Simone Gilges (1973 – 11 August 2023) was a German contemporary artist and a founding member of the Honey-Suckle Company. She was also the publisher of "Freier", a magazine focused on mental health. She lived and worked in Berlin.
Biography
Simone Gilges was born in Bonn, West Germany in 1973. She studied Visual Communication at UdK Berlin University of the Arts, as well as Photography/Design at FH Dortmund. Her solo work has been exhibited widely internationally, including Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin; Foxy Production, New York; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; CAPC, Bordeaux; CRAC Alsace, France; pret a pARTager, Dakar, Senegal a.o.; Screen and Decor, Canada; Chelsea Art Museum, New York; Studio Voltaire, London; The John Institute, Zurich; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart; 4th Berlin Biennale, Gagosian Gallery, Hinterconti, Hamburg. Honey Suckle Company has been exhibited at Frankfurter Kunstverein; Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg; Kunsthalle Basel; Cubitt Gallery, London; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart; Sónar Festival, Barcelona; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Berlin Biennale 1.
Gilges died on 11 August 2023, at the age of 50.
References
- ^ "Simone Gilges stirbt mit 50 Jahren". www.monopol-magazin.de (in German). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- "Städteporträts: Nur der Müll sieht überall gleich aus" [City portraits: Only the rubbish looks the same everywhere]. Die Zeit. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
Further reading
- Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch
- freier magazine
- Honey Suckle Company
- Del Vecchio, Gigiotto in "Looking Back: Emerging Artists." Frieze, Issue 120, January–February 2009: 111.
- Douglas, Sarah. "Liste: Quality Uneven but Spirits High". Artinfo.com, 9 June 2009.
- Johnson, Paddy with Archey, Karen. "The AFC Liste Awards!", Art Fag City, 12 June 2009, artfagcity.com
- Die Zeit: Dakar/Berlin, Mamadou Gomis und Simone Gilges