Sabine Moritz’s work is a manifestation of memory and release. She returns repeatedly to specific scenes from her childhood that have become indelibly imprinted on her psyche. Some works are created entirely from memory, while for others she interrogates the strength of her visual recollections by studying reportage photographs, newspapers, family album snapshots, and other found images. Her paintings portray the personal and collective history of, and the passing of, a period in time.
Moritz started her studies at Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach (from 1989 to 1991) and completed her studies at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (graduated 1994). Moritz has been widely exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in Düsseldorf, Brussels, Paris and London. Selected solo exhibitions of Moritz’s work include: Dawn, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris (2016); Blumen, Masken, Schädel, Galerie Haas, Zürich (2016); Harvest, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (2015); Schiffe und Wasser, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf (2015); Sabine Moritz, Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal (2014); Concrete and Dust, Foundation de 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg (2013); Lobeda, Kunsthaus sans titre, Potsdam (2011). Selected group exhibitions include: Faber-Castell International Drawing Award 2012, Neues Museum – Staatl. Museum für Kunst und Design, Nuremberg (2012); and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen (2010).
Sabine Moritz lives and works in Cologne.
Born 1969 in Quedlinburg, Germany
Lives and works in Cologne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Neuland, Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven – DE
2016
Dawn, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris – FR
Blumen, Masken, Schädel, Galerie Haas, Zürich – CH
2015
Harvest, Pilar Corrias, London – UK
Schiffe und Wasser, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf – DE
2014
Sabine Moritz, Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal-Barmen – DE
Home, Pilar Corrias, London – UK
2013
Concrete and Dust, Foundation de 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg – BE
Limbo, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris – FR
2012
Bilder, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf – DE
Jena Düsseldorf, art@goldensquare, London – UK
2011
Lobeda, Kunsthaus sans titre, Potsdam – DE
Lilies and Objects, art@goldensquare, London – UK
2006
Limbo: Paintings from 2005, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London – UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
States of Emergency, Imperial War Museum, London – UK
2013
It’s a Women’s World, Galerie Martina Kaiser, Cologne – DE
2012
Faber-Castell International Drawing Award 2012, Neues Museum – Staatl. Museum für Kunst und Design, Nuremberg – DE
2010
Awakenings, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf – DE
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Culturrcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen – BE
2009
Transvisions, bkSM, Strombeek/Brussels – BE
2005
Zementa, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf – DE
EDUCATION
1994
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1989-1991
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach
SABINE MORITZ ‘NEULAND’ AT KUNSTHALLE BREMERHAVEN
SABINE MORITZ NEULAND Exhibition dates: 9 July – 27 August, 2017 Opening: 8 July, 2017 at 4pm. Introductory speech from Dr .Steffen Haug (Institute of Art and Visual History, The Humboldt University, Berlin) Neuland, a solo exhibition of paintings, drawings … More
Vitamin P3 | New Perspectives in Painting featuring Helen Johnson, Sabine Moritz, Elizabeth Neel and Mary Ramsden
Out now! Vitamin P3 – New Perspectives in Painting The next installment in the popular Vitamin series – the world’s hottest painters, selected by international expert featuring Helen Johnson, Sabine Moritz, Elizabeth Neel, and Mary Ramsden by Phaidon Editors Buy here
Sabine Moritz at Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal
Opening in March 2014, the Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle in Wuppertal, Germany will hold a significant solo exhibition of Sabine Mortiz’s work. Around 40 works by Moritz are included in the show, including both early drawings as well as her paintings … More
Sabine Moritz on BBC World Service
Sabine Moritz is interviewed by BBC World Service about her current exhibition Home and how the experiences of her childhood, growing up in East Germany during the Cold War, have influenced her practice. The interview will be broadcast on BBC World … More
Pilar Corrias at Artissima, Turin
Participating at Artissima Pilar Corrias will present new works by artists: CHARLES AVERY ULLA VON BRANDENBURG TALA MADANI SABINE MORITZ ELIZABETH NEEL KEN OKIISHI PHILIPPE PARRENO MARY RAMSDEN JULIÃO SARMENTO RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA ARTISSIMA Turin 8-10 November Booth: 1/2 Corridor Dark … More
Karen Wright, Sabine Moritz, The Independent, November 2015 (Download PDF)
Sabine Moritz: Harvest
Pilar Corrias is pleased to present Harvest, the second solo exhibition by German artist Sabine Moritz with the gallery. Typically working in series, Sabine Moritz’s paintings and drawings call on subjective observations that reverberate to wider concerns of cultural recollection … More
Sabine Moritz: HOME
For her first solo exhibition with Pilar Corrias, German artist Sabine Moritz presents a new set of paintings alongside an older series of works, which together reflect upon scenes and personal recollections of a childhood spent in East Germany around the … More