vita
Keiyona C. Stumpf
Born 1982 in Munich.
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany :
2005-2011 Sculpture/Installation, Prof. Albert Hien (Art Education).
2011-2016 Sculpture (Focus on Glass/Ceramics) Prof. Norbert Prangenberg and Markus Karstieß (Fine Arts).
Lives and works in the Augsburg region (Germany) and in the US.
Awards
Oberbayerischer Förderpreis für Angewandte Kunst, Munich (2018) Art Award, County of Augsburg (2017)
Art Award, Art Association Aichach (2017)
Exam Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (2011)
Art Award, BMW Brilliance, Shenyang, China (2011)
Fanny Carlita Award, Fanny Carlita Foundation, Munich (2005)
In addition, the artist has received numerous project grants, including the Visual Arts Scholarship of the City of Munich in 2016 and a scholarship from the Alexander Tutsek Foundation in 2018 for a residency at the Pilchuck- Glass School in Seattle, USA.
Exhibitions (selections)
2024 `Welcome to the Jungle ́, Keramion Frechen (G)
2023 `Floriferous ́, Bavarian National Museum, Munich (S)
2022/23 `Grip of Nature ́/ `Grip of Nature II ́ (with catalog), Galleria Antonella Villanova, Firenze – Italy (S)
2020/21 `Natura Naturans ́/ `Natura Naturans II ́ (with catalog) Gallery Hengevoss-Dürkop Gallery, Hamburg (S)
2020 Benefit auction PIN.FOR Art, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
2021 `Memento Vivere ́, Rosenheim Art Association, Rosenheim (S)
2021 `Lust auf Lustheim. Meissen Inspires. Modern Ceramics“ at the Meissen Porcelain Collection Ernst Schneider Foundation in Lustheim Castle near Schleißheim (G)
2021 `Vom Sockel zur Wand ́, European Museum for Modern Glass, Coburg (G) 2020 `In Dialogue ́, Museum Schloss Fürstenberg, Fürstenberg (S)
2019 `The Open Hide ́, Art Association Hechingen (S)
2019 `Second Nature ́, Schwäbische Galerie Oberschönenfeld (S)
2018 `my three lyrical I‘s ́, Art Association Munich (S)
2018 25th Annual Auction, Watermill Center, New York
2016 `Zeitgenössische Skulptur - eine Annäherung ́, Galerie Knust x Kunst +, Munich (G)
2015 `Münchener Freiheit ́, Glass Museum - Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld - Lette (G)
2015 `It ́s oh so cute ́, EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin (G)
2015 `Open ́, Gallery EIGEN + ART, Berlin (G)
2013 `Vanity Flair – Luxury and impermanence ́, 1. Biennale der Künstler, Haus der Kunst, Munich (G)
2013 `#32 Die ersten Jahre der Professionalität ́, Galerie der Künstler, Munich (G)
Works in collections
Munich, Bavarian National Museum
Munich, Munich Bank Collection
Munich, Goetz Collection
Munich, Private Collection Bärbel Dornier
Munich, WTS Art Collection
Selb/ Hohenberg a. d. Eger, Porzellanikon, State Museum of Porcelain
Munich, Private Collection Christian B. Fulda
Literature
Keiyona C. Stumpf, Firenze, Galleria Antonella Villanova, edited by Gli Ori, with texts from Lóránd Hegyi and Emanuela Nobile Mino, 2024, ISBN 978-88- 7336-971-4
Unverblümt/Floriferous. Keiyona Stumpf at the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, edited by Dr Katharina Hantschmann, published by Dr Frank Matthias Kammel, 2023, ISBN 978-3-925058-91-2
Natura Naturans II, exhibition cat. edited by Hajo Schiff, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg 2021.
Isabelle Hofmann, Works Celebrating Life. Keiyona C. Stumpf at Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, URL: https://www.kultur-port.de/blog/bildende-kunst/16604-arbeiten-die-das-leben-feiern-keiyona-c-stumpf-in-der-galerie-hengevoss-duerkop.html [3/19/2023].
Christian Lechelt, Keiyona Stumpf. Portrait, in: New Ceramics, The International Ceramics Magazine, 2/2021, pp. 20-23 (also English: Keiyona Stumpf. Profile, in: New Ceramics, The International Ceramics Magazine, 2/2021, pp. 20-23).
Ilka Kloten, Keiyona C. Stumpf. Amalgam (german/english), Munich 2020.
Keiyona Stumpf. Sphere III, in New Glass Review 39, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning/NY 2018, p. 30, no. 41.
Keiyona C. Stumpf and Markus Karstieß, Keiyona C. Stumpf. Mutual. Catalog of Works (german/english),, Munich 2017.
Ilka Kloten, Keiyona C. Stumpf. Amalgam, Project Grant for Visual Arts, published by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich, (german/english), Munich 2016.