Lena Kaapke, born in 1989 in Flensburg, is a young artist based in Kiel (Germany). Kaapke works as a conceptual artist in the field of installative contemporary ceramics. She graduated in Fine Art and Ceramics in 2015 at the Muthesius Art Academy. After that she finished a three years research project about "the color red in ceramic technologies." As a result she developed the "redspace" color system for the color red in ceramics. She has worked in Danmark, Japan, China, the Netherlands and Canada. Since 2015 her work is exhibited in many places national and international. Her work was awarded by many awards, latest by the the Vulnerable Art Award of the Diözese Rottenburg (2. Prize)(2022), the Culture award of the city of Kiel (2022), the Hessian State Prize (Promotion Award)(2021) and the European honorary award of the Europa Union Leverkusen (2021). Since last year she is represented as one of the youngest artists in the Federal Collection of Contemporary Art of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
*1989
Education:
2015-2018
2015
2012
Prizes:
2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2019
2018
2016
Works in public collections
Exhibitions:
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2022
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2015
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2012
2011
Grants
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Residencies:
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2015
Muthesius Project Student (postgraduate study grant)
Master of Fine Arts, Muthesius Art-Academy
Bachelor of Arts, Latin and Art, Teaching Qualification for Upper Secondary Schools
Cultural Promotion Award of the City of Kiel
Vulnerable Art Award, Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart (2.Prize)
BKV Prize for Young Applied Art (2.Prize)
Europäischer Ehrenpreis [European honorary award] of the Europa Union Leverkusen
Hessischer Staatspreis für das Deutsche Kunsthandwerk [Hessian State Prize for German Arts and Craft] (promotion award)
State prize of the Professional Association of Plastic and Graphic Arts of Schleswig-Holstein
Ceramics prize of the Frechener Kulturstiftung
[Culture Foundation]
Artistic prize of the State of Schleswig-Holstein (study award)
The Federal Collection of Contemporary Art by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
"2022 North Queensland Ceramic Award", Perc Tucker Gallery, North Queensland (AUS)
"Pop up exhibition", Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta (CAN)
„Vulnerbale“, Art Award of the Diözese Rottenburg, as part of the 102nd German Catholics Day Stuttgart
“BKV-Prize”, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich
“Lena Kaapke – Color and Topographies”, Kunstverein Quickborn
“Lena Kaapke – sensed maps“, standing committee of German ministers of Culture and Education, Berlin (solo)
„Landesschau“ of the Professional Association of Plastic and Graphic Arts Schleswig-Holstein, Drostei, Pinneberg
“CraftForms 2021“, Wayne Art Center, Wayne (USA)
“blaumachen”, Museum of Eckernförde, Eckernförde
„Ikone 2021“ (Majolika Award for contemporary ceramic art) Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
“Graenslandsudstillingen“ (borderland-exhibition), Sydslesvige kunstforeningen, Flensburg
“Graenslandsudstillingen“ (borderland-exhibition), Sønderjyllandshalle, Åbenrå (DK)
„Glasurprobe“, Galerie Handwerk, Munich
"Materialzauber" [Material magic], annual exhibition of the Professional Association of exhibition of the Professional Association of Applied Arts Schleswig-Holstein, Ostholstein-Museum, Eutin
“kunstschaffen” (Art-creating), museums yard Robbe und Berking, Flensburg
“Lena Kaapke - de manufactis”, Museumsberg Flensburg (solo)
“Landesschau” of the Professional Association of Plastic and Graphic Arts, Ostholstein Museum, Eutin
„Sunday morning, a taste of ceramics”, Yaozhou Kiln Museum Gallery, Yaozhou (CHN)
“Ist das noch Kunsthandwerk” [Is this still art and crafts?], Chamber of Industry and Trades, Düsseldorf
“Landesschau” of the Professional Association of Plastic and Graphic Arts,
Schloss Gottorf
Brockmann Prize Exhibition, Stadtgalerie Kiel
“Zeitzeichen” [Signs of Time], St. Annen Museum, Lübeck
“Sunday morning, a taste of ceramics”, Taoxichuan Gallery, Jingdezhen (CHN)
“Landesschau” of the Professional Association of Plastic and Graphic Arts, Museumsberg Flensburg
Ceramics prize 2018 of the Frechener Kulturstiftung, Keramion, Frechen
“Moderne trifft heute” [Modern Meets Today], Museum for Textile and Technology, Neumünster
“Natur-Mensch” [Nature-Human], Exhibition for the Andreas Prize, St. Andreasberg “Atelierstipendiaten” [Studio Bursary Holders] Atelier House in the Anscharpark, Kiel “Upcomers New Generation”, Innovationsfabrikken Kolding (DK)
Kontraste [Contrasts], Freya-Frahm Haus, Laboe
“Nur wer die Form beherrscht kann mit ihr spielen, versponnen und verwoben”, Ostholstein Museum, Eutin
Mixed exhibition, Atelier Community, Anscharpark Kiel
Brockmann Prize Exhibition, Stadtgalerie Kiel
“176,76 m2. 11813 Stunden. 3576 Teile” [176.62 m2, 11,813 hours, 3,576 parts], Atelier House in the Anscharpark, Kiel (solo)
“Natürlich Grün” [Naturally Green], Museum in Eckernförde, Eckernförde
Shiro oni Studio, Onishi (JPN)
609, Gallery One.Two.Six. Univercity of Southern Queensland (AUS)
Regionale III, Galerie Neu West Berlin (Berlin); Gallery in the Alten Schlecker (Kiel); Overbeck Gesellschaft (Lübeck)
Sydslesvige kunstforeningen, Flensburg
“Modern Classics Fokus Gefäß”, study award in ceramics 2016 of the Nassauischen Sparkasse [Savings Bank], Ceramics Museum Hohr Grenzhausen
Window 107, Copenhagen (DK);
Mother Tongue “Home is where your friends are”, pop-up exhibition Långholmsgatan 12, Stockholm (S)
“Project Network”, Applehouse Gallery, International Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard, Skaelskoer (DK)
“Masters die erste” [Master’s the first], in Anscharpark Haus 8, Kiel
“Nur wer die Form beherrscht kann mit ihr spielen”, annual exhibition of the BAK, in the Ostholstein Museum, Eutin
Master’s Exhibition, National Academy of the Arts, Oslo (NO)
“Just mastered”, State Museum at Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig
British Ceramic Biennial, Stoke on Trent (UK)
“Einblick-Ausblick” annual exhibition of the Muthesius University, Kiel
“The Site is the Question”, Airspace Gallery, part of the Artistic Research Project “Topographies of the Obsolete”, Stoke on Trent (UK)
“The Site is the Question”, Rom 8, part of the Artistic Research Project “Topographies of the Obsolete”, Bergen (N)
Class exhibition “abwarten und…” [Wait and …], Schloss vor Husum
Nominated for the Faenza-Prize, Italy
Support from the Schleswig-Holstein Culture Association for “manufacientes” and for “Wasser zum Trinken” [Water to Drink]
European Ceramic Work Centre (KWC)/Taoxichuan International Centre, three-month residence on the fifth anniversary of the the EKWC
Travel grant from the Cultural Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein for a stay in China
Project support of the Cultural Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein for the project “54 Colours of the Yangtse”
Atelier grant, Muthesius University, Atelier in the Anscharpark
Travel grant of the Cultural Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein
Muthesius Project: the colour red in ceramics technologies, Muthesius University, two-year material grant
Short-time Residence at the European Ceramics Work Centre in Oistervijk (NL)
EKWC-Taoxichuan International Centre, Jingdezhen (CHN)
“Der bewegte Koffer” in the Freya-Frahm Haus, Laboe (D)
Shiro Oni Studio, Onishi Fujioka-shi (JPN)
Guldagergaard, Dänemark, in the Project Network (DK)
Individual Residence at the European Ceramics Work Centre in Oistervijk (NL)
