Wolfgang Weileder - Visual Artist

Biography:
1965 born in Munich, Germany
1989-1995 attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1991-1992 attended the University of Newcastle, England
1995-1996 attended the MFA Photography and Related Media Programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York
1996-2000 working in Munich, engaged in private and public commissions
2000 6 month research visit to New York and Seattle, USA
2000-2002 Senior Research Fellow in Ceramic Sculpture at the University of Newcastle
since 2001 Lecturer at the Fine Art Department, University of Newcastle

Awards and Prizes:
2000 Bavarian Ministery of Science and Culture USA Research Grant
1999 Bavarian State Prize
1998 Studio Prize of the Erich Hauser Foundation
1995 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship
Debütantenpreis, Award of Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1991 Scholarship of the German National Scholarship Foundation
1990 Kardinal Wetter Award (1st Prize)

Residencies:
2003 arena, Samling Foundation and BALTIC, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2002 Nexus Stephenson Link Artist Residency, Newcastle
Land and The Samling, a residency at Kielder Sculpture Park by the Samling Foundation

Solo Exhibitions: (projects)
2003 projectblue 1, a temporary installation for Blue River Design, Newcastle
2002 muraiki, a collaborative sound installation with Matthew Sansom, t-u-b-e Galerie für radiophone Kunst, München and Globe Gallery, North Shields (UK)
2000 jam, Ausstellungsforum FOE 156, Munich
1998 Presentation of the Studio Prize-holder of the Erich Hauser Foundation,
Saline 36, Rottweil
1996 Sie zeigten, daß...,a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, Arena, Berlin
CHECKMATE, a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau,
SVA Amphitheater, New York
1994 Kunstforum, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachaus, Munich
1992 BOAT, Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, England

Group Exhibitions: (selected)
2002 connecting principle, University of Newcastle, Newcastle
Land and the Samling, Sculpture Park at Kielder Reservoir, Northumberland
2001 CERAMICS, E.P.O. European Patent Office and Rathausgalerie, Munich
Studio Prize-holders 1997-2001 of the Erich Hauser Foundation,
Saline 36, Rottweil
2000 Was geschied bestimmt der Ort, L.A.C. Lieu d'art Contemporain, Sigean, France
Bavarian State Prize Exhibition, Galerie der Künstler, München
1999 x-mas, Kent Gallery, New York
1997 10th Exhibition of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation, Kunstverein, Frankfurt
1996 SPECIFICS, SVA Gallery, New York
Junge Kunst 1996, Saar Ferngas Förderpreis, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
Out of Egypt, Ägyptische Staatssammlung, Munich
1995 Debütantenpreis 1995, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Ortung, GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Munich
1994 Kunststudenten stellen aus, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
anvisiert, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1993 Kunstflug, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1992 jETZT, Künstlerwerkstätten Lothringer Strasse 13, Munich
1991 Konfrontation, Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden
1990 Kardinal Wetter Förderpreis 1990, Galerie an der Finkenstrasse, Munich,
Maternushaus, Cologne and St. Virgil, Salzburg

Work in Public Spaces:
2004 ring, a public art comission by Centerland for City West, Newcastle (forthcoming)
2000 bus shelters, the collection of the BVB Allianz, Munich
(curated by Harald Szeemann and Dr. Michael Albert)
1998 bridges, Vincent von Paul Hospital, Rottweil
(realized with the Studio Prize of the Erich Hauser Foundation)
1995 Evangelisches Gemeindezentrum, Bimbach/Franken

Publications:
My work is published in following catalogues:

2002 land+the samling, Kielder Sculpture Park, Northumberland
muraiki, an audio CD (collaborative sound installation between Wolfgang Weileder
and Matthew Sansom), Newcastle upon Tyne, Munich 2002
2001 CERAMICS, E.P.O. European Patent Office and Rathausgalerie, Munich
(ISBN N: 3-89605-045-1)
2000 Was geschied bestimmt der Ort, L.A.C. Lieu d'art Contemporain, Sigean, France
(ISBN N: 3-926220-90-2)
Bavarian State Prize Exhibition, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
(ISBN N: 3-00-000742-3)
1996 Out of Egypt, Ägyptische Staatssammlung, Munich
(ISBN N: 3-87490-520-9)
1995 Wolfgang Weileder, Debütantenpreis 1995, Munich
Ortung, GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Munich
1994 Kunststudenten stellen aus, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
anvisiert, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1993 Kunstflug, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1992 jETZT, Künstlerwerkstätten Lothringer Strasse 13, Munich
1990 Kardinal Wetter Förderpreis 1990, Galerie an der Finkenstrasse, Munich