Life and work

Vera Hilger was born in Schleiden

Schleiden

Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 13,957 inhabitants...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

,

• 1991 - 1993 Vera Hilger studied Philosophy
  Philosophy
  Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
  
   and German studies
  German studies
  German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history, and German politics in addition to the...
  
   at the RWTH Aachen University
• 1993 - 1997 graduation from the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts

After completing her studies in the Netherlands she moved into her main studio in the Belgian town Verviers

Verviers

Verviers is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. The Verviers municipality includes the old communes of Ensival, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Heusy...

, and a second studio at Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

 was retained.

Her paintings mostly focused the characteristic east Belgian landscape. The works did not reflect a realistic image, but they were deeply involved with the atmosphere of the landscapes.

From 2009, her paintings changed more and more by combining rhythmic elements and patterns with the depth in the picture plane and opened the way towards the now exclusively abstract painting.

Vera Hilger lives and works in Hauset

Hauset

Hauset is a village in the Belgian municipality of Raeren into the German-speaking Community of Belgium with around 1700 inhabitants. The village is around 260m over Mean Sea Level, along the small river Geul and borders the Forest of Aachen. The population is German speaking and is about half of...

/Belgium

Belgium

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 and Cologne/Germany.

Selected exhibitions

• 2011 exhibition celebrating the nomination to the IKOB Arts Award 2011 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen
  Eupen
  Eupen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border , from the Dutch border and from the "High Fens" nature reserve...
  
   (B) | Vera Hilger - Works 2010/11, Gallery Freitag 18.30, Aachen (D)
• 2009 Gleam, Siegerlandmuseum-Haus Oranienstrasse, Siegen
  Siegen
  Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...
  
   (D)
• 2008 grant at Starke Foundation, Artist in residence, Berlin
  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...
  
   (D)
• 2007 grant at Starke Foundation, Artist in residence, Berlin (D) | Gallery Geymüller, Essen
  Essen
  - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
  
   (D) | Gallery Arcane, Liège
  Liège
  Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....
  
   (B)
• 2006 Sfumato
  Sfumato
  Sfumato is one of the four canonical painting modes of the Renaissance .The most prominent practitioner of sfumato was Leonardo da Vinci, and his famous painting of the Mona Lisa exhibits the technique. Leonardo da Vinci described sfumato as "without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke or...
  
  , Raum für Kunst, Aachen | Landscape, Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht
  Maastricht
  Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
  
   (NL)
• 2004 petit comité, Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht (NL)
• 2003 Walk, Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht (NL)
• 2002 Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht (NL)
• 2001 Gallery Pin, Bielefeld
  Bielefeld
  Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
  
   (D)
• 2000 Gallery Cave Canem, Aachen
  Aachen
  Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
  
   (D)
• 1999 Gallery Cave Canem, Aachen (D)
• 1997 Graduates' exhibition Akademie Of Arts Maastricht
• 1995 Gallery van Laethem, Hasselt
  Hasselt
  Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg...
  
   (group exhibition)

Awards and scholarships

• 2011 nomination for the IKOB
  IKOB International Art Centre East Belgium
  The International Art Centre , founded in 1993 by the current IKOB director Francis Feidl, is a museum of contemporary art in the German speaking city of Eupen in Belgium .-Exhibitions and collection:...
  
  Arts Award 2011, Eupen (B)
• 2008 Artist in residence, grant at Starke Foundation, Berlin (D)
• 2007 Artist in residence, grant at Starke Foundation, Berlin (D)

Catalogues and editions

• Gleam, publisher: Siegerlandmuseum, Siegen, 2009
• Sfumato, publisher: Raum für Kunst, Aachen 2006
• Walk, publisher: Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht 2003

External links

• official website (English)