Johanna Keimeyer

Johanna Keimeyer
Keimeyer in 2014
Born	1982 (age 42–43)[ citation needed ] Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Occupation	Artist

Johanna Keimeyer (born 1982) is a German artist known for her experiential work. She has designed lighting fixtures and experimented with various photography techniques. Her work often integrates technology with art, fashion, and design. ^[1]

Early life and education

Keimeyer was born in Filderstadt and raised in Ueberlingen on Lake Constance. After high school, she trained as a carpenter at the woodworking school of technology in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. She later studied upholstery with Vitra AG in Weil am Rhein, Germany, and Birsfelden, Switzerland.^{[ citation needed ]}

She completed her education at Berlin University of the Arts, where she studied Product and Fashion Design, and at Tama Art University in Tokyo, where she studied Product Design. She also pursued studies in Digital Media at the Rhode Island School of Design and the MIT Media Lab in Boston, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Work

Between 2006 and 2011, Keimeyer designed lamps, focusing on light fixtures made from recycled materials gathered throughout Europe. During this time, she participated in a workshop led by Brazilian furniture designers Humberto and Fernando Campana. ^[3]

In 2010, Alexander von Vegesack commissioned Keimeyer to design the lamp Trashure 2, which became part of his private collection. ^[4] The lamp was featured in the exhibition Adventure with Objects at the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in Turin, Italy. ^{[4] [5]} The Italian television network RAI Uno covered the exhibition. ^[6]

In 2022, Keimeyer was featured in the BBA Artist Prize 2022 in Kühlhaus, Berlin. ^[7]

Productions

In 2012, Keimeyer presented her master’s thesis, Everything is Illusion, at Berlin University of the Arts. ^[8] From 2008 to 2013, she produced an underwater photography series titled Pool Around Me ^[9] with the support of Martin Nicholas Kunz.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2016, Keimeyer organized a dance performance featuring five dancers and a light show for the reopening of Berlin’s Oderberger Stadtbad. ^{[10] [11] [12]} Photographs from Pool Around Me were used to decorate the hotel rooms at Oderberger Stadtbad. ^[13]

In 2017, Keimeyer developed a large immersive installation, Breathing Heart, featured in the official program of Art Basel. ^[14]

Since 2020, Keimeyer has been a lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts (HTW) and Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). ^{[15] [16]}

Awards

• 2009 International Design Award (IDA), first rank, category: Student, Product Design, Lighting
• 2010 Faces of Design Award, (FoD), Best Online Portfolio
• 2018 International Design Award Architecture (IDA) ^[1]

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2008: participation on "Adventure with Objects“ in Pinacoteca Agnelli (Museum), Turin, Italy
• 2010: participation on "Kunstforum Brandenburg“, Potsdam, Germany
• 2011: participation on "Songs of the Sea“, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK
• 2011: participation on "Luminous Times – Sustainable Architecture“, France, in cooperation with Vitra Design Museum and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
• 2011: Audiovisuelle Installation, Bikini Showroom, Berlin, Germany
• 2011: participation on "DMY international design festival“, Berlin, Germany
• 2011: participation on "Young Design in Berlin“, Gallery Alte Schule, Berlin, Germany
• 2014: participation on "Festival of Lights NYC“, im Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, Dumbo, Brooklyn, USA
• 2015: participation on Gallery Weekend Berlin, Fotoausstellung im Kino International, Berlin, Germany

Installations (selection)

• 2014 "Everything is illusion“ video-projection, Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, Brooklyn (USA)
• 2015 "Space, Motion and Community“ performance with Jonah Bokaer (USA) and Stavros Gasparatos (Greece), Boisbuchet, France
• 2016 "A New Dawn“ installation in the historic swimming hall, Hotel Oderberger, Berlin, Germany
• 2017 "BREATHingHEART“ installation, part of the official program of Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Literature (selection)

• Alles ist erleuchtet, Sie macht aus Abfall Kunst, Johanna Keimeyer entwirft „Sustainable Design“, Welt-Kompakt, Nr. 252, 27. 12. 2010, p. 24 f.
• Ein Haus der Ideen bauen, in: Art Magazin, Nr. 2, February 2007, pp. 126 – 129.
• Johanna Keimeyer, „treat garbage like gold“, in: Ares Kalandides (Ed.), Berlin Design, Braun Publishing, Berlin 2009, p. 196 f. und p. 229. ISBN   978-3-03768-014-8
• Johanna Keimeyer, Recycle Lights, in: Henrietta Thompson (Ed.), Reinventa, la tua casa, Mailand 2013, p. 119. ISBN   978-88-370-9037-1
• New Glass Review 30, The Corning Museum of Glass (Ed.), New York 2009, p. 26. ISBN   978-0-87290-173-5
• On existential collecting, in: Adventures with objects, La collezione Alexander von Vegesack, Mailand 2008, p. II/13. ISBN   978-88-370-6086-2
• Joerg Suermann (Hrsg.),Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (Design), copy culture, International Design Festival Berlin, Berlin 2011, p. 182 f. ISBN   978-3-9812813-5-4

References

1. "ABOUT THE ARTIST". JOHANNA KEIMEYER. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
2. Johanna Keimeyer. "Johanna Keimeyer — Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). squarespace.com. Johanna Keimeyer. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-10-30. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.
3. Intelligent Life in: 40 under 40, Design´s Next Generation, Perspective, Hong Kong, August 2008, p. 20 ISSN 1606-2558 and Ein Haus der Ideen bauen, in: Art Magazin, Nr. 2, February 2007, p. 128.
4. Mülherr, Silke (27 Dec 2010). "Alles ist erleuchtet" . Welt. Germany. Archived from the original on 2023-10-30. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.
5. "Chandelier (2007), Johanna Keimeyer". boisbuchet.org. Domain de Boisbuchet. 2007. Archived from the original on 2024-05-08. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.
6. "Johanna Keimeyer RAI Uno". youtube.com (in Italian). Johanna Keimeyer. 22 Oct 2008. Archived from the original on 2025-01-12. Retrieved 22 Feb 2017.
7. "BBA Artist Prize 2022". bba-prizes.com. BBA Prizes. June 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-04-10. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.
8. "Februar Das Stadtbad" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
9. "Underwater photography portraits in hotel pools" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
10. Auftauchen im Prenzlauer Berg, Berliner Morgenpost, Nr. 268, 29. 9. 2016, p. 12.
11. Strauß, Stefan (17 Oct 2016). "Stadtbad Oderberger Straße Nach 30 Jahren Trockenzeit wird das Kiezbad wiedereröffnet". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Berlin, Germany. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.
12. SR (3 Oct 2016). "Whats on: Johanna Keimeyer eröffnet das Stadtbad Oderberger". Chased Magazine (in German). Berlin, Germany: Chased) Art and People Berlin. Archived from the original on 2023-10-30. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.
13. "Johanna Keimeyer". hotel-oderberger.berlin. Hotel Oderberger. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
14. "Basel hat ein künstlerisches Herz". June 16, 2017. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
15. "Johanna Keimeyer". htw-berlin.de. Berlin University of Applied Sciences. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.
16. "Social Media Marketing". udk-berlin.de. Universität der Künste Berlin. 10 Oct 2022. Archived from the original on 2024-09-09. Retrieved 11 Jan 2025.

External links

• Official website