Nelly Schmücking

Behind my animal sculptures is the intuition to create an equivalent to the natural model rather than a naturalistic representation of it. By using different, sometimes trivial building materials such as wire, jute, concrete, wood, metal, I try to underline the artificial character of my representations. For me, these, mounted differently and supplemented by modeled parts, ideally come together to form a structure that resembles a living animal. To what extent this is true and how the impression is created that the object in question is a living individual despite the obvious conglomerate of matter is left to the viewer. Just like the question of the duality of body and spirit, body and soul, matter
and idea is implicitly addressed, but only dependent on the perspective of the viewer
finds space or even a solution

CV
Education
2013 - 2014 Studies of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University
2010 Diploma (Animal-Physiology, Zoology, Art History) 2003 - 2010 Studies of Diploma-Biology and Art History, Humboldt-University Berlin (D), Utrecht
University (NL)
Work
since 2014 exclusively working as an artist
2010 - 2013 Work for Zoos and Natural History Museums
2007

• 2009 Max.Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin / Behavioural Studies with
  Bonobos and Lemurs
  Publications Stevens, J. R. & Mühlhoff (Schmücking), N. (2012). Intertemporal choice in lemurs. Behavioural
  Processes, 89, 121-127 Stevens, J. R., Rosati, A. G., Heilbronner, S. R. & Mühlhoff (Schmücking), N. (2011). Waiting for Grapes: Expectancy and Delayed Gratification in Bonobos. International Journal of Comparative
  Psychology, 24, 99-111 Mühlhoff (Schmücking), N., Stevens, J. R. & Reader, S, M. (2011). Spatial discounting of food anc
  social partners in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Frontiers in Psychology,

Submitted by MONTERO Art Gallery