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Christiane Baumgartner was born in 1967 in Leipzig, Germany, and studied there at the Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst before completing her Masters in Printmaking at the Royal College Art in London in 1999. She now lives and works in Leipzig.
Baumgartner is best known for the monumental woodcuts based on her own films and video stills. She first came to public attention in the UK in EAST international in 2004 and a year later with a major solo exhibition at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham. She was included in the groundbreaking exhibition at MoMA, NY, called Eye on Europe and her work is held in over 30 public collections around the world including the Albertina, Vienna; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
The Alan Cristea Gallery held the first major exhibition of her work in London in September 2008 and is her sole UK representative. For further information see the artist's own website - www.christiane-baumgartner.com
Final Cut | Beelitz | Sonntagnachmittag | Allee I + II | Trails I + II |
Felder | Solaris | Nachtfahrt | Eldridge Street |