Justine Otto

Justine Otto (born 1974) is a German painter.

Life
Otto was born in Poland. In 1983, she moved to Germany. Between 1997 and 2000, she worked as a stage designer at the Municipal Theatre Frankfurt. In 1996, she studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts (Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main, and was a master student in professional free painting, where she studied with Peter Angermann and Michael Krebber. In 2003, she graduated. Otto lives in Hamburg and Frankfurt.

Works
The central theme of her work are adolescent people and their feelings. Otto leaves its protagonists, mostly young girls, make puzzling actions. Otto takes a neutral observer position and confronts the viewer with the process of growing up. By soft merging into one another light and shadow zones interrupted by harsh color accents, it produces a strong vitality. This creates body landscapes that their characters a strong authenticity.

Awards

 * 2005: Volker-Hinniger Prize
 * 2005: nominated for the Ernst Schering Foundation Art of the Ernst Schering Foundation
 * 2011: Winner of the Art Prize of the Lüneburg Regional Association

Exhibitions

 * 1997: portico, Frankfurt
 * 2001: Darmstadt Secession at the Mathildenhöhe / Darmstadt
 * 2002: Exhibition Hall, Frankfurt am Main
 * 2003: Städel, Frankfurt am Main
 * 2006: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
 * 2007: Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
 * 2009: Collection Rusche, Schloss Corvey
 * 2009: Collection Rusche, Museum Abbey Liesborn
 * 2010: Bomann Museum
 * 2011: Kunsthalle Darmstadt
 * 2011: Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle / Saale
 * 2011: Museum Schloss Gifhorn
 * 2012: Jesuit Church Art Gallery, Aschaffenburg