Bernd Klötzer

Bernd Klötzer: Fugue III (2008), Nuremberg Sculpture Garden

Bernd Klötzer (* 1941 in Nuremberg ) is a German artist.

Life

After an apprenticeship in the graphic industry from 1957 to 1960, he studied from 1963 to 1964 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg . In 1967 he passed the teaching examination for art and craft education. In 1975 he received the Villa Romana Prize (Florence), in 1976 a work grant from the BDI and in 1981 a sponsorship award from the city of Nuremberg. He has worked sporadically with Peter Brötzmann since 1981, and has been a freelance artist since 1987. In 1989 he received the Philipp Morris work grant (Werkstatt Berlin) and in 1990 the Fürth Economy Art Prize. From 2001 to 2004 Klötzer had a teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg .

Bernd Klötzer is a member of the German Association of Artists . He lives and works in Nuremberg.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1981 Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus , Munich
• 1982 Albrecht Dürer Society
• 1984 Ingolstadt Art Association
• 1989 New Gallery of the City of Linz
• 1991 Art Forum Munich
• 1998 Kunsthaus Nürnberg
• 2008 City Gallery Erlangen

Prizes and awards

• 1975 Villa Romana Prize
• 1976 BDI work grant
• 1981 Promotion Prize of the City of Nuremberg
• 1989 Philip Morris work grant, Werkstatt Berlin
• 1990 Art Prize of the Fürth Economy

Works in public collections

• Hamburger Kunsthalle
• Fugue 2 (2004). New Museum Nuremberg , sculpture garden. (in a wall niche, when the wall was newly plastered, the work of art was destroyed)
• City Gallery Erlangen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.bernd-kloetzer.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=35
2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "K" / Bernd Klötzer (accessed on September 14, 2015)

literature

• Heinz Neidel (Red.): Bernd Klötzer. Drawings . Catalog for the exhibition of the Art Association Bayreuth. Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 1988, ISBN 3-922531-60-1

Web links

Commons : Bernd Klötzer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Bernd Klötzer in the catalog of the German National Library