Peter Nagel (sculptor)

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Sculpture Finally closing time on the town hall square in Gevelsberg

Peter Nagel (born November 18, 1963 in Soest ) is a German sculptor living in Düsseldorf .

life and work

Nagel grew up in Soest, where he graduated from high school in 1983. In the same year he began studying sculpture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Professors Tony Cragg and Alfonso Hüppi . In 1986 he received 1st prize from the Hedwig and Robert Samuel Foundation , Düsseldorf; In 1987 the Ernst Forberg grant from the Düsseldorf Art Academy and in 1988 the Bernhard Hoetger grant from the Düsseldorf Art Academy. In 1988 he became a master student of Alfonso Hüppi. In 1993 he received both a DAAD scholarship for the USA and a support booth at Art Cologne from the Galerie Carla Stützer, Cologne. In 1996 he received the audience award at the 50th Bergische Kunstausstellung inSolingen .

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1991 Kunstraum Wuppertal
  • 1992 "Heavenly Dinner", room 1, Düsseldorf
  • 1993 "Hand Feuer Waffen", German Blade Museum , Solingen
  • 1994 Ballhaus im Nordpark , Düsseldorf
  • 1994 Kunstverein Heinsberg
  • 1994 "POTRAITS", glass corridor in the Academy of Arts, Berlin n
  • 2000 "Moses World Record", Kunstverein Ahlen
  • 2002 "50 ways to meet your lover", Flottmannhallen Herne
  • 2003 "Knockin 'on heaven's door", kunstraumno.10 , Mönchengladbach
  • 2006 encounter with the other kind, St. Petrikirche in Lübeck
  • 2006 Realities - From the reality behind things, KTlab01, Hamburg
  • 2007 "News from Duckburg", kunstraumno.10 , Mönchengladbach
  • 2010 The wiser one tips over, Glashaus am Worringer Platz , Düsseldorf
  • 2010 "100 masterpieces", Kunstverein Region Heinsberg
  • 2013 "Ratatazong, the balcony is gone", Carlernst Kürten Foundation, Unna

Group exhibitions

  • 1988 "My time, my predator", Ehrenhof Düsseldorf
  • 1988 "Art students exhibit", Bonner Kunstverein
  • 1991 "In Lüdenscheid", Städt. Galerie Lüdenscheid (together with Gisela Kleinlein)
  • 1992 Rhine bank project, Düsseldorf
  • 1993 "The horse as a symbol in the art of the late 20th century", City Museum Ratingen
  • 1994 "We here", West German Artists Association , Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
  • 1995 "The focused gaze", Städt. Museum Haus Koekkoek, Kleve
  • 1995 Barmen Art Gallery , Wuppertal
  • 1996 "I think of Germany", Heinrich Heine Institute , Düsseldorf
  • 2000 "In the valley", sculpture park, Erwin Wortelkamp, ​​Hasselbach
  • 2000 "Touch 2", Kunsthaus Langenberg
  • 2005 "German House", Germany in Japan, Tokyo
  • 2007 Watching the Detectivesm Schloss Meierhof, Düsseldorf
  • 2008 unit of action, Salvatorkirche Duisburg and FFFZ, Düsseldorf
  • 2009 look at the comma! Art bunker Cologne-Mülheim
  • 2009 Small Sculpture Biennial, Hilden
  • 2013 Art Mile Wangen
  • 2000–2014 major art exhibition in NRW

Books and catalogs

  • Peter Nagel, Moses World Record, Kunstverein Ahlen, 2000
  • Nagel, Pocket Dictionary Peter Nagel as a Foreign Language, 2006
  • Peter Nagel, 100 masterpieces from the Hans-Jürgen Böll collection, Kunstverein Region Heinsberg, 2010

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Nagel, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Soest