(Wismar/ Schwerin) Since 1st June 2025, Tim Steingens has received the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Scholarship (CDF Scholarship) from the Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for one year. The graduate from the Communication Design and Media degree programme completed his degree at the Faculty of Design at Wismar University of Applied Sciences in 2024. He would like to use his CDF scholarship to explore the influence of the landscape on us humans through photography and printmaking. He combines classic printing techniques with analogue photography.
"I want to find out how we as humans perceive the landscape and what insights we can draw from it for ourselves personally. The landscapes are to be photographed and processed. The photographs should stand on their own, but I also want to use them to develop printmaking landscapes from them," says Steingens, describing his project. He will focus primarily on the screen printing process. His project ties in with his final thesis.
He will be supervised by Prof. Gunda Förster, Professor of Art in the Context of Architecture and Design, and Prof. Andrea Wippermann, Professor of Jewellery Design and Design Fundamentals.
Tim Steingens lives and works in Wismar. Born in Anklam, the graduate has taken part in various exhibitions since graduating.
Caspar-David-Friedrich-Scholarship
The CDF-scholarship usually starts on 1st May and is awarded in the amount of 1,500 euros per month. It is awarded annually to particularly qualified young artists in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, specifically one scholarship each at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre, the Caspar David Friedrich Institute at the University of Greifswald and the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Hochschule Wisamr, University of Applied Sciences. An expert committee selects the scholarship holders from the applications submitted. Applications for the current funding period could be submitted until 28th February (deadline). Criteria included a completed degree, outstanding study and examination results and an important contribution to the further development of artistic forms and means of expression. CDF-scholarship holders at Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences, in the last three years were Sally Frey (Communication Design and Media degree programme, 2022), Rebekka Jochem (Design degree programme, 2023) and Christina Quandt (Design, Jewellery Design degree programme, 2024). Christina Quandt will present her results at the annual exhibition DIA'25 (4th to 6th July 2025, University Campus Wismar, Philipp-Müller-Straße 14, 23966 Wismar) in the Unterstrich Metzgerei (30th June to 7th July 2025, Lübsche Straße 51, 23966 Wismar).
Contact
- For further information on the subsidised project, please contact Tim Steingens directly. » Link below
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