Ursula Sax
b. 1935 in Backnang (D); German visual artist and sculptor
1950-1955 | Studied sculpture at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design |
1956-1960 | Berlin University of the Arts, master class student |
from 1960 | Freelance artist in Berlin |
1985-1986 | Visiting professor at Berlin Art University |
Professor at the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts | |
Professor at Dresden University of Fine Arts | |
2000 | Stopped working as a teacher and resumed her work as a freelance artist |
Grants, Art Awards:
1960 | Travel grant for Greece, Kultursenat Berlin |
1960 | Grant from the Kulturkreis of the Federation of German Industry |
1963 | Villa Romana Award |
1974 | Will Grohmann Award |
1976 | Three-month scholarship, Villa Massimo |
1977 | Böttcherstraße Art Award |
1979 | Cité des arts, Paris |
1980 | Hand-Hollow, USA |
1998 | Guest of honour at Villa Massimo, Rome |
Numerous solo and group exhibitions, works in both private and public ownership, works in public spaces related to architecture, performances on stage and in the open air with wind sculptures, wind and air costumes.