Andreas Welzenbach

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Andreas Welzenbach (born October 9, 1965 in Aalen ) is a German sculptor .

Life

Andreas Welzenbach was born in Aalen in 1965. After graduating from high school and the subsequent civil service, he first studied orchestral music in the percussion field at the Mannheim University of Music . In 1990 he began studying fine arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe with OH Hajek and Stephan Balkenhol , whose master class he was in 1995. In 1996 he graduated with a diploma.

style

Göttingen survey (2012): Presentation of the revolutionary von Rauschenplatt

Andreas Welzenbach has gone his own way in his artistic development. He concentrates on the material wood, his sculptures are each carved from only one solid block and even the moving elements are worked free from the same piece. His themes are mostly laid out in work groups. The early series were called "Little Disasters" and "Last Look". The two big series "Execute" and "Night Watchman" followed later, along with many others.

In his works he always plays with the established ideas of art and the conventions of a petty-bourgeois aesthetic. The works address existential questions and throw the viewer back on his human condition. His fine irony and black humor always help to endure the absurdity of human activity.

Prices

  • Hans Helmut Baur Prize, Heidenheim Art Museum, 1996
  • 2nd prize, Ecology Art Prize, AEG Nuremberg, 1994
  • 1st Prize, Youth Prize of the Ulm Artists' Guild, 1992
  • Academy Award, annual exhibition of the Academy, 1992

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Galerie Bunsen and Götz, Nuremberg, 2017
  • Gallery Knecht and Burster, Karlsruhe, 2017
  • Galerie Keller, Mannheim, 2016
  • Kunstraum Riedberg, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 2015
  • Galerie Tedden, Düsseldorf, 2015
  • Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, 2014
  • Südwestmetall Aalen, 2014
  • Zehntscheuer Abtsgmünd, 2013
  • Municipal Gallery, Ostfildern, 2012
  • Gallery CP, Wiesbaden, 2012
  • Galerie Strzelski, Stuttgart, 2012
  • kd-Kunst, Bremen-Wallhöfen, 2012
  • Ars pro toto gallery, Erlangen, 2011
  • Rathausgalerie Aalen, 2010
  • Gallery Tedden. Düsseldorf, 2010
  • Gallery CP, Wiesbaden, 2009
  • Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, 2008
  • Galerie Tedden, Düsseldorf, 2008
  • SüdWestGalerie, Niederalfingen, 2007
  • Gallery of the City of Tuttlingen, 2007
  • Galerie Maurer, Frankfurt, 2006
  • Keim Gallery, Stuttgart, 2006
  • Ahlers Gallery, Göttingen, 2005
  • Ostalbkreishaus, Aalen, 2005
  • Artists' meeting Stuttgart, 2004
  • Gallery CP, Wiesbaden, 2004
  • Art Association Leimen, 2004
  • ARTIS Gallery, Darmstadt, 2003
  • Künstlerhaus Ulm, 2003
  • Heidenheim Art Museum, 2002
  • City Museums Heilbronn, 2002
  • Multiple Box, Hamburg, 2000
  • Rathausgalerie Aalen, 2000
  • Jena City Museums, 2000
  • Großkinsky & Brümmer Gallery, Karlsruhe, 2000
  • Gallery Planie 22, Reutlingen, 1999
  • Hospitalhof Stuttgart, 1998
  • Aalen Art Association, 1997
  • Hartmut Beck Gallery, Erlangen, 1996
  • Galerie Brochier, Munich, 1995
  • Hartmut Beck Gallery, Erlangen, 1994

Catalogs

  • Andreas Welzenbach, Wache Senses, other wood sculptures, (Ed.) Rathausgalerie Aalen, 2000, - ISBN 3-9806438-4-0
  • Andreas Welzenbach, Execute., Wooden Sculptures, (Ed.) Dr. Andreas Pfeiffer and Dr. René Hirner, 2002, - ISBN 3-89904-010-4
  • Andreas Welzenbach, BESTAND, wooden sculptures, (Ed.) SüdWestGalerie Niederalfingen, 2007, - ISBN 978-3-9811422-1-1
  • Andreas Welzenbach, BEST AND BEST OF, wood sculptures, (Ed.) Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf, 2010, - ISBN 978-3-940985-20-0

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Welzenbach, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Bask