Mathilde ter Heijne
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Mathilde ter Heijne is a Dutch contemporary visual artist based in Berlin
, Germany. She works in a variety of different mediums, including installation, sculpture
, photography
, and video
. Her work often explores themes of social, cultural, or political phenomena and incorporates elements such as literature
, film
, theater, and performance, sometimes using life-size dummies resembling the artist herself.
Specific topics featured in her work include women marginalized in society, domestic and political violence, matriarchal societies, ancient rituals and spells, the decoding of prehistoric symbol systems, and the psychology of various fictitious female artists. Through these topics, her work focuses on issues of political violence and power-relationships within society and often questions her role as an artist within these frameworks.
Ter Heijne studied in Maastricht at the Stadsakademie (1988-1992) and in Amsterdam at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (1992-1994). She is currently working as a Professor of Visual Art, Performance, and Installation at Kunsthochschule, Kassel, Germany.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany. She works in a variety of different mediums, including installation, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, and video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
. Her work often explores themes of social, cultural, or political phenomena and incorporates elements such as literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, theater, and performance, sometimes using life-size dummies resembling the artist herself.
Specific topics featured in her work include women marginalized in society, domestic and political violence, matriarchal societies, ancient rituals and spells, the decoding of prehistoric symbol systems, and the psychology of various fictitious female artists. Through these topics, her work focuses on issues of political violence and power-relationships within society and often questions her role as an artist within these frameworks.
Ter Heijne studied in Maastricht at the Stadsakademie (1988-1992) and in Amsterdam at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (1992-1994). She is currently working as a Professor of Visual Art, Performance, and Installation at Kunsthochschule, Kassel, Germany.
Catalogues
- Mathilde ter Heijne: Any Day Now. Kunsthalle Nürnberg im KunstKulturQuartier, Germany and Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria, 2010.
- Mathilde ter Heijne: If it's me, it's not me. Ostfilder, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2008.
- Ingrid Calame, Mathilde ter Heijne, Jörg Wagner. Kunstverein Hannover, Germany, 2004.
- Mathilde ter Heijne: Tragedy. Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland, 2002.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2011 - Lentos Museum, Linz
- 2010 - Kunsthalle NürnbergKunsthalle NürnbergThe Kunsthalle Nürnberg is an art centre founded in 1967, near the city centre. It hosts exhibitions by contemporary international artists in Nuremberg...
- 2009 - The Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
- 2006 - The Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
- 2005 - The Götz Collection, Munich
- 2002 - The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2008 - “Female Trouble,” Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
- 2007 - “Made in Germany,” the Sprengel Museum, Kunstverein Hannover, and kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
- 2006 - The 4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale
- 2006 - The Shanghai Biennale
- 2005 - “A Greater New York,” MoMA PS1, New York