Current & upcoming exhibitions

Pyramidale #19 | Luft

Ausstellungszentrum Pyramide, Berlin

24 September 2020

LUFT NACH OBEN

Improvisation and Interaktion

Past Exhibitions, Performances, Stage décor, Workshops, Conferences

Museums and Public Spaces

2022

Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin (Berlin Parliament). DESSA: The Art of Remembrance – Alice Salomon. Exhibition to commemorate the 150th birthday of the Berlin born social reformer and feminist

2021

Centre Culturel Maison Visinand, Montreux – Les figures féministes à travers les âges (exposition collective) avec Espace Artistes Femmes

2020

Gymnasium Beaulieu, Lausanne « L’ART: écho de l’indicible » educational project based on art project “A Legacy from Theresienstadt” (1997)

2018

Ausstellungszentrum Pyramide, «Berlin – DESSA Kunst und Erinnern » (Art and Remembrance). Exhibition to commemorate 80 years since Pogrom Nacht, 9. November 1938 ». Patron of the exhibition Petra Pau, Vice-President of the German Bundestag

2018

frauen museum wiesbaden – « The Art of Remembrance: Alice Salomon »

2016

Mitte Museum, Berlin – « DESSA: Kaufhaus Nathan Israel 1815-1939. Eine Künstlerin erforscht Geschichte » (An Artist researches History)

2008

20th Festival Anniversary of Krakow Composers – paintings inspired by the music of Olivier Messiaen and Viktor Ullmann. Exhibition held in the Centrum Judaicum, Krakow

2008

Foyer Amtsgericht, Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart – DESSA « Land Escapes ». Exhibition organised by Irene Schmid, Galerie Kunsthöfle

2008

Concerts de Montbenon, Lausanne – 10th Anniversary of the magazine Ph+arts. Lala Isakova, piano – Viktor Ullmann’s Piano Sonata No 7 – simultaneous screen projection of the paintings from «A Legacy from Theresienstadt »

2008

Musique et pinceaux – 5 concerts, live painting with screen projection. Music Dominique Gesseney-Rappo, conductor Blaise Héritier & Flying Brass, film Bernard Villat

2006

Musée de Pully – « De l’hygiène à l’art » (artist and co-curator of the exhibition)

2005

Jüdisches Museum Westfalen, Germany – « A Tribute to Kaufhaus N. Israel 1815 – 1939 » Paintings and collages based on Album N. Israel 1912 « Hygiene throughout the Ages »

2002

Ghetto Museum, Terezin, Czech rep., exhibition « A Legacy from Theresienstadt » Concert organised by the Terezin Chamber Music Fondation. Exhibition patroned by the Embassy of Switzerland, Prague. Music of Viktor Ullmann and Hans Krasa performed by the Hawthorne Quartet, Boston

2002

Spanish Syngogue, Prague – concert and exhibition of paintings inspired by Hans Krasa’s Quartet, 1924. Music performed by the Hawthorne Quartet, Boston

2001

College St-Michel, Fribourg – organ concert by René Oberson with simultaneous screen projection of « Turangalîla » paintings.  Exhibition of paintings inspired by Oberson’s « Porte Mystique »

2001

St. Ludwig Kirche, Berlin – organ concert by Mario Bohnhoff. Music improvised from paintings exhibited

2000

Musée de Pully, Switzerland – « DESSA : Lyric Abstraction 1990 – 2000 »

2000

Berliner Dom, Berlin – « A Legacy from Theresienstadt » – exhibition with symphonic concert, patronage by the Swiss Ambassador to Berlin, Dr Thomas Borer. Viktor Ullmann’s Piano Concerto No 7 performed by Lala Isakova

Galleries

2017

Fondation l’Estrée, Ropraz – Je vous ai entendu et je vous réponds. DESSA et la 2e symphonie de Viktor Ullmann

2015

Galerie Petra Lange, Berlin – « In der Finsternis die Klarheit ». In collaboration with the Mitte Museum, Berlin

2015

Espace Culturel Assens – « Peinture, musique, identité »

2013

Galerie Petra Lange, Berlin – « Do we smile or do we weep? » Paintings based on the « Four Sea Interludes » and « Passacaglia » from Benjamin Britten’s « Peter Grimes » Centenary Homage to Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976) in collaboration with the music editors Boosey and Hawkes

2011

Galerie Petra Lange, Berlin – « Composition » paintings and collages based on Unsuk Chin’s « ParaMetaString » and Detlev Glanert’s « Vergessenes Bild »

2010

Gallery JayKay, Carrouge – DESSA 2000 – 2010, retrospective exhibition. « Rythme et rouge » 10th Gallery Anniversary concert with simultaneous performance. Drums and percussion Allison Phillips (London), live painting DESSA, film Bernard Villat

2006

Galerie Bremer, Berlin – « Land Escapes » – 60 th Anniversary of Gallery Bremer

2005

Galerie Ollier, Fribourg – « DESSA et Schwartz : La peinture rencontre la photographie »

2004

Galerie Bremer, Berlin – « A Tribute to Kaufhaus N. Israel 1815-1939 ». Collages and paintings based on Album N. Israel, 1912 ‘Hygiene Throughout the Ages’

2004

Galerie Art à La Source, Lausanne

2001

Collège St-Michel Fribourg –  paintings based on René Oberson’s « Porte mystique »

2001

« ArtVin », Château d’Allaman

1999

Galerie de Couvaloup, Morges – paintings based on Erich Wolgang Korngold’s « Abschiedslieder »

1999

Galerie Bremer, Berlin – paintings based on Erich Korngold’s « Abschiedslieder »

1998

Galerie Aulos Musica, Geneva – « A Legacy from Theresienstadt »

1997

Galerie Lilian Andrée, Basel – « A Legacy from Theresienstadt » – paintings from Viktor Ullmann’s Piano Sonata No 7

1995

Galerie Lilian Andrée, Basel – paintings based on Bela Bartok’s « Concerto for Orchestra »

1995

Galerie Tribeca, Milan – paintings based on Nino Rota’s « Concerto per Archi »

1995

Galerie de Couvaloup, Morges – paintings based on Leonard Bernstein’s « Age of Anxiety »

1994

Galerie Bremer, Berlin – paintings based on Leonard Bernstein’s « Age of Anxiety »

1993

Galerie West, Bern – paintings created in Hangzhou, China, from Chinese music for Er-Hu, a two stringed violin

1992

Galerie Lilian Andrée, Basel – paintings based on Olivier Messiaen’s « Turangalîla »

1992

Galerie de Couvaloup, Morges – paintings based on Ernest Bloch’s « Schelomo »

1992

Expoart, Verona – paintings based on Nino Rota’s « Concerto per Archi »

1991

Galerie West, Bern – paintings based on Gustav Mahler’s « The Song of the Earth »

1990

Galerie Chomel, Paris

Film

2022

DESSA: The Art of Remembrance – Alice Salomon. Isabel Fritz & Julia Heidenreich, Berlin

2021

« DESSA: Kunst und Erinnern » /Art & Remembrance – Carmen Bärwaldt & Joe Probst, Berlin

2020

pyramidale 19 l Luft Nach Oben. Transoundart with Susanne Stelzenbach, piano and Dietrich Petzold, violin. Ausstellungszentrum Pyramide, Berlin. Film Henry Mex

2019

“N. Israel” Interview by Shelley Katz, Israel

2018

« The Art of Remembrance: Alice Salomon » – filmed at the exhibition vernissage in the frauen museum wiesbaden – Bernard Villat

2015

Transoundart : with Aenea Keyes, violin. Espace Culturel Assens – Bernard Villat

2015

Transoundart : with Michael Wiener, piano. United Nations, Geneva.

2010

« Rythme et rouge » with Allison Phillips, drums – Bernard Villat, Geneva

2008

« Musique et pinceaux » – Bernard Villat, Geneva

2000

« DESSA: Paintings 1990 – 2000 » by Bernard Villat, Geneva for the exhibition held at the Museum of Pully « The Colours of Music – Berlin 2000 » produced by Bernard Villat for the exhibition held at the Berliner Dom

Lectures

2022

“How art can serve collective memory” – La Maison de la Femme, Lausanne. Conference organised by Espace Artistes Femmes

2018

On art project “Stolzesteine” – Berlin Visitor’s Programme of the Federal Republic of Germany.

2016

International Womens Club, Lausanne – « Do We Smile or Do We Weep? » with slides and CD recording of Benjamin Britten’s music

2004

« A Tribute to Kaufhaus N. Israel 1815-1939 », Beith GIL, Geneva

1999

« A Legacy from Theresienstadt », Holocaust Commemorative, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA (with slides and CD) for art, music and history students

1998

« A Legacy from Theresienstadt », lecture with slides of the paintings and CD recording of Viktor Ullmann’s music given in Verona, Lausanne, Geneva, Pully and Montreux

Various activities

2021

Transoundart performance with Michael Wiener, electric piano, and an interview by Michael Wiener on my work for virtual event, “Human Rights Re-Imagined: A Virtual Art and Activism Tour” & Webinar “#Music4Faith4Rights”.

2020

pyramidale 19 l Luft. Transoundart performance with Susanne Stelzenbach, piano and Dietrich Petzold, violin. Ausstellungszentrum Pyramide, Berlin

2019

« Forum Geschichte » Cornelsen, Berlin – Geschichtskultur: kontra Stolpersteine p.107

2018

Pyramid Exhibition Centre, Berlin. Podium Discussion “Black Holes and Blind Spots. Memory as Art » together with Isabel Morgenstern, moderator Alice Lanzke.

2018

Piano Sonata N. 7 by Viktor Ullmann played by Lala Isakova with screen projection of paintings from « A Legacy from Theresienstadt » on the occasion of Yom Hashoa, Jewish Community Centre, Lausanne

2016

Collage workshops for school students during exhibition at Mitte Museum, Berlin.

2015

Transoundart : Improvised conversation between paintbrushes DESSA and piano Michael Wiener. United Nations 70 anniversary, Open Day, Geneva.

2015

Transoundart : Improvised conversation between paintbrushes DESSA and Aenea Keyes, violin. Centre Culturel Assens

2010

« Rythme & rouge » – Gallery Jaykay – improvised conversation with drums, Allison Phillips.

2008

Painting « In the autumn of my life » – front cover of « Miraflores » poems by Leopoldo Chariarse, (Spanish & German) Rimbaud Verlag

2007

Kalenderfest, Ruksaldruck, Berlin

2006

Jüdisches Museum Westfalen – Kunst und Musik « A Legacy from Theresienastadt »

2004

Patricia Corbett Theater, Cincinnati – play reading by CCM with screen projections of paintings from « A Legacy from Theresienstadt »

2001

Wine bottle label « ArtVin 2000 » for Société Vinicole Perroy

1994

Painting for front cover CD « Gloria Sepharadica » produced by S. Bernheim