Elke Rehder (born 1953) is a German artist living in BarsbüttelKunstadressbuch Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz. 2010. 20. Ausgabe. K G Saur Verlag. Munich 2009. Germany.

Life and work

Elke RehderAllgemeines Künstlerlexikon (AKL). Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. K G Saur & Walter de Gruyter. Munich und Leipzig 1991 ff. studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London (1979–1980).Egisto Bragaglia: Dizionario Degli Illustratori Contemporanei. Primo volume. Italia, Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz. Bronzolo 2001. During that time she was predominantly active as a sculptor, where she created objects from iron, steel, copper, granite, and marble as well as small bronzes in lost-wax castings.Johannes Spallek: Elke Rehder - Bilder, Grafik, Bronzen. Exhibition catalogue. Stormarnhaus. Bad Oldesloe 1994 During her stay in London the symbolism of chessElke Rehder: Schach, Spiegel der Gesellschaft. Edition Marco - Arno Nickel. Berlin 1993. becomes a centrepoint in her artwork, following a statement by Boris Spassky: "Chess is like life". Since then, Elke Rehder creates installation art and land art projects centered around chess.Gundula Green: Elke Rehder im Künstlerhaus Cuxhaven. Exhibition catalogue. Cuxhaven 1993

In 1991, Elke Rehder started the international cultural project "Kulturgesellschaft Europa",Elke Rehder: Kulturgesellschaft Europa. Struck. Hamburg 1992. which is accompanied by statements of important personalities from the cultural, economical and political world. Since then she started to collect European antique prints and illustrated newspapers. In 2014, the Elke Rehder collectionElke Rehder: Schach in Zeitungen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Edition Jung, Homburg. 2014. contained more than 50,000 historical pictures. In 1992, she was honored with the award "Bernhard-Kaufmann-Kunstpreis" Kunstforum International Vol. 120, page 446. Ruppichteroth 1992. in Worpswede.

From 1991 to 1993, she deepened her knowledge of painting at the Federal Academy of Cultural Education in Wolfenbüttel and of graphic arts at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.Kürschners Handbuch der Bildenden Künstler. Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz. 2. Jahrgang 2007. Band II, N-Z. K. G. Saur Verlag. Munich / Leipzig 2007.

Artists' books

Since 1993, Elke Rehder concentrates on literatureWerner Arnold: Das Malerbuch des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Künstlerbuchsammlung der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. Harrassowitz. Wiesbaden 2004. and lyric poetryEduard Isphording: SeitenAnsichten. Buchkunst aus deutschen Handpressen und Verlagen seit 1945. Verlag Faber und Faber. Leipzig 1999. and founded the Elke Rehder PresseGünther Nicolin: Die Elke Rehder Presse and Elke Rehder Presse - ein Jahrzehnt in: Illustration 63. Curt Visel. Memmingen Vol. 3, 1998 and Vol. 3, 2003. ISSN 0019-2457 for printmaking.Hans-Georg Sehrt: Elke Rehder Presse. In: Marginalien. Zeitschrift für Buchkunst. Vol. 156. Harrassowitz Verlag. Wiesbaden 1999. With her artists' books she participated several times at the Leipzig Book Fair,4. Internationale Ausstellung für Künstlerbücher und Handpressendrucke (IAKH) Leipzig 1995. Edition Lebensretter. Leipzig 1995. the Frankfurt Book Fair,Frankfurt Book Fair 2001. Catalogue. Page 906. Frankfurt 2001. and the largest book fair for small publishers and artistic hand press operators in Europe "Mainzer Minipressen-Messe" (International Book Fair for Small Publishers and Private Presses).Katalog zur 13. Mainzer Minipressen-Messe. Ed. Trèves. Trier 1995. At the international antiquarian book and arts fair "Quod Libet"Quod Libet. Antiquariatsmesse & Künstlerbücher in Hamburg. Luckwald Messen. Hamburg 2003. in Hamburg she presented a portfolio with etchings to The TrialHeinz Stefan Bartkowiak: Bartkowiaks forum book art. Hamburg 1994-2005. , 3-9803534-2-7, 3-9803534-4-3, 3-9803534-5-1, 3-9803534-7-8, 3-9803534-6-X, 3-935462-00-X and 3-935462-03-04 by Franz Kafka and woodcuts to The Royal GameJens Ahlers: Landesweit. Neuerwerbungen der Landesgeschichtlichen Sammlung aus 25 Jahren. Exhibition catalogue. Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbibliothek. Kiel 2009. by Stefan Zweig. Beside her fine press publications, Elke Rehder creates numerous painted books, book objects and paper art objects.Gallery Depelmann: Handbook of Editions. Graphic Print, Sculpture, Photography, Multiples. Depelmann Edition. Langenhagen 1994-1998. , 3-928330-11-X, 3-928330-17-9 and 3-928330-24-1

Solo exhibitions (selected)

1992 Reinbek Castle, Reinbek, Germany 1993 Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Bonn / Berlin, Germany 1993 Gallery Art und Weise, Heide, Germany 1995 Stichting Ateliers, Driebergen, Netherlands 1999 Eutiner Landesbibliothek, Eutin, Germany 2000 Gallery Silvia Umla, Völklingen, Germany 2001 Haus der Kultur und Bildung, Neubrandenburg, Germany 2003 Beeskow Castle, Beeskow, Germany 2003 Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany 2006 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek, Hanover, Germany

Group exhibitions (selected)

1995 Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Oostend, Belgium 1997 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 1997 Internationale Kunstmesse "Kunstmarkt Dresden", Dresden, Germany 1998 Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria 1998 Gallery Lang, Vienna, Austria 1998 PAPER ART exhibition Speicherstadt, Hamburg, Germany 1999 Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany 2003 6th Triennale Mondiale d'Estampes, Chamalières, France 2005 Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany 2009 State Library of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Works in collections (selected) Basel University Library, British Library, Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum, (Leipzig, Germany), Museum of Modern Literature (Marbach, Germany), Duchess Anna Amalia Library, German National Library, Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Nuremberg, Germany), Goethe University Frankfurt, Herzog August Bibliothek, John G. White Collection in the Cleveland Public Library, Klingspor Museum, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, Library of Congress, Lothar Schmid Chess Collection (Bamberg, Germany), Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, Saxon State Library, Swiss National Library, Württembergische Landesbibliothek (Stuttgart, Germany)

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External links Official website Elke Rehder – Chess and Art