Johannes Lotz
Johannes Lotz (* 1975 in Saarbrücken ) is a German painter .
Live and act
From 1995 to 2001 he studied at today's Academy of Fine Arts in Mainz with Friedemann Hahn . From 2002 to 2004 he did a postgraduate course in visual design and therapy with Gertraud Schottenloher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In 2011 he had a teaching position at the Saar College of Fine Arts .
"With his work, Lotz stands in the great tradition of the liberation and deformation of the figurative, which in the genre of panel painting from El Grèco to Tizian, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Caim Soutine to Francis Bacon and Maria Lassnig into the present enough to name just a few examples. " (1)
Christoph Wagner (2) writes about Lotz's artistic stance: "> The third eye <, the irritating look beyond things and between the levels of reality is what interests Johannes Lotz in this indissoluble dichotomy between painting and drawing as a great counterpoint to his art ( ...). "
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2007
- Everything will be Musak , Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne
- Between us , Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
2008
- Picture book for lovers , room 500, Munich (with Jochen Plogsties )
2009
- Marginal , gallery Parrotta, Stuttgart
- Cellar and balconies , Saarland Artists' House, Saarbrücken
2010/2011:
- Escape by L. , Parrotta Gallery, Stuttgart
2012
- Diözesanmuseum Obermünster, Regensburg, exhibition for the award of the Schnell and Steiner culture prize "Art and Ethos"
2013
- "No fairy tale", Parrotta Gallery, Stuttgart
- "Trenches of Minne", Kramer Fine Art, Hamburg
2014
- "I'm not a man in the world and it's getting dark around me", Saarländische Galerie, Berlin
2015
- "Landscape with an insight", Dillingen Art Association in the Old Castle, Dillingen
Group exhibitions (selection)
2000
- Nordwestpassage II , museums of the city of Lüdenscheid
- Genre Painting , G7, Berlin
2003
- Until the end of the world , Kunstverein Konstanz
2004
- Painting , KHG Munich (with Anna Lachowicz)
2005
- Iodine , Praterinsel Laboratory Munich and Fifi Leipzig
2006
- A room with Heidenpeter, Dickreiter, Lotz, Maiwald, Mascher, Okon and Parkina , Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, curated by Gert & Uwe Tobias
- You can`t smile without changing the landscape , Kunstforum Waldkirch
2007
- Insert 1: who , Hamburger Kunstverein
- Into the woods tonight , Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart / Berlin
- Tension Space , Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
- Blood Meridian , Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, curated by David Hunt
2008
- Smaller work , 5 years room 500, room 500, Munich
- Your country makes art , State Art Exhibition Saar, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken
2009
- Dipmaster III , Galerie Stephanie Bender, Munich
- The sixth element , aspects gallery in Gasteig, Munich
2010
- Step in the Arena , special workshop, Eurobahnhof district, Saarbrücken
- HINTERHALT-QUELLENREICH , Artists' Forum Bonn
- Hart am Glük - Temporary Local History Museum , Schleswig-Holstein House , Schwerin
- Happy society , Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart
2011
- Bread-mouth-mirror , Galerie Andreas Höhne, Munich
- Crime and Image , Municipal Gallery Villingen-Schwenningen,
- Exhibition room Ringstube Mainz and artists' association Walkmühle, Wiesbaden (cat.)
- Hausen , Garden House of Art, AdBK Munich
- Pop hits , dance school projects Munich
2012
- All my clean friends and lovers ... , message salon / Perla Moden, Zurich
- Landscape walker, Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart
- Friends and Lovers in Jesterburg , Kunstverein Jesteburg
- Something else is nice , Kultur- Eurobahnhof, Saarbrücken
2013
- "Trippy Hippy Pastorale", Karlsdorf / Ilz Castle near Graz, Austria
- “Béatitude”, Friends and Lovers in Underground chez 59 Rivoli, Paris, at the invitation of the Musée Igor Balut
- “Château sauvage”, Museum Schloss Fellenberg, Merzig
- "Pop hits & nightmare", Artspace Rheinmain, Offenbach
- "Saar.Art 2013", Municipal Gallery Neunkirchen
2014
- "Mini-Animism", Kling & Bang Gallery, Reykjavík
- "In the jungle", Montez family art association, Frankfurt / Main
- "Abstract Strategies", Bespoke Gallery & Studio, Düsseldorf
- "2nd Klohäuschen-Biennale", Das Klohäuschen, Munich, curated by Matthias von Tesmar
- "And it seems as if someone has lit a kind fire in their head", Kunstverein im Alten Schloss, Dillingen
- "Château sauvage", Saarland Gallery, Berlin
2015
- "Munich Draws II", Gallery of Artists, Munich
- "Munich draws - the small format", Wäcker & Graupner, Munich
- "Abstract strategies", Galerie Schütte, Essen
Literature (monographs)
- "Johannes Lotz - I'm not a man in the world and it's getting dark around me, exhibition catalog, Berlin 2014, text: Prof. Dr. Christoph Wagner, ISBN 978-3-00-045197-3
- Jeanne Dumoulin (text): Flucht durch L. Textem, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-941613-40-9 (exhibition catalog).
- "Johannes Lotz - Cellars and Balconies", exhibition catalog, with a conversation between Eva Meschede and Johannes Lotz, Verlag Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, 2009 ISBN 978-3-940517-21-0 .
Promotions and prizes
- 1999: Montpellier grant from the Franco-German Youth Office
- 2008: Bavarian studio funding program for visual artists
- 2012: Schnell-und-Steiner-Kulturpreis Kunst und Ethos
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Lotz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Johannes Lotz on Artnet
- Website of the Saar College of Fine Arts
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lotz, Johannes |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarbrücken |