Vera Hilger (born 1971) is a German painter.

Life and work

Vera Hilger was born in

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, * 1991 - 1993 Vera Hilger studied Philosophy and German studies at the RWTH Aachen University * 1993 - 1997 graduation from the

Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht Institute of Arts, formerly known as the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht (Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design) and the Stadsacademie voor Toegepaste Kunsten (City Academy of Applied Arts), is a cluster of visual arts educat ...

After completing her studies in the Netherlands she moved into her main studio in the Belgian town

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, and a second studio at

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was retained.
Her paintings mostly focused the characteristic east Belgian landscape. The works did not reflect a realistic image, but they were deeply involved with the atmosphere of the landscapes.
From 2009, her paintings changed more and more by combining rhythmic elements and patterns with the depth in the picture plane and opened the way towards the now exclusively abstract painting. Vera Hilger lives and works in

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and Cologne/Germany.

Selected exhibitions

*2015 Into other Scapes, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL) , ''fuzzy sets'', artothek Köln (D) *2014 ''Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW'', Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (D) *2013 ''edition norm'', Barbette - Berlin , OSTRALE´013, Dresden (D) , ''Intervalle'', Kirche St. Marien in Würselen (D) *2012 ''Kunstroute'', Wanda Reiff, Bemelen (NL) , ''Prix Louis Schmidt'', Musee d'art contemporain - Freie Universität Brüssel (B) , ''Pulsar'', Bild für die Kirche St. Nikolaus (Citykirche), Aachen (D) * 2011 exhibition celebrating the nomination to the IKOB Arts Award 2011 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in

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(B) , ''Vera Hilger - Works 2010/11'', Gallery Freitag 18.30, Aachen (D) * 2009 ''Gleam'', Siegerlandmuseum-Haus Oranienstrasse,

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(D) * 2008 grant at Starke Foundation, ''Artist in residence'',

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(D) * 2007 grant at Starke Foundation, ''Artist in residence'', Berlin (D) , Gallery Geymüller, Essen (D) , Gallery Arcane, Liège (B) * 2006 '' Sfumato'', Raum für Kunst, Aachen , Landscape, Gallery Wolfs,

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(NL) * 2004 ''petit comité'', Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht (NL) * 2003 ''Walk'', Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht (NL) * 2002 Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht (NL) * 2001 Gallery Pin,

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(D) * 2000 Gallery Cave Canem, Aachen (D) * 1999 Gallery Cave Canem, Aachen (D) * 1997 Graduates' exhibition Akademie Of Arts Maastricht * 1995 Gallery van Laethem, Hasselt (group exhibition)

Awards and scholarships

*2011 nomination for the IKOB Arts Award 2011, Eupen (B) *2008 Artist in residence, grant at Starke Foundation, Berlin (D)Starke Foundation, Berlin (English)
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Catalogues and editions

* ''Gleam'', publisher: Siegerlandmuseum, Siegen, 2009 * ''Sfumato'', publisher: Raum für Kunst, Aachen 2006 * ''Walk'', publisher: Gallery Wolfs, Maastricht 2003

References

External links

official website (English)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilger, Vera 1971 births Living people 20th-century German painters 21st-century German painters German women painters People from Euskirchen (district) People from Raeren 20th-century German women 21st-century German women RWTH Aachen University alumni