Teaching assignment in SoSe 2023 for course: Photography
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Astrid Piethan
*1973 in Mönchengladbach,
Studied visual communication at the FH Aachen with Wilhelm Schürmann and fine arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with
Magdalena Jetelova.
Astrid Piethan is part of the artist duo Dan Dryer, together with Jörg Koslowski she has been developing photographs, videos and room-filling installations since 2000.
She lives and works as a freelance artist and photographer for portrait and reportage in Cologne since 2003. www.astridpiethan.de
She is a lecturer for photography and media design at various universities in NRW. www.astridpiethan.de
Exhibitions
Collaboration with Jörg Koslowski under the name DAN DRYER www.dan-dryer.de
Solo exhibitions
2016 Dan Dryer "Un reality of the truth", Nachtfoyer Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
2014 Dan Dryer "Zweikammer", artothek, space for young art, Cologne
2013 Dan Dryer "Entrepot", adhoc, Bochum
2013 Dan Dryer "Counterpoise", Kunstverein Koelnberg, Cologne, Germany
2013 Dan Dryer "Monitor", space, Düsseldorf
2012 Dan Dryer "Montreal", Karat, Cologne
2011 Dan Dryer "Sling", Gallery Oel-Früh, Hamburg
2010 Dan Dryer "Runway", Kunstraum Stapelhaus BBK Cologne, Germany
2009 Dan Dryer "deaden", Gallery Charlotte Desaga, Cologne
2009 Dan Dryer "unfold backfold", space for purposelessness, Berlin
2007 "the clothes of my aunt", Gallery von der Milwe, Aachen
2007 Dan Dryer "it will shine when it shines", MMIII art association Mönchengladbach
2003 "kiosk", CBKN Nijmegen, Netherlands
2001 Dan Dryer "Autisme", Villa de Bank, Enschede, The Netherlands
1998 Dan Dryer "remote", The Physiks Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
1997 "circuit", Kunstverein Mehrwert, Aachen, Germany
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Group exhibitions
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2021 Annual gifts Kunstverein Bamberg, motifs of the edition "Krisenskulpturen".
2021 Dan Dryer "Porosity Playground" in the Kesselhaus Kunstverein Bamberg
2021 Dan Dryer "Entrepot II" Jahr100Sommer Dortmund, parking garage at the town hall square
2021 Jahr100Sommer Dortmund, "Crisis Sculptures", recontextualization via the
large-format billboard on a facade in public space
2021 Feature with interview and images of the series "Johnny" and "Krisenskulpturen" at Fotogloria
2021 Award at life-framer on the topic "youthhood" with pictures of the series "Johnny
2021 Poster campaign of the Female Photoclub NRW "goes Local" at shop windows all over NRW
with a motif from the series "Johnny".
2020 Dan Dryer "800sqm", Sinn, Mönchengladbach
2020 Crisis Sculptures with Tobias Becker "800qm", Sinn, Mönchengladbach
2020 Crisis sculptures with Tobias Becker "open studios" at Opekta studios, Cologne
2020 Dan Dryer "hypotopia I know I wasn't there", Kunst Werk Köln e.V.
2019 Dan Dryer "rooms for romance", Kunst Werk Köln e.V
2019 Dan Dryer "decoys and deadheads," Werft 77, Düsseldorf Reisholz
2017 Dan Dryer "reflecting 21. time-based art from NRW", Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster
2017 Dan Dryer "compilation", Weltkunstzimmer Düsseldorf
2017 Dan Dryer "reflecting 21. time-based art from NRW",
Ministry at Mannesmann House Düsseldorf
2017 Dan Dryer "space_plus III", Raum e.V, Düsseldorf
2015 Dan Dryer "69th international Bergische art exhibition", Solingen art museum
Scholarships/Awards
2021 Grant "Neustart Kultur" of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
2021 Grant "open development projects" of the Stiftung Kulturwerk VG Bildkunst "Johnny".
2021 Award at life-framer on the topic "youthhood" with pictures of the series "Johnny".
2021 MKW-scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW
2020 MKW grant from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW.
2017 Dan Dryer, purchase of the video work "Isabelle" by the Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster,
for the art collection NRW
2014 Dan Dryer, "Horizon Space" award from the Friends of artothek Cologne.
2012 Dan Dryer, travel grant State Chancellery NRW, Mexico City.
2012 Dan Dryer, travel grant IFA, Mexico City
2012 Dan Dryer, "Space Art Award"
2007 Travel grant of the Cultural Foundation NRW, Seoul, South Korea
2007 "start", promotion award for young artists of the Kulturstiftung der Kreissparkasse Steinfurt
2003 "Photo Vision", 1st prize winner, Gallery in focus, Cologne
2002 "Art with Photography", 1st prize winner, städt. Gallery Peschkenhaus, Moers ( Cat )
Curatorial activity
2020 "Hypotopia I know I wasn't there", Kunst Werk Köln e.V.
2014 "Sublime and Submission", Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
2013 "Doppelgänger / Dubbelganger", exhibition exchange Cologne / Rotterdam
2012 "desplaziamento", project space "Border", Mexico City, Mexico.
travel grant "Künstlerkontakte" of the IFA, artist exchange with Mexico City
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