Jo Schultheis

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Jo Schultheis (born October 10, 1949 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg ; † March 12, 2012 in Cologne ) was a German installation artist and graphic artist .

Life

After graduating from the Jesuit grammar school Aloisiuskolleg , Schultheis studied German and law in Bonn from 1970 to 1980 .

Since 1980 he has been an artist as an autodidact. He lived and worked in Cologne since 1993 and most recently in Villiprott in the Rhein-Sieg district . His filigree work includes graphite and ink drawings, watercolors, material and photo collages, objects and installations as well as texts and performances.

Exhibitions

  • 1980 Gallery Klein, Bonn
  • 1981 Factory building, Cologne-Deutz
  • 1982 Galerie Klein, Bonn (E); "Bonner Künstler aktuell", City Art Museum Bonn (cat.)
  • 1983 "due angoli", Galerie Klein, Bonn (with Günter R. Tuzina)
  • 1984 Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne; “Bonner Bilderbogen”, Bonner Kunstverein (cat.); Förderkoje Galerie Klein, Art Cologne
  • 1986 Galerie Klein, Bonn (E, cat.); Galerie Onrust, NL-Amsterdam (E, cat.); Medien Mafia, Düsseldorf (cat.); "Quasar", Gallery Ha.Jo. Müller, Cologne
  • 1989 "1989", Galerie Klein, Bonn (E)
  • 1990 "Nervenland", Gallery Ha.Jo. Müller, Cologne (with Hella Berent); "Of carpets and mountains", Paszti-Bott Gallery, Cologne (with Hella Berent)
  • 1991 "Codifications", Galerie Wimmer, F-Montpellier (with Gibbs)
  • 1992 Galerie Raum 77A, Düsseldorf (E, cat.)
  • 1993 "Stomach Print", Gallery FOE 165, Munich (with Gibbs)
  • 1994 “The Cheekiness of Longing”, Jo's Garage, Bonn (E); Art Parterre Gallery, Viersen; "Coming soon", Bauhaus Fischer, Wuppertal (with Fujio Akai and M. Dostal)
  • 1996 "Like a Partisan", Zeitkunstgalerie, Cologne (E)
  • 1997 Zeitkunstgalerie, A-Kitzbühel (with Antonius Höckelmann); “Geschwader”, Museum Doko, Cologne (cat.) (With M. Takazawa); "Heaven's Place", parish church of Kall
  • 1998 "GUTENMORGEN", Gallery Klein, Bad Münstereifel (E)
  • 1999 "Miss Luna, Part I / II", Museum Doko, Cologne; "Flavor", Garage B Gallery, J-Tokyo (with Fujio Akai); "Wings", Heaven Gallery, J-Amanohashidate (E); Fat Marks Place, J-Kyoto (with Fujio Akai)
  • 2000 “Homage to Achim Duchow”, Galerie Klein, Bad Münstereifel; "Düsseldorf 733 ... ..", Lippstadt Art Association; “Nervous Elegance”, Space 2324, National Art Gallery and Goethe Institute; MAL-Kuala Lumpur (E)
  • 2001 “Torano Notte E Giorno”, I-Torano di Carrara (with Museum Doko); "The twilight promises a shining leg", edge of the earth 432 above sea level, B-Weweler (E); "Tormentum", Kunstraum 21, Cologne (E)
  • 2003 “Diverses and that which belongs to it”, Exit Art Galerie, Cologne (E); "IN", Kunstraum 21, Cologne (E); "TEE VAU", Gallery 68elf, Cologne (with Gibbs)
  • 2004 "Augenraub", Zeitkunstgalerie, A-Kitzbühel (with Krimhild Becker and Knopp Ferro ); "Interim", glanzundgloria, Cologne
  • 2005 La Linea Galerie, Volvo Center, Cologne (E); “Two or three things that I know about myself.”, Galerie Klein, Bad Münstereifel (E); "35 years of Galerie Klein", Galerie Klein, Bad Münstereifel
  • 2007 “C'est vrai, Chef”, Kunstraum 21, Cologne (E); "Today", Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne (with Kai Richter)
  • 2008 Meyer-Köring v. Danwitz Privat, Bonn (E)

performance

  • 1993 FOE 156 Galerie, Munich (with Gibbs); Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg (with "Lost in Mekka")
  • 1994 Ruhr University, Bochum (with Gibbs); Galerie Klein, Bonn (with Gibbs)
  • 1995 Städtische Galerie, Remscheid (with Lars Brandt and Gibbs)
  • 1996 Atelierhaus, Bonn (with Lars Brandt and Gibbs); City Museum, Cologne (with Knopp Ferro); Ultimate Academy, Cologne
  • 2000 Zeitkunstgalerie, A-Kitzbühel (with Gibbs)
  • 2001 British Academy of Art, E-Barcelona (with Fujio Akai and Irene Lorenz)
  • 2002 Artforum, Cologne (with Bageritz and Gibbs)

Stage design

  • 1985 Set design for Samuel Beckett: “Society”, Galerie Klein, Bonn
  • 1988 Set design for Gert Jonke: "Presence of Memory", Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, 'Syndikat' Bonn, Hückeswagen Local History Museum, Düsseldorf theater

Publications

  • 1988 “Presence of Memory”. Reader for a play based on Gert Jonke, ed. v. Robert Hunger-Bühler and Jo Schultheis, Verlag Lothar Weber, Bonn
  • 1990 “Nervenland”, with Hella Berent, Michael Kellner Verlag, Hamburg
  • 2009 “Less next door”, artist book by Jo Schultheis, 25 copies, Salon Verlag & Edition, Cologne
  • 2010 “The Means of Painting”, artist book together with Klaus Gaida, 25 ex., Salon Verlag & Edition, Cologne

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Schultheis, Jo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn-Bad Godesberg
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2012
Place of death Cologne