Iris Paternoster
Born in Istanbul, Turkey
Resides and works in Recklinghausen and Düsseldorf, Germany
Education and Training – Membership
Since 2024 member of „Vestischer Künstlerbund“
2021 – 2024 MFA in Art and Cooperation, Master Class of Markus Vater, HBK Essen, Essen, Germany
2022 – Studio in ES365, Düsseldorf, Germany
2017 – 2021 Study Painting and Graphics , „fadbk Essen“ Freie Akademie der bildenden Künste Essen (fadbk/HBK Essen), graduation with Distinction, Classes of Bernard Lokai and Stephan Paul Schneider
2019, 2020 Etching studies with the artist Thomas Ruch, HBK Essen http://www.thomasruch.net/
2020 Figure Drawing and Painting, „Sommer Akademie Lüpertz – Aktmalerei“ in Kolbermoor, https://www.adbk-kolbermoor.de/
2018 -2021 Guest Student at TU-Dortmund Kunst/Malerei – Prof. Tillmann Damrau, http://www.fk16.tu-dortmund.de/kunst/cms/
2015 – 2018 Figure Drawing and Painting „Malen nach Model“ , TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
2015 – 2016 Drawing courses with Cecily Park, Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 Studio in Recklinghausen, Germany
1999 Resettlement to Germany
1990-1991 Painting lessons with Selim Karadana and Canan Beykal in Atölye Cekirdek , Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey
1985-1991 Painting lessons with Meryem Arican, Yusuf Taktak and Tomur Atagök at the „Halil Dikmem Galerisi“ within the Painting and Sculpture Museum in Istanbul, Turkey
Exhibition History
2025 Die Neuen, Gruppenausstellung , Vestischer Künstlerbund
2024 Niederlassung 365, Gruppenausstellung, ES365 Düsseldorf
2024 Kunstpunkte Düsseldorf
2024 ArtArtist 2024, Gruppe Gefüge mit Paulina Hoffman, Oliver Hanstein, Deniz Saridas, Düsseldorf
2024 Degree Show, HBK Essen
2023 Rundgang, HBK Essen, Wuppertal, Germany
2023 „Streiflicht“, Group Exhibition , Ruhr Gallery – Gallery an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
2022 Group Exhibition with Ilona Reinhardt, Kunsthaus Langenberg e.V. Langenberg/Velbert -Essen., Germany
2022 C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr, UNESCO Welterbe Zollverein, Art Fair, with HBK-Essen MFA Students, Essen, Germany
2022 „BLICKDICHT„, Group Exhibition, Ruhr Gallery – Gallery an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr , Germany
2021 „unbehagen“, , Group Exhibition, Bürgermeisterhaus Essen-Werden, Essen, Germany
2021 Degree Show fadbk/HBK Essen, Essen, Germany
2021 „unbehagen“, Group Exhibition, Ruhr Gallery – Gallery an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr , Germany
2021 „unbehagen“, Group Exhibition, LWL Industriemuseum Henrichshütte, Hattingen, Germany
2020 Rundgang -fadbk, Essen, Essen, Germany
2019 „unding“, with Andreas Jell and Lara Leon-Ser, Südpark,Güterhallen Solingen Atelier „Künstlerpack“, Solingen, Germany
2019 „es geht immer um alles“, Group Exhibition, Ruhr Gallery – Gallery an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr , Germany
2019 „es geht immer um alles“, Group Exhibition, Herten – Schloss Park, Herten, Germany
2019 Rundgang – fadbk, Essen, Essen, Germany
1990-1991 group exhibitions in Istanbul , Halil Dikmen Galerisi
Nominations & Grants
2024 Nomination as CityArtist 2024 – Stadt Recklinghausen
2022 – 2024 Study Grant, HBK Essen, Essen Germany
2020 „Essener Förderpreis 2020“ Nomination , Scholarship fadbk/HBK Essen, Essen, Germany