Johannes Wald

Johannes Wald (* 1980 in Sindelfingen ) is a German conceptual artist and sculptor .

Life

Wald studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe from 2002 to 2009 and was a master class student with Harald Klingelhöller from 2007 to 2009 . Johannes Wald lives and works in Berlin.

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The sculptural works of Johannes Wald do not follow a traditional idea of sculpture. Rather, his works embody the concept of sculpture, arouse questions about the “how” of viewing, contemplating and creating a sculpture. How can abstract concepts such as feelings, artistic qualities and ambitions be materialized? Is form, as mimesis or expression, even possible?

Through the combination of classic sculpting materials such as bronze, marble, plaster or clay and the combination of tradition and modernity, Wald creates an unconditional pleasure in looking at one's own work, which in its motifs refers to ancient Greece or in general to the limits of Sculpture asks.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

2009: things for the light to shine on , Pitrowski Gallery, Berlin
2010: One-room house , one-room house, Mannheim
2012: fig. Konrad Fischer Gallery , Düsseldorf
2013: In the shade of absence , Albertinum , Dresden
2014: Gesture and Feeling / attempts at forming appropiate finds , Museum Kurhaus Kleve , Kleve
2015: Whatness - Esther Kläs & Johannes Wald, Kunsthalle Bielefeld , Bielefeld
2016: lending thought body, Daniel Marzona Galerie, Berlin

Group exhibitions

2013: KölnSkulptur # 7 , Sculpture Park Cologne , Cologne
2012: projection room , Kunsthalle Bielefeld , Bielefeld
2010: the unstoppable rise of daredevils and bottles , Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe , Karlsruhe
2008: Top 08 master class at the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe , Kunstverein Heilbronn , Heilbronn
2005: See History , Kunsthalle Kiel , Kiel

Awards and honors

2004/2007: Laureate of the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
2006–2009: Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
2009: Foreign scholarship from the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
2011: Debut funding from the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
2013: Ernst Rietschel Art Prize from the Dresden State Art Collections

literature

Axel Heil (Ed.): Johannes Wald: One block from . Kerber, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-86678-638-7 .
Friends of the Kurhaus Museum and Koekkoek-Haus Kleve eV (ed.): Johannes Wald. Gesture and feeling / attempts at forming appropriate finds . Texts by Harald Kunde, Valentina Vlasic and Ory Dessau. (Series of publications Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald Mataré Collection. No. 65). Kleve 2014, ISBN 978-3-934935-68-6 .

Web links

Johannes Wald on aspects of art
Johannes Wald with Konrad Fischer
Exhibition: “Johannes Wald” , kleve.de, accessed on May 27, 2014
Johannes Wald with Daniel Marzona

Individual evidence

↑ Johannes Wald: Galerie Greta Meert , accessed on May 27, 2014.
↑ Valentina Vlasic: The creative moment. In: Johannes Wald: gesture and feeling / attempts at forming appropiate finds. Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald Mataré Collection, ISBN 978-3-934935-68-6 , p. 50.
^ Exhibition of the 10th winner of the Ernst Rietschel Art Prize ( Memento from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). skd.museum, accessed May 28, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Wald, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sindelfingen

[1] Johannes Wald: Galerie Greta Meert , accessed on May 27, 2014.

[vlasic-2] Valentina Vlasic: The creative moment. In: Johannes Wald: gesture and feeling / attempts at forming appropiate finds. Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald Mataré Collection, ISBN 978-3-934935-68-6 , p. 50.

[3] Exhibition of the 10th winner of the Ernst Rietschel Art Prize ( Memento from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). skd.museum, accessed May 28, 2014.