Jürgen Wassmuth
Jürgen Wassmuth (born February 20, 1955 in Balve ) is a German photographer .
Life
Jürgen Wassmuth first studied economics before starting the photo design course at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences, with Ulrich Mack and Pan Walther, among others . After successfully completing this, further studies at the Parsons School of Design in New York with Benedict J. Fernandez follow . He later became a lecturer at the Parsons School of Design in Paris and New York and conducted numerous workshops at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences, the University in Moscow, the University in Guadalajara, Mexico and the Ecole Superieur d'Arts in Metz, about and with art , Communication and photography. In 2015 he founded the FotoKunstAkademie WennHeldenReisen with Carmen Kubitz and Martin Timm. Jürgen Wassmuth is a member of the German Society for Photography and lives in Dießen am Ammersee.
Works and creations
Jürgen Wassmuth's works span a broad spectrum of subject areas. For example, the influences of Ulrich Mack and Benedict J. Fernandez can be seen in his black and white reports and projects, in which he observes people in everyday life situations, but which always make the viewer smile or think. He is also known for business reports and image projects for German companies. He uses photography as a transport medium for poetic moods and spaces through to abstraction and alienation. Many of his works are created in long-term projects and in close collaboration with other arts (painting: performances with Barbara Heinisch , music: concert for photography and piano solo, Harald Köster + Atlantik-Passage, concert for photography and chamber orchestra, Gerd Vierkötter, theater , Guido Huonder ).
The artist's most important projects include:
New York Romance (1988), Chernobyl (1990), Putsch in Moscow - 3 days in August (1991), Mexican Portfolio (1994), Kraft-Werke (1999), Metropolis (since 2001), "Atlantic Passage", Polarstern Expedition ANT XXIII / 7 (2006), "Millennium Portrait" (2010), "Lifelines - Portraits and Their Stories" (2016), "Eternity" (2019), "Traces of Life - People on the Lake" (2019)
Exhibitions
- 1990: Museum for Art and Cultural History of the City of Dortmund New York Romance
- 1992: Wilhelm-Lehmbruch Museum, Duisburg + Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bonn, Transformance , performance with Barbara Heinisch
- 1994–99: Harenberg City Center, Dortmund 55 from Dortmund
- 1995: Leica Gallery, Wetzlar Strange Views
- 1999: Concert for photography and piano solo: Everything is water
- 2000: Hoboken Almanac Gallery, New York Manhattan Project
- 2001: Museum for Art and Cultural History of the City of Dortmund Dortmund forever
- 2002: Hoboken Almanac Gallery, New York New York-Moscow, American Spirit an russian soul
- 2005: Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund Shape of Time
- 2005: Collection Dobermann, Normandie Vision Panoramique
- 2005: GEA, Bochum Wunder Land view
- 2006: Leica Galleries Solms and Frankfurt / Main Lightpainting
- 2006: Hoesch Museum, Dortmund steel workers
- 2007: Dortmund Energy and Water Cathedrals
- 2007: Hoboken Almanac Gallery, New York Metropolis Portfolios
- 2007: Torhaus Rombergpark, Dortmund On the way
- 2008: Art-Fabrik, Wuppertal, The strange equality of being
- 2010: Artwork Nippes, photo scene Cologne, Pimp the timp
- 2011: Artwork Nippes, Cologne, CITY-BLUES, parallel views Moscow-New York
- 2013: Pixel project Ruhr, steel workers
- 2015: Weithorn Galerie, Düsseldorf, MET Artist celebrities in portrait
- 2015: KOLGA Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia, CITY-BLUES
- 2016: BLAUES HAUS, Dießen, BLAU artist from Ammersee
- 2016: WennHeldenReisen Akademie, Dießen, The secret life of plants
- 2018: Leica Gallery Salzburg, "Eternity"
- 2019: Kempfenhausen Castle, Starnberg, "Traces of life - people at the lake"
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wassmuth, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer and photo artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Balve |