title: Marianne Pitzen
text: # Marianne Pitzen
  
  Marianne Pitzen (born 29 May 1948), GER, is a German artist born in Stuttgart. In 1981, Pitzen founded the Bonn Women's Museum, of which she is the current director. The museum hosts temporary exhibitions, and has hosted over 500 since its founding. Pitzen held her first exhibition in 1969, established a gallery in 1971, and later the "Circular" magazine with her husband.
  
  ## Exhibitions
  
  * 1991 Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen
  * 1992 City Museum, Zwickau
  * 1994 Städt. Gallery at the fish market, Erfurt
  * 1998 City Museum Bonn
  * 1999 Art Center, Ulaanbaatar
  * 1999 Salzstadel of Regensburg
  * 2001 Gallery Futura, Berlin
  * 2001/02 art meeting digester, WWTW to Cologne
  * 2008 MP 60, Bonn Women's Museum
  
  ## Honors and awards
  
  * Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  * 1991 Woman of the Month, WDR 1
  