Christine Wagner

Christine Wagner's rough ceramics have an unmistakable character. She develops her object art from basic geometric shapes in an architectural manner and varies the vessel shapes through the different structures of the clay surfaces. She mixes the clay herself from red and beige mass from the Westerwald and refines it with surfaces made of metal oxides, kaolin and various white engobes.

The artist was born in Munich in 1959. She completed her ceramic apprenticeship with Yasoji Sasaki in Toki-shi, Japan, from 1980 to 1983. She then undertook study trips to Korea and China and continued her training in Landshut until 1985. In 1989 she received her ceramics diploma from the University of Art in Linz, Austria. Christine Wagner has been running her own studio in Munich since 1990. In addition to her artistic work, she has been teaching at the technical college for design in Karlsfeld since 2010 and in Unterschleißheim since 2014.

At first glance, her works appear unapproachable and straightforward. Those who allow themselves to be drawn into her restraint will discover the special features in the details. Delicate curvatures, subtle asymmetries and refined surface structures lend the objects vibrancy. Her ceramics reveal a subtle beauty that demands attention and refined senses.

Christine Wagner's excellent works are regularly exhibited and can be found in private and public collections, including Die Neue Sammlung in the Pinakothek in Munich and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg.