Erdmute Blach
lives and works in Berlin
Born in 1958 in Erfurt
Received her degree in Mathematics from the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin in 1984
Member of the association KunstEtagenPankow e.V.
Artist in Residence
2017
Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils (Latvia)
2016
International Painting Symposium “Mark Rothko 2016”
Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils (Latvia)
2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
OBRAS Foundation – International Centre for Art and Science, Estremoz (Portugal)
2013, 2014, 2015
KONSTEPIDEMIN Centre for the arts, Göteborg (Sweden)
works are
in the collection of Rothko-Museum in Daugavpils (Latvia),
in the collection of Västra Götaland Regional Council (Sweden)
and privately owned
Courses, summer academy programmes and workshops
(selection)
Berlin, small sculptures with Emerita Pansowova (1989-1995)
Berlin, printmaking with Stefan Friedemann (1993-1995)
Sommerakademie Westfalen, printmaking at the Kätelhön printing workshop with Klaus Jüdes (1997)
Sommerakademie Kulturaxe Vienna/Bratislava in Topolcanky (Slovakia), life drawing with Attila Pillar and Jan Fekete, 1998
Torculari printing workshop, Algaida (Spain), printmaking with Julio León and Ricardo Piñol (1999)
Thüringische Sommerakademie Böhlen: painting with Marianne Wirries (1998), Jonathan Sheratte (1999), Otto Sander-Tischbein (2000), Bärbel Rothhaar (2005, 2009), collage with Claudette Griffiths (2001)
Berlin, life drawing with Bärbel Rothhaar (2016)
Exhibitions
2023
…silent song as long/ as no one listens; Galleri PS, Göteborg, Schweden
2019
kompozīcijas. atbildēt tumsai – compositions. answers to darkness;
Rotko Centre exhibition Erdmute Blach
Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Lettland
2018
Klanger; Galleri PS, Göteborg, Sweden
Variationen; Internationales Begegnungszentrum Rostock
2016
Petite Suite; Frauenkulturverein Die Beginen, Rostock
2015
canções silenciosas – silent songs; Palacio de Dom Manuel Évora, Portugal
2014
klanger och spår – sounds and tracks; Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden
experiments; Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden
Malerei & Konstrukte/Painting & Constructs; Rostock University of Music and Drama (with Anna Silberstein)
Cores Alentejanas II/Colours of Alentejo II; Foundation Obras, Evoramonte, Portugal
2013
Cores Alentejanas/Colours of Alentejo; Foundation Obras, Evoramonte, Portugal
dozens of dialects of green; Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden
Klang/sound; Galerie im Neptun, Rostock-Warnemünde
2012
Dialog/dialogue; Internationales Begegnungszentrum Rostock
Kompositionen/ compositions; Consulate General of Portugal, Hamburg
2011
schweben/ floating; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock (with Kerstin Kreller)
2010
Die Erkundung des Raumes /The exploration of the space; Galerie artquarium, Rostock (with Susanne Lilienthal)
Malerei /Painting; women entrepreneurs’ centre Weiberwirtschaft, Berlin (with Bärbel Rothhaar)
1995
Small sculptures and etching; Keramikstudio Berlin-Lichtenberg
Participations
(selection)
2024
artspring 2024-Gemischte Platte; Atelierhaus Prenzlauer Promenade, Berlin
artspring 2024 -Die komische Linie, Park-Klinik Weißensee, Berlin
2023
KunstEtagenPankow Werkschau 2023; Atelierhaus Prenzlauer Promenade, Berlin
artspring 2023-Gemischte Platte; Atelierhaus Prenzlauer Promenade, Berlin
begegnungen; Anton -Saefkow- Library, Berlin
2022
artspring 2022-Gemischte Platte; Atelierhaus Prenzlauer Promenade, Berlin
2021
Stadtstücke-Rhythmus Berlin; Schloß Schönhausen, Berlin
Abstractions; Siauliai Art Gallery, Siauliai (Lithuania)
Bild einer Ausstellung; Galerie Paterre, Berlin
Festival artspring 2021-exhibition and open studios; Atelierhaus Prenzlauer Promenade, Berlin
2020
Werkschau 2020; online KunstEtagenPankow
open spaces; Atelierhausgenossenschaft Haus1, Berlin
2019
KunstEtagenPankow; Janusz-Korczak-Bibliothek, Berlin
BESTAND(s)-Ausgabe XVI; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
2018
GOLD; Madona Museum of Local History and Art, Madona,Latvia
Eröffnung; Atelierhausgenossenschaft Berlin, Haus1
Swish; Konstepidemin Göteborg, Sweden
Neujahrsrundgang; Atelierhausgenossenschaft Haus 1, Berlin
BESTAND(s)-Ausgabe XV; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
Schmucke Gäste XV; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
2017
La Faune; Studio Atelier d’Art André Langlais, Conflans-sainte-Honorine, France
Schmucke Gäste XIV; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
2016
Mark-Rothko-Symposium 2016; Mark Rothko Centre Daugavpils, Latvia
Artothek;Frauenkulturverein Die Beginen, Rostock
BESTAND(s)-Ausgabe XIII; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
2015
Bild&Wort, Künstlerhaus Plüschow
Remembrance, never forget: no more wars! (II); Kulturhaus Mestlin
25 Jahre BuchKunstBalance; Hugendubel, Rostock
Schmucke Gäste XII; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
2014
Herbstwerkschau; KunstEtagen Pankow, Berlin
Remembrance, never forget: no more wars! (for KUNST HEUTE); Kulturhaus Mestlin
Galerie Elapedra, Estremoz, Portugal
Bestands-Ausgabe XII; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
2013
Artvent; exhibition and art auction, Kunstverein Rostock
Schmucke Gäste XI; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
KUNST HEUTE – HEUTE KUNST; Kulturhaus Mestlin
Alle Mann an Bord; Galerie artquarium, Rostock
Galerie Elapedra, Estremoz, Portugal
Künstlerbücher (artists’ books); Hugendubel, Rostock
2012
KUNST HEUTE – HEUTE KUNST; Kulturhaus Mestlin
Schmucke Gäste X; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
Wintersalon III; Galerie artquarium, Rostock
2011
Schmucke Gäste IX, Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
Eröffnung, die Zweite; Atelierhaus Dieselmotorenwerk, Rostock
The virtual gallery of the continents, Düsseldorf association of women artists
The Sketchbook Projekt; Brooklyn, Austin, San Francisco, Portland, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, Seattle, Winter Park, US
Pimaldaumen; Galerie artquarium, Rostock
2010
Schmucke Gäste VIII; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
2009
Anonymous Drawings; Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin
Schmucke Gäste VII; Galerie Klosterformat, Rostock
2005,2001, 2000, 1999, 1998
Thüringische Sommerakademie, Böhlen
1998
Resultate 98; Salle de Bal, Wien
1995
Skulpturen; Volkshochschule Berlin – Friedrichshain
Artist’s books
2017 Appearing in EDITION BALANCE/ Atelier Buchkunst: These artist’s books were exhibited at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Leipzig Book Fair, artbook berlin, Biennale Buchkunst Weimar, at the Ahrendshooper Literaturtage as well as at Konstepidemin Göteborg, among other places.
One-of-a-kind book with the poem Geleit by Gisela Wölbert
2013
One-of-a-kind book with the poem Allegro by Tomas Tranströmer
One-of-a-kind book with an unpublished text by Friederike Mayröcker
2012
One-of-a-kind book with texts by John Cage
Poetische Miniaturen II – with poems and haikus by Henry Günther
Collaborations
(selection) Performance based on the composition hunt by Sven Daigger A Portuguese – German cultural project Performance Ensemble HALSOVERHEAD: Lars-Arvid Brischke (spoken word, Berlin), Public activity by the poetry group Poesiestammtisch as part of Festival Poesiefrühling Berlin Recitations, music, painting, film, and improvisation Performance based on the composition Three Little Pieces by Anteo Fabris Nicola Marrek (Hamburg), choreographyhunting hunt
Sven Daigger (Karlsruhe), composition,
ensemble Kamerata Artika directed by Alessandro Palumbo,
Erdmute Blach, live painting
2014 presented at Rostock University of Music and DramaCompositions
Amílcar Vasquez Dias (S. Miguel de Machede, Portugal), Erdmute Blach
2012
Amílcar Vasquez Dias gave lectures with music at the Embassy of Portugal in Berlin, Institut Camões in Hamburg and at the Rostock University of Music and Drama. Erdmute Blach also gave a lecture at Institut Camões in Hamburg and exhibited her work at the Consulate General of Portugal.Das gedankenverlorene Paradies
Thomas M. Kumlehn (music, Potsdam), Erdmute Blach (live painting, Rostock)
2012 presented at Kulturhaus Mestlin during KUNST HEUTE – HEUTE KUNST (day of contemporary art, organized by the Association of art museums and art institutions and the Artist Organisation of Mecklenburg – West-Pomerania), and then, in October at the Internationales Begegnungszentrum Rostock
2013 together with Britta Schönbrunn (dance, Päwesin) at Müncheberg parish churchto Festival Poesiefrühling Berlin
Featuring: Miriam Bondy, Lars-Arvid Brischke, Olaf Garbow, Sushma U. Gütter, Miriam Hartz, Christine Kahlau, Annette Kautt, Christoph Schwantke, Rainer Stolz, Tatjana M. Szczodylo-Gola, Marilyn Veber, Erdmute Blach and others
march 2011
Luisenbad library, (Berlin – Wedding)VerRückt
String ensemble „strings“ conducted by Kathy Kelsh (Lüneburg),
Dancers from the ensembles of Lüneburg music school under the direction of Nicola Marrek
Live painting by Bärbel Rothhaar (Berlin) and Erdmute Blach
2011
at Theater Lüneburg