Justine Otto

Justine Otto (born 1974) is a German painter.

Life Otto was born in Poland. In 1983, she moved to Germany. Between 1997 and 2000, she worked as a stage designer at the Municipal Theatre Frankfurt. In 1996, she studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts (Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main, and was a master student in professional free painting, where she studied with Peter Angermann and Michael Krebber. In 2003, she graduated. Otto lives in Hamburg and Frankfurt.

Works The central theme of her work are adolescent people and their feelings. Otto leaves its protagonists, mostly young girls, make puzzling actions. Otto takes a neutral observer position and confronts the viewer with the process of growing up. By soft merging into one another light and shadow zones interrupted by harsh color accents, it produces a strong vitality. This creates body landscapes that their characters a strong authenticity.

Awards 2005: Volker-Hinniger Prize 2005: nominated for the Ernst Schering Foundation Art of the Ernst Schering Foundation 2011: Winner of the Art Prize of the Lüneburg Regional Association

Exhibitions 1997: portico, Frankfurt 2001: Darmstadt Secession at the Mathildenhöhe / Darmstadt 2002: Exhibition Hall, Frankfurt am Main 2003: Städel, Frankfurt am Main 2006: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich 2007: Kunstverein Aschaffenburg 2009: Collection Rusche, Schloss Corvey 2009: Collection Rusche, Museum Abbey Liesborn 2010: Bomann Museum 2011: Kunsthalle Darmstadt 2011: Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle / Saale 2011: Museum Schloss Gifhorn 2012: Jesuit Church Art Gallery, Aschaffenburg