Petra Mattheis Explained

Petra Mattheis
Birth Place:Moers, Germany
Nationality:German
Training:Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig

Petra Mattheis (born 1967 in Moers) is a German Artist und Photographer. She became known for her artistic engagement with the topic menstruation.

Biography

Mattheis studied communications design at the University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden and graduated in 1994 with a diploma. She studied Fine Arts at the Akademie für Bildende Künste Mainz from 2002 to 2006 and finished with a diploma as well. From 2007 bis 2009 she was a student in the master class of Joachim Blank at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig.[1] [2]

Works

With her website Become A Menstruator[3] as well as with installations and prints, Mattheis investigates menstruation in an artistic, playful approach, questions cultural-historical developments and today's way of dealing with one's own body in our society.[4] Each motif of the blood-red prints in her series BAM – Become a Menstruator corresponds to a fertile year in the life of the artist. While each print is a handmaid original, the size of the edition corresponds with the sum of the periods she had during this year. Thus, Mattheis not only addresses a taboo,[5] her works also receive an autobiographical character.[6]

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Awards and scholarships

Publications

References

  1. http://www.phmi.uni-mainz.de/Dateien/070613_dies_diss_verzeichnis_2007.pdf Ausgezeichnete Dissertationen 2006/2007
  2. http://www.balmoral.de/index.php?id=149 Balmoral- und Landesstipendiatinnen und -Stipendiaten 2016
  3. http://becomeamenstruator.org/index.html Become A Menstruator
  4. Tobias Maier: Jawohl, Mann! Menstruation und Mythos: Petra Mattheis stellt blutrote Prints von Haien, Bären und Tampons aus, der Freitag, 18. Juli 2015
  5. Okka Rohd: Menstruation: Das rote Tuch, Mai 2016
  6. Caroline Ausserer: Der Werwolf in mir, Interview with Petra Mattheis, 22. Juli 2015
  7. http://www.kunstverein-wiesbaden.de/en/exhibitions/exibition-details/petra-mattheis-mainly-black-on-white-2184.html Petra Mattheis / Mainly black on white
  8. http://kuhturm.de/index.php/119549.html, Kuhturm Leipzig
  9. https://galeriequeenanne.wordpress.com/2011/06/ Portfolio Petra Mattheis
  10. http://www.poetenladen-der-verlag.de/wordpress/tag/petra-mattheis/ Poetisches Forum – Hinter den Worten – Petra Mattheis
  11. http://www.thegrassisgreener.de/petra-mattheis-arts-and-crafts-week-at-panty-camp.html Petra Mattheis: »Arts & Crafts Week at Panty Camp«
  12. http://www.thegrassisgreener.de/interview-petra_mattheis-mit-mithu_sanyal.html »Become a Menstruator«
  13. https://mdbk.de/ausstellungen/petra-mattheis_riding-the-red-tide/ Riding the Red Tide
  14. https://www.instagram.com/p/BilrLtZhdjH/ Become a Menstruator Booth
  15. https://www.atelierfrankfurt.de/portfolio_page/19-2-praesentation-shark-weeks/ Shark Weeks
  16. https://wunderwesten.de/wantalon
    1. zeitzseeing
  17. https://petramattheis.de/arbeiten/am_fluss/ Am Fluß
  18. http://www.kunstverein-wiesbaden.de/en/exhibitions/exibition-details/zwischen-214, Zwischen, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden
  19. http://www.artslant.com/ew/events/show/176025-the-hatchery-east-of-fresno Group Show: The Hatchery: East of Fresno
  20. http://www.kunstverein-bellevue-saal.de/aktuelle-ausstellungen/detail/article/schlaeft-ein-lied-in-allen-dingen/ Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen
  21. Web site: 2023-02-20 . Was sich abzeichnet – Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten des Künstlerhauses Schloss Balmoral und des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz 2016/17 .
  22. Web site: 2023-02-20 . BBK Bundesverband - Projekte - NEUSTART KULTUR - Modul C .
  23. Web site: 2024-02-22 . NEUSTART KULTUR-Stipendien für freischaffende bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler, 2. Auflage .
  24. Web site: 2024-02-22 . Revierpionier – Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger .
  25. Web site: 2024-02-22 . Entscheidungen sind gefallen! Förderung von 39 Kunstschaffenden und Projekten .

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