Hans Kotter

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Hans Kotter
1966 born in Mühldorf, Germany
Lives in Berlin, Germany
Education

1993-94 Art Students League, New York
2001-03 MediaDesign Akademie, Munich

Grants

2004 Culture Award E-ON Bayern, Germany
2014 Nominated for the International Light Award

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2014 De Buck Gallery, New York, .....interruption
Gallery Nery Marino, Paris, light flow
2013 Gallery Michaela Stock, Vienna, superposition
European Hous of Art Upper Bavaria - Schafhof, Germany, more light
Export Kubus, Vienna, replaced - light flow
SUART - Syracuse University Art Gallery, New York
Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany, light flow
2012 Gallery Klaus Benden, Cologne, home sweet home
Gallery Nery Marino, Paris, in the flux
2011 De Buck Gallery, New York, light sensitive
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, light flow
Viltin Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, deflection (with Erdélyi Gábor)
Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Pino Casagrande, Rom, deflection
2010 Gallery Grazia Blumberg, Recklinghausen, Dialog (with A. Zinsmeister)
2009 Gallery Michaela Stock, Vienna, replaced
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, replaced
2008 Gallery Benden & Klimczak, Cologne, the very best...!
Shunt London, with Kinetica Museum London, balance
Gallery Bernd Lausberg, Toronto, colour rush
2007 Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London colour rush and blue line
2006 Luminale Frankfurt, with Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London +
BestregArts, Frankfurt
Gallery Bernd Lausberg, Düsseldorf, light and colour
2005 Berlinische Galerie with Spectral, chromatic impulse
2004 Raum für Kunst, Kunstverein Ravensburg, Germany, balance
Aedes Berlin, Germany, illuminations
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, macro landscape
2003 Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, Lichtecht (lightfast)
2002 Bezirks Galerie, Bezirk Oberbayern, Munich, Germany, light and colour
Stadtmuseum Neuötting, Germany, beauty in plastic
2001 Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany, blue line
2000 Gallery Hofmeisterhaus, Massing/Rottal, Germany, landscape in plastic
1999 Gallery Benden & Klimczak, Cologne, Germany, Stillleben (still life)
1998 Haus der Kultur, Waldkraiburg, Germany, Spurensicherung
Castle-Klebing, Germany, death cult in the chapel
1997 Modern Theatre Munich, Germany, diary with sound-collage
Gallery Notwehr, Munich, Germany
1996 ARTgerecht, Hamburg, Germany, memory
1994 Radiocenter of Bratislava, Slovakia, body language
1993 Galerie & Atelier, Vienna, talk to me
1992 Stadtmuseum Waldkraiburg, Germany
Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, daydreams

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2014 Budapest Galerie, Budapest, Contemporaries
Gallery Nery Marino, Paris, Coleur et Transparence
Gallery Impakto, Lima, Peru, Geomertiks
Insanitus Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kunstmuseum Celle, Germany, part 2 - light art in Germany in the 21 century
Shoreditch Town Hall, ARTinTRA, London, out of our heads
Gallery Impakto, Lima, Peru, Cielo y Tierra
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Common Ground: Earth
Bestregarts, Frankfurt, Luminale
2013 Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany, Good Vibrations
Kunstmuseum Celle, Germany, part 1 - light art in Germany in the 21 century
Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Ceci n’est pas une lampe..
Gallery Impakto, Lima, Peru, City lights
De Buck Gallery, New York
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, Kotter, Luther, Mack
Gallery Nery Marino, Paris, bright light
2012 Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey, segment #3
Villa Datris, L ́Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Frankreich, Mouvement et Lumiere
Kepes Institut, Budapest, Quadratic Equations
Bestregarts, Frankfurt/Main, Luminale Frankfurt - shine shine shine
Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
De Buck Gallery, New York
Gallery Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, effects in relation
2011 Gallery Michaela Stock, Vienna, ...reflection reflected
Bestregarts, Frankfurt, new works 2011
Gallery Michaela Stock, Vienna, story for reflection
De Buck Gallery, New York
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
Art Radionica Lazareti – Gallery Otok, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, click clique
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey, segment #1
Villa Datris, L ́Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Sculptures Plurielles
Lausberg Contemporary, Düsseldorf, konkrete Abstraktion
MSU Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, sensitive extra
2010 Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, beyond painting
2009 Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, best of Lausberg contemporary
ArtMbassy Berlin, Trilogie: Berlin – London – Rom
2008 Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, best before...
bkhf Gallery Miami, German Photography Today
Kunst08+ Stuttgart, play it, Curator Werner Meyer (Kunsthalle Göppingen)
Targetti light art collection
2007 Gallery Benden & Klimczak, Cologne preview 2008
ArtMbassy, Berlin, Germany, obsession with technics
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, suitcase, Cologne
Kinetica Museum, London, in the flux (C)
Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany, best before...
2006 Kinetica Museum, London, life forms
Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, Florida, fire and ice
Internationales Forum Berlin, Magie des Lichtes (magic of light)
2005 Gallery Kashya Hildebrand, Geneva, Switzerland, reflections
Gallery Bernd Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany, Rot als Farbe (red as colour)
Gallery Kashya Hildebrand, New York, spectrum
Berlinerkunst Project, NY Arts Magazine, Berlin, Look!
Gallery Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, solaris
2003 Backfabrik, Berlin, Germany, Lichtung II (galde II)
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London
BerlinerKunstprojekt Annex, Berlin, Germany, illuminationen
2001 Oberbayerische Kulturtage Altötting, Germany, Kraft und Magie
(power and magic)
2000 Kulturmodell Passau, Germany
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, Große Kunstausstellung
Städtische Galerie im Park, Viersen, Germany
1999 Kultur Forum Oberalteich, Germany, I love you
Museum of Modern Art, New York, online exhibition the museum as muse:
artist reflect
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 01
exhibition on tour taking pictures, snapshots
- Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
- Städtische Galerie Regensburg, taking pictures, snapshot, Germany
- Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York
1998 Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York, country without borders
Neue Galerie Oberhausmuseum, Passau, Germany
1997 Old Tax Office, Rosenheim, Germany, keine Erinnerung (no memory)
exhibition on tour, the power of words and signs
- Casa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Index Gallery, Osaka, Japan
- Sala Franco, Triest, Italy
- Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York
Kultur Modell Passau, metamorphosia
Biennale New York, NY Arts Magazine
1996 Haus der Kultur, Waldkraiburg, Germany
450 Broadway Gallery, New York, sonic identity
1995 Gallery Hofmeisterhaus, Massing/Rottal, Germany
1994 Stadtmuseum Waldkraiburg, Germany, annual art exhibition
Dariusz Gubala Gallery, New York, cyber culture
Castle-Schloßhof, Austria
1993 Dariusz Gubala Gallery, New York, vertigo art
Madelyn Jordon Gallery, New York

Public Art

2005 DEKA Immobilien Investment Frankfurt, Skyper, Frankfurt, Germany
Derag AG, Hotel Kanzler, Bonn, Germany
2004 E-ON Bayern Regensburg, administration building, Regensburg, Germany
Neuga Bauträge, object at Burghausertor, Neuötting, Germany
2003 DEKA Immobilien Investment Frankfurt, Leomax, Munich, Germany
Staatliches Hochbauamt Rosenheim, land surveying office, Mühldorf, Germany
1999 Passauer Neue Presse, media center, Passau, Germany
1998 Stadt Burghausen, community center, Burghausen, Germany
Passauer Neue Presse, editorial office, Passau, Germany
1997 Wochenblatt Burghausen, editorial office, Burghausen, Germany

Collections

Targetti Light Art Collection, Italy
Collection of the German Federal Parliament, Germany
Museum Ritter, Germany
Osthaus Museum, Germany
Kunstmuseum Celle, Germany
Villa Datris, Fonds pour la Sculpture Contemporaine, France
Borusan Art Collection, Turkey
Collection Fidelity Investment, UK & USA
Collection DEKA Bank, Germany
Collection Candy & Candy Hyde Park One, UK
Collection Ron Dennis, UK
Kinetica Museum, UK
Collection Jean et Colette Cherqui, France
Collection Ichikowitz, South Africa
Collection Aareal Bank, Germany
Collection Jan des Bouvrie, Netherlands
Collection Heubeck, Cologne, Germany

Links

www.hans-kotter.com

www.arttarget.de