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2023 SusanneKraisser i

Biography

1977  Born in Rosenheim, Germany 
1994 - 1997 Education as woodcarver, Munich, Germany
1998 - 1999 Working as woodcarver, Sweden 
2003  Named master student 
2006 Graduation "Akademiebrief" with excellence
2006 - 2008 Study at Art University, Bremen, Germany, Professor Bernd Altenstein
2007 Graduation with excellenc
2008 Master student of Professor Bernd Altenstein

Lives and works in Bad Belzig near Berlin since 2006.


Awards / Scholarships

1994 - 1997  Annual placing at Dannerwettbewerb, Munich   
1998 Scholarship Leonardo da Vinci  
1997 - 2000 'Begabtenfoerderung' of Bavarian Government (scholarship for talented artist)  
2001/2002 First Award, sculpture class of Christian Hoepfner, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg  
2004 Scholarship "Oskar-Karl-Forster" of Bavarian Department of Culture  
2004 Art Award Hollfeld  
2006 First Award, design of medal for competition Firmengärten, Bremen, Germany  
2006  First Award, coin design, German Government, Bundesamt Berlin, Germany  
2012 First Award, medal competition International Red Cross sesquicentennial, Buderus Casting  
2023 First Award, Art Prize Sculptures, Schlosspark Benkhausen  
2023 First Audience Award Sculpture competition, The Rhine Art Prize, Bonn  
2023/2024 First Award, Art Prize Sculptures - Scuptures by the Sea at North Sea Island Spiekeroog  
2025 First Audience Award, The Rhine Art Prize, Bad Godesberg, Bonn


Works in public area

2007 fountain design, city of Bad Belzig  
2008 bronze sculpture "Sitting Woman (longing), Isle of Wangerooge  
2008 bronze sculptures „Dancing on the edge", SWB Bremerhaven  
2009 wood sculpture „Sitting Girl", cultural park Tutti Kiesi, Rheinfelden near Basel  
2010 wood sculpture "Sitting Woman", A + O Worpswede  
2012 bronze sculptures, manor of Klein Glien  
2013 bronze sculpture „Sitting Woman", Castle of Laubach  
2021 Rostock, Klosterhof, Goldwerk, lebensgroße Bronze "Ebbe"  
2022 bronze sculpture "Hockende" at Sculpture Park Kurpark Bad Salzhausen/Nidda  
2023 bronze sculptures "Fluid" and "Sehnsucht" at Sculpture Park The Rhine Art in Katharinenhof Bonn  
2023 several bronze sculptures on the North Sea Island Spiekeroog, Sculptures by the Sea - Skulpturen für die Insel  
2023 bronze sculpture in sculpture park Schloss Benkhausen  
2024 several bronze sculptures in the city of Weikersheim, Skulpturen Schau  
2025 Schloss Benkhausen, Schlosspark, Sculpture Park  
2025 Rhine Art Prize, Katharinenhof Bonn, Sculpture Park, several Bronze Sculptures