Norbert Witzgall
1976 born in
Münchberg,
Germany
Lives in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
2003 Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna
2001 UdK, Berlin
1998 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lyon
1996 Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nürnberg, Nuremberg
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
"Public, Relations" 2015, curated by Isabel Parkes, Evans & Witt, London
2015
"Veronica" (with a contribution by Mathilde Ter Heijne), Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2014
Mathilde ter Heijne & Norbert Witzgall, after the butcher, Berlin, Germany
2012
"Quod Lizbeth", solo presentation with Deweer Gallery at Art Brussels
2011
"Nose is a nose is a nose", Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
"A hanging at Times", Times, Berlin
2010
"alles erwin", SOUTERRAIN, Berlin, with Alex Müller
2009
"Double Fantasy", Samsa, Berlin, with Nina Hoffmann
"Francine(Leal Souvenir)", TÄT, Berlin, February
2008
"Wir", Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York, March - April
2007
"Cameron", Nice & Fit, Berlin, May - June
2006
"Dialog zu zweit", Autocenter, Berlin, with Uli Emmert
2004
"März", Projektraum Schleifmühlgasse, Vienna
2002
"Strahler", R 12, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
"Domino", Salve, Berlin
2020
"Boutique", Mountains, Berlin
"MANIFEST", curated by Isabelle Meiffert, Uferhallen, Berlin
"Coloring Quarantine", EXILE, Vienna
2019
"Affektive Allianzen", curated by Judith Grobe and Gergana Todorova, Schloss Callenberg, Germany
"Eigenbedarf", curated by Isabelle Meiffert, Uferhallen, Berlin
"Beweggründe", curated by Birgit Megerle, Gerichtshöfe, Berlin
2018
"Out of Time", curated by Sofie Crabbé, DEWEER Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
"Shifting Points", curated by Simone Rudolph, Periscope, Salzburg
"To Pool", curated by Silke Nowak, Schneeeule, Berlin
"Räume", Berlin
"Ankst", curated by Anjalie Chaubal, Museum SPUR, Cham
2017
"Lend Me Your Ear and I ́ll Sing You a Song", Berlin
Jahresgabe, Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Berlin
2016
"Räume", Lindenstr., Berlin
"Frohe Botschaft", Botschaft, Berlin
2015
"The Drawing Room", Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
"FAKE", Exile, Berlin, Germany
2014
"Das stille Leben des Sammlers Kempinski", Exile, Berlin, Germany
"Pleasure", Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2013
“Je t’aime...moi non plus", Musée des Beaux-Arts Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing
2012
"Invagination: Write for Life", curated by Cara Siik Benedetto, Davida Nemeroff e.a., Night Gallery, Los Angeles
"Manisensations", curated by Voin de Voin and Stephanie Ballantine, Leap Gallery, Berlin
"salondergegenwart", Elbhof, Hamburg
"HGP", invited by MADAM, H.E.N.S, New York
"reopening", Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
"IBG 2011", galerie de multiples, Paris
"Invagination: Hunger Is Real", curated by Cara Siik Benedetto, H.E.N.S., New York
2011
"Jahresgaben", Kunstverein Nürnberg in der Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nuremberg
"Voyage Voyage", curated by Oriane Durand, Kunstverein Nürnberg in der Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nuremberg
"Invagination A Seagull Presents Woman to Woman", curated by Cara Siik Benedetto, 6-8 months at Studio Kara Walker, New York
"Funeral Charades of Poses - an Evening with Friends and Basso", HAU - Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin
"Hidden Parts", after the butcher, Berlin
"L ́Aura Amara", curated by Bustos Demenech, La Générale En Manufacture, Paris and CRAB (Centro Ricerche Accademia di Brera), Milan
"Er hockte in der Zeit und konnte sie nicht an sich bringen", Apartment Ariane Pauls, Auguststr., Berlin
"The Genesis", S&yM, Berlin
"The Suitcase Show",organized by Francisco Bernà, Monte Crisco Studio, Paris
"Pop Hits", organised by Manfred Peckl, Tanzschule Projects, Munich and Based in Berlin, Berlin
2010
"L ́Aura Amara", curated by Bustos Demenech, Gallery MC, New York
"Dysfashional", Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
"I Put a Frame on You", TÄT, Berlin
"Jewelry", Samsa, Berlin
"Souterrain Boutique", Souterrain, Berlin
"Stampede", organized by Raul Walch, Forgotten Bar, Berlin
"Ins Blickfeld gerückt" curated by Franzisca Würz, Institut Français, Berlin
"Aka Symbol" curated by Mariechen Danz, Forgotten Bar, hbc, Berlin
"Six Days of New Media", Linienstr., Berlin
2009
"Hüttendong", After the Butcher, Berlin
"Neues Museum", Basso, Berlin
"Nördlich der Alpen:Hunger/Südlich der Alpen:Durst", Galerie Antik, Berlin
2008
"Der Autorität", Kunstverein Arnsberg
"Freuden der Jugend III", artnews projects, Berlin
"März, Vorstadtsiedlung, Musik", Praxis Koloniestr. Wedding, Berlin
"Neueröffnung", Autocenter, Berlin
"One Picture Gallery", Nice and Fit Gallery, Berlin
2007
"Imperial", curated by Elmar Vestner, Souterrain, Berlin
"Nice & Fit Temporary at ReMap KM" organized by Chloe Vaitsou, Athens
"Believers and Illusionists" curated by Lars Morell at Rasmus Hansen, Berlin
2006
"Rio", Artnewsprojects, Berlin
"Park Inn", Straßburger Str., Berlin
"24 perc", Tuzrakter, Budapest
"Visible –Invisible", curated by Adina Popescu, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
2005
"Blencke Emmert Leykauf Neumeier Witzgall", Kunstverein Kohlenhof, Nuremberg
"Christliche Kunst der Neuzeit", Galerie Antik, Berlin
"Hymenium des Zorns", Galerie Antik, Berlin
2002
"Why do I spend valuable time", Berliner Kunstherbst, Berlin
"Who ́s Afraid of Black?" Galerie Chromosome, Berlin
COLLABORATIVE AND PERFORMATIVE PROJECTS
2021
"Illiberal Arts", curated by Kerstin Stakemeier and Anselm Franke, HKW, Berlin
2011
"Funeral Charades of Poses - an Evening with Friends and Basso", HAU - Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
"Invagination: A Seagull Presents Woman to Woman", with Douglas Boatwright, (curator Cara Siik Benedetto), 6-8 months at Studio Kara Walker, New York, USA
2008
"Le Eck Lypsehöhle - an oracle", Skulpturenpark, Berlin
2006
"Lichtomis Dritter Standberg", after the butcher, Berlin, Germany
"Die Sonne", Raumerweiterungshalle, Berlin, Germany
2000
"Camping, Camping" (organized by Bernhard Martin), Volksbad Nürnberg, Germany
ART FAIRS
2014
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, with Deweer Gallery
2012
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, with Deweer Gallery;
Art Brussels (solo), Brussels, with Deweer Gallery
2009
Art Athina, Athens, Greece, with Nice & Fit Gallery
2008
Art Athina, Athens, Greece, with Nice & Fit Gallery;
Preview, Berlin, with Nice & Fit Gallery
TEACHING
2021
Lectures at the Kunstuniversität Graz and the Universität Potsdam
2020
Lectures at the Stockholm Royal Institute of Art and the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
Since 2019
Lecturer in the foundation class at Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin
2017 – 2019
Guest Professor at Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin
2017 – 2019
Visiting Artist to the VCU Berlin summer school
2018
Co-teacher at the Salzburg International Summer Academy for Fine Art in Salzburg, Austria, with Brigitte Kovaczs and Yorgos Sapountzis
2017
Visiting Artist at the MFA program of VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University, Painting and Printmaking Department, Richmond, VA, USA
2015 – 2017
Lecturer of art history, Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und Ästhetik, Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin
2014
Workshop at Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
CURATION
2022
"Klassismus", Ko-Kuration, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
2018 – 19
Co-curation of the annual exhibit at the Hoffmann Collection, Berlin and Dresden
2007 - 2013
Foundation, organization and curation of the project space SOUTERRAIN in Berlin including solo shows with Cara Benedetto, Douglas Boatwright, Nina Hoffmann, Alexandra Leykauf, Alicja Kwade, Yorgos Sapountzis, Hannes Schmid, Sophie-Therese Trenka-Dalton, e.a.
2009
Don’t you dare look at me (with Gerry Bibby, Thomas Kilpper, Angela Mewes, Anton Stoianov, e.a.), Nice & Fit Gallery, Berlin
2006
Parkhaus (with Gregor Hildebrandt, Ariane Pauls, Mathew Lutz- Kinoy, e.a.), Berlin
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRESS
2021
HKW (ed) "Illiberal Arts", (catalogue)
Coloring Quarantine, a project with Exile Gallery, Vienna, Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, 24th edition
2020
Prof. Susanne Lorenz (ed.) “GRUND”, Universität der Künste, Berlin; HKW (Hrsg.): "Aby Warburg – eine erste Begegnung", with Ariane Pauls; Isabelle Meifert (ed.): ”Eigenbedarf” (catalogue), DISTANZ Verlag
2019
Nadja Abt: Bilderstrecke Gerichtshöfe, Texte zur Kunst online, 22 September; Carolin Herrmann: “Die Krallen der Vergangenheit”, Coburger Tageblatt, 29 November, p.16; Dieter Ungelenk: “Dialog mit der Geschichte”, Neue Presse, 29 November, p. 12;
2018
Leonie Claire Recksiek, “Protest an Berliner Universität der Künste”, monopol online, 29. Juni
2015
Guy Gilsoul, "L'art du portrait", LeVif.be, 8 February
"Überblendungen: Mathilde Ter Heijne und Norbert Witzgall", TAGESSPIEGEL, 6 January, p.21
2014
Francesco Correggia, Pietro Finelli, "La Pittura. Il corpore infinito", Mimesis Art Theory, p.62/63
2012
TÄT publication, p. 28
Christian Holle (Publisher), salondergegenwart, Gudberg Verlag, p.88/89
Kito Nedo, RADAR, Kunstmarkt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 22nd/23rd, p.22
Caroline Stummel, "Fotostrecke Art Brussels", artnet, April 23rd
2011
Philipp Moll, "Voyage, voyage", Abendzeitung, September 14th, p.8
Regina Urban, "Reise in die Welt innerer Bilder", Nürnberger Nachrichten, July 22nd, p.3
2010
taz – die tageszeitung, "magazine voller magazine", March 10
Martin Razhdashki, "Norbert Witzgall - Remembrance of things past", geil, p.76, spring issue
2009
Peeping Tom ́s Digest, "Norbert Witzgall", p.194/195
2008
James Wagner, "Norbert Witzgall at Venetia Kapernekas", jameswagner.com, March 12
2007
Kito Nedo, "Puzzlehafte Erkundung des eigenen Ich", Berliner Zeitung, June 12, p.29
Artnet Spotlights, artnet.de, June 7
Sofia Tachias, "Neustart in Athen, Art Athina 2007", artnet.de, June 1
Art Highlights, The EXBERLINER, June, p.52
Chris Sharp, Space Invaders, Flash Art International, March-April, p.76
2006
"Die Olafur Banane", basso magazin #3, p.45
C. Herchenröder, "Störung der Sehgewohnheiten", Kunstmarkt, 25-26-27 August, p.1
MJ, "Das nicht Sichtbare zeigen", Die Tageszeitung, May 7, p.22
LINKS
https://www.instagram.com/norbertwitzgall/?hl=de
https://www.deweergallery-estate.com/en/298-artists/view/75
https://www.udk-berlin.de/personen/detailansicht/person/show/norbert-witzgall/
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