Birthe Piontek
Originally from Germany, Birthe Piontek moved to Canada after receiving her MFA from the University of Essen in 2005. Piontek’s project “The Idea of North” won the Critical Mass Book Award in 2009, and was published as a monograph in 2011. Piontek’s work has appeared in a number of international publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Le Monde, Wired and The New Yorker among others. She is a member of the Piece of Cake Collective (POC), and spoke at PCNW this summer as part of the POC’s annual gathering. She is based in Vancouver BC, and is represented by Charles Guice Contemporary in New York.
gallery tour with Birthe Piontek in vancouver, bc:
Saturday, May 9, 1-4 PM
Join gallery director Ann Pallesen on a day trip to Vancouver, BC for a gallery tour with PCNW PRESENTS artist Birthe Piontek at Gallery 295. Piontek will be featured in a solo show there April 10-May 23, 2015. Free with RSVP by April 25; does not include transportation. 295 East 2nd Avenue,Vancouver, BC (Back alley entrance)
to sign up for the studio visit or to purchase her work:
Contact gallery director Ann Pallesen at
206.720.7222 x11 or apallesen@pcnw.org. Prices subject to change.
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| Front Yard, from Idea of North, 2008 C-print 20 x 20 inches Edition of 7 $2,250 |
Valley, from Idea of North, 2008 C-print 20 x 20 inches Edition of 7 $2,000 |
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| Covered, from Idea of North, 2008 C-print 20 x 20 inches Edition of 7 $2,000 |
Untitled #7, from Mimesis, 2013 C-print 20 x 20 inches Edition of 7 $1,750 |
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| Untitled #11, from Mimesis, 2014 C-print 20 x 20 inches Edition of 7 $1,750 |
Untitled #15, from Mimesis, 2014 C-print 20 x 20 inches Edition of 7 $1,750 |
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| Untitled #1, from Mimesis, 2013 C-print 20 x 20 inches Edition of 7 $1,750 |
Back, from Lying Still, 2010 C-print 16 x 20 inches Edition of 10 $1,200 |
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| Thread, from Lying Still, 2011 C-print 20 x 16 inches Edition of 10 $1,200 |
Smoke, from Lying Still, 2013 C-print 20 x 16 inches Edition of 10 $1,200 |