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Selfportrait Barbara
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"Fabulous
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Artist
Profile - Barbara Lenz
Barbara
Lenz was born in Würzburg in 1965 and, after graduating high school,
finished top of her year in a precision mechanics apprenticeship.
Barbara
Lenz then worked as an architectural model builder and subsequently
completed a degree in architecture at the Technical University of
Munich, before working for many years in a Munich-based architectural
firm.
The
very first "Fantastical Creatures" were created during
Barbara Lenz’s studies. Since returning to her hometown in 2005 she
has worked as a self-employed artist, focusing primarily on the
creation of her "Fantastical Creatures".
Her
"Fantastical Creatures" have been featured in many
exhibitions with the themes ‘Mythical Creatures, The World of
Fantastical Figurines, Figurine Theatre, Imaginary Worlds, Cabinets of
Curiosities’ etc. Listed below is just a selection of exhibitions to
date:
- The Old Treasury at the Munich Residence,
October/November 1995
- Martin von Wagner Museum at the University of Würzburg at the
Würzburg Residence, December 1996 - March 1997, solo exhibition
- Trimetall Gallery, Cologne,
February 1998, solo exhibition
- German Museum of Hunting and Fishing, Munich,
March – May 1999, solo exhibition
- State Museum for Zoology, Zwinger Palace Dresden,
December 1999 - February 2000, solo exhibition
- Exhibition "Lenz-Lenz-Lenz", Kitzingen Town Hall,
July 2001, family exhibition
- Art and Antiques Fair, Würzburg,
June 2002, Marienberg Fortress
- "Fine A.R.T.S. Würzburg"
October 2003, Kulturspeicher at the Old Port
- "Fine A.R.T.S. Würzburg"
October 2005, Kulturspeicher at the Old Port
- Recipient of the "World Prize of Salvador Dali for Fine
Arts" Madrid, May 2006, Prague
- Participant in the "art-imaginär" exhibition –
fantastical and visionary art,
September - October 2007, Herrenhof in
Mussbach-Neustadt / Weinstrasse
Kunsthaus Nüdling Fulda, 2009, solo
exhibition
Galery "Epoca" Paris,
2010/2011, solo exhibition
"Lenz hoch 3", Siebold-Museum
Würzburg, 2011, family exhibition
Mainfränkisches Museum at fortress
Würzburg, 2014 - 2015, solo exhibition
Naturkunde-Museum
Bamberg, 2015, solo exhibition
"Schloss
Moritzburg" near Dresden, 22. June – 16. October 2016, solo
exhibition
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