Biography
FRANEK (Sabine FRANEK-Koch)
born in Potsdam
studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin with Fred Thieler (Master class student)
lives and works in Berlin and Radegast (Elbe River)
Pathways
| 1969 | First solo exhibit: Pels-Leusden Gallery, Berlin |
| 1978-1979 | Maya Project (Mexico, Guatemala, Hoduras) |
| 1980 | New York - Museum of the American Indian |
| 1981-1982 | Berlin working fellowship, Nazca project: In den Zeichen (In The Signs) sponsored by Kunstfonds e.V. Bonn |
| 1982 | Märkisches Museum in the city of Witten: Zeichen, Symbole, Bilder, Schriften (Signs, Symbols, Pictures, Scripts) |
| 1983 | Übersee-Museum Bremen: In den Zeichen - In den Bildern (In the Signs - In the Pictures) Working residence at the Rosebud Reservation South Dakota, U.S.A., field research and representation of Sioux rituals |
| 1984 | Fellowship from the State of Niedersachsen - Bleckede Castle |
| 1986-1987 | Guest professorship at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin |
| 1987 | Sahara - Southern Cross - A Journal in Images |
| 1987-1988 | Journey to China |
| 1988 | Guarding the dykes on the Elbe river - The book Heisterbusch (Magpie Bush) |
| 1989 | Africa - A workshop with Kenyan artists at the Nairobi Goethe Institute |
| 1989-1990 | Resident Artist at the Djerassi Foundation, CA, USA John D. and Susan D. Diekman Fellowship in Visual Arts |
| 1992 | Monotypes at the printing press of the Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, USA |
| 1993 | Guest professorship at the Hochschule der Künste, Bremen |
| 1995 | Fellowship and exhibit at the Casa da Cultura, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal |
| 1996 | Work Cylce "The Green Flash" |
| 1997 | New Mexico, USA, Auf Georgias Spuren (In Georgia´s Tracks) |
| 1998 | Einfangendeswindes (Catching The Wind) - charcoal drawings |
| 1999-2000 | Wall paintings: La Dame à la Licorne - Musée des Thermes et de l´Hôtel de Cluny, Paris |
| 2001-2002 | Alaska. A fictional journey. Icedrawings, Photographs |
| 2002-2003 | Exhibition Project Moving Mountains Locations: Heidelberger Kunstverein (Germany), Märkisches Museum Witten (Germany), Goethe-Institut Los Angeles (USA). The extensive catalogue includes a CD-ROM with the doctorate thesis of Elisabeth Voigtländer about FRANEK´s work |
| 2003-2004 | Work Cycle "The Vampir Behind" |
| 2005-2006 | Exhibition Projects: Childhood, Boys and Girls, Ringelpietz Locations: Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt/Oder, Budapest, Scope Miami, Schloss Neuhardenberg (Brandenburg) |
| 2007 | Work Cycle LOVE and HATE |
| 2008 | Trauschauwem (watch who you trust) Exhibitions: Kunstkreis Hameln, KUBUS Hannover |
| 2008-2009 | Wallpaper Paintings - Paintings, Roll Paintings, Paravent |
| 2009 | Artist in Residence at Fundación Valparaíso, Spain |
| 2010-2011 | SPACE - CYBERSPACE |
| 2012 | WUNDERKAMMER |
| 2013-2014 | The Book: FRANEK als die Soldaten Schäfer waren, nicolai Berlin 2015 |
FRANEK lives in Radegast and Berlin