Christiane Bergelt received an MA in Fine Art/Painting at Chelsea College of Art in London, supported by a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation, and studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg under Prof. Christine Colditz and as a master student under Prof. Thomas Hartmann. With scholarships from the DAAD and the state of Brandenburg, Bergelt realized work stays in Iceland and at Schloss Wiepersdorf. Christiane Bergelt was awarded the Young Talent Award for Fine Arts in 2017 and the Working Scholarship of the State of Brandenburg in 2020. In 2020, she received the Neustart Kultur grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds.
PREP___ io credo
WORK__ kommen lassen
A room of ones own with imitation marble, fake trompe-l'œil thoughts, poems yet to write, preparatory drawings, dorky dark text images and companion A., the furry four legged black one. Coordinating the octopus arms. Alternating between hand and text work.
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Photo: C. Bergelt
