Rosa Gilissen-Vanmarcke (born March 7, 1944[1]) is a Flemish sculptor.
Born in Menen, Gilissen-Vanmarcke trained as a ceramicist, sculptor and fashion designer at the Kortrijk Academy of Fine Arts from 1961 to 1963. She completed her studies at the Technical University in Kortrijk in 1964 with a diploma in Textile Engineer. From 1994, she studied at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn. In 2000, Gilissen-Vanmarcke received a teaching assignment for experimental sculpture at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn. In 2005, she received a teaching assignment for sculpture at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn.[2]
Gilissen-Vanmarcke lived in Breunfeld, municipality of Nümbrecht until 2009. In 2009, the artist and her husband moved their residence to Belgentier in the south of France, where she also has her studio.[3]
Works
Skulptur Joy, erected 2005 in NümbrechtSculpture A Dream, erected 2005 in Nümbrecht
Bronze sculpture Encounter at Raiffeisenplatz in Much, inaugurated in 2000
Ceramic sculpture Bart & Elfi at the entrance to Belgentier, inaugurated in 2002
Sculpture Fallen Torso, acquired in 2004 by Kunstsammlung Oberberg, Gummersbach
Bronze sculpture Traum, inaugurated on 4. June 2005 in the Alte Poststraße in Nümbrecht
Metal sculpture Freude, 2001, inaugurated on 29. July 2009 in the Kurpark in Nümbrecht by the Kunstverein Nümbrecht[4]
