Rosa Gilissen-Vanmarcke

Rosa Gilissen-Vanmarcke (born March 7, 1944 ) is a Flemish sculptor.

Born in Menen, Gilissen-Vanmarcke trained as a ceramicist, sculptor and fashion designer at the Kortrijk Academy of Fine Arts from 1961 to 1963. She completed her studies at the Technical University in Kortrijk in 1964 with a diploma in Textile Engineer. From 1994, she studied at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn. In 2000, Gilissen-Vanmarcke received a teaching assignment for experimental sculpture at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn. In 2005, she received a teaching assignment for sculpture at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn.

Gilissen-Vanmarcke lived in Breunfeld, municipality of Nümbrecht until 2009. In 2009, the artist and her husband moved their residence to Belgentier in the south of France, where she also has her studio.

Works

Bronze sculpture Encounter at Raiffeisenplatz in Much, inaugurated in 2000 Ceramic sculpture Bart & Elfi at the entrance to Belgentier, inaugurated in 2002 Sculpture Fallen Torso, acquired in 2004 by Kunstsammlung Oberberg, Gummersbach Bronze sculpture Traum, inaugurated on 4. June 2005 in the Alte Poststraße in Nümbrecht Metal sculpture Freude, 2001, inaugurated on 29. July 2009 in the Kurpark in Nümbrecht by the Kunstverein Nümbrecht Bronze sculpture Vue de loin, inaugurated in 2015 in Chateau Solliès-Pont Reinforced concrete sculpture Couple, inaugurated in 2016 on the Square Eugène et Walda VIES Justes parmi les Nations in Solliès-Pont Raku sculpture La petite belle, inaugurated 2016 in Belgentier Reinforced concrete sculpture Pereisc, inaugurated 2017 at Chateau Pereisc, Belgentier

Exhibitions (selection)

1966, Apollo artist group Kring, Leuven 1966, Folklore Gallery, Paris 1967, Cultural Center, Brussels 1968, Exhibition of 68 Art, Leuven 1971, Golden Needle, Leiden 1978, Bühnenhaus, Gummersbach 1979, Art Fair, Much 1982, Gallery of Arts Bernice, Steyl 1990, Art Gallery, Frankfurt 1994, Galerie Sichel, Esch 1997, Galerie Langheinz, Darmstadt 1997, Rathaus und Kirche Saint - Martin, Much 1998, Haus der Kunst, Nümbrecht 1998, Galerie am Brunnen, Bergisch Gladbach 2004, Orangery of Schloss Homburg 2010 Adieu Nümbrecht, Haus der Kunst Nümbrecht 2015, Galerie Pier 3, Sassnitz