Profile

Marie-Josée Kerschen

Knight of the national order of merit for cultural activities in Luxembourg 2022


since 1982 I am living and working as a professional sculptress in Vianden, Luxembourg.

After working marble and experimenting for some years with different materials, I always came back to the wood. Wood is my preferred medium, it is my language, I can feel the life of the wood and can communicate with it.

Sometimes I also work ceramics and bronze I choose for public works. 

Photo Wolfgang Osterheld 


Key dates

  •     1952 : Birth in Esch-sur-Alzette (L)
  •     1974-78 : Staatliche Kunstakademie, Karlsruhe (D)
  •     1978-82 : Accademia di Belle Arti, Carrara (I)
  •     1979-80 : «Scolpire all’Aperto». Symposium International de Carrara (I)
  •     1983 : Cité internationale des arts, Paris (F)
  •     1987 : Symposium international de sculpture, Klaipeda (LT)
  •     1988 : Internationale Sommerakademie, Salzburg (A)
  •     1990 : Symposium de Wagrain (A)
  •     1994 : Symposium de Kemijärvi (FI)
  •     1995 : Symposium d’Esch-sur-Alzette (L)(as part of “Luxembourg, European Capital of Culture, 1995″)
  •     2000 : Sculpture sur bois. Symposium de Beaufort (L)
  •     2002 : Gare Art Festival (L)
  •     2007 : Gare Art Festival (L)

Prizes

  •     1979: Praemio publico. Scolpire all’aperto, Carrara (I)
  •     1983: Prix de la sculpture. Biennale des jeunes, Esch-sur-Alzette (L)
  •     1992: Prix Grand-duc Adolphe (L)
  •     1993: Prix du Ministère de la culture. Quinquennale d’Esch-sur-Alzette (L)
  •     1996: Prix d’art Limes
  •     2004: Les chaises en folie, motion du Jury
  •     2009: Prix du Jury, Hettange Grande (F)