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Myriam Quiel

  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel
  • Myriam Quiel

Myriam Quiel

Myriam Quiel´s pictorial worlds seem to completely take place in our reality. Elaborate in the minutest detail, the artist shows us a world of things whose components are well known: we see toys, technical equipment, furniture and everyday objects.

Still, the nursery atmosphere of the paintings is treacherous. In the face of the ambiguous dramatic art of the images, our perception changes rapidly. While the works entice us with countless details, the silence and rigidity of the scenes are unsettling. The focus is directed to absurd constellations of inanimate objects whose array raises questions. Puppets, masks and costumes, which are often distorted and disfigured, are thoroughly arranged in a grotesque staginess. In her paintings, Myriam Quiel creates a world between reality and fiction, melancholy and horror, academic painting and popular culture.


biography

1974

born in Oldenburg

1994-96

assistence at Bremen Theatre in the fields of scenery and costumes

1996-98

studies of Art History and Dramatics at the FU Berlin

1998-2003

studies of Paintings at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts under Prof. Adamski

2003

sponsorship award of friends of Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

2007

sponsorship award of the Oldenburg Kulturstiftung der Öffentlichen Versicherungen


exhibitions

group exhibition 2003

"14 Tage", project of academy graduates in Dresden

group exhibition 2004

HfBk Dresden - AVU Prag, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg

group exhibition 2005

"rein-raus", project of academy graduates in Dresden

solo exhibition 2007

"Wohnzimmerkrieg", Galerie Dörrie*Priess, Berlin
Stadtmuseum Oldenburg

group exhibition 2007

IMPULSE 20, IMPULSE GALERIE Christian Löhrl, Mönchengladbach

solo exhibition 2008

"Anruf in Abwesenheit", Galerie Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
Kunsthalle Bremerhaven