Wolfgang Zach (artist)

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Wolfgang Zach (* 1949 in Bremen ) is a German draftsman and object artist .

Live and act

Wolfgang Zach studied computer science from 1969 to 1972 at the University of Karlsruhe and from 1972 to 1977 at the Karlsruhe Art Academy with Horst Egon Kalinowski and Günter Neusel .

In the 1970s he created bicycle objects and kinetic wire objects. Since the early 1980s, he has primarily been developing computer-generated drawings using his own programs. In 1987 he built a flatbed plotter from industrial components and wrote software for it that enables line drawings with artist pens. The basis of his image motifs include aerial photos from ESA and satellite images of landscapes, which he gives an abstract character.

Wolfgang Zach was 1st Chairman of the Bremen Association of Visual Artists from 2003 to 2018 .

Zach lives and works in Bremen.

Vitus fountain in Zeven

Working in public space

Exhibitions

Further works by Wolfgang Zach have been shown in over 25 solo exhibitions and around 45 group exhibitions.

Solo exhibitions

  • 1974: Action with objects, Lehmbruck Museum , Duisburg
  • 1976: Galerie Haus 11, Karlsruhe
  • 1980: Galerie Gruppe Grün, Bremen
  • 1984: Vilsen Gallery, Bremen
  • 1984: Institute for Production Technology, University of Bremen
  • 1984: Galerie Voss, Dortmund
  • 1985: Art Spring, Vilsen Gallery, Bremen
  • 1986: Galerie im Spieker, Borken
  • 1987: Gallery K, Cuxhaven
  • 1987: Municipal Gallery , Bremen
  • 1988: Sachs Gallery, Munich
  • 1992: Galerie K, Cuxhaven (with Anna Solecka )
  • 1992: Gallery at Lambertihof, Oldenburg
  • 1996: Lichthaus, Bremen (with Holger Bär )
  • 1996: Galerie Kolo, Danzig, Poland (with Anna Solecka)
  • 2001, 2002: Atelierhaus Friesenstraße 30, Bremen (joint work with Anna Solecka)
  • 2002: Queen Christine's House , Zeven
  • 2003: Galerie Voss, Dortmund (joint work with Anna Solecka)
  • 2003: Association for Original Etching , Munich (joint work with Anna Solecka)
  • 2003: Ritzebüttel Castle , Cuxhaven (joint work with Anna Solecka)
  • 2005: Ultra Deep Field , KUBO, Bremen
  • 2005: Studies in Iconography. with Karl Heinrich Greune , Society for Contemporary Art (GAK)
  • 2008: The Stranger's Hand , Kunsthalle Bremen
  • 2011: BBK Gallery, Oldenburg
  • 2016: Gallery Wildes Weiss, Bremen
  • 2019: seen differently , Galerie Wildes Weiss, Bremen
  • 2019: plot , Galerie Mitte, Bremen

Group exhibitions

  • 1973, 1977: Young Art Forum, Bochum
  • 1975: Young Art Forum, Mannheim
  • 1978: 66th autumn exhibition, Kunstverein Hannover
  • 1981: Art Landscape, Barkenhoff , Worpswede
  • 1981: Young West , Recklinghausen
  • 1985, 1986: Prints & Plots, computer fair, Cologne
  • 1986: artware , CeBIT , Hanover
  • 1986: Digital Pictures, Gallery of Artists , Munich
  • 1986: Municipal Gallery, Bremen
  • 1988: City Gallery Wolfsburg
  • 1988: special artware show , Messe Forum Hamburg
  • 1988: Siemens Museum , Munich
  • 1988: Osthaus Museum Hagen
  • 1990: Art and Technology, GAK in the Bremen Information and Technology Center (BITZ)
  • 1993: Kunstforum Nord, Bremen
  • 1997: Kolo Gallery, Danzig
  • 2002: formidable , Galerie Voss, Dortmund
  • 2003: The Great Expression , Städtische Galerie Bremen
  • 2003: Art and Media Center, Berlin Adlershof
  • 2004: Drawing networked , Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst (joint work with Anna Solecka)
  • 2004: SWB Gallery , Bremen
  • 2005: Art Spring, Cooperations , GAK, Bremen (joint work with Karl Heinrich Greune)
  • 2006: Menschenbilder , Kunstverein, Eislingen (joint work with Anna Solecka)
  • 2007: Graphic Triennial Cracow, City Museum Oldenburg (joint work with Karl Heinrich Greune)
  • 2007: 16/32, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Bremen
  • 2009: Artothek, Oldenburg
  • 2009: The invisible hand , Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst
  • 2009: 6th International Graphic Biennial, Novosibirsk, Russia
  • 2010: Druckgrafik_current positions from Bremen and Upper Bavaria , Schafhof , Freising
  • 2010: Places of Longing , East Frisian State Museum Emden
  • 2010: Seeing Stars , Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
  • 2012: 8 hours27 , Salzburgtage in Bremen
  • 2013 899 km Bremen-Salzburg , Municipal Gallery in the Traklhaus, Salzburg
  • 2013: cover , forwarding agency, Bremen
  • 2013: Friendship , Galerie des Westens, Bremen
  • 2013: Generation i.2 , Edith-Russ-Haus , Bremen
  • 2013: Berlin-No Message Whatsoever, Frieder Nake and friends , Gallery Digital Art Museum, Berlin
  • 2013: Frieder Nake, Licht ins Dunkel , HFK Bremen gallery
  • 2014: Ruins of the Present , Steinbrener / Dempf & Huber, Vienna
  • 2015: Substantial influence , Bayer Erholungshaus, Leverkusen
  • 2015: Reflections in the water , Galerie Rue Sans Fraise, Paris
  • 2016: Two meters below zero , Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
  • 2016: trougt the looking-glass , Galerie Oqbo, Berlin
  • 2017: dark matter , Desy, Hamburg
  • 2018: Space in Bremen , Citizenship Bremen

Awards

  • 1992: 1st prize, computer graphics , Stadtsparkasse Karlsruhe
  • 2002: Kultur- und Bildungsverein Ostertor (KUBO): The Great Expression Prize (joint work with Anna Solecka )

Publications

  • Wulf Herzogenrath , Ingmar Lähnemann (ed.): The foreign hand. Computer generated drawings by Wolfgang Zach. Exhibition at Kunsthalle Bremen, April 22 to June 15, 2008. KraskaEckstein, Bremen 2008, ISBN 978-3-940717-05-4 ( online ).
  • seen differently. Works on handmade paper and glass. Exhibition Galerie Wildes Weiss May 26th to July 28th 2019. Text Ludwig Seyfarth. BBK-Bremen, Bremen 2019, ISBN 978-3-943971-41-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry ( memento of November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on geo-net.de
  2. ↑ Bremen BBK
  3. ^ Zeven website
  4. ^ Society for Current Art ( Memento from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Zach, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman and object artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen