Volker Nikel

Volker Nikel (born July 28, 1959 in Berlin ) is a Berlin painter , sculptor and performance artist .

Life

Nikel grew up in Berlin and moved to Bavaria from 1974 to 1977 , where he founded a youth center. He has lived in Berlin-Kreuzberg in the direct vicinity of SO36 since the mid-1980s . During his studies from 1981 to 1986 at the Hochschule der Künste , which he graduated as a master class student with Klaus Fußmann , he first worked as a family helper and later as a lecturer at home and abroad. He was u. a. Assistant to Serge Spitzer , who strongly influenced his view of art.

Even during his student days, Volker Nikel received numerous prizes and awards and quickly aroused public interest through actions with the chainsaw (e.g. "Dart Nice", Imperia) and through film , music and performance.

Volker Nikel has two children and sometimes lives and works on his summer home near Rheinsberg .

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Nikel's art is based on classical modernism and uses stylistic elements and the like. a. from Cézanne , Munch , Marc back. His work is divided into the areas of painting, sculpture, performance and art in public spaces. In all forms of expression, he works both figuratively and abstractly . Despite this variety of working methods, unifying stylistic features can be seen in his work, which run through the art forms.

Some of his groups of sculptures were designed for public space and are e.g. B. to visit in the Potsdam State Authority Center. In addition to his pictures and sculptures, Nikel has also developed large steel objects and small mobiles. These abstract works also deal with the interplay of different forces that are kept in balance by the composition.

In addition to these connecting lines, a change in Nikels working methods can be recognized over the years of his work, which results from changed interests and cultural influences. While in the 1980s Nikel also made use of actionist forms in the tradition of Fluxus and political happenings , his work from the 1990s onwards was mainly characterized by an intensive conceptual examination of the tradition of modernity .

In recent times, there has been an increasing emphasis on nature motifs in Nikels work, which is related to his second residence in Rheinsberg .

Exhibitions

2013: Painting and Sculpture, Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin eV
2013: Volker Nikel - Between Expression and Sensual Figuration, Villa Köppe
2012: Engel, sculpture exhibition Rehbein Collection Berlin
2009: "For me, love, respect for my work" Listro's gallery, painting, wood sculptures, Berlin
2009: Sculpture exhibition at the Kunstverein Backnang
2008: "Homunculus" New European Art Association Thuringia, wooden sculpture, Meiningen
2008: “Quansa” multidisciplinary art and culture project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2007: "Arte e vita - Landscapes of Desires" sculptures, painting, Barth, Germany
2006: Artforum for BBK, Berlin
2006: "Painting and Sculptures" Galerie Bremer, Berlin
2004: “Sounding Chair” with Thomas Seelig, Long Night of Science, TU Berlin
2003: Sound installation, Long Night of Science, TU Berlin
2003: Installation and painting Artspeicher, Museum for Young Art Potsdam
2000: Painting, Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth, Berlin
1996: Sculpture, Art Cologne, Menshikoff Gallery
1996: Sculptures, Art Forum Berlin
1995: DART NICE, performance and exhibition, Nice
1995: Art Cologne, Menshikoff Gallery
1994: Sculptures, Steiner & Knecht Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1991: The 2nd Taejeon '91 Triennale, City-Hall, Seoul, Korea
1988: "NCKUNSTBO" Moscow - Berlin, Westend station
1986: Living Art Museum , Reykjavík
1985: Biennale of Peace, Kunsthalle Hamburg
1982: Great Munich art exhibition

Literature & press

"Show of strength in colors", Rheinische Post dated February 12, 1993
"What is Diepgen doing on the beanbag? The 2nd artforum at the radio tower", BZ from November 4th 1997
"Kreuzberg far away from the cliché", Berliner Morgenpost from June 7, 1999
"Blue without beginning and end", Berliner Zeitung from November 19, 2002
"Correspondence on a higher level" by Matthias Hassenpflug, Märkische Allgemeine dated April 29, 2005
"Arte e`Vita - Modern Art in a Dreamlike Region", Scheunen Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-938398-55-5

2007

"Art Profil", portrait of Victoria Vollbrecht, issue No. 96, February 2013

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Volker Nikel on Artfacts. Retrieved November 2, 2016 .

proof

personal data
SURNAME	Nikel, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, sculptor and performance artist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 28, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin

[1] Volker Nikel on Artfacts. Retrieved November 2, 2016 .