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CLAUDIA WIESERimages curriculum

Born in 1973 in Freilassing, Germany

Living and working in Berlin

Education

  • 1993-1997 Apprenticeship as blacksmith
  • 1997-2003 MA, Painting, Akademie der Bildenken Künste München with Axel Kasseböhmer and Markus Oehlen

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024
  • The Auratic Object, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
  • Claudia Wieser: Early Works, Grzergorzki Shows, Berlin, Germany
  • Solo show , Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
  • Solo show , von Bartha Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2023
  • Yves Saint Laurent – FORMS, Musée Yves Saint Laurent Collection, Paris
2022
  • La Granja, Von Bartha Gallery, Copenhague
2021
  • Solo [With Bernd Ribbeck], Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid.
  • REHEARSAL, Public Art Fund, New York
2020
  • Lobby, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
  • Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
  • Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, Von Bartha, S-chanf
    Generations, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha
  • As If, Kunstpavillon im Alten Botanischen Garten, Munich
2019
  • Claudia Wieser (mit Jochen Plogsties), G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
  • Forum, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
  • Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
  • B Art Galleries, Buffalo, New York
  • Shift, Mithraeum Bloomberg Space, London
2018
  • Inside stop making sense, BNKR_ Space, Munich
  • Box, Farbvision, Berlin
  • Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2017
  • What Remains, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid
  • “Waiting in the Wings” Museo d’arte contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa
2016
  • Stories, Studio SALESdi Norberto Rufferi, Roma ROMA
2015
  • All That Is, Arratia Beer, Berlin
2014
  • Galeria Casado Santapau, Madrid
  • Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
2013
  • Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
  • Galerie Kamm, Berlin
2012
  • Kiosk Gallery,Ghent, Belgium
  • Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome
  • Eva Winkeler, Frankfurt, Germany
2011
  • Berlin, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Claudia Wieser: Muster und Formen, April 30-June 11
  • Berlin, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Poul Gernes, March 19-April 23, 2011
2010
  • Zurich, Shau Ort, Claudia Wieser: Portraits, December 11, 2010- February 12, 2011
  • New York, The Drawing Center NY, Claudia Wieser: Poems of the Right Angle, September 11-November 18, 2010
2009
  • Düsseldorf, Germany, Sies + Höke Galerie, Invitation, May 8 – June 13, 2009
  • Frankfurt, Germany, Galerie Eva Winkeler, The Shining Brow, March 9 – October 16, 2009
2008
  • Berlin, Germany, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Teppich des Lebens (Carpet of Life), October 4-November 8, 2008
  • New York, Renwick Gallery, Licht aus Berlin, (with Hansjörg Dobliar), May 16- June 21, 2008
2007
  • Zurich, Schau Ort, In der Geometrie gibt es keine Sekten, January 13-March 10, 2007
  • Frankfurt, Germany, Galerie Eva Winkeler, Angle of View, January 27 – March 23, 2007
2004
  • Munich, Ben Kaufmann Gallery, Claudia Wieser: Tagundnachtgleiche, July 9- August 14, 2004

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
  • Unendliche Ausstellung, Hamburger Bahnhof Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin
  • 20 Jahre Langen Foundation: Drei Generationen – Eine Leidenschaft, Langen Foundation, Neuss
  • Aufbruch. 1924: Vordemberge-Gildewart und Remarque – zwei Wegbereiter der Moderne | 2024: Zeitgenössische Perspektiven, Vordemberge-Gildewart-Haus, Osnabruck
2023
  • But round my chair the children run, La Cinquième Saison by Paris+ par Art Basel, Paris, France
  • Design for a Garden, Von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland
  • Adaptation, A Piece of Furniture Exhibition, Milan
2022
  • Femeninum, CCA Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca  Spain
  • Art Extravaganza, Berlin, commission by Brookfield Properties, curated by Alter-Projects
  • Sculpture in the City, 11th Edition, London
2021
  • Taking Shape to Become a Profile, von Bartha, Copenhagen,  Copenhagen, Denmark,
  • My Friends And Other Animals IITraversía Cuatro,  curated by Elena del Rivero; Madrid.
  • Ways of Seeing Abstraction, Works from the Deutsche Bank Collection, PalaisPopulaire, Berlin
2020
  • Die absurde Schönheit des Raumes, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
    art & function, Rathausgalerie | Kunsthalle Munich
    modern vormodern, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg
2019
  • Hinge Picture/Memory Images, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
    between the worlds, Kunstraum BOGENHAUSEN, Munich
  • Haus Werk, The Bauhaus in contemporary art“ McClelland Sculpture Parc and Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2018
  • Eruption from the Surface, The Origami Principle in Art ,Marta Herford Museum, Germany
2017
  • SUR/FACE: Mirrors, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
2016
  • Conversation Piece, Part 3, Fondazione Memmo , Roma
    Thinking Tantra, Drawing Room, London
  • “Poème de l’angle droit”, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid.
  • Über das Interieur in der Gegenwartskunst, Kai 10 | Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf.
  • Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck.
  • “Kollision,Im Labyrinth der unheimlichen Zufälle” Group Exhibition at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien. Berlin.
  • Tantra, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai.
  • Sitting on a branch, von Bartha Galerie, Basel.
2015
  • Über das Interieur in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
  • Perpetuum Mobile, Galerie Casado Santapau, Madrid
  • Passing Leap, Hauser & Wirth
  • Be Abstract, Kunstverein Schwäbisch – Hall
  • Disegni Scelti Dall Àrchivio, Drawing Storage, Goethe Zentrum Bologna, Bologna
    Vom Großen und Ganzen, die Sammlung Haus N, Gerisch – Stiftung Neumünster, Neumünster
  • Avantgarde Mecanique – Homage to Franciska Clausen, Kunsthalle PLU41, Berlin
  • Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London
2014
  • Wo ist hier? #1: Malerei und Gegenwart, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen
  • Der Garten der Pfade die sich verzweigen II, l´oiseau présente…, zu Gast im Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
2013
  • Pneuma, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo (curated by Björn Dahlem)
  • Paris, Moin Un, PATHFINDER– And to End
  • Clermont-Ferrand, France, La Tôlerie, Brigadoon
  • Paris, Petit Palais, Prix Canson Nominees
  • Esslingen, Germany, Villa Merkel, Goldrausch
  • London, Drawing Room, Drawing Biennial
  • Malmö, Sweeden, Signal Center for Contemporary Art, Above the Rim of the Glass
  • Erfurt, Germany, Kunsthaus, Empire Strategies
2012
  • Madrid, Spain, Galeria Casado Santapau, Algebraic Topology
  • Nuremberg, Germany, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Goldrausch, October 17, 2012 – January 12, 2013; will travel to Esslingen, Germany, Villa Merkel, 2013.
  • Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Punk. Systeme. Vom Pointilismus zum Pixel, June 16 – September 30, 2012.
  • Bedburg-Hau, Germany, Museum Schloss Moyland, Asche und Gold – Eine Weltenreise
  • Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Deka – Bank: Next Generation – Junge Künstler aus der Sammlung Deka – Bank
  • Brussels, Belgium, Hopstreet, Burning Colors
  • Herford, Germany, MARTa Herford, Asche und Gold- Eine Weltenreise, January 28-April 22, 2012
2011
  • New York, Vogt Gallery, Eyes Wide Shut: Contemporary Drawings from Germany, curated by Birgit Sonna
  • Paris, Galerie Xippas, There are two sides to every coin, and two sides to your face, curated by Carlos Cardenas
  • Berlin, Babusch, Project 8: Based around Babusch
  • Belgium, Hopstreet, The Secret Life of Abstract Forms, curated by Barbara J. Scheuermann, April 30-June 4, 2011
  • Stuggart, Germany, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (in cooperation with Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg), The Cosmos of Rudolf Steiner
  • New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Dwelling
2010
  • Berlin, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Abstrakt:The Forgotten Bar Project¸ December 4, 2010
  • Kolkata, India, Experimenter, Where am I?, curated by Barbara J. Scheuermann, November 12-December 4, 2010
  • Basel, Switzerland, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, The Photograph and the Artist, August 8-December 9, 2010
  • Düsseldorf, Germany, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Intensif-Station: 26 Artists’ Rooms in the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • New York, Sean Kelly Gallery, Memories of the Future, curated by Laurent Grasso, June 25-July 30, 2010
  • Munich, Galerie Sabine Knust, Festival des Beaux Arts
  • Berlin, Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Seismograph: The Forgotten Bar Project
  • Berlin, Institut Francais Berlin, Ins Blickfeld gerückt
  • Rome, Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Concetto Spaziale (with Hansjörg Dobliar, Bernd Ribbeck), March 10
  • Miami, The Webster, (organized by Bortolami Gallery), Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines
  • Bordeaux, France, Capc Mueé d’ Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Capture life in Art (curated by Aurélie Voltz), February 6-August 22, 2010
2009
  • Berlin, Samsa, Jewelry
  • Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Access All Areas: A Drawing Exhibition, (organised by Arturo Herrera and Tanja Wagner)
  • Madrid, Parra & Romero, Geoplay (Part II)
  • Oldenburg, Germany, Kustverein Oldenburg, Ich und Du
  • Munich, Andreas Grimm, Maximal Minimal
  • Berlin, Sox, Podrostok
  • Zürich, Katz Contemporary, Botanischer Wahnsinn (Botanical Madness)
2008
  • Berlin, Arratia, Beer, Want, December 5, 2008-January 30, 2009
  • Munich, Tanzschule Projects, Meisterwerke der Menschheit 5, November 28 -November 30, 2008
  • Louis, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Lutz Bacher, Aida Ruilova, and The Front Room
  • London, Zabludowitcz Collection, The Krautcho Club/ In and Out of Place
  • Zurich, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Between the Lines, August 28-December 10, 2008
  • Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, Kunst(Zeug)Haus,Die Kugeln! Die Kreise! Die Räder! (The Spheres! The Circles! The Wheles!), August 16-September 28, 2009
  • Basel, Switzerland, Kunsthaus Baselland, Eternal Flame, (curated by Burkhard Meltzer)
  • Berlin, Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, In Unsren Herzen Brennt Eine Sehnsucht (In our Heart a Longing Burns), curated by Katharina Fichtner, July 19-August 23, 2008
  • London, Projectspace176, Past-Forward, (curated by Vincent Honoré)
  • Wolfsburg, Germany, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, In the Shadows
  • Berlin, forever and a day Büro, Collage
  • Paris, Galerie Carlos Cardenas, I/you grit my/your teeth
  • Vienna, Galerie Mezzanin, Hase, Krebs und Nachtigall
  • New York, Harris Lieberman Gallery, Out Riding Feet, curated by Matt Saunders
2007
  • Warszawa, Poland, Wroclaw + Warszawa, La Boum III
  • Frankfurt, Germany, Galerie Eva Winkeler, Side B
  • Munich, Lenbachhaus, Perspektive
  • Berlin, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Unsere Affekte fliegen aus dem Bereich der menschlichen Wirklichkeit heraus, April 26-June 9, 2007
  • Berlin, Croy Nielsen Berlin, Design by Accident, January 20-February 17, 2007
2006
  • Berlin, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Team, August 5-August 9, 2006
  • New York, Sikkema Jenkins, I’m yours now, June 28-August 18, 2006
  • Gstaad, Switzerland, Patricia Low Contemporary, Finding Neverland, June 18 – September 8, 2006
  • Paris, Galerie Jean Brolly, Nous tous sommes la pluie, June 10-July 29, 2006
  • Düsseldorf, Germany, Sies & Höke Galerie, La Boum II, curated by Ben Kaufmann, March 31 – April 30, 2006
  • Waldkraiburg, Germany, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Zeichen und Wunder, March 30-May 7, 2006
  • New York, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, Take Only Pictures, March 8-April 14, 2006
2005
  • Frankfurt, Germany, Galerie Jacky Strenz, Square Dance, December 2, 2005-February 15, 2006
  • Munich, Lothringer Dreizehn, Liquid Crystal, November 5, 2005 – January 29, 2006
  • Köln, Germany, Art Cologne, Open Space at Art Cologne, October 28-November 1, 2005
  • Berlin, Galerie Carlier, Ticker 10, July 28-August 6, 2005
  • Zurich, Kunsthof Zürich, Invasionswetterlage (Invasion Weather), May 20-June 12, 2005
  • Berlin, Center,Villa in Phoenix, May 19-June 30, 2005
  • Munich, Lenbachhaus, Favoriten, February 12-May 16, 2005
2004
  • Munich, Raum 500, IMPLOSION, November 19-November 21, 2004
  • Munich, Hauptbahnhof, Höhenunterschied 27 cm, 2004
  • Berlin, Chausseestraße, Im Mai, 2004
  • Düsseldorf, Germany, Bravo, Berendes, Ribbeck, Wieser, 2004
2003
  • Munich, Raum 500, Klein Arbeiten, November 28-November 30, 2003
  • Munich, Christoph Blum, Transformers zu Gast bei Christian Gries, curated by Doris Mampe and Kim Nekarda, 2003
  • Munich, IMMERDEEP – Im Zeitalter der Postironie, (with Lena Bröcker & Franka Kaßner), 2003
  • Munich, Kunstverein München, The State of the Upper Floor: Panorama, curated by Michael Beutler, 2003
2002
  • Munich, Club Verantwortung, Lange Nacht der Museen, October 19, 2002
  • Paris, Paris Project Room, Les Mesures/ La Pose: Florian Balze + Bernd Ribbeck + Claudia Wieser, September 21-September 25, 2002
  • Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Musterraum, September 2002 (Opening)
  • Zurich, HGKZZurich, Galerie des Studienbereichs Fotografie, 2002
2001
  • Munich, Akademiegalerie München, Malerei und Fotografie, (with Stefanie Ullmann & Meike Waldmann), 2001

Private and Public Collections

  • Deutsche Bundesbank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Krupp Family Foundation, Boston, USA
  • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
  • Jill and Peter Kraus Collection, New York, USA
  • Kunstsammlung der Deutschen Flugsicherung, Langen, Germany
  • Sammlung Schürmann, Herzogenrath, Germany
  • Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom

Residencies, Fellowships and Awards

  • 2017 CCA Andratx, Majorca, Spain
  • 2016 Casa Baldi, Romano Olevano, Italy
  • 2014 CCA AndratxResidency, Majorca, Spain
  • 2013 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
  • 2008 Klara Karolines Fond, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2004 Projektstipendium der Stadt München, Munich, Germany
  • 2004 Projektstipendium der Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung

Selected Articles

2012
  • German Art Now, ModernEdition.com, 2012
  • Building on the Bauhaus Legend, ModernEdition.com, 2012
2011
  • Pick: Eyes Wide Shut: Contemporary Drawings from Germany, ArtCat, September 2011
  • Singh, Abhilasha, Abstract Life, ArtSlant Brussels, May 21, 2011
  • Heinrich, Will, Art vs. Real Estate at Marianne Boesky, The New York Observer, March 15, 2011
  • Villanueva, Katrina, Armory Show 2011, Contaminate NYC, March 7, 2011
  • Johnson, Paddy, What’s Hot and What’s Not at the Armory, Art Fag City, March 3, 2011
  • Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Presents The Cosmos of Rudolf Steiner, MuseumPublicity.com, February 19, 2011
2010
  • Ray, Pami, Finding One’s Feet, ArtSlant, December 13, 2010
  • Rekade, Christiane, Claudia Wieser – Portraits, Like You: The Art Network, December 2010
  • Asfour, Nana, Claudia Wieser, Poems of the Right Angle: The Artist Remixes Modernism, Time Out New York, November 1, 2010
  • Claudia Wieser: Poems of the Right Angle, Germany in NYC, October 2010
  • The Drawing Center, Smithsonian Magazine, September 2010
  • Memories of the Future at Sean Kelly, DaWire, August 5, 2010
  • Claudia Wieser: Poems of the Right Angle, Artcat, 2010
2009
  • Opening: Claudia Wieser, Berlin.unlike.net, October 2009
  • AR: Claudia Wieser at Sies + Höke, Contemporary Art Daily, August 24, 2009
  • IMGMGMG Launches Monday!, Art Fag City, July 24, 2009
  • Wieser, Claudia, IMGMGMT: Teppich des Lebens, Art Fag City, August 11, 2009
  • Geoplay (Part II) at Pilar Parra & Romero, Contemporary Art Daily, June 18, 2009
  • Maximal Limits, ArtSlant Worldwide, March 21, 2009
  • Armory Fair Highlights, Art Fag City, March 6, 2009
  • Botanical Madness (botanischer Wahnsinn) / Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Zernissage TV, February 9, 2009
2008
  • Rear View, NY Arts, September-October 2008
  • Burner, Susanne, Nostalgia fans bring recent past forward, Ham & High, July 10, 2008
  • Past-Forward until August 3, 176: Reloaded Questions, The Big Issue, May 26, 2008
  • Reviews: Past-Forward, Time Out London, May 27, 2008
  • Past-Forward Curated by Vincent Honoré for the Zabludowicz Collection at 176, Art Daily, May 15, 2008
  • Solo Show: Claudia Wiese, Artfacts.net, May 2008
  • Behind the Times: Past-Forward, Art Review, May 2008
  • Past-Forward, Flavorpill London, May 2008
2007
  • Kuni, Verena, Claudia Wieser in den Galerien von Eva Winkeler und Elisabeth Kaufmann, Besprechungen, March 2007

Bibliography

2012
  • Orth, Klaus H., et al. Goldrausch, Nürnberg: Kunsthalle Nürnberg, October 17, 2012 – January 12, 2013 (Exhib. Cat)
  • Asche und Gold, Herford: MARTa Herford, January 28 – April 22, 2012 (Exh. Cat)
  • Spieler, Reinhard, et al. Vom Pointilismus zum Pixel, Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, June 16 – September 30, 2012 (Exh. Cat)
2010
  • Claudia Wieser: Poems of the Right Angle. New York: Drawing Center, 2010
  • Steiner, Rudolf, and Mateo Kries. Rudolf Steiner – Die Alchemie Des Alltags, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart: Weil Am Rhein: Vitra Design Museum, 2010 (Exhib. Cat)
  • Basel, Switzerland, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, The Photograph and the Artist, August 8- December 9, 2010
2009
  • Wieser, Claudia, and Bernd Ribbeck. Ich Und Du. Berlin: argobooks, 2009.
2008
  • Wolfsburg, Germany, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, In the Shadows, May 9-June 29, 2008
    (Exhib. Cat)
  • London, Projectspace176, Past-Forward, (curated by Vincent Honoré), May 15-August 3, 2008 (Exhib. Cat)
2007
  • Warszawa, Poland, Wroclaw + Warszawa, La Boum III, July 24-July 31, 2007 (Exhib. Cat)
2006
  • Keiper, Elke, and Hansjörg Dobliar. Zeichen Und Wunder: Hansjörg Dobliar Bernd Ribbeck, Claudia Wieser. Waldkraiburg: Städtische Galerie, 2006 (Exhib. Cat)
2001
  • Munich, Akademiegalerie München, Malerei und Fotografie, (with Stefanie Ullmann & Meike Waldmann), 2001 (Exhib. Cat)