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Claudia Wieser

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

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2025
  • Claudia Wieser, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid
2024
  • Endless Exhibition, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin
  • The Auratic Object, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
  • Early Works, Grzergorzki Shows, Berlin, Germany
  • Echoes of Life, FOG Design+Art (with Jessica Silverman Gallery), San Francisco
  • Barock , von Bartha Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2023
  • Yves Saint Laurent – FORMS, Musée Yves Saint Laurent Collection, Paris
2022
  • Fragments, Glass Cloud Gallery, London
  • 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

Group exhibitions (selection)

2025
  • Konkrete Frauen. Neue Räume, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Ahlen
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
  • NEW IDEAS FOR OTHER TIMES, von Bartha, Basel
  • Spatial Means, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles
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
  • 200 Jahre Sehnsucht – 200 Jahre Kunstverein, Kunstverein Bamberg
  • So wie wir sind, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
  • A Growing Season, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
  • Imaginary Collection, Murkudis, Berlin
  • get together, BCMA Gallery, Berlin
2022
  • Femeninum, CCA Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca  Spain
  • Art Extravaganza, Berlin, commission by Brookfield Properties, curated by Alter-Projects, Berlin
  • Sculpture in the City, 11th Edition, London
  • Timeless Silver, Museum im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • Reflections / Spiegelwelten, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
  • Musée de la Fraise, Dreispitzpassage, Berlin
  • Ortswechsel. Die Kunstsammlung der Deutschen Bundesbank zu Gast im MGGU, Museum Giersch, Frankfurt
  • Die letzte Tüte, Nochmall, Berlin
2021
  • 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

Collections

  • Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
  • 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

Casado Santapau presenta la cuarta exposición individual de la artista alemana Claudia Wieser, una muestra que introduce por primera vez en la galería su trabajo textil, compuesto por una serie de tapices y piezas de tela que dialogan con pequeñas esculturas de cristal, sus características obras en cerámica y sus conocidos dibujos geométricos.

La práctica de Claudia Wieser es muy diversa, abarcando una amplia gama de medios, entre ellos la cerámica, el dibujo, la escultura y las instalaciones murales. Su obra se inspira en el modernismo y la abstracción geométrica, estableciendo conexiones con la arquitectura, el diseño, el cine y el teatro. La afinidad de la artista con la vanguardia y el constructivismo se refleja en la composición rigurosa de sus piezas, donde predominan la armonía estética y la resonancia visual.

El arte y la artesanía en su trabajo son indivisibles. Wieser combina materiales y técnicas diversas, como cerámica pintada, tapices, esferas de madera y jarrones de vidrio, para explorar la relación entre estética y funcionalidad. Su obra, caracterizada por una meticulosa atención al detalle, encuentra un equilibrio entre la planificación y la experimentación, evidenciando la tensión entre lo geométrico y lo orgánico.

Sus superficies cerámicas a modo de azulejos, comunes en la obra de Claudia Wieser, muestran una unión armoniosa de formas y colores. En su estudio de Berlín, la artista elabora a mano cada pieza de cerámica en un complejo proceso de producción antes de la aplicación final del esmalte. El esfuerzo, la calidad y el tiempo son los compañeros silenciosos de estas obras.

Por otro lado, como elementos novedosos en esta exposición, Claudia Wieser presenta por primera vez una serie de pequeñas esculturas de cristal soplado, siguiendo sus carcaterísticas esculturas de madera pero experimentando con nuevos materiales. Así mimso, presenta una serie de textiles y tapices, collages híbridos que combinan elementos pictóricos y gráficos con formas orgánicas y geométricas. Los gobelinos y sus fibras, con su extensa historia cultural, establecen conexiones entre lo horizontal y lo vertical, el ámbito funcional y la representación artística, la artesanía y la alta tecnología, al tiempo que dialogan con la tradición de la experimentación modernista.

Sin embargo, la hibridación no sólo es evidente en lo que se tejió, sino también en cómo se produjo. Al utilizar diferentes modos de tejido y variar el paso de los hilos de trama y urdimbre, la artista subraya el carácter tridimensional del textil. Su obra puede entenderse quizás como una invitación a poner a prueba la propia percepción sensorial. De este modo, abren un espacio de temporalidad entrelazando pasado, presente y futuro en una experiencia continua.

En su conjunto, el espacio expositivo se convierte en un tejido híbrido, en el que esculturas, papeles y textiles se entrelazan en un diálogo fluido y orgánico.

 

 

Casado Santapau presents the fourth solo exhibition of the German artist Claudia Wieser, a show that introduces for the first time in the gallery her textile work, consisting of a series of tapestries and fabric pieces that interact with small glass sculptures, her characteristic ceramic works and well-known geometric drawings.

Claudia Wieser’s practice is highly diverse, encompassing a wide range of media, including ceramics, drawing, sculpture, and wall installations. Her work is inspired by modernism and geometric abstraction, establishing connections with architecture, design, cinema, and theater. The artist’s affinity with the avant-garde and constructivism is reflected in the rigorous composition of her pieces, where aesthetic harmony and visual resonance prevail.

Art and craftsmanship in her work are indivisible. Wieser combines diverse materials and techniques, such as painted ceramics, tapestries, wooden spheres, and glass vases, to explore the relationship between aesthetics and functionality. Her work, characterized by meticulous attention to detail, finds a balance between planning and experimentation, revealing the tension between the geometric and the organic.

Her ceramic surfaces, resembling tiles, common in Claudia Wieser’s work, exhibit a harmonious union of shapes and colors. In her Berlin studio, the artist handcrafts each ceramic piece through a complex production process before the final application of the glaze. Effort, quality, and time are the silent companions of these works.

On the other hand, as new elements in this exhibition, Claudia Wieser presents for the first time a series of small blown glass sculptures, following her characteristic wooden sculptures but experimenting with new materials. She also presents a series of textiles and tapestries, hybrid collages that combine pictorial and graphic elements with organic and geometric forms. The tapestries and their fibers, with their extensive cultural history, establish connections between the horizontal and vertical, the functional and the artistic representation, craftsmanship and high technology, while engaging in dialogue with the tradition of modernist experimentation.

However, hybridity is not only evident in what was woven, but also in how it was produced. By using different weaving methods and varying the passage of the weft and warp threads, the artist emphasizes the three-dimensional nature of the textile. Her work may perhaps be understood as an invitation to test one’s own sensory perception. In this way, they open a space of temporality, intertwining the past, present, and future in a continuous experience.

Overall, the exhibition space becomes a hybrid fabric, where sculptures, papers, and textiles intertwine in a fluid and organic dialogue.