K A R I M A
K L A S E N
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P A I N T I N G
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I N S T A L L A T I O N _
M I X E D
M E D I A
phone 0049 162 479 7009 _ email [email protected] _ website karimaklasen.com
Karima Klasen lives and works in Stuttgart and Luwigsburg, Germany
EDUCATION
2008
2006
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Bachelor of Arts in Cross Disciplinary Arts and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2006
2004
October, MISE EN SCENE in collaboration with Michael Koch, Bucharest, Romania
September, CENTERED CIRCLES, Art in Public Space, Justizgebäude, Heidelberg, Germany
June, WALLWORKS OST, Freie Szene im Depot, Stuttgart, Germany
YES_NO_MAYBE, Kü n stlerhaus Eckernförde, Germany
COMING SOON, Episoden in der Calwer Passage, JUST Project Stuttgart, Germany
NO STRAIGHT LINE, Ebene 0, Stuttgart, Germany
GEOMETRICS, with Esther Hagenmaier, Kunstwerk, Cologne, Germany
PAPER ROOM, in collaboration with Michael Koch, Galerie 12-14, Vienna, Austria
GEOMETRIC CONSTELLATIONS, Artary Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
MOMENTUM, Artary Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
EAT MY HEART, happening, Artary Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
ENCHANTMENT, site-specific installation, College of Santa Fe, NM
MATERIAL WORLD, Commonwealth Gallery, CFA Building, BU , Boston, MA
IDENTITY NOW, Bachelor Thesis Presentation, Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
PLASTIKPLAU, installation, University of Applied Sciences, Schwaebisch Hall, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2007
FLOWERS FOR TONY, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, International Mail Art Project, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
CONVERGENCE, School of Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition. 808 Gallery, Boston, USA
AOIO10S, Basis Frankfurt
7th International PRINTMAKING BIENAL OF DOURO, PORTUGAL
BODY_SHELTER_NET, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
DEN WURZELN MEHR AUFMERKSAMKEIT WIDMEN, Kunstverein Familie Montez Frankfurt
INDIGO / ZINNOBER, Maschenmuseum Albstadt, Germany
ONE NIGHT STAND, Intervention of the Freien Unabhängigen Künstler Stuttgart, FUKS, Stuttgart, Germany
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, International Mail Art Project, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
DEN WURZELN MEHR AUFMERKSAMKEIT WIDMEN, Kunstverein Familie Montez Frankfurt, Kunstraum Bad, Germany
Cannstatt, Poly Galerie Karlsruhe, Preview Berlin Art Fair, Museum Lytke Leipzig, Kunstwerk Köln; Germany
MADE IN PAINT, Exhibition at the SAGG, Golden Artist Colors, New York, USA
ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin; Germany
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Visual Aids exhibition, Sikkema & Jenkins, New York, USA
Finalists BOESNER ART AWARD, Maerkisches Museum Witten, Germany
OPEN, open Studios at the Eberhard Ludwig Kaserne, Ludwigsburg, Germany
ZEIGEN – EINE AUDIOTOUR, on invitation by Karin Sander, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
BETWEEN TWO WATERS, Open studios at NAC, Nida, Lituania
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Visual Aids exhibition, Cheim and Read Gallery, New York
SOLIDARITY AUCTION, auction and exhibition of invited Artists, Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
PREVIEW BERLIN, Artists of the Artary Galerie in collaboration, Flughafen Tempelhof Berlin, Germany
WIE GEHTS STUTTGART?, open studios and exhibition, Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart; Germany
UTOPIA PARKWAY, residency, exhibition and collaborative project, Stuttgart, Germany
WARTEN, exhibition and collaborative Project, Bahnhof Fuerth, Germany
PINK TANK, site specific installation, Matthaes Verlag Stuttgart, Germany
THE WINDOW UNTITLED, site specific installation, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
OFF THE WALL, Competition, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, USA
INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS, Robert Morris University, Media Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh,
PA, USA
GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
BOSTON YOUNG CONTEMPORARIES, New England MFA Competition, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
K A R I M A
K L A S E N
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P A I N T I N G
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I N S T A L L A T I O N _
M I X E D
M E D A
phone 0049 162 479 7009 _ email [email protected] _ website karimaklasen.com
STIPENDS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011-2012
2008-2009
2006-2009
2008
2007-2008
2006-2008
2007
2002
October Artist Exchange Grant, Institute für Auslandsbeziehungen IfA, Stuttgart, Germany
Project Grant Alfred Ritter GmbH und CoKG, Waldenbuch, Germany
Project Grant, City of Stuttgart and Abt-Straubinger Stiftung for JUST Project, Stuttgart, Germany
Residency and Stipend at the Künstlerhaus Eckernförde, Germany
Project Grant, LBBW Stiftung Stuttgart, Germany
Residency at the Frans Masereel Center, Belgium
Auto Center Summer Academy, ACSA, Berlin, Germany
Visiting Artist at the Golden Foundation, New York
Shortlist (25 of 1800) for the boesner art award
Golden Foundation Residency, New York
Residency at the Nida Art Colony (NAC)/Vilnius Academy of Arts, Nida, Lithuania
Studio Fellowship (Atelierstipendium) at the Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
Residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) in Santa Fe NM
Fulbright Fellowship Grant of the Fulbright Commission Berlin, Germany
Joan Mitchell Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York
Prize Winner at the Boston Young Contemporary New England wide Competition, Boston, MA
Visual Arts Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, MA
Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, MA
Stipend from the Robert-Bosch-Foundation and Markelstiftung Stuttgart, Germany
Award of Excellence, Max Kade Foundation, New York
Scholarship of InWENT and the German Ministry of Education and Science for residency in London
COLLABORATIONS, INTERVENTIONS, COMMISSIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Community Workshop PAPERWORKS_HIGH WITHOUT LOW, Backnang, Germany
Commission for the Design of a Coffee Shop for Students, Ostheim Stuttgart, Germany
CAPTCHA, Symposium ‚Befreiung der Schriftʼ, Teacher of Workshop for Installation/ Interventions in space, Fakultät fü r
Gestaltung Mannheim, Germany
Collaborative Print Project (CPP), JUST Project, Stuttgart, FUKS, Germany
Intervention in public space, CLASS NED VENA, Kreuzberg Berlin, Germany
Baden-Würrtemberg: Ein Ort für junge Künstler?, Partizipation in a research study of Urban Media Project, Oliver Kremer
shof and the Kunststiftung Baden Württemberg, Germany
EBENE 0, Wand 2.0, Winner of Competition / Commission of mural in public space, Stuttgart, Germany
72H URBAN ACTION, International urban art and architecture competition, Stuttgart, Germany
WANTED, Artistic interventions, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
ZINNOBER, Works from the Workshops of the Kuenstlerhauses Stuttgart, Germany
Initiation of the FAFA_Salon , From Artists For Artist, discussions, presentations & professional platform,
Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
UTOPIA PARKWAY, residency, exhibition and collaborative project, Stuttgart, Germany
WARTEN, site specific installation, commissioned by the city of Fuerth, Germany
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
UP TO NOW, Catalogue/Artist book of Karima Klasenʼs works from 2009-2014
Protest einer Kü n stlerin, Kieler Nachrichten, Tuesday 23.09.2014, page 25
Protest im Kü n stlerhaus, Eckernförder Zeitung, Tuesday 23.09.2014, page 7
Komposition und Installationen, Eckernförder Zeitung, Wednesday 18.06.2014, page 9
Mein Ziel ist nicht die Perfektion, Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, Saturday May 31, 2014, page 8
Die Win-Win-Passage, Lift Magazin Stuttgart, May Issue, page 60
Eine freie Künstlergruppe in der alten Kaserne, A distinction for the artist community of the Eberhardt Ludwig Kaserne,
Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, Issue March 29, 2014
Catalogue MADE IN PAINT, 2012 Artists in Residence, Golden Foundation, New York, USA
Kölner Stadtanzeiger ‚Linie und Flächen zwischen Säulenʼ, April 2013
Catalogue - Katalog zum BOESNER ART AWARD – Die Nominierten
Die Nominierten, Kunst und Material, Issue January/February, pages 19-25
Wie der Architekturwettbewerb 72 Hours Urban Action die Stadt verändert hat, Lift Magazin Stuttgart, October
Issue, page11-12
Die Kunst der richtigen Sprache, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Saturday June 4, 2011, No. 128, Kultur page 33
Watchlist: Karima Klasen, Karten lesen, Sonnendeck, Issue 92, May 2011, page 14-15
Schauplatz, Die besten Adressen für Kunst, KINKImag #35, page 105
Frontiers, Frankly Magazine, 21 Edition 2010, page 10-11
Disco als Inspiration, Lift Stuttgart, August Edition 08/10, page 119
My Face your Space, catalogue, Kunstforum Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Past, present and future perfect, April 3rd issue of Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, New Mexican Arts and Culture
Magazine, Santa Fe, NM
An artistic anding for MFA students, April 18th issue of BU Today