Wolfgang Weileder

Biography

 

Born 1965, Munich, Germany
1989-1995, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
(Diploma awarded in 1995 with the Debütantenpreis)
1991-1992, University of Newcastle, England, (on an exchange programme.)
1994, Master student of Prof. James Reineking
1995-1996, MFA Photography and Related Media Program at the School of Visual Arts, New York
since 2006, Professor in Contemporary Sculpture, Newcastle University

 

Solo Exhibitions and Projects

 

2011

MADRE, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples, Italy

2009
Die Begnadigung/ la Sospensione, Neon Gallery, Bologna Italy (with M+M)
To The Demon King’s Castle of course…, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK (with M+M)
Le Terme e La Sirena, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2008
Le terme, Ciocca Contemporanea Milan, a time based site-specific sculpture, Milan Italy
fold-up, Sunderland City, a temporary site-specific sculpture, Sunderland
Slapende Meermin, STUK Leuven, a time based site-specific sculpture, Leuven Belgium
2007
transfer-back, Milton Keynes Gallery, UK
2006
transfer, Milton Keynes Gallery, a time based site-specific sculpture, Milton Keynes, UK
2005
house-birmingham (Film), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2004
house-Birmingham, IKON Gallery, a time based site-specific sculpture, Birmingham
house-Madrid, a time based site-specific sculpture, Madrid (part of Madrid Abierto 2004)
2003
house-city, a time based site-specific sculpture, Newcastle upon Tyne
making of house-city, a movie documentation, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne
barriers and dinghies, Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne, a temporary site-specific installation for Blue River Design, Newcastle
2002
Muraiki, a collaborative sound installation with Matthew Sansom, t-u-b-e Galerie fur radiophone Kunst, Munchen, Germany and Globe Gallery, North Shields, UK
2000
jam, Ausstellungsforum FOE 156, Munich
1998
Presentation of the Studio Prize-holder of the Erich Hauser Foundation, Saline 36, Rottweil
1996
Sie zeigten, daß...,a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, Arena, Berlin
CHECKMATE, a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, SVA Amphitheater, New York
1994
Wolfgang Weileder, Kunstforum, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachaus, Munich
1992    
BOAT, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

Selected Group Exhibitions and Screenings

 

2011

hub to hub, Singapore ArchiFest 2011, Singapore

MEIAC, Museo Extrmeno e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo, Badajoz, Spain

ROTATE, Contemporary Arts Society & Shortlist Media, London

The Armory Show 2011, with Workplace Gallery, New York

2008
TOMORROW THE FUTURE, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton, UK
Back to the City, Public Art Festival, Newcastle NSW, Australia
2007
Blind Date, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
beacon of hope, Art Gene, Burrow-in-Furnes
MOVED, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead
2006
You shall know our velocity, Baltic the Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
Pulsar, Caracas, Venezuela
Tampere International Film Festival 2006, Tampere, Finland
Athens Video Art Festival 2006, Greece
2005
Interfilm 2005, Berlin
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2005, Paris
Impakt Festival 2005, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2004
Madrid Abierto 2004 and Arco, Madrid
2003
ARENA, Baltic the Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2002
connecting principle, University of Newcastle, Newcastle
Land and the Samling, Sculpture Park at Kielder Reservoir, Northumberland
2001
CERAMICS, E.P.O. European Patent Office and Rathausgalerie, Munich
Studio Prize-holders 1997-2001 of the Erich Hauser Foundation, Saline 36, Rottweil
2000    
Was geschied bestimmt der Ort, L.A.C. Lieu d’art Contemporain, Sigean, France
Bavarian State Prize Exhibition, Galerie der Künstler, München
1999
x-mas, Kent Gallery, New York
1997
10th Exhibition of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation, Kunstverein, Frankfurt
1996
SPECIFICS, SVA Gallery, New York
Junge Kunst 1996, Saar Ferngas Förderpreis, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
Out of Egypt, Ägyptische Staatssammlung, Munich
1995
Debütantenpreis 1995, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Ortung, GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Munich
1994
Kunststudenten stellen aus, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
anvisiert, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1993
Kunstflug, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1992
jETZT, Künstlerwerkstätten Lothringer Strasse 13, Munich
1991
Konfrontation, Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden
1990
Kardinal Wetter Förderpreis 1990, Galerie an der Finkenstrasse, Munich,
Maternushaus, Cologne and St. Virgil, Salzburg

Residencies

 

2010

Research Residency at SCA, University of Sydney, Australia

2008    
The Lock-up Residency, Newcastle NSW, Australia
2002/03
ARENA, Samling Foundation and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle
2002    
Nexus Stephenson Link Artist Residency, Newcastle    
Land and The Samling, a residency at Kielder Sculpture Park

Awards and Grants

 

2008    
Project Grant, Arts Council of England
2005    
New Partners Award, Arts & Business England
AHRC Research Leave Award, Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK
2004    
Grants for the Arts, Arts Council of England
2003    
ARENA, Samling Foundation and NESTA
2000    
USA – Stipendium des Freistaats Bayern,
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Munich
1999    
Förderungspreis für Bildende Kunst des Freistaats Bayern,
Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Munich
1998    
Werkstattpreis 1998, Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil
1995-96    
USA – Stipendium für Bildende Kunst, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
Debütantenpreis 1995, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft,
Forschung und Kunst, Munich
1991-92    
Auslandsstipendium England, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
1991-95    
Stipendium der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

Performative Projects

 

2006    
what if, 02/11/2006 Tyndall Conference, Newcastle
2000    
the apple and the kiss, 11/11/2000 Wittelsbacher Platz, Munich
cage, 02/02/2000 Galerie der Künstler, Munich
1998    
Wohl ist es geboren zu sein..., ...,a video with Daniel Tharau
1996    
Sie zeigten, daß...,a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, Arena, Berlin
CHECKMATE, a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, SVA Theater, New York

Permanent Work in Public Spaces

 

2007    
scan, the Max-Planck-Institut für Biologische Kybernetik, Tübingen
2006    
mapping, a public art commission by Arts and Architecture at Kielder Sculpture Park,Northumberland
2000    
bus shelters, the collection of the BVB Allianz, Munich
1998    
bridges, Vincent von Paul Hospital, Rottweil
1995    
Evangelisches Gemeindezentrum, Bimbach/Franken

Bibliography

 

2009
Metro, Metro Life, 7/04/09, Newcastle
2008
NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 13, September-October 2007, New York
2008    
Back to the City, A Dialogue between Artists and Architects, Newcastle NSW
Blind Date, Zeitgenossenschaft als Herausforderung, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst,
Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg
(ISBN 978-3-940748-10-2)
2007    
Kunstforum International, Bd. 185 Mai-Juni 2007, Ruppichteroth
2006
Wolfgang Weileder Transfer, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
(ISBN 978-0-9553440-6-0)
2005    
Wolfgang Weileder house-projects, IKON Gallery, Birmingham
(ISBN 1-904864-18-X)
2005    
from Audéoud to Zhao Bandi, selected Ikon Off-site Projects 2002-2004,
IKON Gallery, Birmingham
(ISBN 1-904864-13-9)
2003    
docking, barriers + dinghies, Blue River, Newcastle
2002    
land+the samling, Kielder Sculpture Park, Northumberland
2002    
muraiki, an audio CD (collaborative sound installation between Wolfgang Weileder
and Matthew Sansom), Newcastle upon Tyne, Munich 2002
2001    
CERAMICS, E.P.O. European Patent Office and Rathausgalerie, Munich
(ISBN 3-89605-045-1)
2000    
Was geschied bestimmt der Ort, L.A.C. Lieu d’art Contemporain, Sigean, France
(ISBN 3-926220-90-2)
Bavarian State Prize Exhibition, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
(ISBN 3-00-000742-3)
1997    
Zehnte Ausstellung der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung 1997, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
1996    
Out of Egypt, Ägyptische Staatssammlung, Munich
(ISBN 3-87490-520-9)
Junge Kunst 1996, Saar Ferngas Förderpreis, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
(ISBN 3-00-000742-3)
1995    
Wolfgang Weileder, Debütantenpreis 1995, Munich
Ortung, GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Munich
1994    
Kunststudenten stellen aus, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
anvisiert, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1993
Kunstflug, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1992
jETZT, Künstlerwerkstätten Lothringer Strasse 13, Munich
1990
Kardinal Wetter Förderpreis 1990, Galerie an der Finkenstrasse, Munich