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biography

Gabriele Undine Meyer

born in Heilbronn

lives and works in Bielefeld

 

since 2007         Studio at Siegfriedplatz, Bielefeld

2008 – 2022    Founder and director of Galerie GUM, Bielefeld

1996 – 2007    Studio at the artist's house Artists Unlimited e.V., Bielefeld

1996                     Moved from Düsseldorf to Bielefeld

 

Solo exhibitions since 1992 | Selection

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2025                     Ich sehe dort furchtbar blass aus, Space Station Bielefeld

2024                     das vergangene ist nicht vergangen, Arts and Culture Society Melle

2023                     Solo mit Kollektiven, Art Balcony Kassel

                                 Solo mit Kollektiven, Museum Peter August Böckstiegel, Werther, Westf.

2022                     Erinnerung an Unbekannte | Memorial room for the Bielefeld Corona victims, Johanniskirche, Bielefeld

2021                     Erinnerung an Unbekannte | Memorial room for the Bielefeld Corona victims, Süsterkirche, Bielefeld     

                                 Erinnerung an Unbekannte | Memorial room for the Bielefeld Corona victims Galerie GUM, Bielefeld

2019                     Lost and Found, Laundry Factory Museum, Bielefeld

2017                     HAUSE Hause hause, workshop e.V., Hannover

2016                     Inside Out, Gallery GUM and 21 private apartments, Bielefeld

2012                     Transit, Felix Nussbaum House, Osnabrück

2011                     pro_ jektionen, ZiF, Bielefeld (Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University)

2010                     Hazy Days, Artbreak Gallery, New York, USA

2007                     Ich baue ein Haus auf dem Atlantik, Art Association Oerlinghausen

                                 The Beatifics, Capella hospitalis, Bielefeld

2006                     Bilder und Installationen, Art Association Schwerte

                                 Abbilder, Art Association Region Heinsberg

                                 Abbilder, ArtSpace Rampe, Bielefeld

2005                     The Beatifics, Marta’s Chapel, Herford

                                 Recall - Works on the topic of memory, Art Association Paderborn

                                 Recall No. 2, Ryllega Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam

                                 still moving pictures, Artists Unlimited Gallery, Bielefeld

2002                     Recall - Works on the topic of memory, City Gallery Eichenmüllerhaus, Lemgo

                                 Recall Lieblich, Arts and Culture Society Melle

2001                     Recall Katzenstein, Kunsthalle Bielefeld

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Participation in exhibitions and festivals since 1990 | Selection

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2026                        upcoming: 55 workshop, a two-part group exhibition to mark the anniversary, workshop e.V., Hannover

                                    Arthotek, Bielefelder Kunstverein

2020                     Glück im Unglück - Working in and out of isolation, hase 29, Society for Contemporary Art, Osnabrück    

2018                     verschwinden – entgleiten – erinnern, Cultural Forum Alte Post, Neuss

                                 BIOS 4, hase 29, Society for Contemporary Art, Osnabrück        

2015/16             Die Sammlung Neumann, Museum Goch

2010                     Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf

                                 Kill Your Timid Notion Festival, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Schottland

2009                     Hellwach gegenwärtig, Museum Marta Herford

                                 International Short Film Festival, Hamburg

2008                     Artbreak Gallery, New York, USA

2007                     Marta Herford

                                 Kunst in den Gewölben 2007 – Figurativ, Art Association Germersheim

                                 Die Sammlung Hiltrud Neumann, Kulturzentrum BIS, Mönchengladbach

2006                     Max Ophüls Prize Festival Saarbrücken        

2004-05             Felix Nussbaum – Zeit im Blick, Felix Nussbaum House, Osnabrück

2004                     Black Market, ArtSpace Rampe, Bielefeld

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Art in public space

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2003–09            Recall The Salesmen, room 3A, Ye Olde Carlton Arms Hotel, New York, USA

2001                     Recall Myself in Venice, Venice Action, Italien

2000                     Stele, memorial to the victims of forced sterilization,Bethel, Bielefeld

1994                     49 hier, temporary installation, Erbdrostenhof, Münster

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Works in public collections

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2015                     Collection Hiltrud Neumann, Museum Goch

2006                     City Gallery Eichenmüllerhaus, Lemgo

2003                     Marta Herford

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Bibliography | Selection

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- Gabriele Undine Meyer| Ich sehe dort furchtbar blass aus, Brochure for the exhibition at Kunstverein Melle, 2024

- Gabriele Undine Meyer, Solo mit Kollektiven, Catalogue for the exhibition at Museum Peter August Böckstiegel, Werther (Westf.), 2023

- Stadt Neuss, Der Bürgermeister (Hrsg.), verschwinden - entgleiten - erinnern, Neuss 2019

- Sigrid Lichtenberger, Der Stadt Schönstes - Poems about sculptures in Bielefeld, Pendragon Verlag Bielefeld 2013

- Reinhard Vogelsang, Stadtzeichen - Sculptures, monuments and fountains in Bielefeld, Publishing House for Printmaking Hans Gieselmann, Bielefeld 2011

- Verein zur Veranstaltung von Kunstausstellungen e.V., Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf 2010, Düsseldorf 2010

- Marta Herford (Hrsg.), hellwach gegenwärtig - Views to the Marta Collection, Herford 2009

- Birgit Anna Schumacher, Uwe Jonas (Hrsg.), pilotprojekt gropiusstadt | jahrbuch 2008, Berlin 2009

- Marta Herford (Hrsg.), OWL 1 - Art in Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld 2007

- Daniel Bérenger, Benedikt Sturzenhecker, artists unlimited 20+, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld 2005

- Hoffmann, Krieger, Nickel (Hrsg.), Masks, Schibri Verlag Uckerland 2004

- Marta Herford (Hrsg.), Leere x Vision - Bodies and objects, Herford 2003

- Benedikt Sturzenhecker (Hrsg.), Gabriele Undine Meyer - Recall - Works on the topic of memory,, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld 2002

- Christiane Heuwinkel, Gabriele Undine Meyer - Recall Katzenstein, Kunsthalle Bielefeld 2001

- Sabine Baumann (Hrsg.), Einzelgänger - 1. International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salon Verlag Köln 1998

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Teaching 1986 – 2017 | Selection

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2011 – 2017    Teaching assignment, Höhere Fachschule Agogis, Zürich, Schweiz

2005 – 2015    Teaching assignment, Fachhochschule Kiel

2001 – 2009    Seminar leadership, Bildungswerk für Theater und Kultur, Hamm

1999                     Teaching assignment, Sheffield Hallam University, Great Britain

1994 – 2016    Seminar leadership, Off-Theater, Neuss

1992 – 2013    Seminar leadership, Fachbereich Ästhetische Bildung, Burckhardthaus, Gelnhausen

1992 – 2009    Seminar leadership, Caritasverband, Köln 

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