Ada Mee (born 1946, in Thuringia) is a German artist acting in Heidelberg and expressing her art in various techniques (painting, lithography, photography).
Ada Mee was born 1946 in Thuringia and lived in Jena until her escape to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952. She grew up in Bremen, the Eifel, the Swabian Jura and in Stuttgart, where she graduated from school. She studied architecture in Karlsruhe, finishing as qualified engineer. At present she lives in Heidelberg, is married with one daughter. She is a member of the Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler (German association of fine artists), the Heidelberger Forum für Kunst (arts forum of Heidelberg) and the Kunsthöfle Gallery in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.
Function, quote and work
I live my art mutabel, just like spring, summer, autumn and winter. Because of that I do not let myself be woven into something, neither linear, thematic nor conceptual.
With acrylic paint, watercolour, gouache, pencil, Indian ink on wood, card and various paper types.
She is calling her photo art on canvas as application art – artistic transformation and/or modification of primary structures through painting and/or digital plots. Ada Mee combines painting and her own photographs, forms and designs those on the computer, changes the shapes again, adjusts colours, paints realistic and/or digital until she can identify with her work.
Heavy opposed intellectual worlds collide in her re-enacted stagings, phantasies mixed with realities which often illustrate the shattering truth.
- The miracle of Pujiang has deeply touched many people. During his birth on a squat toilet, the small Chinese boy slipped into a waste-pipe and was then saved by firemen in a dramatic rescue mission after several hours. Real event of May 2013
- We can see bodies which are embellished and those which are repaired with artificial limbs and artistic suspension struts. On the other hand, bodies cannot be seen anymore. Due to epidemics like ebola or multiple resistant germs they are forced into protective gears, for not paying with their own lives when helping the ill.
2013: election for http://www.heise-kunstpreis.de/ 20142009: promotion by Stiftungen Landesbank-Baden-Württemberg, Catalogue: Lithographien vom Stein2008: promotion by Stiftungen Landesbank-Baden-Württemberg, Catalogue: Maroc mon amour. 1996, Malerei zur Ausstellung im Presseclub Bonn2006: professional recognition “UnFAIRblümt“, Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte, Berlin2006: art prize of the county Alzey-Worms2005: election for the graphical calendar by Johann Kasper Zeus, 2006, city of KronachInternational and supraregional group exhibitions
1993: Everarts gallery, Paris1996: Presseclub Bonn, Maroc mon amour2002, 1998: Foire Internationale Lac Luxembourg, Salon de Printemps, Letzeburger Artisten Center2011, 2008, 2006, 2004, 1999: Wilhelm–Fabry–Museum Hilden2013, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000: Mini Print International de Cadaques Spain2000: City Museum Halle an der Saale, Halle und das Salz der Erde2000: City Museum Pforzheim, Drogen2014, 2006, 2002: Miniatur International Fürstenwalde, Spree2004: international Licher photography prize2005: Women Museum Bonn2005: Museum van Bommeln van Dam, Venlo, Niederlande2015, 2007, 2005: Kunstforum Rheinbach '99 e. V., Kunst auf dem Campus2007: Castle Museum city of Schwarzenberg, art und figura2008: Third Beijing International Art Biennale China, Peking2008: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Senckenberg-Brunnen2012: Museum Zündorfer Wehrturm, Cologne2014, 2013, 2012, 2009: Marler Kunststern, Marl2014, 2013: Internationale Biennale Hamburg1991: Villa Meixner Brühl, collection of the KulturForums Europa, Schicksale1992: town hall Heilbronn, Steindrucke1993: Mettnau-Radolfzell, Menschen – Landschaften1997: Adelfinger Gallery, Lampertheim, Gemalt-Gedruckt-Geformt1999: Cas Karlsruhe, Positiv2007: Bad Bergzaberner KunstSaison2010: Galerie Kunsthöfle, Stuttgart, code 08-212011: 6th Bergzabener KunstSaison at the castle of the dukes of Zweibrücken2013: Museum für ostdeutsche und osteuropäische Kunst, Sank Julian2015: Galerie Kunsthöfle, Stuttgart, Mensch wer bist du?2015: Inszenierung der Realität, Heidelberger Forum für Kunst2015: Sportlich, Heidelberger Forum für Kunst2014: Illustrierte Gedichte von Christian-Morgenstern, Werder (Havel)2013: Wellen, QQTec, Hilden2013: Heimat, Heise-Kunstpreis-Kalender 2014, alte Feuerwache, Dessau2012: genug ist genug, Heidelberger Forum für Kunst2012: Wertschöpfung, Galerie Kunsthöfle, Stuttgart2010: Nachts, Heidelberger Forum für Kunst2009: Visionen, 10. Kunstkreuz Berlin-Kreuzberg2008: Die Freiheit, die ich meine, 9. KunstKreuz Berlin-Friedrichshain2008: SpielArt, Landesausstellung des Bundesverbandes Bildender Künstler2008: Zirkus, VIII. Jesteburger Kunstwoche2008: Im Namen der Lippischen Rose, Kunst- und Designpreis2007: Überzeichnet, Heidelberger Forum für Kunst2006: Schaufenster à la Art, Kunstpreis des Landkreises Alzey-Worms2006: Die Kunst des Alterns, Caritas Altenhilfe, Berlin2006: Bewegung, Dynamik und Kraft, Kunstpreis Wesseling2006: wie die sachen oft querre gehen, Kunstpreis der Stadt Augsburg2005: Johann Kasper Zeus-Kalender 2006, Kronach2005: Nibelungenlied, AmtsHausGalerie, Stadt Freudenberg2004: Grenzfälle, VI. Kunstwoche Jesteburg2004: Zeitgenössische bildende Kunst, Salzburg2002: Reaktion-Bilder, Hermann Hesse Calw International2002: Literarischer Simrock-Freiligrath-Weg, Bad Honnef2001: Welde Galerie, Schwetzingen2001: Kunst im Burgrafiat, Stadt Alzey2000: Jubiläumsbilder, Galerie der Sparkasse Karlsruhe2000: Sichtweisen, Öhringer Schloss, Große Kreisstadt Öhringen2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2007: Heidelberger Forum für Kunst