Johannes Schepp

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Johannes Schepp (* 1938 in Aachen ) is a German painter and sculptor as well as an installation artist .

Live and act

The son of the Aachen sculptor Helmuth Schepp and grandson of the Siegen district administrator Ernst Rudolf Schepp attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1959 in the class of the sculptor Manfred Sieler . In 1963 Schepp received the Ernst Poensgen Prize from the Art Academy and was then a master student of Bruno Goller , professor of painting in Düsseldorf, until 1965 . At the end of his training, he and his father held his first exhibition at the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen.

From 1971 to 2002 he worked as an art teacher at the CJD high school in Versmold . In 1974 he founded the art association 'Galerie et' in Versmold in the historic Caldenhofer Mühle, which he used as a studio. He also became its first chairman.

He now lives and works in his own studio in Borgholzhausen in the Teutoburg Forest . In 1991 Schepp was one of the founders of the “Artists for Europe” initiative, which also organized international exhibitions in the following years.

With his numerous sculptures, pictures and object installations, in which he focuses on Christian art , Schepp has been regularly represented in solo exhibitions at home and abroad since 1978. In addition, he is also a sought-after lecturer in experimental painting.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1978: Art Association “De Waag” Holland
  • 1979: Kunstverein Bad Bergzabern Pfalz and Kunstverein Daniel Pöppelmann Haus Herford
  • 1980: Wolfsburg cultural center and AAA Ascona gallery, Switzerland
  • 1981: Atelier Mensch Hamburg and Galerie Bollhagen Worpswede and Galerie Baden-Baden
  • 1983: Galerie Schwarz Bremen and Kunsthaus Schaller Stuttgart
  • 1986: Kunstverein Schmallenberg
  • 1987: Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche , Osnabrück
  • 1989: Asociacion "Alfonso X", Toledo, Spain
  • 1990: Bünde Dam House Museum
  • 1992: Founding exhibition "Artists for Europe" in the historic royal hall of the Aachen town hall with 28 artists from 22 European nations
  • 1993: 2nd exhibition "Artists for Europe" within the international music weeks of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Kiel Castle
  • 1995: Aula Carolina , Aachen
  • 2009: "Between Heaven and Earth", Lübeck Cathedral and Halle (Westphalia)
  • 2011: “Dialogue with Josepf Beuys”, Versmold

Works (selection)

A large part of his various paintings, sculptures and objects are shown on Schepp's private homepage.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Exhibition Dialog with Joseph Beuys , Versmold ( Memento from May 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Exhibition Halle (Westphalia) ( Memento from October 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Exhibition Dialog with Joseph Beuys , Versmold ( Memento from May 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Schepp, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, sculptor and installation artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen