CURRICULUM VITAE

"My painting is based on a primordial soup of life made of water, salt and carbon"

Judith Sturm was born in 1973 in Saarlouis, south-west Germany on the border with France and Luxembourg. She lives and works in Mallorca.

Already in early childhood she discovered her love for art and won four painting competitions during her school days.

Two stays in the USA, in 2006 and 2008 in the printing workshop of the well-known master printer Erika Greenberg-Schneider in Tampa, Florida, decisively shaped Judith Sturm's graphic work. In 2005, the master student of Prof. Baumgarten developed her own unmistakable signature in her painting.

An important meaning in Judith Sturm's work is the lower layer of the painted canvas; only in later work steps does the artist cover these with further colors, but the differentiated pink and salmon-colored underpainting on many layers of chalk ground remains transparent. It is a form of non-representational painting, a treatment of the picture's surface with liquefied paint sprinkled with salt. This gives Sturm's work a special painterly liveliness, which forms a contrast to the linear, outline-like passages in the figurative representations - and thus a strangeness in the thoroughly familiar.

Dr. Peter Funken, Berlin on Judith Sturm's work.

In their poses, the bodies of young women and men depicted by Judith Sturm appear seductive, almost erotic, yet their images simultaneously deal with injury and damage. Not only is their skin reddened, the figures also lack their heads, and due to the compositions and image cuts, other body parts are not depicted either. The permanent headlessness is a reduction consciously staged by the artist, which directs the gaze to the bodies - to curved hips, breasts, and slender legs - as well as to tightly fitting briefs, bikinis, and T-shirts, which certainly emphasize an erotic, self-confident radiance.

However, the flesh-colored parts of the bodies are not only recognizable as skin surfaces, but in many works they form the lower layer of the painted canvas; only in later steps does the artist cover them with further colors, but the differentiated pink and salmon background remains translucently recognizable. It is a form of non-representational painting, a treatment of the picture surface with liquefied paint into which salt was sprinkled, which later suggests the irregular reddening of the skin surfaces. This gives Sturm's works a special painterly liveliness, which formulates a contrast to the linear, outline passages in the body representations - and thus a strangeness in the thoroughly familiar. One could say - to speak with Dylan Thomas - that this type of painting is, among other things, also an "adventure in skin matters".

Training | Career

2024 Artist in residence - Château de Monboucher Lamonzie St Martin | France
2023 Curator Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2022 Restorer Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2020 Ambassador Federal Association Children's Hospice | Germany
2019 - 2021 Curator PHW Exhibitions - Palma Majorca | Spain
2017 Artist in residence - Majorca | Spain
2008 Artist in residence (Monotype/Etching) Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
2006 Artist in residence (Monotype/Etching) Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
2014 - 2020 Art auctions "Im Kinsky" - Vienna | Austria
2013 Admission to the Order of the Knights of St. Stanislaus - Vienna | Austria
2012 - 2016 Member BBK Berlin - Berlin| Germany
2009 - today Member Saarländisches Künstlerhaus - Saarbrücken | Germany
2010 - 2013 Founder artspace raum82 - Berlin | Germany
2009 Culture project „Insight vs Outlook“ - Hangzhou & Shanghai | China
2002 - today Freelance artist stations: Saarbruck - Berlin - Vienna - Manacor - Porto Cristo - Artà - Costa de la Calma
2002 Master student of Prof. Bodo Baumgarten HbK Saar - Saarbruck | Germany
2000 Diploma in fine arts with distinction HbK Saar - Saarbruck | Germany
1997 - 2000 Founding member of the O.T. Producers Gallery - Saarbruck | Germany
1995 Artist in residence (paper cut / water colours) Kilmurry House - Thomastown | Ireland
1994 – 2002 Art studies at the HbK Saar at Prof. Sigurd Rompza | Prof. Bodo Baumgarten | Prof. Wolfgang Nestler - Saarbruck | Germany
1994 General high school diploma - Saarbruck | Germany

Art Awards - Grants

2024 TAG 8th COLOR International Juried Art Competition | USA - Los Angeles, California | USA
2020 EM Design Award London | UK
2007 Nomination for the Robert Schuman Art Prize - Trier | Deutschland
2006 Individual funding from the Saarland Ministry of Culture - Saarbruck | Germany
2000 Grant from the city of Saarbruck - Saarbruck | Germany
1999 Culture Prize S.B.S. EV of the City of Saarlouis - Saarlouis | Germany
1998 2nd prize Deutsche Bank Cultural Foundation - Saarbruck | Germany
1990 Air is Life - 20th International Youth Competition - Saarbruck | Germany
1989 Storck advancement prize of imagination - Halle, Westfalen | Germany

Memberships

2024 Rochester Contemporary Art Center - New York City | USA
2024 Kunstverein Heilbronn - Heilbronn | GermanyRochester Contemporary Art Center’s
2023 Badischer Kunstverein - Karlsruhe | Germany
2023 Kunstverein Germersheim - Germersheim | Germany
2023 Böblinger Kunstverein - Böblingen | Germany
2023 Gmünder Kunstverein - Schwäbisch Gmünd | Germany
2012 - 2016 BBK Berlin - Berlin | Germany
2009 Saarländisches Künstlerhaus - Saarbrücken | Germany

Biennials

2025 OSTEN Biennial Skopje 2024 National Gallery Cifte Hamam - Skopje | Macedonia
2024 10. Int. Malerei Biennale Hamburg - Hamburg | Germany
2024 8th Bienniale Chianciano 2024 Museo d’Arte di Chianciano - Chianciano | Italy
2024 9th Biennial FOOTPRINT Center for Contemporary Printmaking - Norwalk, Connecticut | USA
2024 R_epertoire | 10. Spanish Flu Mail Art Biennale Herman Ottó Museum - Miskolc Gallery - Miskolc | Hungary

Art Fairs

2024 WIKAM 24 Gallery Art Moments - Vienna | Austria
2023 Spectrum Miami Art Fair Gallery Artbox - Miami, Florida| USA
2017 fig bilbao Galeria Espai d'Art - Bilbao | Spain
2012 Artstage Singapore Berliner Kunstkontakter - Singapore | Singapore
2007 bridge ArtFair miami 07 Bleu Acier - Miami, Florida | USA
2006 bridge ArtFair miami 06 Bleu Acier - Miami, Florida | USA

Private and Public Collections

2024 Osten Museum of Drawing - Skopje | North Macedonia
2024 Fantapia M Museum - Gangneung, Gangwon-do | South Korea
2024 Markgräfler Museum - Müllheim | Germany
2024 Museum Bartlhaus - Pettenbach | Austria
2023 Visual AIDS Contemporary Arts Organization - New York | USA
2023 Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor - Santander, Cantabria | Spain
2023 Museum The Turner House - Penarth, Wales | United Kingdom
2023 Museum RAG - Richmond | Canada
2022 Collection Roberto Blanco - Mallorca | Spain
2022 Familiy Roth - New York | USA
2021 Familiy Roth - New York | USA
2021 Agnieszka Eleonore von Wchinitz und Tettau - Navarra | Spain
2019 Bell Media - Munich | Germany
2017 Rapräger Rechtsanwälte - Saarbruck | Germany
2015 Collection Roman Redzimski - Kleinblittersdorf | Germany
2014 Deutsche Handelskammer Wien - Wien | Österreich
2011 Collection Berliner Kunstkontakter - Berlin | Germany
1998 Galerie Art Engert - Eschweiler | Germany
2008 Rechtsanwälte Schock & Wolff - Saarbruck | Germany
2007 Familiy von Boch - Merzig | Germany
2007 Familiy Villeroy de Galhau - Wallerfangen | Germany
2006 Saarland Ministry of Culture - Saarbruck | Germany
2006 Tec4U - Saarbruck | Germany
2000 HbK Saar - Saarbruck | Germany
1998 Galerie 48 - Saarbruck | Germany

Solo Shows

2024 Eau et Sel | Vin et Ciel Château de Monboucher - Lamonzie Saint Martin, Bergerac | France
2024 Cosmic Walk Böblinger Kunstverein - Böblingen | Germany
2023 Thought Bubbles LW Art Gallery in cooperation with Galeria HMH - Santanyí, Majorca | Spain
2023 Die Unendlichkeit des Seins Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2022 Connectedness Part I Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2021 Walk by the Sea Galerie Studio 25 - Artà, Majorca | Spain
2019 Informal Realism Pastelleria del Arte - Porto Cristo, Majorca | Spain
2017 Insights Gallery Arte Casa - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2015 Mesokosmos Gallery2 - Berlin | Germany
2014 Hautnah und Geheimnisvoll Deutsche Handelskammer - Vienna | Austria
2013 Unikat Galerie Fuchs Contemporary @ Erste-Bank - Vienna | Austria
2012 Pin up! Frauenschmiede Neukölln - Berlin | Germany
2012 Memento Mori raum 82 Kunstfestival Nacht und Nebel - Berlin| Germany
2011 Awake! raum 82 - Berlin | Germany
2011 Popart Meets Rilke raum 82 art festival Nacht und Nebel - Berlin | Germany
2010 From Heaven To Hell raum 82, art festival Nacht und Nebel - Berlin | Germany
2009 True Colours Städtische Galerie Hilden - Hilden | Germany
2008 Paperdolls Galerie Artbalance - Hamburg | Germany
2008 Ansichten Kunstverein Sulzbach - Sulzbach | Germany
2008 Recent Monotypes and Paintings Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
2006 Watercolors and Monotypes Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
2005 Die Thematik des Weiblichen - Serie Einundreißig Galerie Hofhaus Beaumarais - Saarlouis | Germany
2004 Galerie 48 - Saarbruck | Germany
2002 Galerie 48 - Saarbruck | Germany
2002 Erinnere Dich! Kulturfoyer Saarbrücken - Saarbruck | Germany
2000 Herzzeitlos Kulturfoyer Saarbrücken - Saarbruck | Germany
1999 Galerie Wasser- und Brotmaschine - Saarbruck | Germany
1998 Galerie 48 - Saarbruck | Germany

Group Shows

2024 International Self-portrait Drawing Exhibition Fantapia M Museum - Gangneung, Gangwon-do | South Korea
2024 44th Miniprint Cadaqués International Taller Galeria Fort - Barcelona | Spain
2024 Wish You Where Here A.I.R. Gallery - Ney York City | USA
2024 Take A Break Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2024 Innovation & Art Expo JoyRon Foundation - Palma, Mallorca | Spain
2024 Mail Art Museum Bartlhaus - Pettenbach | Austria
2024 Positions – 1 Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2024 Starke Frauen Kulturtreff "Altes Rathaus" - Saarwellingen | Germany
2024 Between | The Lines Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2024 Postcards from the Edge Berry Campbell Gallery (Visual Aids) - New York City | USA
2024 Print it! 2024 Aire Place Studios - Leeds | United Kingdom
2023 Mitgliederausstellung 2023 Badischer Kunstverein - Karlsruhe | Germany
2023 Winter Lights Fronteer Gallery - Sheffield | United Kingdom
2023 Money - The symbol of Power Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2023 Why Do Yo Do It? | First Edition Boomer Gallery - London | United Kingdom
2023 The Turner House Open Exhibition "Trails" Museum Turner House - Penarth, Wales | United Kingdom
2023 Collecting and Reassembling Museum Richmond Art Gallery - Richmond | Canada
2023 Thompson Gallery - Zug | Switzerland
2023 Viele Gründe Gallery Puzić - Saarbruck | Germany
2023 Swiss Art Expo SBB Eventhalle Zurich - Zurich | Switzerland
2023 People and Place KREIVA Gallery - Bridlington, East Yorkshire | United Kingdom
2023 The Endless Summer Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2023 Equilibrium Gallery Artly Mix - São Paulo, Brazil | South America
2023 VI Mini Print International Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor - Santander, Cantabria | Spain
2023 In Memory Of Gallery The House of Smalls - Chipping Campden | United Kingdom
2023 Secret Night Gallery Puzić - Saarbruck | Germany
2023 Le Grand Bleu Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2023 Private Collection I Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2023 Absolute Feminine Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2023 Crescendo Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2022 Dauerausstellung Galerie I Galeria HMH - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2021 Boater Beyond Borders Galerie Studio 25 - Artà, Majorca | Spain
2021 Bodypainted Galerie Konstanze Wolter - Chemnitz | Germany
2021 Galerie Art42 - Karlsruhe | Germany
2020 Fifty Shades Of White Hotel Saratoga - Palma, Majorca | Spain
2019 Benefiz Kunst Auktion Berlinische Galerie - Berlin | Germany
2019 Summer Chic Hotel Saratoga - Palma, Majorca | Spain
2019 Grand Opening Pastelleria del Arte - Porto Cristo, Majorca | Spain
2018 Summerslump Galerie Michaela Helfrich - Berlin | Germany
2018 Grand Opening Party Arte Casa Gallery - Port Andratx, Majorca | Spain
2014 6KO_OP Salon 69 Basement - Vienna | Austria
2014 Dies alles gibt es also - Das vierte Buch Cuxhavener Kunstverein - Cuxhaven | Germany
2013 Kunst-stoff-art Basement - Vienna | Austria
2013 Macht Kunst Kunsthalle Deutsche Bank - Berlin | Germany
2012 Avril Contemporain art club Les 4 Arts - Paris | Frankreich
2012 Reliquie TUFA Tuchfabrik Trier - Trier | Germany
2011 Luxuskörper art festival 48 Stunden Neukölln - Berlin | Germany
2011 Giftshop Serenade Milchhof - Berlin | Germany
2010 Schwarz-Weiss-Rosa-Rot raum82 - Berlin | Germany
2010 angezettelt! Saarländisches Künstlerhaus - Saarbruck | Germany
2010 On Sale Infantellina Contemporary - Berlin | Germany
2009 Farben und Formen Saarländische Galerie Europäisches Kunstforum e.V. - Berlin | Germany
2009 tausche X gegen Y Kunstdeck - Saarbruck | Germany
2009 Art Venture Gallery Miejska bwa Bydgoszcz - Bydgoszcz | Poland
2009 Body in Circumstance Gallery 1918 ArtSPACE - Shanghai | China
2009 Insight vs Outlook German Consulate General Shanghai - Shanghai | China
2009 Insight vs Outlook YN Art Institution - Hangzhou | China
2008 Gosz Rausch 3 Museum Gosz - Saarbruck | Germany
2008 Dein Land macht Kunst Saarländisches Künstlerhaus - Saarbrücken | Deutschland
2008 3 Künstler aus dem Saarland Kunstverein Zehnthaus Jockgrim - Jockgrim | Germany
2008 Einblick Burggalerie Stolberg - Stolberg | Germany
2008 D®Ess-Code Primo Piano Living Gallery - Lecce | Italy
2007 Kunstpreis Robert Schuhman | Prix d‘Art Robert Schuman Museum Simeonstift - Trier | Germany
2007 Horses & Stripes Keramikmuseum Mettlach - Mettlach | Germany
2007 New Editions Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
2007 Form und Farbe Museum Haus Ludwig (Studio) - Saarlouis | Germany
2006 Entre Chien et Loup Bleu Acier - Tampa, Florida | USA
2006 Le singulier du féminin Galerie Nicole Buck - Strasbourg | France
2005 Die Thematik des Weiblichen - Serie Einundreißig Galerie Hofhaus Beaumarais - Saarlouis | Germany
2004 48 galerie48 - Saarbruck | Germany
2002 Vor-Bilder (n) Kunstverein Eisenturm - Mainz | Germany
2000 Kunstszene Saar - Visionen2000 - Bilder vom Menschen Albert-Weisgerber-Stiftung - St. Ingbert | Germany
2000 20 Neue für das älteste Gewerbe der Welt Galerie der HbK Saar - Saarbrücken | Germany
1999 Raum / Frau / Licht / Farbe / Feld / Mann O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
1999 Sans Titre / Ohne Titel Ancienne Trésorerie - Epinal | France
1998 Eine wird bestimmt berühmt O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
1998 Rot O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
1998 Malersommer in der Alten Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Völklinger Hütte - Völklingen | Germany
1997 Volles Haus O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
1997 Rauminstallation | Malerei O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
1997 Eröffnung O.T. Produzentengalerie - Saarbruck | Germany
1996 Eröffnungsausstellung UKV - Saarbruck | Germany
1995 Kilmurry House | Mildred-Anne Butler House - Thomastown | Ireland