"Two columns"
h = 90 cm / h = 70 cmInes Rother
1970- Bahnhofstr. 15
- 53721 Siegburg
- Tel. +49 0173 9542859
Painting on object ceramics
I create ceramic sculptures that can be touched with the eyes and hands, that always show new aspects, set signs, are labeled. On repeated viewing, seemingly informal drawings become memories of familiar forms without being permanent, in constant change. Whether clear, taut forms, volumes in motion or randomly layered clay remnants/offcuts, I create both body sculpture and surface for my painting and drawing - like white sheets of paper. It is a fusion and symbiosis of object and painting. The result is multi-layered, irregular color surfaces and fields of very different perspectives. Restless small parts contrast with large, calm color fields, always in light-dark gradients and often in cold, warm and complementary contrasts. Linear structures are embedded in the change of color fields and lead the viewer across three-dimensional images.
CV
| 1988 - 1990 | A-levels, training as a pane potter in Römhild, Thuringia |
| 1990 | Freelancer in workshops on Amrum and in Berlin |
| 1990 - 1993 | Study visits to Tuscany, Florence, Avignon and Provence with the Freie Kunstschule Berlin and the Kunstschule Kassel |
| 1993 - 1996 | Technical college for ceramic design in Höhr-Grenzhausen, state-certified ceramic designer |
| seit 1996 | freelance artist and owner of a studio and gallery in Siegburg, memberships AIC Geneva, BK and AKK |
awards
| 2025 | MANUFACTUM State Prize for Applied Arts and Crafts NRW, Museum of Art and Cultural History (MKK), Dortmund (finalist) |
| 2025 | 63° Premio Faenza, Concorso Internazionale della ceramica d`arte contemporanea, Museo Faenza, Italy (finalist) |
| 2024 | 13th International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan (Honorable Mentions) |
| XXXI Concorso di Ceramica Contemporanea "Mediterraneo" (finalist), Grottaglie/ Apulien/ Italy | |
| Keramik Europas, Westerwaldpreis (finalist), Keramikmuseum, Höhr-Grenzhausen | |
| Concurso Internacional de Cerámica de L`Alcora | |
| CICA 2024, Museu de Cerámica, (finalist), L`Alcora, Spain (Castellón) | |
| 2023 | finalist in Aveiro/ Portugal, Saragossa and Espluges/ Spain |
collections
2024: Purchase "Column 2" Stadtmuseum Siegburg
2021: Ceramic murals for 6 conference rooms of the new meeting and conference center RHEIN SIEG FORUM
2014: Prize for Painting and Ceramics, Art and Culture Foundation Majolika, Karlsruhe and purchase of the two prize works by the Badisches Landesmuseum