Vitae

Petra Couwenbergs.

Born in 1973, Karlsruhe, Germany, lives and works in Berlin.

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Education

2004

Diplom of Visual Communication, University of the Arts Berlin, Class of Prof. Heinz Emigholz / Dr.Linda Hentschel.

2000 /2001

Actingcertificate for Theatre and Television, (ACTT), Sydney, Australien.

2000 /2001

Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), Fine Arts Department, Video/ Sound. Class of Prof. Geoffrey Weary, Australia.

1995 /2004

University of the Arts Berlin, Visual Communication, Experimental Film / Videoinstallation, Class of Prof. Maria Vedder, Class of Prof. Heinz Emigholz.

1994 /1995

Schule für Gestaltung Zürich, Painting, Class of Erich Brändle, Switzerland.

Single Screenings

2007

Lift 01, shown at: Private Preview, Kino Central, Berlin. / Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK), Berlin. / Berliner Salon der Webgrrls, Berlin.

04 /2006

New Strategies of Contemporary Art,

Urals State University Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Group Exhibitions

La Vuelta del Arte 2009, Spain.

Galerie Besch, Saarbrücken.

"722", tmp.deluxe, Projektraum, Berlin.

Experience Art! Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Technische Universität Berlin.

Sample#2, Projektraum Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin.
art-e-fax-Aktion, im Radialsystem V7Studio A, Berlin.

2008

Is this real?, 91mQ Independent Art Space, Gallerie Mittwoch, Berlin.

Recontres d'Artistes de l'été 2008, Association de St. Henri, France.

Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood, BIKO Gallery, New York, USA.
Sample # 1, Deutscher Künstlerbund Projektraum, Berlin.

2007

Berliner Salon der Webgrrls, Berlin.

Recontres d´Artiste de l´été 2007, Association de St. Henri, France.

Park, Mauerpark, Berlin.

Open Studios, Modezentrum Berlin.

CVsBGs, University of Arts, Braunschweig.

2006

Was fehlt?, Projektraum deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin.

2005

Changing Perspectives, Berliner Kunstprojekt (BKP), Berlin.

2004

Rundgang Medienhaus, University of the Arts Berlin,

fast Um$onst, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V. (NGBK), Berlin.

2003

Spektrale 03, Kunst- und Kulturfestival (Artfestival), Berlin.

2001

Screening, Projectspace #303 Heburian, Sydney, Australien.

2000

Lux, Media Art Exhebition, Class of Prof. Maria Vedder, Berlin.

1999

Spring Poem 2, Galerie Radio Berlin, Berlin.

1998

Spring Poem 1, Galerie Radio Berlin, Berlin.

Proof of Existence, Vordiplomarbeit, University of the Arts Berlin.

1997

Rundgang, University of the Arts Berlin, Berlin.

1995

Class of Erich Brändle - Schule für Gestaltung Zürich, Kloster Einsiedeln, Schweiz.

Cooperations

2009

Contact Light Improvisation, with Peggy Sylopp, generative.org, Berlin.

Interventionen in Werbung: arttransponder, Berlin.

CVsBGs: travelling fair, Klasse John Armleder/Team 404, University of Arts, Braunschweig.

La meer gelée: Improvised music, voice and sound-collages with Mark Axiak, Slomo, Berlin.

Hannas Wedding: Improvised music, with Mark Axiak, Schloß Tornow, Berlin- Brandenburg.

THREE PALM TREE: ImproFolk. E-Guitar, voice, drums, Toy-instruments, with Anne Gathmann, Berlin.

“Songs für Geld: Improvised Songs for Radio Riff / Primärenergie, Ausland, Berlin.

TANDIL: Improvised songs for Radio Riff /Primärenergie, with Anne Gathmann and Andrea Neumann, at Ausland, Berlin.

Das Wunder: Experimental Film, with Matthias Fitz, Berlin.

Broadcasted at the TV Station ARTE.

Grants

Publications in Catalogues

2008

Content: 24 German women artists rooms. German title: Berliner Wohnungen mit Stil, printed in Japan, ISBN 978-4-7778-0506-8

2009

National Center for Contemporary Arts Yekaterinburg Branch, Russia.

2007

National Center for Contemporary Arts Yekaterinburg Branch, Russia.