Uwe Kersten
Sculptureart
Goteborg, Sweden
Sculpture
Explore the artistic vision and craftsmanship of Uwe Kersten
Balance
Made at the 10th International Sculpture Symposium in Yuzi Paraddise Guilin China 2003. Now placed in Shanghai Sculpture Park (SSP) China.
4 × 8 × 4 Inches
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Thors Stone
This sculpture was made for a square and market place Torslanda Torg Gothenburg Sweden 1993. The area has historic stone carvings from the Bronze Age. These have inspired me to make hisoric and moderne carvings on my stone.
1 × 5 × 1 Inches
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About the Artist
Uwe Kersten Born: May 15, 1940 in Merseburg an der Saale, Germany
1940 - 1950 Settle down i Merseburg
1950 - 1960 Settle down in Stade, Germany. Education for Design decorator. Master examination 1958
1961- 1962 Settle down in Stockholm, Sweden. Design decorator for Hennes & Mauritz
1962 Settle down in Gothenburg .
1963 Chiefs designer and decorator for Hennes & Mauritz, South region of Sweden.
1963 - 1967 Education: Gothenburgs University. Examen: Master of fine Art, 1967
1970 - 1971 Settle down in Munich, Germany, Design project, Exhibitions with Graphics and Paintings
1972 Settle down in Gothenburg
1972 - 1985 Design projects, Marketing for Gothia Cup, The worlds larges youth soccer tournament in Gothenburg.
1985 University studies, Gothenburg University. Examen: Bachelor of Arts.
1986 Settle down in Hunnebostrand, Lundal, Norra Bohuslän, West Sweden.
1993- 1997 Sculpture works: •Torstenen, granite sculpture, in Torslanda town square, Gothenburg, •2 stone portico, granite for the BK Häcken park. Gothenburg
1998- 2009 •2001 Lithographic workshop for stone printing in Hunnebostrand. • 2002 ”Spår i Tiden”2 stone portico with mosaic, Mölnlycke municipy •2003 ”Balance” granite sculpture, Sculpture Park Yue Yuan, Shanghai, Kina •2007 ”Per from Pompeji”, bronze, granite, Ameland, Holland. • 2008, 25km installation with coloured poles, near the road to Vevring,( Nausdal), Norway
Exhibition 2009-2010 “Kraft i Stenen”,Stonesculpturs, Trollhättan, Sweden, ”Sculpturpark”, KKV-B, Westsweden,
”Marssvinsholms” Skulpturpark, Ystad, Sweden, ”Olgod”, Skulpturpark,Olgod, Danmark
Symposia •2003 10th International Ssculpture Symposium,Guilin, Kina. •2006 9:e International Sculptur symposium Borkel en Schaft, Holland
Scholarships Selected: •1990-2008 Compensation for works of art shown public. •2001 Sotenäs/Laesö friendship scholarship, Denmark. •1980 Bohus county’s for Cultural Achievements •1982, 1983 The Swedish State’s for artists. • 1998 Bohus County concil
Representation Public towns and cities: Gothenborg, Halmstad, Åmål, Karlskoga, Örebro, Södertälje, Kungsbacka, Uddevalla, Falun, Helsingborg, Skärhamn, Färgelanda, Uddevalla, Stenungssund, Henån.
Counties: Bohuslän, Skaraborg, Halland Stockholm, Västra Götaland.
Museums: St Kopparbergs museum, Helsingborgs museum
Exhibitions: Since 1971, • Solo exhibitions 105, •Group exhibitions 150 in Galleries, Museums in and outside of Sweden
Membership The Swedish Sculptors’ Association
Artist Statement
FROM GRAINS TO GRANITE MITE
1939-1945 Born in 1940 and spent my first years in the former East Germany (DDR). This has resulted in an uneasy and constant threat to life during the war and afterwards. Bombing of the city and creeping into the basement at the fly alarms created deep feelings of anxiety. An eternal quest for grain on the fields for a living, etc., are memories that left strong impressions that affected my vision and thoughts today
1950 fled my father for political reasons to West Berlin and later in Stade in West Germany was our family united again. There, I finished my training with a journeyman's certificate as a decorator and designer.
1960 after two years as at a design store in Hamburg, I moved to Sweden and Stockholm to avoid military service. Affected by Konrad Adenauer, the first postwar German chancellor, who said the key words "Nie wieder ein Deutscher mit Gewehr".
1961-63, I was Head of dressers for Hennes (Today Hennes & Mauritz) in Gothenburg and Southern Sweden. And from 1963 to 1967 I realized my wish and I went in to the Industrial Art School in Gothenburg (HDK) for 4 years that ended with a degree: "Master of Fine Art."
1967-1985 I worked as an Art Director and Designer and advertising consultant. Among the works I've done the design and brand campaigns for BK Häcken crest and the Gothia Cup International Football Tournament.
1981, I had my own studio in Gothenburg for painting and drawing and printing my lithographic arts on a old Lithopress for stone printings.
I bought my first house in Lundal in the Sotenäs municipality and after a few years I lived there permanently. The art took over more and more over my other business.
1985 ended my academic career with a BA. degree: "Bachelor of Arts", University of Gothenburg
1990 - 2000 I devoted myself to sculpture work for exhibitions and public surroundings. At the same time, I developed a workshop for lithographic printing in Bovallstrand where held training courses. In 1997 I create the "Culture Stop Bohuslän", an information project for artists and cultural institutions in Northern Bohuslän.
2000-2011 More and more I came to devote myself to stone sculpture. I have held several exhibitions of large and small sculptures as well as public orders.. I was responsible for the KKV-Bohuslän International Stone Scholarship 2003 -2004 along with Pål Svensson and Jan Bergh.
I have attended several sculpture symposiums in China and Holland. The most memorable is Yuzi Paradise in Guilin, where I made my biggest piece "Balance", which now stands in a sculpture park in Shanghai (SSP).