jo niemeyer Biography
jo niemeyer Biography
1946 born in Alf on the river Mosel
1962-65 studied graphic arts and photography
1966 painted his first pictures involving geometric structures
1966-67 periods of study in Canada, USA and Scandinavia
1967-68 studied at the Helsinki Institute “Ateneum” for Industrial Design
1970 began working as an independent artist
1971 first paintings based on serial principles, systematic investigations
of pictorial forms, ordering systems and pictorial structures
1979 worked on the project “Modul 618”
1983-86 taught at the Finnish Academy of Arts in Helsinki
1989 first drafts for the land-art project “20 Steps”
1997 installation of “20 Steps around the Globe“ in Ropinsalmi, Finland, and Nickle, GUS
2005 the project “light“, Mt. Toubkal, Morocco
2005 installation of “Oxford2Oxford“ at The Queen's College, Oxford, England
lives and works alternately in Germany, Finland and France
Personal Exhibitions (incomplete list)
1974 The Lilianhof Gallery, Freiburg, Germany
1976 The Felluss Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
1977 The Apogee Gallery, Princeton N.J., USA
1978 The Art Package, Chicago, USA
1978 The Doré Gallery, Söndersö, Denmark
1980 The Bartha Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
1980 The Wack Gallery, Kaiserslautern, Germany
1983 The Artek Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1984 Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
1985 The Gallery de Sluis, Leidschendam, Holland
1986 The Wack Gallery, Kaiserslautern, Germany
1988 Kunstverein Friedberg, Wetterau Museum, Friedberg, Germany
1991 The St. Olof Gallery, Norrköping, Sweden
1995 The “rot-blau blau-rot“, Kunsthaus am Moritzplatz, Berlin, Germany
1996 The Villa Jankovsky Gallery, Kajaani, Finland
2001 The Konkret Gallery, Sulzburg, Germany
2002 Hans Thoma Museum, Bernau, Germany
2003 Institute for Constructive Art in Rehau, Germany “proportio divina“
2003 E-Werk Hallen for Art in Freiburg, Germany “Aspects of Constructive Art XXXIV“
2004 The Villa Jankovsky Gallery, Kajaani, Finland
2005 “concrete art“, The Cultural Centre of Eastern Helsinki, Finland
2006 The Rogatka Gallery, University of Radom, Poland
2007 The Konkret Gallery, Sulzburg, Germany
2007 The Cultural Forum, Lodz, Poland
2009 The Arithmeum, Bonn, Germany
Joint Exhibitions (incomplete list)
1978 Edward Brown Studio, New York, USA
1978 “Finnische Konstruktive“, SWB Forum Bern, Switzerland
1981 “Finnish Constructive Art“, the Kunsthalle Waaghaus, Winterthur, Switzerland
1981 The Ravensburg Gallery, Ravensburg, Germany
1982 “arte della finlandia“, the Museum Villa Malpensata, Lugano, Switzerland
1986 The Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
1986 “von zwei quadraten“ , the Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1987 “mathematik in der kunst“, the Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1989 “arte sistemático y constructivo actual“, Madrid, Spain
1989 Ålands- Konstmuseum, Finland
1990 “vertikal-diagonal-horizontal“, the Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
1990 “Graphica Creativa 90“, the Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
1993 “art construit du rhin supérieur“, Belfort, France
1993 “energie“, the Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany
1994 “projekt 30x30“, the Wilhelm Hack Museum, Luwigshafen, Germany
1995 “Zeichen der Zeit“, the Forum Konkrete Kunst, Erfurt, Germany
1996 “System 618“, the Japan Museum, Okayama-ken, Japan
1997 “geo-grafie geo-metrie“, the Säulenhalle Albertina, Wien, Austria
1999 “Hommage à Vordemberge-Gildewart“, the Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Germany
2003 “Europe-concrete-reductive“, the Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland
2002 “konstruktiv – konkret“, the Neher Gallery, Essen, Germany
2004 “Concrete Art from Baden-Württemberg“, the Studio Gallery, Warschau, Poland
1999 “pure abstract art“, the Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, Holland
2003 “Grafikzyklen“, the Sammlung Rosskopf, Freiburg, Germany
2003 “konkrete kunst – einheit und vielfalt“, the Villa Kobe, Halle, Germany
2003 “installation 2003“, the New Art Centre Roche Court, England
2005 “Experiment Konkret“, the Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany
2004-08 Museum Polish Sculpture Centre, Osonsko, Poland
2008 “L’arte Costruisce L’Europa“, the Galleria Civica Gian Battista Bosio, Italy
2007 “Sammlung Gutmann“, the Haus Konstruktiv, Zuerich, Switzerland
2009 “konstruktiv – konkret“, the Neher Gallery, Essen, Germany
2010 „Klassische Moderne - Kunst nach 45“, Galerie Neher Essen Germany
2010 "L'arte costruisce il mondo", Italy
2010 Punita Gallery, Mumbai India
2010 ”Couleur et Géoméotrie - Actualités de l'art construit européen”, Musées de Sens , France
2010 Kunstverein Halle” Form und Farbe Konkrete Kunst der Gegenwart in Europa”, Germany
2010 galerie konkret, „baden-württemberg konkret“, Sulzburg, Germany
2010 Kunsthaus Nürnberg, Germany
2011 National Museum Kielce Poland
2011 Vordemberge-Gildewart-Initiative Galerie "5 Jahre VG-Galerie" Osnabrück, Germany
Numerous works of art by Jo Niemeyer have won awards at
home and abroad and are owned by private collectors and
public institutions. Some of the latter are listed here: the
Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, Germany, the Museum
for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany, Die Neue Sammlung in
the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, the city of
Jyväskylä, Finland, MoMa, New York, USA, the Finnish National
Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, the Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort,
Holland, the Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary,
Canada, the National Museum in Krakow, Poland, the Haus
Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland, and the Arithmeum, Bonn,
Germany
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