NIGIN BECK
* 1984 in Munich, Germany// based in Berlin
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Die in Berlin lebende deutsch-iranische Künstlerin Nigin Beck (*1984 in München) spürt in ihrer Arbeit den Tropen und Mythen rund um Liebe, Verlust und Nostalgie nach. Dabei spannt sie den Bogen über zwei unterschiedliche Kulturen, die von ihrer eigenen Herkunft geprägt sind. Sie spielt dabei mit verschiedenen kulturellen Referenzen, aus der christlichen und persischen Traditionen und übertreibt diese, um ihrer Sentimentalität zu zähmen. Auf diese Weise universalisiert sie jedes Symbol, indem sie es monumentalisiert.
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Berlin-based, German-Iranian artist Nigin Beck (b. 1984 Munich) explores the tropes and myths around love, loss, and nostalgia, straining each sweeping thematic through two disparate cultures that are informed by her own heritage. Playing with cultural references, Beck borrows loaded relics from Christian and Persian traditions and exaggerates them to tame them from of their sentimentality. In doing so, she universalizes each symbol by monumentalizing it.
EXHIBITIONS
AVAILABLE WORKS
ABOUT THE ARTIST
EDUCATION
2005-11 Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany / Prof. Olaf Metzel, "Meisterschülerin" / Prof. Olaf Metzel
SOLO EXHIBITION
2019 Solo exhibition "YEKI BUD, YEKI NABUD", Ashley, Berlin, Germany
2017 "Places that are not - Nostalgia for Mahdieh", JO VAN DE LOO, Munich, Germany
2015/2016 "I voodoo like you do", JO VAN DE LOO, Munich, Germany
2014 "Monsters Devils Heroes", JO VAN DE LOO, Munich, Germany
2011 "Tehrangeles", Galerie F 5,6 Munich, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITION
2019 "Le Pong Le Ping", JO VAN DE LOO, Munich, Germany — 2018 "The Rabbit I Never Got", Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ), Vienna, Austria — 2017 "My yellow is yours, your red is mine", Pogobar KW Berlin, Germany — 2016 "Hayward und Tamayo", Kunstverein München, Germany — "Jahresgaben", Kunstverein München, Germany — 2015 Jahresgaben, Kunstverein München, Germany — 2014 "LePingLePong", JO VAN DE LOO, Munich, Germany — 2013 "justforanightandaday", JO VAN DE LOO, Munich, Germany — "Reality is North, Empty Dreams are West. Fake Hopes are East, and We are South", Prince of Wales‚ Munich, Germany — 2012 "Edition", Prince of Wales, Munich Germany — "Magasin" Souvenir Berlin, Germany — Jahresgaben, Kunstverein München, Germany — 2011 "Group Affinity", Kunstverein München — 2010 "Erst Oehlen dann Metzeln", Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS
2012 "Debütantenpreis", Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
PUBLICATIONS
2012 "I cover my eyes, all I see is you", artist book, limited edition
