Wolfgang in the Wiesche

Wolfgang in der Wiesche (born October 7, 1960 in Braunschweig ) is a German artist. He works in the media of painting, (digital) graphics, photography, media art and as a composer and musician.

Life

In the Wiesche did his Abitur in 1980 at the Gaußschule in Braunschweig. In 1990 he completed his studies at the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig as a master student in painting under Peter Voigt with distinction. Between 1992 and 2006 he lived alternately in the People's Republic of China , India and Germany. In 1995 his work was shown in the solo exhibition “kai fang zhi wu | open house ”presented by the Hanmo Art Gallery in Beijing. There he also worked as a sound engineering director and production manager for international jazz and pop festivals in the PR China, in Germany as a freelance writer and presenter for Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), editor at Wellershaus in Hamburg. In his series "From the Middle Kingdom, Rock and Pop from China" between 1996 and 2001, he presented Chinese rock, pop and musical experiments.

As a composer he works internationally for experimental films, independent theater groups, performance, installation, media art and independent projects. 2012–13, his work was honored and supported by an annual grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation , New York. A selection of works in Wiesches was shown in 2014 at “Photo Beijing” in the Millenium Monument / World Art Museum, Beijing, and in 2015 “The 10th China Photography Art Festival” in the Ningbo Museum of Art in Ningbo. In 2015 he was a participating artist and coordinator Germany at the 2nd TNeF, International Transcultural Network Festival in Seoul, South Korea.

In der Wiesche is a member of ARTWARD, Munich (since 2014), ARTWORKS.ART, Basel (since 2019) and SINGULART, Paris (since 2020) as well as an annual participant of the Artcamp Siegen for contemporary photography since 2016.

Awards

2019: Studio grant , exhibition messpunkt , Wilke Atelier, Verein zur Kunstförderung eV, Bremerhaven

2018: selected as Artist of the Week , Saatchi Art, Los Angeles

2017: GOALS II (photography) is artwork of the day and cover art, ARTDOXA.COM

2015: Lupins (drawing / mixed media) is work of art of the month, Artward, Munich

2015: selected for a LensCulture photography portfolio, LensCulture, Berkeley / Paris

2014: Nominated (2nd place) for fellowship and expedition participation, Alfred Wegener Institute AWI, Bremerhaven, in cooperation with the Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg HWK, Delmenhorst

2014: Nominated for the Mario Merz Prize 2014, Fondatione Merz, Turin / Rome by ARTWARD, Munich and Wilke-Atelier, Verein zur Kunstförderung eV, Bremerhaven

2014: Special mention of the Jury for Santoor , (film by Deborah Phillips), Boddinale, 2nd International Movie Festival, Berlin (composition)

2012–13: Scholarship from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York

2013 and 2010: Partizipia, the democratic art prize for all II and I, art prize of the gallery d-52nd room for contemporary art, Düsseldorf

2009: Studio grant, exhibition island , Wilke Atelier, Verein zur Kunstförderung eV, Bremerhaven

2009: Skin of Things (film by Thomas Bartels), predicate "particularly valuable", short film of the month (March), FBW Wiesbaden film evaluation unit (composition / sound design)

2004: Michanevomai (film by Thomas Bartels), grade "valuable", FBW film evaluation unit (composition / sound design)

2003: Studio grant, exhibition "radar", Wilke Atelier, Association for Art Promotion eV, Bremerhaven

2002: The Day Slows Down As It Progresses (film by Thomas Bartels), award from the jury, Filmkunstfest Schwerin (composition / sound design)

2001: Mosaïc (film by Deborah Phillips), official German contribution to the UN Year of the Dialogue of Cultures (composition / sound design)

2000: The Day Slows Down As It Progresses (film by Thomas Bartels), grade "valuable", FBW film evaluation unit (composition / sound design)

1995: River water, at night (LOT theater), 3rd German Literature Theater Prize - second prize, Saarbrücken, (composition, incidental music)

1994: Opposite (film by Thomas Bartels, Deborah Phillips), short films against racism, SPD Lower Saxony (composition / sound design)

1993: "Stations", participation in an exhibition, price applicants for the Darmstadt Secession Prize, Darmstadt art gallery, painting

1993: Miles, so what! (Film by Gerd Gockell), predicate 'particularly valuable', FBW Film Evaluation Unit (composition)

1992: Busy Body - The interest in neighbors has never been greater (film by Gerd Gockell), sponsorship award of the Verden Short Film Festival (composition / sound design)

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personal data
SURNAME	Wiesche, Wolfgang in the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 7, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig