Corina Gertz
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Zwischen Sturm und Stille, Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg
Corina Gertz combines her work with travelling widely to create her averted portrait series that reflect her passion for the colourful diversities and cultural particularities of our world. Her main focus here is on clothing traditions, which, in the course of globalisation, are rapidly blurring into a uniform idea of beauty, to the detriment of individual expression.
In this work, she emphasizes the distinctions of our differences, which speaks strongly of her stand against intolerance towards others. Corina’s independent projects are exhibited in international museums and galleries, and are available in book and film format.
In 2013 and 2014 Corina gave lectures and workshops at the Art Academy Kunming, at the University for Art Xijing in Xi'an, and at the Technical University Hubei in Wuhan, China. Since 2015 she teaches at the College of Art and Design at Beijing University of Technology.
Corina Gertz lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Solo shows (selection)
2023
COSTUME X FASHION. Costume as an inspiration for Art and Fashion, Theatre Museum Düsseldorf, D
2022
The Averted Portrait, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, D
2021
Corina Gertz - Miteinander, UNO Art Space, Stuttgart, D
Schubert & Gertz - Voneinander, (together with Anne Schubert), UNO Art Space, Stuttgart, D
2019
Lianzhou Photo Museum, Lianzhou, Guangdong, CHN (catalogue)
2018
Das abgewandte Porträt – Zwischen August Sander und Vermeer (The Averted Portrait - Between August Sander and Vermeer), Galerie Peter Tedden zu Gast bei Matthias Erntges, Düsseldorf, D (catalogue)
Das abgewandte Porträt, in context of Tracht oder Mode – Die europäische Sammlung Paul Prött, Deutsches Textilmuseum, Krefeld, D
2014
Illusions Never Die, together with Gudrun Teich, Organhaus, Chongqing, CHN
2011
KunstwerkSTADT Pößneck, D
2010
Under Shiva’s Shield, Visual Gallery, Photokina, Cologne, D (catalogue)
2009
Under Shiva's Shield, Textile Museum Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, IND
2005
Beauty of Kaokoveld, Syrius, Düsseldorf, D
Beauty of Kaokoveld, Back Lane Art Gallery, Aachen, D
Group shows (selection)
2024
Erinnern | Remembering, together with Nicole Ashland & Kris Scholz, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, D
Zwischen Sturm und Stille, Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg, D
je suis, together with Michaël Aerts, Christian Megert, Eva Rubinstein, Kris Scholz, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, D
2023
Love for Detail, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, D
Rethinking Identities, MNHA Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg, LUX
Identity & Culture, together with Michaël Aerts, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, D
2022
traurig heiter, 2 Wolken, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, D
2021/22
Look! Enthüllungen zu Kunst und Fashion, Marta Herford Museum, Herford, D
2020
Fleurs, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, D
Reconstruction, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, CHN
Fùchûn, KENNAXU Gallery, Shenzhen, CHN
Cloud Project, Nine Art Space, Shanghai, CHN
maritica si ia ei, Galeria M3, Ferma de Artă Liteni-Moara, ROU
2019
Très Chic - Mode in der Kunst, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, D (catalogue)
I'm Comin' Home, South x Southeast photogallery, Molena, Georgia, USA
Mood In Heart, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, CHN
Puterea persistentei, Palatul Mogoșoaia, Bucarest, ROU
DIE GROSSE, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, D (catalogue)
Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction, A Sino-German Exhibition Project, Artron Art Center, Shenzhen, CHN (catalogue)
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Nine Art Space shows works by Corina Gertz, Shanghai, CHN
2018
Jenseits des Dokumentarischen, Städtische Galerie Iserlohn, D (catalogue)
Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction, A Sino-German Exhibition Project, GCA The Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, CHN (catalogue)
Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction, A Sino-German Exhibition Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sanya, CHN (catalogue)
DIE GROSSE, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, D (catalogue)
2nd Shenzhen International Photography Exhibition, CHN
Tianshui Photo Biennale, CHN (catalogue)
PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, Nine Art Space shows works by Corina Gertz, Shanghai, CHN
National Gallery of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, UZB (catalogue)
Emscher Gold - Sammlung Tedden, Galerie Münsterland e.V., Emsdetten, D (catalogue)
2017
Jenseits des Dokumentarischen, Städtische Galerie KUBUS, Hannover, D (catalogue)
Jenseits des Dokumentarischen, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim – Bissingen, D (catalogue)
Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction, A Sino-German Exhibition Project, White Box Art Center, 798, Beijing, CHN (catalogue)
Photo Festival Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, CHN (catalogue)
Mizhi Cave House International Photography Art Festival, Shanxi, CHN
Art Space for Moving Image, Photo Beijing, CHN (catalogue)
2016
Photo Festival Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, CHN (catalogue)
2015
Beyond the Sphere of Reproduction, 6 German photographic Researchers, Photo Beijing, CHN (catalogue)
Back from Chongqing, Atelier am Eck, Düsseldorf, D
2014
Wedding Dresses 1775-2014, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB (catalogue: ‘The Wedding Dress’ by Edwina Ehrmann, V&A, London)
Beijing Friends – From Phenomenon to Essence, Kunstverein Aalen, D
China Friends – From Phenomenon to Essence, DCKD, Düsseldorf, D
2013
Portas Abertas, Fórum Fundacao Eugénio de Almeida, Evora, PRT
In Out Space / Sculpture Architecture, Tipographia Hall, Bucarest, ROU
2012
The Wedding Dress: 200 Years Of Wedding Fashion, National Museum of Singapore, SGP curated by Victoria & Albert Museum, London (catalogue)
Unveiled, Western Australian Museum, Perth, AUS curated by Victoria & Albert Museum, London (catalogue)
2011
White Wedding Dress: 200 Years Of Wedding Fashion, Bindigo Art Gallery, Victoria, AUS, curated by Victoria & Albert Museum, London (catalogue)
Unveiled: 200 Years Of Wedding Dress, Museum of New Zealand, NZL, curated by Victoria & Albert Museum, London (catalogue) Visual Aids, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
Embracing Our Differences, Island Park, Sarasota, Florida, USA (catalogue)
Water Bienniale, Bad Breisig, D (catalogue) Eyes on Asia, Museo delle Culture del Mondo, Genova, ITA (catalogue)
Eyes on Asia, Museo delle Culture del Mondo, Genova, ITA (catalogue)
2010
8 Views, 10 festival for fashion & photography, Vienna, AUT
ECO-Creations, fashion from recycled material, Longmont Council for the Arts / Muse Gallery, Longmont, Colorado, USA
The-zip-association, House of Silk Culture, Krefeld, D
Redux, fashion from recycled material, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, USA
2009
Art Center, fashion illustrations from recycled materials, Mount Clement, Michigan, USA (honorable mention)
Sowing Seeds, International Artist Village Camp, SAR, Rajasthan, IND
Kaman Art Gallery, Jodhpur, IND (catalogue)
2007
Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit, USA
Dt. Architektur Museum, Frankfurt a. M., D
Pro Arte Institute St. Petersburg, RUS
On behalf of the exhibition series Shrinking Cities, a project (2002-2008) of the Federal Cultural Foundation, under the direction of Philipp Oswalt (Berlin) in co-operation with the Leipzig Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and the magazine archplus (catalogue)
2006
10. Int. Architekturbiennale, Venice, ITA
University of Tokio with Art Deco Museum, Tokio, JPN
Pralt Manhatten Gallery / von Alen Institute, New York, USA
On behalf of the exhibition series Shrinking Cities (catalogue)
2004
Namibia, A Separated History, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne, D (catalogue)
Awards and Residencies
2018
Appointed member of DGPh, D
Artist in residence, Toot Yung Art Space, Chiang Mai, THA
2016
Prize-winning Photo Festival Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, CHN
2014
Artist in residence, Organhaus, Chongqing, CHN
2012
Artist in residence, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, CHN
Artist in residence, The Cill Rialaig, IRL
Artist in residence, Foundación Valparioso, Mojácar, ESP
2010
Artist in Residence, Sowing Seeds, Village Sar, Jodpur, IND
2009
Artist in residence, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, IND
