uta elv portrait

vita

Born in Freiburg, Germany.

 

Both parents sculptors, spent youth in her parent's workspaces in Hamburg and Mön / DK.

 

First award at five: Dr. Oetker's pudding painting competition.

 

Ballet studies at Ballet Academy Staatsoper Hamburg with Isabella Vernici and Peter van Dyke.

 

General Higher Qualification for University Entrance.

 

Guest Studies in painting with Prof. Klaus Peter Brehmer at the Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK)

 

Studies at the University of Applied Siences Hamburg - Design Department - Diploma in Communication Design.

 

McCann Erickson, Hamburg.

 

Creative Group Head Scholz & Friends, Hamburg.

 

Projects with Irving Penn New York, Francesco Scavullo New York, Giovanni Gastel Mailand, Peter Knaup Paris among others.

 

Avenue Design Award, Amsterdam.

 

Teaching assignment at the University of Applied Siences - Design Department - Hamburg.

 

Artist based in Hamburg since 1993.

 

Works of uta elv in collections of art collectors across Europe, Switzerland, USA and South America.

 

Various Exhibitions and Artfairs in Hamburg, Barcelona, London, Miami, Shanghai.

 

 


selected exhibitions

Bling panic, fenster14 (hamburg DE)

 

Hausgott bling, amberyard studios ( hamburg DE)

 

Aqua wahine, fenster14 (hamburg DE)

 

Amy's garden, objects ( berlin DE)

 

Koonshund, galerie Das Reh tritt aus dem Wald (hamburg DE)

 

Saat, schiedamartspace (rotterdam NL)

 

Sandmann, galerie Das Reh tritt aus dem Wald (hamburg DE)

 

Ohporno, galerie Das Reh tritt aus dem Wald (hamburg DE)

 

Susie hinterm schrank, galerie Das Reh tritt aus dem Wald (hamburg DE)

 

Denn ich bin ein prophet, galerie Das Reh tritt aus dem Wald ( hamburg DE)

 

Ich bin ein ganz normaler mensch, galerie das Reh tritt aus dem Wald (hamburg DE)

 

champions, eiskeller (hamburg DE)

 

Shanghai art fair, alexia goethe gallery (shanghai VR CHINA)

 

Im schatten meiner locken, alexia goethe gallery (london GB)

 

Art london, alexia goethe gallery (london GB)

 

Art miami, alexia goethe gallery ( miami USA)

 

Lille art fair, alexia goethe gallery (lille F)

 

Im schatten meiner locken, halle M (hamburg DE)

 

Tomorrow, tomorrow space (hamburg DE)

 

Ein solcher fall ward nie erwogen, club 8 (hamburg DE)

 

Smastykker, galerie villa aurora ( mön DK)