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Jurgen Tarrasch

5000 8th Terrace South

Birmingham, Alabama 35212

Tel. (205) 591-9520


German, born 11 October 1959

 

Education:

Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland

MFA (painting and wall painting under Profe

June 1993

 

Awards:

  • European Center for Conservation and Historic Preservation, Venice (San Servolo), Italy

  • Study grant for restoration program in stucco marmorino, stuccolustro, and fresco

  • September - December 1997

 

Individual Exhibitions:

  • 2003 Cabaniss Fine Arts Center, Altamont School (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • 2002- 2003 Space One Eleven (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • 2001 Cabaniss Fine Arts Center, Altamont School (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • 1998 Kreishaus Cloppenburg (Cloppenburg, Germany)

  • Mercedes-Benz (Berlin, Germany)

  • Kreuzkirche (Berlin, Germany)

  • 1997 Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg (Emstek, Germany)

  • St. Matthaeus-Kirche (Berlin, Germany)

  • Galerie Karl Witzleben (Frankfurt/Oder, Germany)

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

  • 2004 Bare Hands Gallery (Birmingham, Alabama, forthcoming)

  • 2002 Art Aficionado, Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • 2001 Thomas Project/Artist Cooperative (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • 2000 Thomas Project/Artist Cooperative (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • 1998 IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG (Berlin, Germany)

  • 1996 IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG (Berlin, Germany)

  • 1995 Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung (Berlin, Germany)

  • 1994 Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung (Berlin, Germany)

  • 1993 Academy of Fine Arts, Technical University (Warsaw, Poland)

  • 1992 Henkel KG/Fachwerkhaus (Dusseldorf, Germany)

  • 1987 Kunstlerforderung/State-sponsored exhibition for the promotion of new artists

  • (Grossenbrode, Germany)

Selected Bibliography:

  • Coman, Victoria L. "Painting by history. Artist displays fresco techniques to Altamont

  • class, "The Birmingham News, Wednesday, July 12, 2000, p. 1S-2S

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  • Hauke, Angelika. "Ausstellung: Entwicklung eines Malers, "Munsterlandische

  • Tageszeitung, Monday, October 26, 1998, n. p.

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  • Nelson, Jim. "Recent work by Jurgen Tarrasch, "The Birmingham News, Sunday, April 27, 2003, p. 3F (with illustration)

  • Nelson, Jim. "Tarrasch's abstract paintings bring to mind plaid wall paper, "TheBirmingham News, Sunday, June 3, 2001, p. 3F

 

Special Projects:

  • 2003 Fresco Palimsest, International Curatorial Space, New York, New York (with Catherine Cabaniss)

  • 1998 Reconstruction of stuccolustro facade on the portico, Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany)

  • 1997 Restoration of stucco marmorino surfaces, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista (Venice, Italy)

  • 1996 Wall design and murals, Restaurant and Hotel Frisco (Berlin, Germany)

  • 1995 Reconstruction of Expressionist wall paintings, Kreuzkirche (Berlin, Germany)

  • 1993 Wall design and mural, logo design, Akina Japanese Restaurant (Riverside, California)

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