{"product_id":"uta-schotten-illuminated-no-3","title":"20. Uta Schotten - Illuminated No. 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eMixed media and charcoal on paper\u003cbr\u003e13 x 18 x 1 cm (framed in a silver-plated frame with museum glass)\u003cbr\u003eSigned on Verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUta Schotten is a contemporary German artist whose work explores themes of human consciousness, perception and emotional states that resist straightforward verbal expression. Living and working in Cologne, Schotten creates psychologically charged paintings that investigate the complexity of human nature through an introspective and often metaphysical lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA graduate of the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Schotten studied under influential artists including Jörg Immendorff, Steven McKenna, Rissa and Siegfried Anzinger. Between 1997 and 1999, she worked as a tutor and assistant to Anzinger at the academy while also serving as an ASTA student representative during the application selection process. In 1998, she was appointed Meisterschülerin (master student) of Prof. Siegfried Anzinger before completing her Fine Art diploma in 1999. From 2003 to 2005 she worked as a sculptor in the studio of Tony Cragg in Wuppertal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchotten has exhibited extensively throughout Europe, both solo and in group exhibitions. Selected solo exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eReflections\u003c\/em\u003e at Gallery Biesenbach, Cologne (2018), \u003cem\u003eIn Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e at Gallery Michael Heufelder, Munich (2017), \u003cem\u003eResonance\u003c\/em\u003e at the Städtisches Museum Kalkar (2017), \u003cem\u003eMy Kingdom Is Not of This World\u003c\/em\u003e at the Middle Rhine Museum, Koblenz (2014), and exhibitions at Gallery Thomas Zander, Cologne and Galerie Espace Canopy, Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work has also appeared in major institutional exhibitions including the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Royal Academy of Arts. In these exhibitions, she has shown alongside artists including Rosemarie Trockel, Leiko Ikemura, Andy Warhol, Marina Abramović, Anselm Kiefer and Thomas Ruff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchotten has received several notable grants and scholarships, including an Art Scholarship from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (2020), a scholarship from GVL (2021), and a Work Scholarship from Kunstfonds Bonn in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733083857270,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013603561846,"sku":null,"price":965.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987756523894,"sku":null,"price":975.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987756556662,"sku":null,"price":985.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork20.jpg?v=1779111204","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/uta-schotten-illuminated-no-3","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}