Aja von Loeper

(* 1971 Leonberg-Warmbronn)
1991 Abitur (Nagold)
1995 Examination as state-certified gymnastics teacher and physiotherapist (Medau Schule Coburg)
1995/96 Apprenticeship year as a physiotherapist
1997 – 2002 Studied free painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
1997 – 2001 with Prof. ChristineColditz, then 1 semester each with Prof. Rolf-Gunther Dienst and Prof. Peter Angermann
2002 freelance artist in Nuremberg
since 2002 freelance artist in Nuremberg

Preise und Stipendien (Auswahl)

2017 "Wolfram-von-Eschenbach-Förderpreis", Germany
2008 "Hauptpreis beim Kunstpreis der Nürnberger Nachrichten", Germany
2006 "Debütantenpreis des Freistaates Bayern", Germany
2005 "Kunstpreis der Nagolder Freiberufler", Germany
2001 "Förderpreis des Landkrieses Calw Colditz", Germany
1999 "Förderpreis der Stadt Coburg", Germany

Ausstellungen (Auswahl)

2020 "Die Struktur von Weiß", Galerie Bernd Bentler, Bonn, Germany
2019 "inner white", Wichtendahl Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2019 "Blattskulpturen", Erbachshof art project, Eisingen, Germany
2017 "one-artist-show", paper positions munic, München, Germany
2017 "Form vollendet", Museum Wolfram von Eschenbach, Wolframs-Eschenbach, Germany
2017 "silent rising", Wichtendahl Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2017 "Skulpturales Relief", Schloss Leitheim, Kaisheim, Germany
2016 "Kunsttage Winningen", xxx, Winningen, Germany
2016 "Papier Relief", Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne München, München, Germany
2015 "Weiße Blätter in Farbe", Alte Synagoge Schwabach „ortung IX“, Schwabach, Germany
2014 "White Structures", DS Gallery, St. Petersburg
2013 "International Contemporary Art Fair Zürich", Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne München „one-artist-show“, Zürich, Switzerland
2012 "Papier Relief", Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne München, München, Germany
2011 "Ur-Sprung I: Fotografien u. Weiße Blätter", Scheune der Altstadtfreunde, Nbg., Germany
2011 "Ur-Sprung II: Begehbares Bild – 42 Quadratmeter", Kulturscheune, Roßtal, Germany
2010 "2000 – 2010", Kreis Galerie Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany

Art always has its justification. Whether it holds up a mirror to society or is a purely private expression of individual feeling: art is always in itself an expression of free, creative thinking (it is the daughter of freedom, as Schiller put it).
It is an achievement of our humanistic society that must be protected and promoted. But what makes good art, what makes an artist? In my opinion, one of the most important aspects is authenticity. The artist who finds the best form of expression for him/herself after a long struggle with him/herself and the respective medium is true to him/herself - and only to him/herself - and is thus able to create a coherent work and ultimately a strong oeuvre with deep content and message.

What we see before us in Aja von Loeper's work is not an image of anything. The object of her art, the tree, here a symbol of nature, is rather the occasion for her works. She is concerned with the essence of her art itself: the fragility of the medium of paper and the form she creates stands metaphorically for the fragility of nature and ultimately also of our own being in a world whose preservation is the task of us all. Today more than ever.
On the other hand, it is precisely this fragility that is the source of the very special beauty of her works. An inexhaustible source!