Curriculum Vitae
Emilia Bayer, & Emilia N. Bayer edit
is a sculptress, living in Germany. She studied sculpture and ceramic at the Akademy of Arts in Sofia (Bulgaria). Since finishing the Akademy in 1964 she works als a free lance sculptress. At the beginning she also took commissions for works in applied grafics, book- and calligrafic design. After only a short time her works recieved awards and distinctions on national and international art exhibitions and were bought by galeries and collectors. At the beginning of the 1970th she won her first great commissions through national competitions.
1973 – 1975 Emilia N. Bayer designed her main work in Bulgaria – 250m² stone reliefs for the new building of the Theatre Sofia in Sofia. Subject was the development of pay-acting in the history of mankind. This work of art is thought to be an exceptionally well turned out synthesis of architekture and sculpture. 1975 she moved to Berlin. In the following decade she took commissions for more than 10 larger-than-life sculptures in publik parks and buildings. Her main work in Berlin – and also the beginning of the end – was the commission to design the reliefs for the new building of the Friedrichstadt-Palace (1982 – 1984) – the greatest varieté theatre in Europe. Of the originally planned 12 reliefs only six were destined to be realised, but at last only four came true. Afterwards due to dissident actions of her husband she could not get another commission; even given contracts were foreclosed. She could no longer show her works at exhibitions. When this new politics of the communist administration became clear, the Bayer family applied for emigration visa, wich were at last granted after more than four years of fighting the bureaucracy – provided they would keep out of West Berlin. The family then moved to live in different places in Federal Germany to settle at last in Bavaria. These four years of a de-facto ban to exhibit and publish any of her works caused an irredemable break in Mrs. Bayer's specialty – applied sculpture on buildings. Therefore she now concentrated on new realms of figurative porcelain, oil-pastels and oil paintings.
Important works edit
Reliefs on the Friedrichstadt-Palace done in reinforced concrete unique in Europe in regard to depth and detail. 250m² stone reliefs at the Sofia theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria two stone reliefs at the theatre in Vidin; two fire-baked reliefs at a public building in Vraza; several larger-than life sculptures in Hanover, Berlin, and different towns in Germany and Bulgaria. Her works are on display in New York, Boston, Seattle, Paris, Hanover, Berlin, Leipzig, Wiesbaden, Munich, Moskow, Warsaw, Sofia; and in museums and collections in Berlin, Sopot (Poland), Faenza (Italy), Sofia (National Galery) aso.
Distinctions edit
Distinction for the best work of art at the International Art Exhibition in Vienna 1958 Distinction for an excellent piece of art at the International Biennale of Modern Ceramics in Faenza (Italy) 1974. Decoration Cyril and Method of the Bulgarian state for her lifes work 1984.
Literature edit
Nikolova-Bayer, Emilia: I Maestri Della Ceramica Moderna 1984/The Masters Of Modern Ceramics 1984; edition Faenza Editrice S.p.A. 1984
web links edit
commons: Emilia N. Bayer
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