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For my sculptures, I mainly use wood. Various kinds of trees present material with the most different colors, structures, surfaces, and smells. This is important because first contact with the wood decides the relationship that I build with an evolving piece of art. In the process of working it, further characteristics emerge.
They depend on the age of the tree, its origin, the part of the tree..., there are differences in the hardness, elasticity, fiber length, content of resin, drying behavior or so-called blemishes. Therefore, every single piece of wood is unique. In my work I try to emphasize these individual characteristics and to integrate them into the artistic process.
Because of my background in biology, it is important that through the changes in form, surface and/or color, the organic origins of the material are still present.



Curriculum vitae
Exhibitions (Selection)
Symposia
Residencies

  born in Duisburg, Germany
1991 Ph. D. in Biology
1992 to 1995 Scientific researcher, New York, NY

Artistic Experience
1993 to 1995 Sculpture Center of New York City
1995 to 1998 Classes in Wooden Sculpture and in Stone Sculpture in Duisburg, Germany
since 1998 Sculpting in own studio
2003 Accepted in the National Association of Professional Visual Artists, Germany
Sculpture Network e.V. Member of Sculpture Network e.V.

Exhibitions (Selection):
28.03.-11.04.2010   Heike Endemann. Artist-in-Residence at Artists' Studio Building in Sindelfingen, Germany.    
2009   10 Years "Artists-in-Residence", Kolin Ryynänen, Koli, Finland.    
2009   Christmas show 2009
at Gallery Aphold, Allschwil/Basel, Schwitzerland		  
2009   Network Visual Arts. 20th Anniversary Exhibition of Studio Building Sindelfingen.
Germany		    
2009   Heike Endemann / Roger Frasse / Walli Keppner / Fabienne Ducommun
Sculptures / Paintings / Ceramics / Jewellery
Atelier Ceramicart, Colombier, Switzerland		    
2009   Gallery Meier, Berlin:
Heike Endemann* (Sculptures), Christian Heinrich (Collages in Oil)
  
2009   Gallery Meier, Freiburg:
Heike Endemann, Celso Martinez Naves
Freiburg, Germany

  
2009   Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum:
Topicality and Process: 15. Exhibition of Artists from Duisburg		  
2008   Wood. Heike Endemann. Badeonva, Freiburg.    
2009   Month of the arts. Sculptors at the Spa Meersburg/Lake of Constance.    
2009   From the lakeside studios.
Group show. Moos/Lake of Constance.

    
2008   Heike Endemann. Sculpture from Wood.
Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst. Freiburg, Germany.		  
2008   International Art Fair. Art Bodensee 08. Gallery Kunstkontor. Dornbirn, Austria.  
2008   Wood. Heike Endemann.
Exhibition at Badenova AG, Freiburg, Germany		    
2007   Sculpture Summer: Contemporary Sculpture. Gallery Kunstkontor, Muenster, Germany.  
2006   Rheinblicke-Einblicke. Sculptures in the Park of Stammheim. Cologne, Germany.    
2006   "AND.... ": Sculptures. Art Cycle Münsingen, Switzerland.  
2006   "holzArtig" – Objects, Installations
Freiraum e.V., Kunst- und Kulturverein Furth im Wald, Germany.		    
2005   BIENNALE D'ART MONUMENTAL DE MARCIGNY, France    
2005   Exhibitor at the 15th Art Fair of the Women`s Museum, Bonn, Germany.    
2005   Exhibitor at Aqua: Dialog with water. National Park Eifel, Germany.    
2005   S.I.P.P.E. - Exhibition N° 573: Sculptors of the Kulturwerk in the BBK and their friends. E-Werk Hallen für Kunst, Freiburg, Germany.    
2005   Wood in Artists' Hands. Presentation at Ligna, World Fair for the Forestry and Wood Industries, Hannover, Germany.    
2005   Koli Cantata - Residents of Kolin Ryynänen in 2004 exhibit. AHJO Gallery for Contemporary Art. Joensuu, Suomi/Finland.  
2005   Special Exhibition Crafs and Art. Trade Academy, Waldshut, Germany.    
2004   Exhibitor at the Exhibition “Nature – Human”, National Park Eifel, Germany.    
2004   Exhibitor at the 10th Art Exhibition “Nature – Human”, St. Andreasberg, National Park Harz, Germany.    
2004   Results of HolzArt VIII, International Sculpture Symposium, Kronach, Germany.    
2004   Heritage Center, Koli National Park, Finland: Sculptures from local birch wood. Koli, Finland.    
2004   North Karelian Polytechnic for Arts and Design: Sculptures from Koli. Joensuu, Finland.    
2003   Exhibitor at the Art Fair of the Women`s Museum, Bonn, Germany.    
2003   Exhibitor at the 9. Art Exhibition “Nature – Human”, St. Andreasberg, National Park Harz, Germany.    
2003   Exhibitor in the Annual Show of the Art and Culture Society FreiRaum, Furth, Germany.    
2003   Participant, Sculpture Trail at Buchet, Germany.  
1995   Exhibitor, annual show of the Sculpture School of New York City, NY, NY.    
2008   Heike Endemann. Wood Sculptures.
Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, Freiburg. Freiburg-Zähringen, Pochgasse 73.
Opening: Sunday, June 1, 2008, 11.15 am.		  
Symposia:
2005   Wood Sculptures: Symposium at Felsenau, Switzerland.    
2004   HolzArt VIII: International Sculpture Symposium, Kronach, Germany.    
2003   Winner of the Competition "Art and Beer"; Participant, Symposium Cloister Andechs, Germany.    
Residencies:
March 2010   Artist-in-residence. Artists' Studio House, Sindelfingen, Germany.    
July 2007   Artist-in-Residence, Art-St.-Urban/Monte Ceneri, Switzerland.    
June - December 2005   Artist-in-Residence. Neuchâtel, Switzerland.    
2004   Artist-in-Residence, Kolin Ryynänen, Koli, Finland.