ARTIST BIOGRAPHY of LEHRENKRAUSS / STEINER


C STEINER was born in 1978 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She lives and works in Bern. 2005 BA in Fine Arts and Media at HGK Collage of Arts Basel. From 2001-2003 she studied at the School of Applied Arts in Vevey, graduating in Photography. She graduated from high school in 1999. She had exhibitions in Switzerland, Germany and Norway. E LEHRENKRAUSS was born in 1979 in Gifhorn, Germany. She lives and works in Cologne and Bern. Education: 2004 BA in Design at the Hochschule Luzern. 2011 MA in Film at the KHM Media School of Arts Cologne. Before she graduated from high school in 2000 and then studied Architecture in Hannover. She had exhibitions in Cologne, Berlin and Switzerland. Elke (EL) and Corina (CS) work in collaboration since 2006.

AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
2009 Stipend of Aeschlimann Corti, Bern, CH
2008 Artists in Residence at Cathedra Humboldt Gallery, La Habana, Cuba
2008 Stipend of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn, DE (EL)
2008 Stipend of KHM at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, Cuba (EL)
2007 Award Kunstschub of the gallery Atelier Worb, Bern, CH
2006 Artist in Residence at LKV Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, NO (CS)
2003 Award for New Medias of Kanton Lucerne, Lucerne, CH (EL)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Atelier Worb Galerie, Bern, CH
2007 ONO Galerie, Bern, CH
2006 Instantrooms Gallery, Berlin, DE

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Duesseldorf, DE
2011 Weihnachtsausstellung Galerie Atelier Worb, Bern
2011 Altitude 11, KHM, Cologne, DE
2010 Regionale 10, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH
2010 Altitude 10, KHM, Cologne, DE
2009 Stipendienausstellung Aeschlimann Corti, Bern, CH
2009 Fotopreisausstellung des Kantons Bern, Bern, CH
2009 Altitude 09, KHM, Cologne, DE
2008 Ostrale – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden, DE
2008 Arteversum Gallery, Duesseldorf, DE
2008 Stipendienausstellung Aeschlimann Corti, Biel, CH
2008 Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Duesseldorf, DE
2007 Kunsthalle Bern, Weihnachtsausstellung, Bern, CH
2007 Altitude 07, KHM, Cologne, DE
2006 PROGR, Weihnachtsausstellung, Bern, CH
2005 Atelierhaus Arlesheim, Basel, CH

PUBLICATIONS / JOURNAL
2012 SHOTS magazine no. 117, journal of photography, Minneapolis, USA
2010 Tagblatt vom 29.01. „Berge und Bauern/Solothurner Filmtage“, St.Gallen, CH
2009 BZ Berner Zeitung vom 30.04. „AC-Stipendium“, Bern, CH
2008 Arteversum Katalog "Woher kommen wir? Was sind wir? Wohin gehen wir?", DE
2007 Berner Kulturagenda vom 28.6.-11.7. „Schwebende Skulpturen“, Bern, CH

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
2009 „Sheselle, Zoé&Lea, Kaspar, Sylvie, Alex, Ricardo, Lucie“, Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, CH
2006-09 Works in Private Collections in Switzerland, Germany & Netherlands

FILMS
2010 Solothurner Filmtage, Landhaus, "Las Intocables", doc. 59min, Solothurn, CH
a documentary film of E.Lehrenkauss in collaboration with C.Steiner