Wolfgang Weileder
Biography1965 born in Munich, Germany
1989-1995 attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
(Diploma awarded in 1995 with the Debütantenpreis)
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
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
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
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
2008
Back to the City, A Dialogue between Artists and Architects, Newcastle NSW (forthcoming)
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
Wolfgang Weileder Transfer, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes
(ISBN 978-0-9553440-6-0)
2006
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