Pedro Boese
Pedro Boese is a German/Portuguese painter.
Life and work
Pedro Boese was born in Beira, Portuguese Mozambique.- 1993–1997: graduation from the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht in painting and etching
- 1998–2001: postgraduate study at the Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Berlin University of the Arts
- 2000–2002: guest student at the class of Prof. Lothar Baumgarten, Berlin University of the Arts
- Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
The painting material is usually applied thinly and translucently without developing a clear texture.
Therefore, excluding the precisely set outlines, the subjective painting impression is objectified to a large extent.
Boese's recent works have been based on a grid system.
Awards
- 2011 Arts funding of the Cultural management of the Berlin Senate
- 2010 nomination for the International André-Evard Art Award, Messmer Foundation, Riegel
- 2006 nomination for the Gasag Art Award, Berlin
- 2008 nomination for the Guasch Coranty Award, Centre Cultural Metropolità, Barcelona
- 2007 nomination for the art award of the Bosch Rexroth AG, and IHK Würzburg
Selected solo exhibitions
- 2011 monomodul, Elisengallery - Raum für Kunst, Aachen
- 2008/2009 Motive, MARS, Berlin
- 2007 269 Colors + Interferences, Scotty Enterprises Gallery, Berlin
- 2006 keine gewissheit für die augen, Gallery Weisser Elefant, Berlin
- 2006 repulsion, projectspace Gebauerhöfe, Berlin
- 2006 Art Forum of the Pax-Bank Berlin
- 2004 Art Forum of the DONG energy, Kopenhagen
Selected group exhibitions
- 2012 Dot.Systems-from Pointillism to Pixelization, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
- 2010 Messmer Foundation, Riegel
- 2009 Farbe konkret, Gallery Nord / Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
- 2008 Centre Cultural Metropolità Tecla Sala, Barcelona
- 2008 La intimidad y el distanciamiento, Museo para la Identidad Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- 2007 The Art of Drive and Control, Bosch Rexroth AG, IHK Würzburg
- 2007 La intimidad y el distanciamiento, Museo de Arte de El Salvador, San Salvador
- 2005 Abstrakte Perspektiven, Gallery Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
- 2004 Große Kunstausstellung, Villa Kobe, Halle
Works in public collections
- Berlin State Museums, Museum of Prints and Drawings
- Museum Folkwang Essen, Craphics Collection
- Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett
- Art collection of the Bosch Rexroth AG, Lohr am Main
- Collection Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, Berlin
- Collection Danish Oil & Natural Gas, Copenhagen