Born in 1970 in Mainz, Germany
Currently lives and works near Mainz, Germany
Karin Weber Gallery artist Angela Glajcar is a sculpture artist working in the mediums of paper and glass mesh. The artist hand tears small creations for residential clients and large-scale installations for public spaces.
Light and shadow to lend definition and bring form to her seemingly weightless, yet substantial compositions. When artificially lit, these sculptures take on new qualities as hand-torn sheets form a vortex-like structure that is dramatized in shadow.
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Angela GlajcarBorn in 1970 in Mainz, Germany Currently lives and works near Mainz, Germany Karin Weber Gallery artist Angela Glajcar is a sculpture artist working in the mediums of paper and glass mesh. The artist hand tears small creations for residential clients and large-scale installations for public spaces. Light and shadow to lend definition and bring form to her seemingly weightless, yet substantial compositions. When artificially lit, these sculptures take on new qualities as hand-torn sheets form a vortex-like structure that is dramatized in shadow.
Education 2007–2008 Visiting chair (Sculpture), University of Giessen 1998–2004 Instructor, Academy of Visual Arts in Nürnberg, Fachhochschule Mainz, University of Giessen and Dortmund 1998 Master in Sculpture, Academy of Visual Arts, Nürnberg 1996 Bachelor in Sculpture, Academy of Visual Arts, Nürnberg
Exhibitions 2022 ‘Scale Matters’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong ‘Arte Sobre Papel’, Galeria Marita Segovia, Madrid, ES ‘Torn Spaces’, Bluerider Art, Shanghai, China International Paper Biennale, Changchun, China ‘Miniartextil’, Arte & Arte, Paris, France ’50 Jahre Galerie Loehrl’, Moenchengladbach, Germany ‘Cut, Torn and Folded’, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Köln, Germany ‘The Abstract Landscape’, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Germany 2021 ‘Papier im Raum – Spatial Paper’, Haus des Papiers, Berlin, Germany ‘St-art Messe, Strassburg’, Stream Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium ‘Art Cologne 2021’, Galerie Utermann and Galerie Löhrl, Germany ‘Papier Im Raum – Spatial Paper’, Haus des Papiers, Berlin, Germany ‘Vier Elemente’, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany ‘Lunar Sonata’ – Hanji Works and Contempoary Art, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, South Korea ‘Angela Glajcar: ‘Papier fâché’, Stream Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium ‘Paper Positions Berlin’, Paper Art Berlin, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Germany ‘Scale Matters 2021-006’ – Site specific installation, private collection, Vienna, Austria ‘The Sensible Practice’, Galeria Antonella Cattani Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Italy ‘Arte Sobre Papel’, Galeria Marita Segovia, Madrid, Spain ‘Angela Glajcar: ‘Scale Matters’ on Artsy, Karin Weber Gallery ‘Spacepoetry’, Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany 2020 ‘Paper Routes – Women To Watch 2020’, NMWA National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA ‘Geheimnis Papier’, Museum Schloss Burgau, Düren, Germany ’20 Jahre Stadtkünstler Spaichingen’, Spaichingen, Germany ‘We Are Talking About The Space Between Us’, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany ‘Künstlerinnen In Der Bochumer Kunstsammlung’, Art Museum Bochum, Germany ‘My Silence Is My Self Defense’, K.OSS Contemporary Art, Detroit, USA ‘Terforation’, Bluerider Art, Taipei, Taiwan ‘Art Karlsruhe’, Galerie Maurer, Heitsch Gallery and Galerie Cattani, Netherlands 2019 ‘Terforations’, Galerie Philippe David, Zürich, Switzerland ‘Blanco y Nero’, Galeria Marita Segovia, Madrid, Spain ‘Snowblind’, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Germany ‘Highlights’, Heitsch Gallery, München, Germany ‘Paper Positions Frankfurt’, Flare of Frankfurt, Galerie Nanna Preußners and Galerie Maurer, Germany Positions Berlin Art Fair, Airport Berlin-Tempelhof, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Germany ‘One If By Land’, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China ‘Torn Spaces’, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, Germany ‘20/20’, Karin Weber Gallery 20th anniversary exhibition, Hong Kong Cheongju Craft Biennale, South Korea Cologne Fine Art 2019, Galerie Utermann, Köln, Germany ‘Prospect’, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2018 ‘light and space’, MEB Arte Studio, Borgomanero, Province of Novara, Italy ‘SKULPTURALE communication in line, form and space’, Joerg Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany ‘Carte Blanche’, Les 3 Cha centre d’art Châteaugiron, France ‘Weiss’, Galerie Sebastian Fath, Mannheim, Germany ‘Plateau München’, Heitsch Gallery, München, Germany ‘Luce e Spazio’, MEB Arte Studio, Borgomanero, Italy 2017 ‘Open Art München’, Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany ‘gerissen · gefalzt · geschnitten · gezeichnet’, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany CODA Paper Art 2017, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands ‘Terforation 2.0’ Solo Exhibition, Museum Wiesbaden, Germany ‘In The Absence Of Color: Artists Working in Black and White’, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, USA CONTEXT New York 2017, New York, USA ‘SYNTHESIS – Angela Glajcar and Thomas Röthel’, bromer kunst, Roggwil, Switzerland ‘LAYERS’, Joerg Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany 2016 ‘New Masters vs Modern Masters’, Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany ‘Sensazioni di carta’ Solo Exhibition, Antonella Cattani Contemporary Art Gallery, Bolzano, Italy ‘Shifting Surfaces’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong ‘Terra Incognita’ Solo Exhibition, St. Augustin/Kunstverein, Coburg, Germany ‘White is the New Black’, Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany ‘Paper is for Eternity’, Gutenberg-Museum, Mainz, Germany Art Chicago, USA 2015 ‘A Touch of Glass’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong ‘Terforation’, MOCA Jacksonville, Andipa Gallery, London, United Kingdom ‘Terforation’, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg, Germany ‘within the light’, Southwark Cathedral, London, United Kingdom Art Copenhagen, konkret mehr Raum! Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Denmark Art Miami New York, Heitsch Gallery, USA London Art Fair, Galerie Kudlek, Andipa Gallery, United Kingdom Artefiera Bologna, Galleria Ecuardo Secci, Galleria Antonella Cattani, Italy ZONA MACO MEXICO, Galleria Eduardo Secci, Mexico Art Paris, Galleria Eduardo Secci, France Art Brussels, Galerie Kudlek, Belgium DRAWING NOW PARIS, Galerie Kudlek, France 2014 ARTE FIERA 2014, Bologna, Italy Galeria Antonella Cattani, Galeria Eduardo Secci Art 14, London, Andipa Gallery, London Eduardo Secci Contemporary, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy ‘WHITE SENSATION’, Galerie Nanna Preussner, Hamburg 25th anniversary show, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami, USA Se dico Aria, caleidoscopio, Festival delle Arti, Camerano, Italy Impressoni astratte, Museion Bozen, Italy ‘WHITE GLASS’, Galerie Kudlek, Köln, Germany Espacio Micus Arte Contemporáneo, Ibiza, Mediterranean Sea ‘Summer’, Hollis Taggart, New York, USA 2013 Andipa Gallery, London, United Kingdom Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany Galerie Antonella Cattani contemporary art, Bolzano, Italy 2012 ‘Künstlerfreunde‘, Kunstverein Speyer, Speyer, Germany
2011 ‘the light within‘, Kunstkulturkirche Allerheiligen, Frankfurt, Germany ‘curalium’, Holy Cross College, Worcester, USA ‘Papier=Kunst 7‘, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany ‘Terforation‘, San Giovanni in Valle, Verona, Italy ‘Metall Papier Komplementär’, Kunstverein Emsdetten, Germany 2010 ‘ad id temporis’, Sint-Anna-ten-Drieënkerk, Antwerp, Belgium ‘innen raum aussen‘, Gallery Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany ‘carta spaziale’, Gallery Grossetti, Milano, Italy ‘regionale 2010‘, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany ‘Papierarbeiten 2‘, Gallery Maurer, Frankfurt, Germany ’white meditation room’, Gallery Grossetti, Milano, Italy 2009 ‘Papierwelten‘, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany ‘ad lucem‘, Kunststation Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany ‘paper,‘ Papiermachermuseum Steyrermühl, Steiermark, Austria ‘Papierskulpturen, Gallery Wichtendahl, Berlin, Germany ’carta spaziale‘, Ripamonti Foundation, Como, Italy 2008 ‘inside-outside‘, Kunstverein Siegen, Siegen, Germany ‘Holland Paper Biennale‘, Coda Museum & Rijswijk Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands ‘Tänze im Raum‘, Südwestrundfunk Mainz, Germany ‘Angela Glajcar’, Gallery Segovia, Madrid, Spain ‘sculpture céleste’, Abbaye D’Alspach, Kaysersberg, France ‘dialogue poetique’, Forum d’Art Franco-Allemand, Vaudrémont, France ’secret’, Gallery Maurer, Frankfurt, Germany 2007 ‘schwebend‘, Gallery van der Koelen Mainz, Germany ‘Faszination Papier‘, Kunstverein Nördlingen, Germany ‘Papierskulpturen‘, Gallery Maurer, Frankfurt, Germany
Awards 2021 Paper Art Award 2021, Haus des Papiers, Berlin, Germany 2014-2015 Mainzer Stadtdrucker Award 2010 Public Choice Award at the Regionale, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen 2006 Phönix Art Award 2005 Emy-Roeder-Award 2004 Vordemberge-Gildewart-Award 2002 Zonta Art Award, Mainz 1998 Studio Award, Kunststiftung Erich Hauser
Publications ‘Angela Glajcar’, Wienand Verlag, Germany, 2013
Collections The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville, USA Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Korea The state of Rhineland Palatinate, Germany Museum Wiesbaden, Germany Nixdorf, USA Grossetti, Italy Private Collections in Europe and the USA |