Lindenstraße
46 I 97657 Langenleiten I Germany
Tel:
09701 908185 I Mobile: 0173 1918747
www.heikemetz.de
kontakt@heikemetz.de Instagram: @metz.heike
BIOGRAPHY
Born and raised in Bad Kissingen in 1970
1987-1989 Vocational school for childcare 1989-1992
Specialist academy for social pedagogy Münnerstadt
1992-1994 Worked as a nursery school teacher
1994-2002 Curative education teaching assistant at the
SVE of the Maximilian Kolbe School
Parallel to her training and work as an educator, she
learnt the basics of art from the sculptor Klaus Metz
Freelance
artist in Langenleiten since 2002
2010-2012 Commissioned by the town of Schmalkalden to
erect a stone for the blind
2013-2014
Village portrait Langenleiten
2014
Project realisation Kunstanger Langenleiten
2014 -2015 Commissioned by the city of Erding to
create a portrait of the old town centre
2018
Cooperation partner of the Triennale IV Schweinfurt
2018 Participation in the sculptor symposium of the
Kunsthalle Schweinfurt as part of the Triennale IV RaumZustände
2018 First prize at the Kunsthalle Schweinfurt
Triennale IV symposium with the sculpture "Tower of Remembrance
2020 - 2021 Historical town portrait of Löhnberg
an der Lahn
EXHIBITIONS
2004
Schlossvilla - Burgsinn I Studio exhibition - Lohr am Main I Small gallery -
Sommerhausen
2005
Rhön
Salon - Kleinsassen I Henneberg Museum - Münnerstadt
2006 Old church - Wernfeld I Bad Königshofen
- Schranne
2007
Old prison - Bad Neustadt
2008
House of Art - Schmalkalden
2009
Gallery Ulrich Jung - Veitshöchheim
2010
House of Bavarian Agriculture - Herrsching I Psychosomatic Clinic - Bad
Neustadt
2013
Brother Franz House - Kreuzberg Rhön
2014
Wechterswinkel Monastery Cultural Centre
2015
Art centre - Schmalkalden
2016 Wine-Culture-Gaden - Thüngersheim
2016 Resort A-Rosa - Sylt
2018
Art gallery - Schweinfurt
2019
District gallery - Mellrichstadt
2020 Gallery Späth - Coburg
2021
Hofmeisterei Hirtzberger - Wachau Austria
2022 Otto Müller
Museum of Modern Art - Schmalkalden I 2022 Kunsthalle Schweinfurt
2023
Ada Municipal Gallery Meiningen I Else 3 Münnerstadt I Giechburg - Scheßlitz
I
2023
Cultural centre "Alte Turnhalle" Lohr am Main
CONTRIBUTIONS
ON TELEVISION
2003
"Marienweg" by Andrea Kammhuber BR 2010 "Unser Franken" by
Ulla and Michael Ballhaus BR
2014
"Kunstanger Langenleiten" TV Touring 2018 "Triennale IV"
Main-Media-TV
2022
„Magic of the black mountains“ BR
The artist Heike Metz
For Heike Metz, "home in the distance" is a
fundamental principle of her artistic expressions. Concepts such as nature,
home and homeland therefore run like a red thread through the work process. Her
architectures resemble artistic creations of the imagination with an almost inexhaustible
supply of forms. Her choice of motifs is rooted on the one hand in real
cityscapes, which she realises in commissioned city models, and on the other
hand in holiday memories, in that she creates characteristic houses, churches
and monasteries as architectural quotations. The relationship between her and
her surroundings is a metaphor for the dialogue between "man and
space". Drawing from the subconscious is a mainstay of her work and her
symbolic formal language. In doing so, she defines a spiritual or inner home
for herself, which does not necessarily describe a specific place.
Andrea
Brandl
Director
of the Kunsthalle Schweinfurt
