Benjamin Walther

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Benjamin Walther at the exhibition opening IN THE CAGE OF FREEDOM at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2016

Benjamin Walther (born September 10, 1974 in Dresden ) is a German artist and theater director .

Life

Benjamin Walther grew up in Dresden. After attending the Kreuzschule , he studied history, philosophy and art history at the Humboldt University and the Technical University in Berlin from 1996 to 1998 .

Already during his school days and his studies he worked at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden , the Schauspiel Leipzig and the Berliner Ensemble a . a. with Heiner Müller , Peter Zadek and Wolfgang Engel . In 1998 he started working as an assistant director at the Landesbühne Wilhelmshaven, where he directed a report for an academy by Franz Kafka and Liebestoll by Sam Shepard . For Liebestoll , he was nominated as the best young director in the annual survey by the trade journal Theater heute . In 2000 he moved to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus as an assistant director . Here he worked closely with Frank-Patrick Steckel and Jürgen Gosch . In addition, he continued his beginning work as a director in Düsseldorf and founded the theater in the theater museum with the dramaturge Anna Haas . During this time the productions “ The Good Thief” by Conor McPherson and bash by Neil LaBute were created . With this work he was invited to the international theater meeting auawirleben in Bern in 2002 . After a competition for young European directors of the Union de Théatres de l'Europe UTE , he directed internationally at the Teatrul Bulandra in Bucharest and at the Dramaten in Stockholm . Since 2002 he has directed the theaters Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Staatstheater Darmstadt , Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel and the Betty Nansen Teatret in Copenhagen . He was also in-house director at the Schauspielhaus Bochum .

Since 2008, he has been part of the artist duo Awst & Walther as a performer and visual artist , whose work has been shown in numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions and is represented in important art collections (including KW Institute for Contemporary Art , Kunstverein Braunschweig , Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg , National Museum Cardiff , Nassau Art Association , Moscow Biennale and Boros Collection ). Benjamin Walther taught as a lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts , the University of Siegen and the Cologne International School of Design .

Productions

Solo exhibitions

  • 2017: Be Water # 2 (with performance), Georg Kolbe Museum , Berlin,
  • 2017: Be Water # 1 , L40 / Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin
  • 2015: Ground Control / Interdisciplinary Forum (with performance), PSM, Berlin
  • 2014: The earth is blue (with performance), Zeppelin Museum , Friedrichshafen
  • 2014: Pretty Destructive (with performance), Kunstverein Nürnberg
  • 2014: Additions of the present (with performance), Kunstmuseum Bochum
  • 2014: Block , Weingrüll Gallery, Karlsruhe
  • 2014: Far and Wide / Interdisciplinary Forum (with performance), Anglesey, UK
  • 2014: Ground to Sky (with performance), PSM, Berlin
  • 2013: Show Off , SALTS , Basel, CH
  • 2011: I Miss You , CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, GB
  • 2011: Latent Measures , Kwadrat, Berlin
  • 2011: Light Without Shadow , Hannah Barry Gallery, London
  • 2011: Passages (with performance), Junge Kunst eV, Wolfsburg
  • 2011: The Hole (performance), Modern Art Oxford, GB
  • 2010: Awst & Walther , MeetFactory, International Center of Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ
  • 2010: For Now (with performance), Kunstraum Aarau , CH
  • 2010: The Conversation (with performance), g39, Cardiff, GB
  • 2010: The Hole (with performance), Künstlerhaus Bethanien , Berlin
  • 2010: The Hole (with performance), SALTS, Basel, CH
  • 2009: Work in Progress , German Embassy London, GB
  • 2009: If only dust could speak (with performance), Oriel Davies, Newtown, GB
  • 2008: Beyond the Comfort Zone , Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, GB
  • 2008: Unfinished Realities (with performance), Hannah Barry Gallery, London, GB
  • 2007: Island Utopia (with performance), Zeche Zollverein , Essen
  • 2006: Digger , The National Eisteddfod of Wales, GB and Zeche Ewald , Herten

Scholarships and Awards

  • 2017 Publication Funding Foundation Art Fund , Bonn
  • 2017 Clara and Eduard Rosenthal scholarship for fine arts, Jena
  • 2015 working grant Berlin Senate, Berlin
  • 2014 Project Grant, Arts Council of Wales, UK
  • 2013 International Opportunities Fund, Wales Arts International, UK
  • 2012 residency at The Performance Studio, V22, London, GB
  • 2012 Work stay at CCA Andratx, SP
  • 2012 Working grant Art Fund Foundation , Bonn
  • 2010 scholarship from Künstlerhaus Bethanien , Berlin,
  • 2010 Fellowship for Artists, Henry Moore Foundation , GB
  • 2010 MeetFactory scholarship holder, funded by the Goethe-Institut , Prague, CZ
  • 2009 Production grant, Arts Council of Wales, UK
  • 2008 Contemporary Arts Society for Wales Annual Purchase Prize, UK
  • 2007 Production grant, Arts Council of Wales, UK
  • 2007 Director's grant, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation , UK
  • 2006 Grants to Artists, British Council, GB
  • 2006 Director's grant, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK
  • 2001 Best Young Director, Union de Théatres de l'Europe, FR
  • 2000 nomination for Best Young Director in Theater heute

Literature (selection)

  • Babias, Marius and Silke Wittig (eds.): Where Are We Now? nbk Berlin, Volume 8: nbk Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Cologne 2016.
  • Process Performance Presence : Exhibition tour. Kunstverein Braunschweig eV, Braunschweig 2016.
  • Rosen, Aaron : Art & Religion in the 21st Century. Thames & Hudson, London 2016.
  • Ströbele, Ursula (ed.): 24h skulptur, Berlin 2016.
  • Broeker, Holger (ed.): Walk the Line: New Paths in Drawing, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg 2015.
  • Pofalla, Boris : The future laboratory. In: Monopol, September 2015, pp. 24–25 (Fig.).
  • Steckbauer, Melissa : Awst & Walther: Ground Control, An Interdisciplinary Forum at PSM Gallery. In: Dailyservings Online, April 10, 2015.
  • Thiel, Thomas (ed.): On site: Sennestadt art project, Sennestadtverein (Bielefelder Kunstverein), Bielefeld 2015.
  • Scott, Jac (ed.): The Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture, The Crowood Press, London 2015.
  • Ströbele, Ursula : Time Sculptures: Boundless Sculpture. An overview of the sculptural today. In: Kunstforum International, October – November 2014, pp. 216–223 (ill.).
  • Sokhan, Alena : Awst & Walther. In: Berlin Art Link Online, September 15, 2014.
  • Woeller, Marcus : A new place behind every hedge. The artist duo Awst & Walther is committed to symbolically overcoming borders. In: Die Welt, April 12, 2014, p. 28.
  • Pofalla, Boris : Awst & Walther. In: Boros Collection. Bunker Berlin. Distance Publishing, Berlin 2013.
  • Forbes, Alexander : Awst & Walther. In the Clear Light of Technology. An artist couple explores biometrics. In: Modern Painters, April 2013, pp. 52–54.
  • Woeller, Marcus : Art connects. Manon Awst and Benjamin Walther are very popular internationally. A studio visit in Berlin Wedding. In: Die Welt Kompakt, December 27, 2012, p. 10 (Fig.).
  • Honigman, Ana Finel : Delivering to the Moment. In: Sculpture Magazine, May 2012, pp. 42–47.
  • Gronemeyer, Wiebke : Awst & Walther. In: BE # 18, mission statement, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (ed.), Berlin 2011.
  • Honigman, Ana Finel : Manon Awst & Benjamin Walther. The Berlin-based artists discuss the politics of beauty on the eve of their exhibition. In: Dazed Online, 2010.
  • Harrington, Katherine : Manon Awst & Benjamin Walther. In: Sculpture + The Enemies, January 2010.
  • Mayer, Thomas : Wall made of ice. In the middle of London, Benjamin Walther from Dresden staged the end of the Cold War for 24 hours. In: Dresdner Latest News, November 6, 2009, p. 9 (2 fig.).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Benjamin Walther ( Memento of the original dated July 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 10, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.benjaminwalther.de
  2. ↑ auawirleben , accessed on October 10, 2017.
  3. ^ Kunstverein Braunschweig , accessed on October 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg , accessed on October 10, 2017.
  5. ^ National Museum Cardiff , accessed October 10, 2017.
  6. ^ Nassauischer Kunstverein , accessed on October 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ Boros Collection , accessed October 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ https://www.jena.de/de/kultur/veranstaltungskalender/_cqd/_ich_bin_die_beute_/797007 , accessed on September 11, 2018.
  9. ^ Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Awst & Walther, Be Water I: Gap to Feed, accessed on September 29, 2017
  10. ^ PSM Gallery Berlin , accessed on September 29, 2017.
  11. ^ Kwadrat Berlin, Latent Measures, accessed on September 29, 2017
  12. ^ Villa Rosenthal awards a scholarship to Benjamin Walther Jena TV. September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Walther, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden