Carin Grudda is an international artist who was born in 1953 in Gudensberg near Kassel (West Germany). Attending the international exhibition “Documenta” is passionate about art and in 1972 she decided to study Art History and Philosophy at the University of Gießen (West Germany).
Until the beginning of nineties, Grudda works in Frankfurt am Main as freelancer. Her subjects are identified in the “games” and “playful structures”; her works are based on “tracks” and “tracking/feelings” (Spur and spüren).
In 1991 Grudda won a scolarship to Miami at the South Florida Art Center, + “Zero Art”. Thanks to this experience, her works are geared toward big forms of “a group painting”, images, which consist of independent parts of different sizes that are then combined in a single subject.
In 1992, during a scholarship for artistic drawing sponsored by Saxoni in Lipsia, Grudda learned the etching technique that she adapts and continues to develop today in a personal way: the dry point. To create her works she is inspired by “trace” of his work space. Her subjects become “subject of street” as if they were a translation of the condition of itself over time.
In 1993 Grudda moves to Ingelheim on the Rhine river where she creates the Blaubilder, cycles of big works that she decides to change by cutting them into pieces of different size.
Over the years the artist creates her paintings on different surfaces. Actually she paints on wooden surfaces of objects she found before, with their own history, that she changes and assembles adding as many and different.
In 1998 she met the roman foundryman Caporrella where in his foundry she will create subsequently many bronze sculptures whose subjects will range from natural series of small snails to monumental Blau Miau.
As a result of increasingly numerous and important works in bronze in Italy, Grudda decides to move to Liguria where she still lives. In Tuscany and in Rome, she learns all the tecniques related to the processing of bronze. She meets and works with international artists like Daniel Spoerri, Luciano Castello, Nunzio, Arman e Tommaso Cascella.
The artistic career of Carin Grudda receives an international recognition with the selection for the LIV Biennal of Venice in 2011.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
| 2013 | Hier… woanders, Galerie am Dom, Giessen |
| 2012 | Auf der Nase Tanzen, Galerie Elzenheimer, Schwalbach/TS Qui… altrove, Galleria Losano, Pinerolo/Torino Auf der Rolle, Bentley Frankfurt/Bad Homburg Wilde Schafsjagd, Landtag Rheinland-Pfalz in Mainz Carin Grudda a Savona – Bronzi e Quadri |
| 2011 | WeiheFroheNachten – Galerie Kunst und Werk, Ingelheim Einweihung “Microcosmos”, Platz mit 23 Bronzen, Korporation Zug, Schweiz, (Beginn der Arbeiten 2010) Museum im alten Badehaus, Bad Soden am Taunus Le improvvisazioni – Palazzina Liberta, Borgo Marina – Imperia |
| 2010 | Mikrokosmos – Beginn der Arbeiten am Platz in Zug, CH Hofhausen vor der Sonne, Hofheim |
| 2009 | Phoenix – Schlossgalerie, Laubach, Gießen Deep skin – Galerie Kunst und Werk, Ingelheim Blau Miau – ein Jahr zu Gast im Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel 2008 L’anima lì – Museum Badalucco – Imperia |
| 2007 | Galleria M’arte - Arma di Taggia (IM) |
| 2006 | Dentro nel Fuori – Galleria del Barcon – Milano |
| 2005 | Carin Grudda – Bilder und Bronzen, Altes Rathaus und Kaiserpfalz, Ingelheim |
| 2004 | Bronzeparcour – Alessandria |
| 2003 | Fondazione d’arte, Reiner Kriester, Castellaro di Vendone – Albenga (SV) Wo die Rätsel bleiben, Galerie Elzenheimer, Grafik und Bronzen von Salvador Dalì, Bilder und Bronzen von Carin Grudda, Schwalbach, Taunus 50 Bronzen – 50 Bilder, Carin Grudda – eine Retrospektive, Wanderausstellung, Eröffnung dt Gudensberg, Schwalbach, Taunus, Alessandria, Italien, danach Segelhafen Aregai und Golfclub Castellaro |
| 2002 | In Between – Kunstagentur Hoffmann&Hoehne, KAZ im Kulturbahnhof Kassel |
| 2001 | Carin Grudda – Comune di Santo Stefano al Mare (IM) |
| 2000 | Neue Arbeiten Kunstagentur Saalfrank, Wiesbaden |
| 1998 | Alte Synagoge, Gudensberg |
| 1997 | Art McCann, Frankfurt |
| 1994 | Allegro ma non troppo: BLAU-FFP + panta rei; Ausstellung und Gestaltung der Filmproduktion Studios, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1992 | Postbank, Leipzig |
| 1991 | SFAC – South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 1988 | Gallerie Antonio Sanchez, Madrid |
Group Exhibitions (selection)
| 2012 | “VALLEBON’art-e”, Accademia Balbo Vallebona/Imperia Galerie Kunst und Werk, Ingelheim – mit Udo Lindenberg Wolkenpelztier (Bronze) für Skulpturenradweg Saalfelden – Leogang, Österreich Arte Genova 2012 – Galleria M’Arte |
| 2011 | Blooom, art fair cologne Le Fonderie Artistiche Romane, Carin Grudda zusammen mit Umberto Mastroianni, Emilio Greco, Giacomo Manzù, Arman, Daniel Spoerri, Nunzio, Tommaso Cascella, Claudio Costa, Ali Traore, Fuad, Musei di San Salvatore in Lauro, Roma LIV Biennale Venedig 2011 Arte Genova 2011 – Galleria M’Arte |
| 2010 | Arte Contemporanea per il Tempio di Zeus, nella Valle dei Templi di Agrigento Olivetti Park in Ivrea – gemeinsam mit Tino Aime Arte Genova 2010 – Galleria M’Arte |
| 2009 | Galerie Kunst und Werk, Ingelheim – mit Udo Lindenberg und Helge Schneider Bad Ragartz, 4. Schweizerische Triennale der Skulptur in Bad Ragaz und Vaduz |
| 2007 | Fonte Nuova, Rom, Ausstellung “Bronzi a Fonte Nuova” zusammen mit Arman, Spoerri, Oppenheim, Boisgontier, Cascella |
| 2003 | “Sculture a San Lorenzo”, Bronzen, zusammen mit Spoerri, Arman, Cascella, Bednarski, Gheno, comune di San Lorenzo al Mare (IM) |
| 2002 | Sechs Künstler – eine Gießerei – Arman, Bednarski, Boisgontier, Cascella, Gheno, Grudda, Kunstagentur Hoffmann&Hoehne in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kunstgießerei Pietro Caporrella, EAM, Kassel |
| 2001 | Il Bronzo – Galleria centro arti visive Beniamino, Bordighera, Italien Die Zauberflöte – Buhnebild, Plakat, Programm, Aktion, Kleine Oper Bad Homburg |
| 2000 | Scultura – casa – giardino, die Kunstgießerei Caporrella unterwegs – (zusammen mit Arman, Boisgontier, Cascella, Nunzio, Spoerri), Galerie Bergner, Kunstagentur Saalfrank, Galerie Witzel (alle Wiesbaden), Galerie Job (Mainz) im Baumhaus, Wiesbaden |
| 1999 | Kunstmesse Pirmasens |
| 1998 | Graphik Highlights – Kulturhaus Krakau, Polen Arte e Natura – Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin Internationale Graphik-Biennale, Verlag Depelmann, Kubus Hannover Kunstmesse, Innsbruck |
| 1997 | Highlights – Graphik im Museum Eilenburg |
| 1996 | D’ART – Kunstmesse Nizza, Francia |
| 1994 | ART EXPO – New York USA |
| 1991 | Windows of the world – Design Center Miami, Florida/USA |
| 1989 | 12° Internationale Graphikmesse, Osaka, Japan |
| 1988 | Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais, Paris |