BIOGRAPHY
born in Durban, South Africa
Lives and works in Berlin
Cate Wind creates sculptures and installations that reveal correlations between modern knowledge and ancient systems of belief. Trained in the craftsmanship of glass, traditional painting, and visual communication, Wind assembles refined materials such as metal, glass, or synthetics with discarded found objects including gearwheels, vintage herbariums, or religious textiles. Wind developed a fascination for primitive medicine, voodoo, and ceremonial rituals during her formative childhood years in South Africa. Her interest in quantum mechanics and metaphysics inspired her to explore folk medicine, ancient symbols, and alternative healing practices to understand the parallels between the scientific and spiritual
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Education
2019
European Cultural Academy, Venice
2017
Berlin Art Institute
1987
Fachhochschule Aachen, Visual Communication
1983
Training glass and porcelain painter, Staatliche Glasfachschule Rheinbach Selected Exhibitions
2019
»Jubiläumsausstellung 70 Jahre«, Ruhrländischer Künstlerbund, Groupexhibition
2017
»u.A.w.g.«, Berlin Art Institute, Groupexhibition
1993
»Mensch im Mittelpunkt moderner Produktionstechnik« , ADITEC GmbH Aachener Demonstrationslabors für integrierte Produktionstechnik, Groupexhibition 1992
»Erste Euregionale Sommer Akademie«, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Groupexhibition
1991
»Die anderen Zehn«, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Groupexhibition
Awards and Prizes
2008
Vision Unternehmerinnenpreis of IHK
1993
Special prize of ADITEC GmbH Aachener Demonstrationslabors für integrierte Produktionstechnik