about Stephanie Senge – Konsumbibliothek

**Granting the “Consumption Values Madonna”, campaign “Consumption Values Madonna – Triptychon”, Wiener Platz, Munich, 2017**

since 2011 – lives and works in Berlin

2010 – Goethe Institute, travel grant for mandala research project at Dharamsala and Dheli, India, for 3 months

2007 – Foundation of Asketen des Luxus (Ascetics of Luxury) – Konvent der goldenen Eßstäbchen (Convent of Golden Chopsticks) together with Prof. Dr. Bazon Brock and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich

2005 – German Academic Exchange Service scholarship for residency of 6 months in Tokyo, Japan Development grant in Fine Arts from the City of Munich for the project Alles muß rein! (Reversed Clearance Sale)

2003 – M.A., Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich Development grant in Fine Arts from the City of Munich, Project grant in fine arts from the City of Munich, Awarded Kunst für Konsum prize (together with Rupert Hofmann) 2004, Work grant, Kunstfond Bonn

2001 – DFJ (Franco-German Youth Office) scholarship, Nizza (Villa Arson), France

1996–2003 – Fine Art (sculpture), master student, class of Prof. Olaf Metzel, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich

1994–2000 – Studio in Los Angeles, USA

1994 – Vocational school for wood carving, Munich (discontinued)

1994 – Travels in Asia

1994 – Stage-set intern at the Bavarian State Opera, Munich

1993/94 – Zeiler Drawing School, Munich

1993 – A-levels, Sophie-Scholl Gymnasium, Munich

1972 – born in Munich

**Exhibition “Consumer Idealism” in the EDEKA Wendler supermarket, Stephanie Senge and Frank Wendler, Ingolstadt, 2015**

Solo Exhibitions

2021 – Museum Starnberger See, Starnberg, (“Konsumbibliothek”, (Library of Consumer Products)

2020 – Kunsthalle Göppinge, Göppingen, “Konsumbibliothek – Kunstfreiheit – Demokratie-Konsumfreiheit”, (Library of Consumer Products – Freedom of Art – Democracy – Freedom of Consum)

2019 – Kunsthaus Kunstverein Potsdam, „Konsum Erkenntnisse – Ikebana und Konstruktivismus als Denkhilfen, (Consumer Understanding – how Ikebana and Constructivism can be a help for thinking), ZIF Universität Bielefeld, „die starke Konsumentin stellt Ihre Konsumprodukte vor“, (The Powerful Consumer shows her Consumer Products), HKBU Gallery, Baptiste Univertity, Hong Kong, China ( „Heaven on Earth – do it yourself“)

2018 – Denkerei, Berlin, Konsumbibliothek für und mit Bazon Brock (Library of Consumer Products – in cooperation with Bazon Brock)

2017 – Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Konstruktivistischer Supermarkt (Constructivist Supermarket), exhibition and procession with talk by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, Art in Public Space, Culture Department Munich, Konsum-Werte-Madonna (Consumer Value Madonna), 2 art actions with demonstration, performance, musicians und talk, Museo de Architectura, Buenos Aires, Ikabana Urbano (Urban Ikebana)/ Argentina

2016 – Private Viewing, Müller-Rischart, Munich (with Tim Bennett)

2015 – Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt and Edeka Wendler supermarket, Jetzt noch mehr Inhalt! (Now, with even more content!)” Konsumkonstruktivismus (Consumerismconstructivism), Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Konsumidealismus (Idealistic Consumerism), Edeka supermarket

2014 – Kunstverein – Allgemeiner Konsumverein, Braunschweig, Konsummandala (Consumerism Mandala) and art action, Konsum – Dank – Fest (Consumerism – Thanksgiving – Party), Kohlmarkt, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Kauf Dich frei (Shopping for Liberation!), exhibition, with Canvas Demo, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne, Konsumkonstuktivismus, (Consumerismconstructivism)

2013 – Galerie 18m, Berlin, Konsumkonstruktivismus II, (Consumerismconstructivism II)

2011 – Galerie 18m, Berlin, Konsumkonstruktivismus I, (Consumerismconstructivism I)

Detlef Senge and Stephanie Senge, street action “The strong consumer – cabinet theater”, Wolfsburg market square, in the course of the exhibition “Heb mich auf”, Kunstverein Wolfsburg 2012, (Photo: Claudia Mucha, Kunstverein Wolfsburg)

2010 – LudwigInzert/Ludwigmuseum, Budapest, Konsum Mandala (Consumerism Mandala), Ho-ki-ti showroom,Berlin, Fotografie Stephanie Senge (Stephanie Senge Photography), Galerie Bruckmühle, Pregarten, Austria, Soziale-Ikebana-Plastik (Social Ikebana Sculpture) with customers

2009 – Galerie 18m, Berlin, Frühblüher (Early Bloomers)

2008 – ZKM (Center for Art and Media), Karlsruhe, Der starke Konsument (The Powerful Consumer), exhibition with Konsum-Prozession (Consumerism-Procession) demo and symposium (with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich), Kunstraum, Munich, Von der Wertschätzung (About Appreciation), exhibition with joint art action/lecture from Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar, Ike-100-Yen- Shop, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Ike-100-Yen-Shop, exhibition with Ikebana Performance (with Bazon Brock)

2007 – Galerie Coexist, Tokyo, Verkehrtes Ikebana (Twisted Ikebana), Rathausgalerie, Munich, Der glückliche Konsument (The Happy Consumer), exhibition with Konsum-Prozession (Consumerism-Procession) demo and series of lectures (with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich)

2006 – 18m Galerie für Zahlenwerte, Berlin, 100 Yen. Frisches aus Japan (100 Yen. A Fresh Taste of Japan), exhibition with Ikebana Performance with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar, Art Cologne, New Talents Show

2005 – Nippon International Performance Art Festival Gallery, Nagano, Japan, Super Japan –share refreshment! Come to see the show –that goes perfectly with good times

**Consumption Values Madonna, Aktion am Römer, Frankfurt, 2017 (Photo: Sabine Schirdewahn)**

2004 – Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Zu viel ist nicht genug (Too Much is not Enough), Rote Zelle, Munich, Alles mußrein! (Reversed Clearance Sale)

2003 – mini salon, Munich, Hurra, wie ziehen zusammen! (Hurray! We’re Moving in Together!)

2002 – Rathausgalerie, Munich, die zwei (The Two of Us) (with Nevin Aladag)

2001 – U-Bahn Galerie, Munich, Konsumbad der Liebe wegen (Consumerist Bath out of Love)

2000 – Kunstakademie Raum 110, Alles aus Liebe gekauft (Everything bought out of Love)

1999 – Kilombo, Munich, California Dreaming

Group Exhibitions ( Selection)

Consumption Values Madonna, rally and clearing out together with Annekathrin Kohout and Wolfgang Ullrich, in the course of the solo exhibition “Constructivist Supermarket” in Galerie Anita Becker, am Römer, Frankfurt, 2017, (Photo: Sabine Schirdewahn)

2017 – Kallman Museum, Ismaning, Schön vergänglich –Blumen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst (Beautifully Transient – Flowers in Contemporary Art)

2016 – Re New Festival Pittsburgh, Mandala von und für Pittsburgh (Consumerism Mandala from and for Pittsburgh), Santa Monica Art Center, Drap-Art, Barcelona,Konsum-Prozession, Konsumieren-verschwenden-verwandeln- Dankbarkeit (To consume – to waste – to change – to appreciate), exhibition with Konsum- Prozession (Consumerism Procession), demo, Neue Galerie im Haus Beda, Bittburg, Blütenpracht (Flowerage)

2015 – Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Munich, Passing by – Schöpferstelle- schöpfen & schenken , (Place of Creation – create & give), with Maike Gräf

2014 – Quadrienale Dusseldorf, action in Ehrenhof Konsummandala von und für Düsseldorf (Consumerism Mandala from and for Düsseldorf), Galerie Prisma, Bozen, For Sale (with Christine Gallmetzer)

2012 – Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Heb mich auf! (Pick me up!), Luftmuseum Amberg, Pop! Platz! Pfff…, City Gallery, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Alvar Blume (Alvar Flowers), Motorenhalle, Dresden, Phänomen Wohlstand (The Phenomenon of Affluence)

2011 – Kunstverein Offenburg, Stephanie Senge und Piotr Iwicki, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin, shopping = happiness, Kunsthaus Muerz, Mürzzuschlag, Austria, über dinge (on things), Galerie Tanit, Munich, form meets minimal, Bayerisches National Museum, Rischarts Projekt-11, Munich, Kunstrausch (Art Inebriation), Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, I love Aldi, Drap- Art, Barcelona, Spain, Konsummandala von und für Barcelona (Consumerism Mandala from and for Barcelona), Placa des Angeles /SE

**Demonstration and allocation of the “Consumption Values Madonna” with the help of Wolfgang Ullrich, am Römer, Frankfurt, 2017, (Photo: Sabine Schirdewahn)**

2009 – Rathausgalerie, Munich, Asketen des Luxus, Geist und Macht, Markt und Vernunft, Glaube und Wissen (Mind and Power, Market and Reason, Belief and Knowledge)

2008 – Cabaret Voltaire DaDa, Zürich, Fuga Saeculi, Rathausgalerie, Munich, Asketen des Luxus, Gott und Müll (God and Garbage)

2007 – Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Alles im grünen Bereich (Everything is OK), CCCB- u. FAD – Museum, Barcelona, Drap Art –International Festival of Recycling Art , Rathausgalerie, Munich, Asketen des Luxus, Liebe als Form der Nachhaltigkeit- zur Ökonomie von Lust, Luxus und Verzicht (Love as a Form of Sustainability – the Economy of Lust, Luxury and Renunciation)

**“Consumption-Values-Madonna” – procession, Wiener Platz, art in public space, Kulturreferat München, 2017**

2006 – Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt, Der gedeckte Tisch (The Set Table)

2005 – Lamontstrasse 23, Munich, Schöner Wohnen (Better Living), Verein für Originalradierung, München e.V., 24h, Aidlack Art Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Performance now and today

2004 – Galterie Kampl, Munich, Art Cubicl

2002 – Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Schönheit und Neid (Beauty and Envy),

2001 – lothringer 13/HALLE, Munich, inSITEout

2000 – Schutzbunker Luisenplattform, Munich, Bombenstimmung (Terrific Atmosphere), Hotel Mariandl, Munich, Zimmer frei (Vacancies)

1999 – Diözesanmuseum, Freising, Schöpfung (Creation)

**Rally by Stephanie Senge, together with gallery owner Anita Beckers, am Römer, Frankfurt, 2017**

Lectures / Talks / Demonstrations

Denkerei, Berlin, 2018

Demonstration, ” Konsum-Werte-Madonna”, Am Römer, Frankfurt/Main, 2017

Denkerei, Berlin, 2016

Demonstration, ” Leinwand Demo” (Canvas – Demonstration), Max-Monument, Munich, 2014

Demonstration,”Konsum-Dank-Fest” (Consumerism – Thanksgiving – Party), Am Kohlmarkt, Braunschweig, 2014

Museum der Dinge, Museumsakademie, Berlin, 2014

Demonstration, ” der starke Konsument” (The Powerful Consumer), market place, Wolfsburg, 2012

Demonstration, “Leinwand Demo”(Screen Demonstration), shopping centre, Ludwigshafen, 2011

Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, 2011

Universität Tübingen/Museum, Tübingen, 2011

Museumsakademie, Johanneum, Graz, Austria, 2009

ZKM (Center for Art and Media), Karlsruhe, talk, demonstration, Stephansplatz, 2008

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2008

Coexist Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2007

Art & Design University, Nagano, Japan, 2005