Brigitte Jurack

Brigitte Jurack (born Düsseldorf, 1962) is a contemporary artist based in Liverpool, working predominantly in sculpture and performance art.[1]

Sculpture in Central Park, Wallasey

Life and career
Sculpture in Central Park, Wallasey

Brigitte Jurack studied Protestant Theology at the Universities of Göttingen, Münster and Bonn, and Fine Art at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany.[2][3] Jurack completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art in 1990, supported by a British Council Scholarship.[4][5] She went on to complete an MA Sculpture at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London in 1992.[6] In 2018 she completed a PhD doctoral thesis entitled 'Why bother? Uncertainty, awkwardness and bravado in the sculptural representation of youth', undertaken at Manchester School of Art (Manchester Metropolitan University).[7][8]

In 1998 Jurack co-founded the artist collective Foreign Investment with artist Alma Tischlerwood. The collective, who have exhibited widely internationally, seek to "create situations where artists, audiences and participant communities come together to question the value of things in unexpected ways".[9] Projects by Foreign Investment include One Square Foot of Sky at the Collector Club, Hong Kong (2014)[10] and Everything Must go at Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester (2011).[11][12] Jurack's exhibition work with Foreign Investment includes numerous performance and soundworks.

In 2012 Jurack made a new piece of public sculpture, commissioned by Wirral council, for Central Park in Wallasey.[13] The sculptures to commemorate the former Wallasey School of Art were designed in collaboration with young people from local schools and youth groups and with support from Arts Council England.[14]

Jurack has taught fine art at a number of universities in the UK, holding posts as senior lecturer at John Moores University in Liverpool, Derby University, University of Newcastle and currently at Manchester School of Art.[15][16]

Selected exhibitions
  • Monkey Business, FILET, London, 2018[17]
  • Pink Parachute, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, 2012[18][19]
  • Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark, 2015[20]
  • Just Wait for Me, Central Park, Wallasey, 2013[21][22]
  • Die Se (e) (h) kuh, Kiosk 24, Germany, 2011[23]
  • Irfaran, The Globe Gallery, Newcastle, 2008[24]
  • Moonshine Walk, Sutton Manor, 2008[25][26]

Awards and residencies

References
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  2. "Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019". 2019.kicb.co.kr. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. "Art in Liverpool Magazine, issue #6, August 2018". Issuu. August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. "Story, Manchester Metropolitan University". Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. "another vacant space.: a.v.s. projects Autogestión museumman Foundacio Joan Miro Barcelona". another vacant space. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. "Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019". 2019.kicb.co.kr. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. Jurack, Brigitte (2018). Why bother? Uncertainty, awkwardness and bravado in the sculptural representation of youth (doctoral thesis). Manchester Metropolitan University.
  8. "Brigitte Jurack". Digging Together. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. "INTERRUPTIONS: Foreign Investment at The Holden Gallery". Creative Tourist. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  10. "One square foot of Sky by foreign investment「一平方尺的天空」- foreign investment". Collector Club (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 18 January 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  11. "Everything Must Go". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  12. "CFCCA Archive 'Everything Must Go' Art Sale – 16 September 2011". Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. 10 April 2021.
  13. "Liverpool Art Prize: 2014 shortlist announced | Art News | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  14. "Sculpture aims to capture 'playful spirit' of former Wirral art college". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  15. "Practice-Based-Research". www.practice-based-research.com. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  16. "They Eat Culture // We help shape the growth of Lancashire through arts engagement. // Dialogue". Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  17. Zaffarano, Francesco (18 October 2018). "Brigitte Jurack's 'Monkey Business' exhibition opens at FILET". Hackney Post. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  18. "Brigitte Jurack: Pink Parachute". Grundy Art Gallery. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  19. "Grundy Art Gallery Business Plan" (PDF). 10 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2021.
  20. "Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus 2015 exhibits 57 works from artists/groups from 24 different countries". Biennial Foundation. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  21. "Sculpture aims to capture 'playful spirit' of former Wirral art college". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  22. "Just wait for me". www.bronzefoundry.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  23. miracle. "Die Se(e)(h)kuh". Kiosk24 (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  24. "Irfaran". The Globe Gallery. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  25. Jones, Catherine (29 February 2008). "Moonshine walk to mark colliery". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  26. "Moonshine Walk, as part of Foreign Investment (2008) – Brigitte Jurack – Manchester School of Art". www.art.mmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  27. "International Residency - Past Residents". www.sanskritifoundation.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  28. "Cheeseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne (2021)". www.findglocal.com. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  29. "IB18: St John's Market: Brigitte Jurack: Scavengers". Art in Liverpool. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  30. "January 2014 – Liverpool Art Prize". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  31. "Liverpool Art Prize 2014 Opens at Metal on 9 May – Liverpool Art Prize". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  32. "Autogestió - another vacant space". www.anothervacantspace.com. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  33. "ART OPENING: FIGURING at Royal British Society of Sculptors Private view: 26th February 2014". FAD Magazine. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  34. "Brigitte Jurack". IMMA. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  35. "Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019". 2019.kicb.co.kr. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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