24 September 2020
Improvisation and Interaktion
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
2024
Espace Culturel Assens – DESSA Retrospective. Armin Göhringer, sculptures.
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
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
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
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
DESSA ist nicht nur für ihre Projekte bekannt, die Musik und bildende Kunst miteinander verbinden, darunter die Schaffung von „Transoundart“, sondern auch für ihre Forschungen über den künstlerischen Ausdruck für das kollektive Gedächtnis.
DESSA
Deborah Petroz-Abeles
dessa.art@gmail.com