Ada Mee

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Ada Mee
Born1946 (age 7778)
Thuringia, Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupations
  • Artist
  • photographer
Children1
Website www.ada-mee.de/home
Antipoden by Ada Mee, 2015, Lithography Ada Mee Antipoden.jpg
Antipoden by Ada Mee, 2015, Lithography

Ada Mee (born 1946) is a German artist based in Heidelberg. She works across various mediums, including painting, lithography, and photography.

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Life

Ada Mee was born 1946 in Thuringia and lived in Jena until her escape to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952. She grew up in Bremen, the Eifel, the Swabian Jura, and in Stuttgart, where she graduated from school. She studied architecture in Karlsruhe, finishing as a qualified engineer. [1] She currently lives in Heidelberg and is married with one daughter.

Career

Hommage an Charlie Hebdo by Ada Mee, 2015, staged photo art Ada Mee Hommage an Charlie Hebdo.jpg
Hommage an Charlie Hebdo by Ada Mee, 2015, staged photo art
Das Wunder von Puijiang and E-Mann by Ada Mee, 2013 and 2015, staged conceptual art Ada Mee Puijiang.jpg
Das Wunder von Puijiang and E-Mann by Ada Mee, 2013 and 2015, staged conceptual art
Der Ring zum Richard-Wagner-Jahr by Ada Mee, 2013, object made of two Neckar-Odenwald sandstone blocks with dummy joints, ring and pedestal made of V2A steel Ada mee ring-zum-richard-wagner-jahr.jpg
Der Ring zum Richard-Wagner-Jahr by Ada Mee, 2013, object made of two Neckar-Odenwald sandstone blocks with dummy joints, ring and pedestal made of V2A steel
Conchita, unterwegs zwischen den Geschlechtern by Ada Mee, 2014, bronze, Karl Casper casting Ada mee conchita.jpg
Conchita, unterwegs zwischen den Geschlechtern by Ada Mee, 2014, bronze, Karl Casper casting

Mee is a member of the Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler (German Association of Fine Artists), the Heidelberger Forum für Kunst (Arts Forum of Heidelberg) [2] and the Kunsthöfle Gallery in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. [3]

Painting

Mee's materials include acrylic paint, watercolour, gouache, pencil, Indian ink on wood, card and various paper types.

Staged photo art

Mee refers to her photo art on canvas as "application art," which involves the artistic transformation and/or modification of primary structures through painting and/or digital plots. In her creative process, Ada Mee combines painting with her own photographs, manipulating forms and designs on the computer. She makes changes to the shapes, adjusts colors, and paints realistically and/or digitally until she feels a personal connection with her work.

Staged conceptual art

Mee is known for her conceptual art. One example is Das Wunder von Puijang (en: The Wonder of Puijang) which shows an infant born while the mother was squatting over a toilet, who slipped into a waste tube and was saved.

Recognition and awards

Exhibitions

International and supraregional group exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (excerpt)

Further supraregional exhibitions (excerpt)

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References

  1. Mee, Ada. "ADA MEE, Künstlerin aus Heidelberg". www.ada-mee.de (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. "Mitglieder des Heidelberger Forum für Kunst". www.heidelberger-forum-fuer-kunst.de. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. "Mitglieder". kunsthoefles Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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  5. Sandra Abend: Schmerz – Bilder vom Menschen. 2008, S. 10, 11.
  6. Iris Frey: Kritische Blicke hinter die virtuelle Parallelwelt. 9 July 2010, Kultur, Cannstatter/Untertürkheimer-Zeitung
  7. Sabrina Schreiner: Notfalls spricht Excalibur ein Machtwort. DIE RHEINFALZ, 16 April 2013.
  8. Prof. Dr. Helge Bathelt, M. A.: Mensch wer bist du? 16 January 2015, Wissenschaftlicher Vortrag, Stuttgart Bad-Cannstatt.
  9. Iris Frey: Die Welt im kritischen Diskurs. 21 January 2015, Kultur, Cannstatter/Untertürkheimer-Zeitung
  10. Caroline Blarr: Der Fall Lance Armstrong. 18 June 2014, Mannheimer Morgen
  11. Dr. Heide Seele: Appell zur Solidarität. 22 October 2012, Feuilleton, RNZ
  12. Iris Frey: Kunst als Wertschöpfung. 12 December 2012, Kultur, Cannstatter/Untertürkheimer-Zeitung
  13. Dr. Heide Seele: Das Katzenvieh löst Gänsehaut aus. 16 June 2010, Feuilleton, RNZ
  14. Dr. Heide Seele: Das Politische und das Private. 12 February 2007, Feuilleton, RNZ
  15. Prof. Dr. Bernd-Wolfgang Lindemann: Die Kunst des Alterns. Urkunde Berlin, 1 September 2006.
  16. Dr. Klaus Peter Böhner: Zeitgenössische bildende Kunst. Salzburg 2004, S. 2.

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