Susanne Rottenbacher

Susanne Rottenbacher
Born in Göttingen in 1969, Germany, lives and works in Berlin

since 2004 Freelance artist
1997-2001 Photographer, lighting designer, light artist
1992-1996 Stage designer at Deutsche Oper, Berlin
1991-1992 Degree in Light & Lighting Design (M. Sc.), Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, London
1988-1991 Degree in Stage Design (B. A.), Barnard College, Columbia University, New York

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 Max-Planck-Institute, Berlin
Show room Wallrafplatz 1, Cologne
2008 Synthetische Landschaften [synthetic landscapes], Gallery teapot, Cologne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 Dialog IV Beijing-Jena, Jena, Germany
Skulpturen unterm Turm [sculptures under the tower], Kulturforum im Herz Jesu e.V., Cologne
Offener Raum Eins,Galerie Grazia Blumberg, Recklinghausen, Germany
2009 Lys over Lolland, Rodbyhavn, Denmark
2008 Berlin im Licht, Märkisches Museum Berlin; tapemodern.02, Berlin
destructionconstruction, Galerie teapot, Cologne
2007 Lichtberlin, Tiergarten Berlin
2006 8. Art International, Zurich, Switzerland
Talents in Residence, Alte Bundesbahndirektion [old railroad head office], Cologne

Awards

2004 GE Edison Award of Excellence (Lighting Design Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, German Bundestag, Berlin)
2005 IIDA Award of Merit, IESNA (Lighting Design Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, German Bundestag, Berlin)