ABOUT↓
EN
Irene Weingartner grew up in Nottwil, Switzerland. After completing her training as an architectural designer, she studied Fine Arts at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, at UDK Berlin, and at the Chelsea College of Arts in London, where she completed her MA in Fine Art in 2001. From 2005 to 2010, she was a teaching assistant, and from 2010 to 2016, she was a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts, specializing in Fine Arts. After teaching assignments at the HBK Saar in Saarbrücken, UCA Canterbury, and the Glasgow School of Art, she was visiting professor for Drawing at the HBK Braunschweig from 2019 to 2021. Her works are exhibited in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and other countries.
DE
Irene Weingartner ist in Nottwil, Schweiz, aufgewachsen. Im Anschluss an ihre Ausbildung als Hochbauzeichnerin studierte sie Bildende Kunst an der Hochschule Luzern, an der UDK Berlin und am Chelsea College of Arts in London, wo sie 2001mit dem MA Fine Art abschloss. Von 2005 bis 2010 war sie Unterrichtsassistentin und von 2010 bis 2016 Gastdozentin an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Vertiefung Bildende Kunst. Nach Lehraufträgen an der HBK Saar, Saarbrücken, UCA Canterbury und der Glasgow School of Art, hatte sie von 2019 bis 2021 die V.d. Professur der Fachklasse Zeichnung an der HBK Braunschweig inne. Ihre Arbeiten werden in der Schweiz, Deutschland, Belgien, Großbritannien und anderen Ländern gezeigt.
Education
2000 – 2001
MA fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London / UK
1996 – 1999
Diploma fine Art, University of Applied Art, Lucerne / CH
1998
Guest student, Hochschule der Künste (UdK), Berlin / D
1995 – 1996
Foundation course, Luzern / before architectural designer / CH
Teaching at Universities
2019 – 2021
Professor (Vd), Drawing Class, HBK Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig / D
2010 – 2016
Guest Lecturer, Fine Art, Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK / CH
2015
Guest Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art / UK
2013
Guest Lecuturer, Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saarbrücken, Klasse Katharina Hinsberg / D
2012
Guest Lecturer and research workshop, UCA University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury / UK
2012 / 2014
Guest Lecuturer for the project; Art at Schools Stuttgart / D
2005 – 2010
Assistant for art practice, fine Art , Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK / CH
1999 – 2000
Assistant, Video Class, University of Applied Art, Luzern / CH
Grants and Residencies
2023
Visiting Artist, Glasgow Print Studio / UK
2022
Grant: Neustart Kultur, NRW / DE
2015
Recidency: The Booth, Scalloway Shetland Island, Schottland / UK
2014
Residency: Frans Masereel Centrum, Print Workshop Residency, Kasterlee / BE
2013/14
Residency: Wasps Studios for Visiting Artists, Glasgow / UK
2012
Grant: Werkstipendium der Stadt Zürich / CH
2012
Commission: VFO Verein für Originalgrafik, Zürich / CH
2008
Residency: Stiftung Museum Insel Hombroich, Gastatelier Raketenstation, Neuss-Holzheim / D
2004
Grant: Werkbeitrag des Kantons Zürich / CH
2003
Grant: Werkbeitrag der Stadt und des Kantons Luzern / CH
Between 2004 and 2024
Several project contributions from the city of Zurich, the canton, and the city of Lucerne, as well as from various private foundations.
Collections
- Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
- Museum Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee / Belgium
- Collection of the city and canton of Lucerne
- Collection of the canton of Zurich
- Collection of the Department of Buildings, Canton of Zurich
- Private collections
Artist Talks since 2021
2025
Artist Talk with Gaudenz Signorell und Irene Weingartner Galerie Sam Scherrer Contemporary, Zürich > 12. April / CH
2023
Artist Talk with Irene Weingartner und Kris Scholz
Moderated by Dr. Dorothe Achenbach. Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf /DE
2022
Artist Talk with: Sandra Boeschenstein, Hanna Hennenkemper, Oliver Thie, Irene Weingartner. Moderated by Ludwig Seyfarth, Kai10, Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf / DE
2022
Artist Talk with Ludwig Seyfarth, Kurator. Galerie Haus Schlangeneck, Euskirchen
→ ONLINE Video, 117 min. DE
2022
Der Podcast zur Zeichnung
Strichstärke Episode 2, der Podcast zur Zeichnung
mit: Katja Butt – Anne Cichos – Karin Hochstatter
→ ONLINE sound, 26 min. DE
2021
Artist Talk mit Catherine Cheng, Kuratorin. Clara Maria Sels Galerie, Düsseldorf
→ ONLINE video, 15 min. EN
2021
Artist Talk with Robert Mantho, Architekt: „Drawing – Architecture“
→ ONLINE video, 56 min. EN