Profile Rainer Kurka 1974born in Erlangen1994 – 2002studies of architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt1997 – 1998studies at the Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence2003 – 2008artistic assistant at the department of plastic design of the TU Darmstadtseit 2009freelance sculptor in Berlin Bronze sculpture “BaERBAla” (2012), former premises of the ERBA spinnery, Bamberg Awards 2018art award of the Nürnberger Nachrichten2017Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale: “Honorable Mention”2016PHOENIX-award 2016: nomination Levi Strauss bronze sculpture (2020), Levi Strauss Museum, Buttenheim Acquisitions 2020 Levi Strauss Museum, Buttenheim2018 Badisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Karlsruhe2017 Ceramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr Grenzhausen2015Hetjens Museum (Lontzen Foundation), Düsseldorf2012Sparkassen Foundation Bamberg 9. Skulpturen.SCHAU! Weikerseim, 2016 Exhibitions (selection) 2020anniversary exhibition 75 Jahre Pfälzische Sezession, Kunsthalle Speyer2019Spieglein, Spieglein, solo exhibition in the Eisenkunstgussmuseum Büdelsdorf20195 am Tor der Welt, Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg2018Triennale IV Fokus Franken, Kunsthalle Schweinfurt2018About Clay, european ceramic art exhibition, Fiskars (Finnland)2017Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon (Korea)2017Material und Form, Ceramic Museum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen2016“SkulpturenSCHAU!”, solo exhibition Weikersheim2015“Summer in the city”, DAT Galerie, Berlin2014“Realismus goes Pop”, Skulpturenforum Isernhagen, Isernhagen2014“Auf Augenhöhe”, Koenitz art gallery, Leipzig2013Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon (Korea)2013“One-Artist-Show”, Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Gering2012“Rainer Kurka”, solo exhibition in the International Club of the ministry of foreign affairs, Berlin2009“Gegenwarten” Rosenheim-Museum, Offenbach2008“Plastiken”, Galerie Sculptur, Bamberg Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2013, Icheon, Korea