Drop

Drop, 2022

Borosilicate glass separatory funnel, water, stainless steel braided wire, stainless steel clamps, 2-axis mechanical motion system, microcontroller, fuse board, transformer
Dimensions Variable

The work oscillates in a randomly generated pattern via the use of Arduino software, releasing small drops of water that momentarily mark the floor, only to gradually disappear again.

Space: Starch/ Curator: Jeremy Sharma
Engineering: Christian Eviston-Putsch Lai, Jian Ting Li, Jiang Yan
Photography: Tan, Yang Lin Jonathan

Steps

Steps, 2022

Motion-responsive installation of LED strip lights connected to ultrasonic sensors
Dimensions variable

Triggered through visitors entering the work's sensory radius the LED light strips change color from their initial white light to various hues along the visible light spectrum,
The LEDs reset to white light once the visitor has moved on to the next step.

Space: The Projector/ Curator: Louis Ho
Engineering: Kevin Menon
Photography: Tan, Yang Lin Jonathan

Core

Core, 2021/2022

Discarded camera lenses, stainless steel wires and halogen lights
Dimensions variable

Gently tapping the suspended lenses activates the projections' orbital motion across the floor.

Space: Field Studies/ Curator: Berny Tan
Engineering: Christian Eviston-Putsch
Photography: Tan, Yang Lin Jonathan

Short Circuit

Short Circuit, 2021

Floor-based installation of gum arabic, sumi ink and acrylic emulsion
Ceiling-based motion-responsive installation of flexible LED strip lights connected to an ultrasonic sensor
Dimensions variable

Triggering through visitors entering the work's sensory radius the LED light strips momentarily flicker and change luminosity.

Space: Yeo Workshop/ Curator: Louis Ho
Engineering: Christian Eviston-Putsch

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Bell

Bell, 2021

Stainless steel wire, solenoid actuator, cables, ultrasonic sensor, microcontroller, relay, transformer, metal weights; upcycled metal bell
Dimensions variable

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Spring

Spring, 2021

Sumi ink, marble dust, gum arabic and natural barite on unfired white stoneware, wall and floor
Dimensions variable

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Victoria Hertel is a German-Venezuelan artist whose practice merges site-specific painting and installation to create immersive experiences.

She is interested in new materialist theory, material oriented phenomena and the correlative tension between trace, surface, object, space and viewer. Her work is characterized by a monochromatic and organic aesthetic and diversified textural spectrum that converge to highlight the communicative potential of materialities.Exploring the entanglement of the body, materiality, and space, her work is constructed to foster distilled sensory encounters between ourselves and our spatial context. Built on the idea of trace as an embodiment of time, presence and energy, the works highlight shifts in our surroundings as an indication and consideration of the greater network everything co-exists in.

Hertel received her BFA from the University of Barcelona and her MA in Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore in partnership with Goldsmiths University of London. She has been awarded the Chan-Davies Art Prize for academic excellence in her MA research and practice of Trace as energy in materialities. Recent solo exhibitions comprise, 熔荟 / Fused Deposition (2019) at the Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, China; Core (2021) at dblspce, Singapore; and -syn (2022) at Starch Art Space, Singapore. Selected recent group exhibitions where held at Yeo Workshop, Singapore (2021); TRAFO, Poland (2021); and Tunghai University Art Gallery, Taiwan (2021). Other engagements comprise artist residencies in Shenzhen (2019), Singapore (2021) and New York City (2022).

Solo Exhibitions

‍2022
-syn. Starch Art Space. Singapore

‍2021
Core. dblspce. Singapore

‍2019
熔荟 / Fused Deposition. 深圳画院 / Shenzhen Fine Art Institute. Shenzhen, China
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Chromatic Density. Kunstverein Edel Extra. Nuremberg, Germany

‍2018
Energeia. Galeria Antoni Pinyol. Reus, Spain

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Residencies & Grants

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‍2022
Residency. Kunstraum LLC. New York City, United States

‍2021
Residency. dblspce. Singapore

‍2019
Residency. 深圳画院 / Shenzhen Fine Art Institute. Shenzhen, China

‍2015
Erasmus+ Scholarship. Akademie der Bildenden Künste München. Munich, Germany
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Awards

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‍2021
Chan-Davies Art Prize
The Winston Oh Travelogue Award

Collections

Galería Antoni Pinyol
深圳画院 / Shenzhen Fine Art Institute

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Features

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‍2021
Let‘s Meet Tomorrow Before the End of Our Time. Academy of Art Szczecin and Trafo Center for Contemporary Art Szczecin
Archipelagic Encounters. McNally School of Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore and Centre of Visual Art, University of Melbourne Australia

‍2020
Print. Solomaier, Jennifer. “Nachhaltige Kunst. Victoria Hertel arbeitet mit Mikrobiologie.” Nürnberger Nachrichten, 07 January 2020, p.35

‍2018
Online. Featured Artist #46. Kunstnürnberg. www.kunstnuernberg.de

Group Exhibitions

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2022
Three Sketches for a Lost Year. Field Studies. Singapore
It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to, you would cry too if it happened to you. The Projector. Singapore

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2021
Strangers on an island: The Winston Oh Travelogue Award Special Edition. LASALLE College of the Arts. Online
Walk Walk Don’t Run. Grey Projects / Open Studio Sessions. Singapore
only losers left alive (love songs for the end of the world) - part two. Yeo Workshop. Singapore
only losers left alive (love songs for the end of the world) - part one. Yeo Workshop. Singapore
Being Together. Tunghai University Art Gallery. Taichung, Taiwan
Now We’re Talking!. TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art Szczecin. Szczecin, Poland
Let‘s Meet Tomorrow Before the End of Our Time. TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art Szczecin. Szczecin, Poland
The LASALLE Show. Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore / LASALLE College of the Arts. Singapore
Beautiful, Nice and Interesting. Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore / LASALLE College of the Arts. Singapore
Fluid Spaces. Singapore Art Outreach / Gillman Barracks. Singapore
Creative Unions. Vans Off The Wall x Funan. Singapore

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2020
TILT. LASALLE College of the Arts. Singapore, Republic of Singapore
Límits. Subsòl Espai d’Art. Barcelona, Spain
The Ghost in Walls. ITALIC. Berlin, Germany
深圳画院院展 / The Collection of Shenzhen Fine Art Institute. 深圳画院 / Shenzhen Fine Art Institute. Shenzhen, China

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2019
Aus der Strömung VI. Kunst Block Balve. Munich, Germany
POP UP Wintersalon. Galeriehaus Nord. Nuremberg, Germany
Barcelona Gallery Weekend. Espacio Garatge. Barcelona, Spain
Art Weekend Nürnberg. Galeriehaus Nord Atelier. Nuremberg, Germany
Testbild 001. Stadtteilbüro des 16. Bezirks. Vienna, Austria
The Big Picture. Galerie Treppenhaus. Erlangen, Germany
supermART. AEG Gelände. Nuremberg, Germany
abstrAKTION. DD 55 Gallery. Cologne, Germany
Eine Mauer aus fliessend Wasser entflammt den Juni erneut. Kunst Block Balve. Munich, Germany

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2018
Nous Talents. Facultat de Belles Arts. Barcelona, Spain
26 Premi Telax. [Accèssit]. Galeria Antoni Pinyol. Reus, Spain
Convergence. Galerie Treppenhaus. Erlangen, Germany
XXVI Muestra de Arte. Diputació de Barcelona. Montesquiu, Spain

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2017
4 Artists. NauArt. Barcelona, Spain
Tallers Oberts BCN 2017. LaNaveBCN Studios. L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Exposició de Pintura. Ayuntamiento de Gràcia. Barcelona, Spain
Colectiva Contemporánea. Abartium Galería. Calldetenes, Spain
XXIV Muestra de Arte. Fundació Claret. Barcelona, Spain
XVII Exposició de Pintura. [2. Prize]. Passeig de Sant Joan. Barcelona, Spain
Stripart XXII Mostra d’Art Jove. Centre Cívic Guinardó. Barcelona, Spain
Blossom. Galerie Treppenhaus. Erlangen, Germany

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2016
Exposició Final de Grau. Facultat de Belles Arts. Barcelona, Spain
Transart V Mostra d’Art Jove. Palau Falguera. Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
IN TERNAL EX. Galerie Treppenhaus. Erlangen, Germany
POLYPHON. Katholische Akademie Bayern. Munich, Germany

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2015
Findings. Galerie Treppenhaus. Erlangen, Germany

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2014
Polifonia Pictòrica. Auditori Barradas. L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain