- Source: Rosa Gilissen-Vanmarcke
Rosa Gilissen-Vanmarcke (born March 7, 1944) is a Flemish sculptor.
Born in Menen, Gilissen-Vanmarcke trained as a ceramicist, sculptor and fashion designer at the Kortrijk Academy of Fine Arts from 1961 to 1963. She completed her studies at the Technical University in Kortrijk in 1964 with a diploma in Textile Engineer. From 1994, she studied at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn. In 2000, Gilissen-Vanmarcke received a teaching assignment for experimental sculpture at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn. In 2005, she received a teaching assignment for sculpture at the Studio for Art Education at the University of Bonn.
Gilissen-Vanmarcke lived in Breunfeld, municipality of Nümbrecht until 2009. In 2009, the artist and her husband moved their residence to Belgentier in the south of France, where she also has her studio.
Works
Bronze sculpture Encounter at Raiffeisenplatz in Much, inaugurated in 2000
Ceramic sculpture Bart & Elfi at the entrance to Belgentier, inaugurated in 2002
Sculpture Fallen Torso, acquired in 2004 by Kunstsammlung Oberberg, Gummersbach
Bronze sculpture Traum, inaugurated on 4. June 2005 in the Alte Poststraße in Nümbrecht
Metal sculpture Freude, 2001, inaugurated on 29. July 2009 in the Kurpark in Nümbrecht by the Kunstverein Nümbrecht
Bronze sculpture Vue de loin, inaugurated in 2015 in Chateau Solliès-Pont
Reinforced concrete sculpture Couple, inaugurated in 2016 on the Square Eugène et Walda VIES Justes parmi les Nations in Solliès-Pont
Raku sculpture La petite belle, inaugurated 2016 in Belgentier
Reinforced concrete sculpture Pereisc, inaugurated 2017 at Chateau Pereisc, Belgentier
Exhibitions (selection)
1966, Apollo artist group Kring, Leuven
1966, Folklore Gallery, Paris
1967, Cultural Center, Brussels
1968, Exhibition of 68 Art, Leuven
1971, Golden Needle, Leiden
1978, Bühnenhaus, Gummersbach
1979, Art Fair, Much
1982, Gallery of Arts Bernice, Steyl
1990, Art Gallery, Frankfurt
1994, Galerie Sichel, Esch
1997, Galerie Langheinz, Darmstadt
1997, Rathaus und Kirche Saint - Martin, Much
1998, Haus der Kunst, Nümbrecht
1998, Galerie am Brunnen, Bergisch Gladbach
2004, Orangery of Schloss Homburg
2010 Adieu Nümbrecht, Haus der Kunst Nümbrecht
2015, Galerie Pier 3, Sassnitz
