Manfred Emmenegger Chancellor
The German sculptor Manfred Emmenegger-Kanzler mainly works with ceramics, but also with terracotta, concrete and steel. Through cuts, curves and folds, his sculptures playfully deal with mathematical forms. In his ceramic sculptures, the artist deals with the abstract and the constructive. From the formlessness of the starting material clay, he creates elementary bodies such as gates, towers, spatial signs and labyrinths, which often intertwine dynamically in space. In this way he deals with general principles such as statics and movement. Since 1988 the artist has been represented in numerous solo exhibitions as well as in various exhibitions in Germany and abroad. He also realizes projects in public space.
Born 1953 in Waldshut
Lives and works in Ottersweier
1979-1982 training as a ceramist
1982-1988 Design studies at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences / Krefeld
1992 Baden-Württemberg State Prize, Karlsruhe
2008 artist in residence, Intern. Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping/China
Since 2013 member of the Artists Association of Baden-Württemberg
Exhibitions (selection)
2016 Art Association “The Damian’s Gate”, Bruchsal
2015 Yingge Museum Taipei
2011 Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae City, South Korea
2008 Ceramics Museum Westerwald Höhr-Grenzhausen
2006 City Gallery Tuttlingen
2005 Kunsthalle Will, Switzerland
2004 Biennale de la Sculpture en Ceramique, Marmer
2003 Rastatt gallery, fruit hall
2002 Martin Luther University, Halle
2001 City Gallery Peschkenhaus, Moers
2000 Museum het valkhof Niewegen, The Netherlands
1997 Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
1989 Kunsthalle Mannheim
Collections (Selection)
City of Bruchsal
Ettlingen Museum
International Ceramic Art Museum Fuping / China
Keramion Museum for Contemporary Ceramic Art, Frechen
Augustinian Museum Freiburg
Westerwald Ceramics Museum
Baden State Museum, Karlsruhe
Sculpture trail Lana
Messmer Foundation, Riegel am Kaiserstuhl