Simone Gilges

Simone Gilges (1973 – 11 August 2023) was a German contemporary artist and a founding member of the Honey-Suckle Company. She was also the publisher of "Freier", a magazine focused on mental health. She lived and worked in Berlin.[1][2]

Biography

Simone Gilges was born in Bonn, West Germany in 1973. She studied Visual Communication at UdK Berlin University of the Arts, as well as Photography/Design at FH Dortmund. Her solo work has been exhibited widely internationally, including Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin; Foxy Production, New York; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; CAPC, Bordeaux; CRAC Alsace, France; pret a pARTager, Dakar, Senegal a.o.; Screen and Decor, Canada; Chelsea Art Museum, New York; Studio Voltaire, London; The John Institute, Zurich; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart; 4th Berlin Biennale, Gagosian Gallery, Hinterconti, Hamburg. Honey Suckle Company has been exhibited at Frankfurter Kunstverein; Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg; Kunsthalle Basel; Cubitt Gallery, London; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart; Sónar Festival, Barcelona; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Berlin Biennale 1.

Gilges died on 11 August 2023, at the age of 50.[1]

References

1. "Simone Gilges stirbt mit 50 Jahren". www.monopol-magazin.de (in German). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
2. "Städteporträts: Nur der Müll sieht überall gleich aus" [City portraits: Only the rubbish looks the same everywhere]. Die Zeit. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

Further reading

• Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch
• freier magazine
• Honey Suckle Company
• Del Vecchio, Gigiotto in "Looking Back: Emerging Artists." Frieze, Issue 120, January–February 2009: 111.
• Douglas, Sarah. "Liste: Quality Uneven but Spirits High". Artinfo.com, 9 June 2009.
• Johnson, Paddy with Archey, Karen. "The AFC Liste Awards!", Art Fag City, 12 June 2009, artfagcity.com
• Die Zeit: Dakar/Berlin, Mamadou Gomis und Simone Gilges