Birgit Nadrau

Birgit Nadrau was born in 1971 in Erlangen, Germany.
She lives and works between Nuremberg and Leipzig, Germany.

Nadrau creates impressive canvases by transforming them into the surfaces of water or other nature-based motifs through the use of acrylic paint and aluminum leaf, which she fixes on her canvases in a very labor-intensive and tedious technique.
She’s recreating the exact moment of experiencing a certain view into nature. The painting materials Nadrau is using are as much unorthodox as they are perfectly placed: everyone of her paintings is drawing the beholder into a melancholic mesmerization through its own shining yet still gracile optics.
Depending on the angle of light, the reflectiveness of the sheet aluminum varies in intensity and the translucent primer in acrylic colors gains plasticity. Thus, especially for those works portraying tree branches, beholders feel as if they are looking through a window into nature.

Education

1991 – 1997

Studies communications design at FH Nuremberg, Germany

2003 – 2009

Studies of Painting at the Academy of Nuremberg, Germany

2007 – 2008

Studies of Painting at Academy of Krakau, Poland

2009

Diploma of Academy in Nuremberg, Germany


Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2020

Glitter & Doom, Schwabach Municipal Gallery, Germany

2017

thanks for the memory, Galerie Voigt, Nuremberg, Germany

2012

Malerei und Zeichnung, Spinnerei Archiv Massiv, Leipzig, Germany


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2022 – 2023

STILLE, Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany

2022

Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Karlsruhe, Germany

2020

Alles Anders with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany

Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany

Winterrundgang der Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany

2019

Art Toronto with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany

Exhibition for the NN artist prize, Kunsthaus Nuremberg, Germany

Meister*innen des kleinen Formats, Galerie Bernsteinzimmer, Nuremberg, Germany

2018

Nach dem Bild ist vor dem Bild, 75 female painters from Leipzig, Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst e.V., Zwickau, Germany

Die zweite Dekade, 20 Jahre Galerie Bernsteinzimmer, Nuremberg, Germany

2017

Im Zeichen des Hahns, Stadtmuseum Schwabach, Germany

10 im Zeichen des Hans, Kunst Galerie Fürth, Fürth, Germany

2016

Rausch, Kulturpalast Anwanden, near Fürth, Germany

Offenes Verdeck, Borgo Ensemble, Nuremberg, Germany

2015

Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Karlsruhe, Germany

Werkschau Auf AEG, Nuremberg, Germany

2014

Schönheit und Verzweiflung, A. Theke, Fürth, Germany

BLOOOM Art Fair Cologne with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Cologne, Germany

2013

Der Geruch von Regen with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany


Awards and Stipends

2022

Preis der Kulturstiftung der Stadt Erlangen

2020

Freistaat Sachsen, Kunst am Bau, Kriminaltechnisches Institut Dresden, 1. Preis und Realisierung

2019

Biennale Ortung 11, Kunstpreis der Stadt Schwabach, 1. Preis

2018 

Künstlerin der Europäischen Metropolregion Nürnberg

2009 

Junge Kunst in Bayern 2010, LfA Förderbank München

Förderpreis Kunst der Raiffeisen-Volksbank Erlangen

2008

Kulturförderung der Stadt Erlangen

2007

DAAD-Reisestipendium für Krakau, Polen

2006

Smurfit-Kappa-Kunstpreis, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg


Artist Residency

2007

Fine Art Institute Shenzhen, China

2022

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