstlerdorf Schöppingen.
2008 | |
State Alpha - on the architecture of sleep (G)
National Institue of Architecture, Maastricht
Post for Kyrgystan | Utopia of space (G)
Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, Kyrgyz Republik
Geheimnis Deutschland (G)
Galerie Alte Schule, Berlin |
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2007 | |
NIT-THREAD (G)
international exhibition of visual arts
koroška galerija, slovenj gradec, slovenija
Passagen [g]
International Designmesse Köln |
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2006 | |
A.R.M - all recycled material
phase III - alles im eimer (trashed) (S)
galerie blickensdorff, berlin |
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2005 | |
ŽIVETI LIVE (G)
international photographic exhibition
koroška galerija, slovenj gradec, slovenija
break on through (G)
kunstverein neuhausen
A.R.M zu gast im Musterhaus (G)
phase II : ein angebot zum schlafen (an offer to sleep)
martin-gropius-bau, berlin
A.R.M bei made in tenever (G)
recycling design presented in the redevelopment aerea
of bremen – tenever
A.R.M - all recycled material (S)
phase I : A.R.M - musterwohnung
angermünderstrasse 1, berlin
all about berlin 3 (G)
whitebox, münchen
READY NOW im rahmen von DETOX (G)
- künstlerhaus oslo
- modernes museum stockholm
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2004 | |
READY NOW im rahmen von DETOX (G)
- sørlandet kunstmuseum kristiansand
- telemarksgalleriet notodden
- kunsthalle bergen
> Website READY
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DETOX
finalmeals im rahmen des HW& J. Hector kunstpreis kunsthalle
mannheim (G)
READY NOW (S)
- DNA
die neue aktionsgalerie · berlin |
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2003 | |
Y'A PAS PHOTO, (G)
- dotgalerie,
geneva
"künstler sehen rot" (G)
- haus der kunst, münchen
finalmeals (G)
- art
museum, akurery, island |
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2002 | |
U MENJA EST METSCHTA - ICH HABE EINEN TRAUM (S)
- kunstpreis der stadt limburg
- kunstsammlungen der stadt limburg
U MENJA EST METSCHTA - ICH HABE EINEN TRAUM (S)
- DNA
die neue aktionsgalerie · berlin |
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2001 | |
essen
- heidelberger kunstverein (G)
art against torture and execution
- national
center of contemporary fine arts, russia (G) |
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2000 | |
das 5. gebot - stickperformance
- festival
of visions, hongkong (G)
visionen 2000 (G)
- landeskunstausstellung
des saarlandes
museum st. ingbert / finalmeals
...und ab die post 2000 G)
- 4. festival experimenteller kunst, berlin / finalmeals
...waltigt...wald (S)
- kunstetage dock4, kassel |
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1999 | |
kataplexie
- kunstbunker, nürnberg (G)
brides even (G)
- galerie
dirty windows, berlin (G)
2000 - 2
- saarl. künstlerhaus, saarbrücken (S)
- 3.festival experimenteller kunst, berlin (G)
- galerie prima kunst, kiel (S) |
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