Prof Claudia Terstappen - Researcher Profile

Biography

Claudia Terstappen moved to Australia in late 2004 after having lived in Germany, Britain, the US and Spain. She has exhibited internationally and nationally since the 1980’s.

Some of her solo exhibitions include Museum DKM, Duisburg, Germany (2011/2012), Galeria Palma XII, Barcelona (2011,2009, 2006, 2004), Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney (2010, 2009, 2007), Centre Cultural Contemporani de Barcelona (2006), Metrònom, Fundació Rafael Tous, Barcelona (2005) and Galerie Fleur, Kyoto, Japan (2004). Selected group exhibitions include Tarra Warra Museum, Australia (2010), Museum DKM, Duisburg, Germany (2009), Museum of Natural History, Berlin (2008), Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France (2007), Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, US and the Louvre, Paris (2005).

She has been awarded several major scholarships and prizes, including the Bronze Prize at the Triennale for Sculpture in Osaka, Japan, and the Ida Gerhardi Prize and the award for open-air sculpture for the Landesgartenschau Hamm, both in Germany. Scholarships include the Research Leave Award from the Arts and Humanities Research Board, London and the DAAD scholarship and Kunstfond Bonn in Germany.

Claudia Terstappen’s work is represented in the Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas USA; the Osaka Prefectual Government, and Collection of Seika University, Kyoto both in Japan; Museum DKM, Collection Grothe, Collection Heiting, Collection Schneckenburger, Kunstverein Hasselbach E.V., Art Bank, Cologne and the Max-Planck-Institute, Berlin in Germany; the Fundación Coca Cola, Colección Rafael Tous de Arte Contemporáneo, Colección Spectrum Sotos and Museum La Coruña in Spain.

This year a new monograph will be published, spanning twenty five years of her work and reflecting her survey exhibition at Museum DKM, Duisburg Germany.

MFA, Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

Related Links:

• http://www.claudiaterstappen.com/

Qualifications

STAALICHE KUNSTAKADEMIE DUESSELDORF

Institution: Staatliche Kunstakademie Duesseldorf

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Book Chapters

Terstappen, C., 2009, A world of the invisible, in Sacred Australia: Post-Secular Considerations, eds Makarand Paranjape, Clouds of Magellan, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 225-236.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Traume machen Jagd auf Bilder, in Linien Stiller Schoenheit, eds Museum DKM, Museum DKM/Stiftung DKM, Germany, pp. 228-231.

Terstappen, C., 2007, In Dialogue with Nature, in Marian Hosking: Jewellery, eds Teresa Willsteed, Thames & Hudson, Fishermans Bend Vic Australia, pp. 66-73.

Terstappen, C., 2006, Jewellery as a repository for nature, in Tracks: Works in Silver 2005-2006 Marian Hosking, eds Marian Hosking and Bernard Hoffert, MAI Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 12-18.

Conference Proceedings

Terstappen, C., 2009, Screens for Projections, Religious Communcation, 26 to 27 November, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 23-24.

Terstappen, C., 2008, A world of the invisible, Out of Bounds, 20 - 23 August, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, p. 1.

Other

Terstappen, C., 2011, Alicia's Altar, Monash Gallery of Art, Monash Gallery of Art, Caufield, Australia, 15 September to 16 October 2011.

Terstappen, C., 2011, 'Birds', 'Insects', 'Chamaeleons', Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmania School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, 20 May to 17 June 2011.

Terstappen, C., 2011, Claudia Terstappen: Tanz, Tod and Beschworung, Museum DKM, Duisburg, Germany, 10 November 2011 to 19 March 2012.

Terstappen, C., 2011, Desde que te vi por ultima vez, Galeria Palma XII, Galeria Palma XII, Barcelona, Spain, 28 May to 17 July 2011.

Terstappen, C., 2011, Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) 2009/2010, Maroondah Art Gallery, Maroondah Art Gallery, Maroondah, VIC Australia, 28 January to 5 March 2011.

Terstappen, C., 2011, Profile: Claudia Terstappen, Paul Flynn interviews Claudia Terstappen, Artists Profile, Artists Profile, Issue 15.

Terstappen, C., 2010, After Life, Solo exhibition, Place Gallery, Richmond, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2010, At the Market, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld, 9 April to 23 May 2010.

Terstappen, C., 2010, Collaborations in Modern and Postmodern Visual Art, Welcoming address, Monash University, Monash Conference Centre, Melbourne.

Terstappen, C., 2010, Creenzias, Palma Dotze Galeria d'art.

Terstappen, C., 2010, Fire, Artist talk, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2010, Fire, TarraWarra Museum of Art, TarraWarra Museum of Art Ltd, Healesville, Vic, 28 March to 25 July 2010.

Terstappen, C., 2010, Fire: New Photographic Works, Solo exhibition, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

Terstappen, C., 2010, Fushimi-inari-taisha, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2010, LOOP 2010, Curation of Australian contemporary video artworks, LOOP Video Art Festival and Fair 2010, Barcelona.

Terstappen, C., 2010, Perceptions, Exhibition curation, Tinning Street, Brunswick, Vic.

Terstappen, C., Russo, N., 2009, A Changing Land: Devilbend 2009, co-curation, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Claudia Terstappen, Interview by Mark Hislop, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Contemporary Art, Halls 6, 8 & 10 Feria de Madrid, Spain, IFEMA, Feria de Madrid, Spain, 11 to 16 February 2009.

Terstappen, C., Wallis, G., 2009, Fragments, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Vic, 2 September to 11 October 2009.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Great Achievements, Inaugural speech at '20 Years ... Conny Dietzschold Gallery', Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Guarded, Opening address for exhibition: 'Guarded: A Personal View in New York City' by Hedy Ritterman, Obscura Gallery, St Kilda, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Infestation, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Vic, 2 September to 11 October 2009.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Infestation, Public lecture by invitation, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Jon Eiseman: Journey of Transition, catalogue essay in 'Jon Eiseman: Brief Encounters', Gallery 101, Melbourne, Vic, p. 2.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Journey of Transition, curation, 'LOOP 09', Barcelona, Spain.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Mamukala 1, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Parliament of the World's Religions, Melbourne, Vic, 3 to 9 December 2009.

Terstappen, C., Temin, K.M., 2009, My Monument: White Forest, 2008; My Monument: Black Cube, 2009, Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools, Melbourne, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Patrick Wauthier speaks with Claudia Terstappen, Interview on SBS German Program: Kulturchronik und Servus Oesterreich (Austria), SBS Radio, Melbourne, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Paul Batt 'Service Station Portraits 2006-2008', presentation and public discussion, Contemporary Art Conversations: Albert Street Galleries Open Day, Richmond, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Place and Spirit, solo exhibition, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Place and Spirit, Radio interview, Sydney Eastside Radio, Sydney, NSW.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Police Memorial 2008, Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury, NSW, 17 July to 23 August 2009.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Screens for Projections, Public lecture by invitation, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Spiritual Beliefs in Spain and Elsewhere, Public lecture by invitation, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Tell it like it is, photographs, Gallery Caren Jones, Cologne, Germany.

Terstappen, C., 2009, The Distant View, Colloquium: Philosophies, Histories and Ontologies, National Gallery of Victoria, Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International, Melbourne, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2009, Work 1: 'Walking Box'; Work 2: 'Greetings From', Place Gallery, Place Gallery, Richmond, Vic, 16 September to 10 October 2009.

Terstappen, C., 2009, presentation/representation: photography from Germany, Opening remarks by invitation, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Cruz del Romero, Catalogue essay, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW.

Terstappen, C., 2008, DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS, Catalogue Essay, Salamanca Arts Centre Inc., Hobart, Tas, pp. 15-17.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Exhibition Design for "Wunderforschung", Museum of Natural History/Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Terstappen, C., 2008, LOOP 2008, Curation, LOOP Video Art Festival, Barcelona, Spain.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Los Dioses de Brasil, Galeria Palma, Galeria Palma, Barcelona, Spain, 10 October to 30 November.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Out of the square: beach architecture on the Mornington Peninsula, Curated Group Exhibition and Catalogue, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG), Mornington, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Pictorial Strategies, Catalogue essay, Counihan Gallery In Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 1-2.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Portraits of Artists, photomedia, Place Gallery, Richmond, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Recordings of Australia, Place Gallery, Place Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, 30 July to 23 August.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Stille Zeugen (Silent Witness), photographs, Galerie Caren Jones, Cologne, Germany.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Wunderforschung, Exhibition, Museum of Natural History Berlin.

Terstappen, C., 2008, Wunderforschung - Catalogue, Edited Exhibition catalogue, Comenius Garten, Berlin, Germany.

Terstappen, C., 2007, "Fire" 3 large format photographs, Group exhibition, Jones and Truebenbach Galerie, Cologne, Germany.

Terstappen, C., 2007, Collection of religious items, ABC Collectors, ABC, Australia.

Krischock, K., Terstappen, C., 2007, Far Away - So Close, Exhibition catalogue, Goethe Insitute Australia, Melbourne, Vic.

Terstappen, C., 2007, Far Away - So Close, Immigration Museum, Melbourne and Goethe Institut Australia, Sydney, Goethe Institut, Goethe Institut Australia, Sydney, 9 Sept - 4 Nov, 2007 and 30 Nov - 15 Feb, 2008.

Terstappen, C., 2007, Loop 2007, Group exhibition, Centro de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona.

Terstappen, C., 2007, Silent objects of being, Catalogue essay, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA, p. 3.

Terstappen, C., 2007, The Tall Tree Project Documentary, DVD Documentary on Marian Hosking, Claudia Terstappen, Shown at Object Gallery, Sydney, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.

Terstappen, C., 2006, "10 Seconds a day", "Uncertainty", "Places of Worship", Centro Cultural Contemporaneo de Barcelona, Centro Cultural Contemporaneo de Barcelona, Barcelona Spain, 01-31 Dec 2006.

Terstappen, C., 2006, Culture and Spirit, Solo Exhibition, Galeria Palma 12, Barcelona, Spain.

Terstappen, C., 2006, Of Senescencia, Sala H, Vic Spain, Arts Contemporanies, Spain, 26 May 2006 to 16 July 2006.

Terstappen, C., 2005, Lugares De Culto - Barcelona, Metronom, Coleccion Rafael Tous de Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona, Spain, 15/12/05 to 28/01/06.

Terstappen, C., 2005, Lugares De Culto - Santiago de Compostela, Inglesia de la Universidad, Santiago de Compostela, 01/12/05 to 29/01/06.

Terstappen, C., 2005, Place of Worship- tarragona, Galeria Forum, Tarragona, Spain, 03/06/05 to 09/07/05.

Terstappen, C., 2005, Places of Worship, Faculty Gallery- Monash University, Monash University, Caulfield East, Vic, Australia, 13 October 2005 to 23 November 2005.

Terstappen, C., 2005, Research in Japan, Research, Osaka, Kyoto.

Terstappen, C., 2004, Artist-in-residency, Artist-in-residency, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT.

Terstappen, C., 2004, Los suenos encuentran sus imagenes, Galeria Palma XII, Vilifranca del Penedes Barcelona Spain, 30 January 2004 to 29 February 2004.

Terstappen, C., 2004, Lost World, CDU Gallery, Charles Darwin University Darwin NT Australia, 17 May 2004 to 27 May 2004.

Terstappen, C., 2004, Lugares Sagrados, Kowasa Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, 17 December 2003 to 31 January 2004.

Terstappen, C., 2004, Sacred Places, Gallery Fleur, Seiko University Kyoto Japan, 20 November 2004 to 19 December 2004.

Terstappen, C., 2002, Homogenous Disharmonies, Catalogue/book essay, Edition Braus, Germany, Wrote the Forward.

Terstappen, C., 2002, Sacred Places - One exhibition divided into 4 parts, Galeria spectrum, Galerie Hellebrand, Stadtische Galerie im Rathauspark & stiftung DKM, zaragoza, spain, Gladbeck, Duisburg, Germany, 25/04/02 to 30/09/02.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A Landscape Photography Project.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Anthropocentrism and the environmental dilemma: a studio investigation and interrogation of humanity's ecological conundrum and the discourse pertainig to this situation.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main), Wise, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Being there: exploring the experiential aspects of walking through the Australian landscape.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Imaging the dead: death in contemporary art and western culture.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Re(framing) Art.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

System synthesis: the ambiguous zone of the nature/culture divide.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Trust me, I make documentaries.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Visible darkness.

Supervisors:

Hoffert, B (Joint-co), Terstappen, C (Joint).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Worlds beyond worlds: the spirit, the abstract and the digital image..

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Ackermann, D.

Program of Study:

Investigating Visual Responsibility and Representation: Critical Approaches to Documentary and Mockumentary Video Production. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main), Perkins, M (Joint).

Student:

Anderson, M.

Program of Study:

Land hope & allure: living and connecting to world. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Student:

Hosking, M.

Program of Study:

Crafting and meaning: allusion, motif and identity in Australian jewellery and small scale silver objects: a studio-based exploration. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Hoffert, B (Main), Terstappen, C (Associate).

Student:

Kilderry, D.

Program of Study:

Visual art and states of consciousness. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Smith, K (Main), Terstappen, C (Joint).

Student:

Mcnicol, R.

Program of Study:

A Portrait Revisited. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Dziekan, V (Main), Terstappen, C (Joint).

Student:

Mcrae, D.

Program of Study:

Photogenie & the Mu: The poetics of a slow film practice. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main), Perkins, M (Joint).

Student:

Rosetzky, D.

Program of Study:

Destabilising the subject: examining identity through the moving image. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Marsh, A (Joint), Terstappen, C (Joint-Co).

Student:

Saddington, R.

Program of Study:

Meanings of a Mute Earth. Examining the Illusive Purpose of Landscape Photography. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main).

Student:

Walker, L.

Program of Study:

The Representation of Youth. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Terstappen, C (Main), Dziekan, V (Joint).