Heß, Matthias
Director Wood Workshop
Born in 1961 in Grub am Forst/Oberfranken
Basic Training: Woodworking / wood as material:
- Introduction: Material and techniques of sculptors
- Project supervision
Recommended literature:
- Rudolf Arnheim: Art and Visual Perception
- Theodor W. Adorno: Aesthetic Theory
- Hanno Rauterberg: Die Kunst und das gute Leben
Education:
- Teach and master craftsman exam in stonemasonry and stone sculpture (Coburg, Wunsiedel, Freiburg im Breisgau)
- State certified stone technician
- Studies in independent art at the Kunsthochschule in Kassel
- Master student
Freelance sculptor. Since 1999 employed at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.
Exhibitions and symposia (selection):
- „fragmente und bruchstücke“ (Kasseler Kunstverein)
- „fluss ohne ufer“ (Villa Dessauer Bamberg)
- „integrart – integracje“ (Warsaw)
- „grenzgänger“ (Arnbruck/Bavaria)
- „zeitbrücken“ (Bollstedt/Thüringen)
- „kunsteintrag“ (Rheinhausen/Niedersachsen)
Works in public space (selection):
- Karl-Ludwig-Schweißfurth-Stiftung (Munich-Nymphenburg)
- AEG-Hausgeräte (Nürnberg)
- Skulpturen-Rheinland-Pfalz (Kaiserslautern)
- Kirche St.-Joseph (Ebersdorf/Bavaria)
- Ev. Akademie (Hofgeismar)
- Hugenottenkirche (Schöneberg)