Susanne Montoro
Born
Basel, Switzerland / 1971

Lives / works
since 1992 in Berlin, Germany as a freelance airbrush artist

Education
1990-1992
Schule für Gestaltung / Grafik-Design in Basel, Switzerland

Invention
1993
Art Style: OPTIK-DESIGN
1997
OPTIK-DESIGN registered at the German Patent Office

Website: http://www.susanne-montoro.com


Exhibitions / Projects:
2010
ADC-Gipfel, Deutsche Bank / Green Towers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Better City, Better Life, Concept and Idea by Procon Event Engineering GmbH,
EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China
Impressionistic portrait of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Nelson Mandela School, Berlin
Orion, Deutsches Technik Museum Berlin, Germany
Loveparade 2001, Körperwelten / Institut für Plastination, Berlin, Germany
Ab durch die Wüste, JuniorMuseum im Ethnologischen Museum, Berlin, Germany


Exhibitions on behalf of other artists:
2010
Aids-3D, Concept and Idea by Daniel Keller and Nik Kosmas
microwave I + microwave II (S.Montoro), Niklas Belenius Gallery, ART FORUM, Berlin
Aids-3D, Concept and Idea by Daniel Keller and Nik Kosmas
el-panel (S.Montoro), Niklas Belenius Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Aids-3D, Concept and Idea by Daniel Keller and Nik Kosmas
laser-target aquarius horoscope (S.Montoro), think.21 Contemporary Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2009
Aids-3D, Concept and Idea by Daniel Keller and Nik Kosmas
Plato II (S.Montoro), Galleria Centili Apri, ARTISSIMA 16 in Torino, Italy, 06.11.- 08.11.2009
Do the Stars Need a Reason to Shine, Concept and Idea by Markus Weisbeck
Mimes in the Light House (S.Montoro) + The Silence Searches for an Answer (S.Montoro), KROME Gallery, Berlin, 01.08. - 11.09.2009
Speculations On Cosmic Culture, Aids-3D, Concept and Idea by D.Keller and N.Kosmas
Plato I (S.Montoro), Galerie Montgomery, Berlin, 18.07 - 30.07.2009


Perfekte Ausführungen in allen Kunststilrichtungen, wie z.B. impressionistisch, fotorealistisch... auch grafische Schriftbilder... oder in meiner eigenen entwickelten Stilrichtung von 1993: OPTIK-DESIGN - Meine Werke haben einen biomorphen Charakter. BioMorph ist das ungehinderte und flüssige Übergehen aus einer Form in die andere.
Realisierung von Konzepten und Ideen anderer Künstler in der Airbrush-Technik. Anfertigung auf allen möglichen Materialien wie z.B. Holztafeln, Leinwände, Folien, Plexiglas etc.

Perfect realizations in all artistic styles, such as impressionistic, photorealistic… as well as graphical text compositions… or in my self developed style from 1993: OPTIK-DESIGN – My works have a biomorphic character. BioMorph is the unobstructed and liquid transformation from one form to another.
Realization of other artists’ concepts and ideas in Airbrush technique. Production on all possible materials, such as wooden panels, canvas, foils, plexiglass etc.



Für AIDS-3D (D. Keller & N. Kosmas) führt Susanne Montoro diverse Auftragsarbeiten für nationale sowie für internationale Ausstellungen und Kunstmessen aus.
For AIDS-3D (D. Keller & N. Kosmas) Susanne Montoro realizes commissioned work for national as well as for international exhibitions and art fairs.

following CONCEPTS AND IDEAS BY:
Daniel Keller, Detroit, USA / 1986
Nik Nosmas, Minneapolis, USA / 1985
website: http://www.aids-3d.com

ART FORUM Berlin , The International Art Show 07.10. – 10.10.2010
GALLERY NIKLAS BELENIUS, Stockholm, Sweden
microwave I_cd, airbrush on plexiglass, 30 cm x 30 cm
microwave I_cd, airbrush on plexiglass, 30 cm x 30 cm
microwave II_cd, airbrush on plexiglass, 30 cm x 30 cm
GALLERY NIKLAS BELENIUS, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010
el-panel , airbrush on plexiglass, 420 cm x 594 cm
think.21 CONTEMPORARY GALLERY , Brussels, Belgium, 2009
lasertarget - aquarius horoscope, airbrush on paper, 420 cm x 594 cm
ARTISSIMA The International Fair of Contemporary Art in Torino
06.11. – 08.11.2009, GALLERIA CENTILI APRI , Berlin, Germany
Plato II, airbrush on printed canvas
GALLERY MONTGOMERY, Berlin, Germany 18.07.2009 – 30.07.2009 Speculations On Cosmic Culture
Plato I, airbrush on printed canvas, detail



Im Auftrag von KROME Gallery realisierte Susanne Montoro für den Künstler Markus Weisbeck großformatige Holzdisplays. Die zwei größten Holzzuschnitte der Ausstellung Do The Stars Need A Reason To Shine veredelte S.Montoro mit ihrer Airbrushtechnik. Schrift-Bilder poetisch absurder Wortfindungen wurden mit einem neuen Verfahren gesprüht.
On behalf of KROME Gallery, Susanne Montoro created large-scale wooden displays for the artist Markus Weisbeck. The two largest wooden exhibition pieces in Do The Stars Need A Reason To Shine were refined by S.Montoro using her particular Airbrush technique. Graphical text compositions of poetically absurd word inventions were sprayed with a new method.

CONCEPT AND IDEA BY:
Markus Weisbeck, Offenburg, D/1965. Surface Gesellschaft für Gestaltung
website: http://www.surface.de

KROME GALLERY , Berlin, Germany, 01.08.2009 - 11.09.2009
Do The Stars Need A Reason To Shine
MITLH, 2009, paint on wood (Airbrush), 146 cm x 250 cm / 57,5 x 98,4
In Courtesy the Artist & KROME GALLERY

TSSFAA, 2009, paint on wood (Airbrush), 148,5 cm x 250 cm / 58,5 x 98,4
In Courtesy the Artist & KROME GALLERY

Installation view



SUSANNE MONTORO

Exhibitions/ Projects:

ADC-Gipfel,Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2010
airbrush on wall (mural)
airbrush on wall (mural)
airbrush on wall (mural)
Im Eingangsbereich des Erweiterungsbaus der Nelson-Mandela-Schule sprühte die Künstlerin S.Montoro das Portrait Nelson Rolihlahla Mandelas im impres-sionistischen Stil. Die vom Architekten entworfenen zwei sich küssende Wände wurden durch Schriftzuggestaltung und Portrait in der Airbrush-Technik optisch zusammengefügt.
In the entrance area of the newly extended Nelson Mandela School, the artist S. Montoro sprayed the portrait of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela in impressionistic style. The two kissing walls designed by the architect were optically fused through writing and portrait using the Airbrush technique.

Nelson Mandela School, Berlin, Germany, 2008
airbrush on wall (mural)
airbrush on wall (mural)

Sternenkonstellationstafeln mit Sternbild Orion
.
Panels of stellar constellations depicting Orion.

Technik Museum Berlin, Germany, 2005
airbrush on plexiglas

Für die Ausstellung Ab durch die Wüste, die vom 4.April 2001 bis 2009 im Juniormuseum (Ethnologisches Museum) in Berlin zu sehen war, übernahm Susanne Montoro die Gestaltung des Sahara-Raumes. Mehrere wandgroße Wüstenszenarien entstanden hierfür.
Susanne Montoro designed the Sahara Room, which was part of the exhibition Through the desert at the Ethnological Museum of Berlin from April 2001 until 2009. Several wall-sized deserts were created by her for that purpose.

JuniorMuseum im Ethnologischen Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2001-2009
Ab durch die Wüste
airbrush on canvas, 280 cm x 200 cm