Artist Biography
Ingrid Mwangi was born in 1975 in Nairobi, Kenya. Robert Hutter was born in 1964 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Both artists live and work in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Mwangi and Hutter studied sculpture and painting at the Alanus Hochschule für Künst und Gesellschaft, Alfter/Bonn Germany, 1988–90, and new artistic media at Hochschule der Bildenden Künst Saar, Saarbrücken, Germany (Mwangi, 1996–2002; Hutter 1990– 06). Working across video, installation, photography and performance, Mwangi and Hutter have collaborated on Next Flag I: Ingrid Mwangi and Robert Hutter, Godfried Donkor at Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art Contemporain, Luxembourg, 2003, and Video Works-Ingrid Mwangi and Robert Hutter at the Nairobi Arts Trust/Center of Contemporary Art of East Africa and GoDown Arts Center in Nairobi, Kenya (2003). Mwangi's solo work has been shown in major surveys such as the International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokahama, 2005; and the touring exhibition Africa Remix, 2004–07; Intimate Distance, Künsthalle Lophem, Belgium, 2003; Your own Soul, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken/Städische Galerie Erlangen, Germany, 2003; and My Heart of Darkness, Skulpturenmuseum, Glaskasten Marl, Germany, 2001.
http://www.ingridmwangi.de
Works
Headskin 2005
Artist Statement
Differences in culture, nationality, religion, gender etc. are often given as reasons to justify lack of understanding between people. It is deeply necessary to create meaningful exchange and tolerant discussion, not by ignoring the differing factors, but rather by allowing them to exist, without elevating their significance.
