Matthias Meyer Silent Water
Matthias Meyer Silent Water October 11 - November 9, 2019
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Ueno, 2016 oil on canvas 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm)
The Pond, 2019 oil on canvas 83 x 78 in. (210 x 200 cm)
Imado, 2016 oil on canvas 55 x 110 in. (140 x 280 cm)
Sonoma, 2016 oil on canvas 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm)
Kyoto, 2019 oil on canvas 83 x 78 in. (210 x 200 cm)
Brugge, 2019 oil on canvas 63 x 59 in. (160 x 150 cm)
Benson Lake, 2019 oil on canvas 59 x 118 in. (150 x 300 cm)
Insomnia, 2014 oil on canvas 59 x 118 in. (150 x 300 cm)
Eibsee, 2018 oil on canvas 47.25 x 70.75 in. (120 x 180 cm)
Reservoir 2, 2018 oil on canvas 47.25 x 70.75 in. (120 x 180 cm)
Weichsel, 2019 oil on canvas 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm)
Palermo, 2019 oil on canvas 39.5 x 78.75 in. (100 x 200 cm)
Clearwater, 2019 oil on canvas 43 x 39.5 in. (110 x 100 cm)
Amaryllis, 2016 oil on canvas 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm)
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Amaryllis, 2016, oil on canvas, 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm) [detail]
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Ueno, 2016, oil on canvas, 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm)
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The Pond, 2019, oil on canvas, 83 x 78 in. (210 x 200 cm)
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Imado, 2016, oil on canvas, 55 x 110 in. (140 x 280 cm)
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Sonoma, 2016, oil on canvas, 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm)
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Kyoto, 2019, oil on canvas, 83 x 78 in. (210 x 200 cm)
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Brugge, 2019, oil on canvas, 63 x 59 in. (160 x 150 cm)
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Benson Lake, 2019, oil on canvas, 59 x 118 in. (150 x 300 cm)
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Insomnia, 2014, oil on canvas, 59 x 118 in. (150 x 300 cm)
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Eibsee, 2018, oil on canvas, 47.25 x 70.75 in. (120 x 180 cm)
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Reservoir 2, 2018, oil on canvas, 47.25 x 70.75 in. (120 x 180 cm)
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Weichsel, 2019, oil on canvas, 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm)
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Palermo, 2019, oil on canvas, 39.5 x 78.75 in. (100 x 200 cm)
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Clearwater, 2019, oil on canvas, 43 x 39.5 in. (110 x 100 cm)
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Amaryllis, 2016, oil on canvas, 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm)
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Ueno, 2016, oil on canvas, 59 x 63 in. (150 x 160 cm) [detail]
BIOGRAPHY 1969
Born in Göttingen, Germany Lives and works in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
EDUCATION AND AWARDS: 1991-94 1994 1994
Studied with Prof. Gerhard Richter, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany Named Master Student by Gerhard Richter Guest student in final class at the Chelsea College of Art, London, England 1994-95 Studied with Prof. Dieter Krieg, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany 1993 Travel stipend of the Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany 1994 Max Ernst Award, Brühl, Germany 1995 Award winner Germany, SBC European Art Competition, Schweizerischer. Bankverein, London, England 2007, 11 Lecturer, Kunstakademie Bad Reichenhall, Germany 2015 Artist Grant, Trustee Program EHF 2010, KonradAdenauer Foundation, Berlin, Germany SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2019 2018
Danese/Corey, New York, NY, Silent Water Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany, Arcadia Danese/Corey, New York, NY: Spring Roger Katwijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Matthias Meyer: New Paintings Rosenhang Museum, Weilburg, Germany, Matthias Meyer Tiefe Wasser/Deep Waters 2017 Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim, Germany, Matthias Meyer: Gläserner Tag/Glassy Day Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Matthias Meyer: Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters 2016 Danese/Corey, New York, NY, A Distant River Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany, Fensterbilder 2015 Caso Gallery, Osaka, Japan, Drawings
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002 1996 1994
Kyoto Gallery Weissraum, Kyoto, Japan, New Drawings/Horizontal Paintings Kunstverein Leverkusen Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, Insomnia (catalogue) Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt/Main, Germany Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany, In de Ferne so nah Danese/Corey, New York, NY, Wetland (catalogue) Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany, Vom tatsachlich Sichtbaren (catalogue) Kunstverein Duisburg, Germany, Vom Tatsächlich Sichtbaren (On What is Really Seen) Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany, Into the Deep (catalogue) Danese, New York, NY, The ornament of beauty is suspect (catalogue) Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Germany, Maha Kumbh Mela (catalogue) Danese, New York, NY, Water Paintings Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany Galerie Hof en Huyser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Galerija Contra, Koper, Slovenia Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany Galerie Hof en Huyser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (catalogue) Galerie Jürgen Kalthoff, Essen, Germany (catalogue) Galerie Hof en Huyser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Galerie am Schloß, Brühl, Germany, Max Ernst Stipendium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2019 2018
Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany, Horizon Kunstverein Münsterland, Germany 20 Jahre Kunstverein Münsterland Kunsthalle Hense, Gescher, Germany
2017 2016 2015 2014
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Kunstverein Münsterland, Germany, Emschergold Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Germany, Vielen Dank für die Blumen Bild & Bildnis, curated by: Peter Withof, Kunstverein Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany salondergegenwart, Hamburg Land & Sea, Danese/Corey, New York, NY Gute Kunst? Wollen! 500 artworks of the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin, Auf AEG, Nürnberg (catalogue) Mehr Kunst! New Akquisitions and Donations of the Collection, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr (catalogue) Bielefeld Contemporary. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Bielefelder Privatsammlungen, curated by Thomas Thiel, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany (catalogue) Konstruktives Widersprechen, Sammlung Alison und Peter Klein, Nussdorf, Germany Das flüssige Element - Seestücke des 17. und 21. Jahrhunderts, SØR, Rusche Sammlung Oelde/ Berlin in Kooperation mit dem Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop Megacool 4.0, Künstlerhaus k/haus, Vienna, Austria Die große Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kustpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany Alles Wasser, SØR Rusche Collection, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany In the Presence of Light, Danese, New York, NY Works on Paper II, Danese, New York, NY (catalogue) Unlängst im Wald, Zentrale der Bayerischen Staatsforsten, Regensburg, Germany (catalogue) Works on Paper, Danese, New York, NY (catalogue) inter-cool 3.0, Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany (catalogue) Ruhrbiennale 2010, Duisburg, Germany, (catalogue) Seoul on my Mind, Koreanisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin, Germany (catalogue) Forces of Nature, Danese, New York, NY Pures Wasser: Elementares Motiv der
Gegenwartskunst. Kunstverein Villa Streccius Landau e.V., Landau, Germany 2007 Palisadenparenchym, Danese, New York, NY 2006 Only One Weekend, Galerie Jürgen Kalthoff, Essen, Germany Inner Space/Outer Limits: The Vern Collective, Walker´s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI Architecture and Landscape, The Flat at Villa Noris, Verona, Italy 2004 Realismus? Landschaft zwischen Wirklichkeit und Konstruktion, Kunstraum, Drochtersen-Hüll, Germany 2003 Lebt und arbeitet in...., Neuer Kunstverein, Aschaffenburg, Germany (catalogue) 2002 Jahresgaben 2002, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover (catalogue) 1999 Moerser Kunstpreis (Moerser Art Award), Städt. Galerie Peschkenhaus, Moers, Germany 1998 Sklizen II, Manes Museum, Prague, Czech Republic (catalogue) 1995 SBC European Art Competition, Smith´s Gallery, London, England (catalogue) BIBLIOGRAPHY: Kedmey, Karen. “In Matthias Meyer’s Canvases, Paint Masquerades as Water,” Artsy.com, January 7, 2016. Matthias Meyer: INSOMNIA, Leverkusen: Kunstverein Leverkusen Schloss Morsbroich, 2014. Kohler, Michael. “Matthias Meyer: Stille Wasser, tiefe Wasser, in Art, Das Kunstmagazin, April 2012, p. 64. Sonna, Birgit, foreward, and texts by Sandra Dichtl and Jürgen Schilling. On what Is Really Seen. Munich: Galerie Andreas Binder, 2012. Richard, Birgit. Heinz-Hermann Krüger, eds. inter-cool 3.0 – Jugend Bild Medien. Ein Kompendium zur aktuellen Jugendkulturforschung, Munich 2010. Oppenheim, Sal Jr. & Cie Luxembourg S. A., eds. 10 Jahre Sammlun Sal. Oppenheim 10 Years Collection, Luxemburg 2007. Köppe, Harald, ed. “Interview with Matthias Meyer” in
Kulturkanal, no. 12/2004, Munich 2004. Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg. “Lebt und arbeitet in...,” Aktuelle Positionen au dem Ruhrgebiet, Aschaffenburg, 2003. Haenlein, Carl, ed., Jahresgaben 2002/03. kestnergesellschaft, Hanover. Haenlein, Dr. Carl, ed. Jahresgaben 2002/03, Hannover: Kestner Gesellschaft, 2002. Denniger-Schreuder, Caroline. Schilders van Amsterdam vier eeuwen stadsgezichten. Amsterdam: Thoth, 2000. Kulturstiftung Sparkasse Moers, ed., Malerei, Moerser Kunstpreis 1999, Moers, 1999. Galerie Hof & Huyser (Hrsg. / ed.), Matthias Meyer, Amsterdam, 1999. Cihakova-Noshiro, ed., Vlasta. Sklizen II – Harvest II. Prague, 1998. Hütte, Friedhelm. Contemporary Art at Deutsche Bank. London/ Ostfildern: Cantz, 1996. COLLECTIONS: Akzo Nobel, Arnheim, Germany Chaswil Ltd., Houston Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany DLD, Houston Dresdner Bank, Munich, Germany Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City NJ Eneco Energie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Hypo Bank, Munich, Germany Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany Sammlung BOB, Berlin, Germany Sammlung Sal. Oppenheim, Cologne, Germany Schweizerischer Bankverein, London, England Sullivan and Cromwell, New York UBS, London, UK UBS Financial Services, New York Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany WWK, Munich, Germany
Published in conjunction with the exhibition: Matthias Meyer: Silent Water Danese/Corey, New York, NY October 11 - November 9, 2019 Portrait of the artist © Giorgio Morra Catalogue © 2019 Danese/Corey Works of art © 2014-19 Matthias Meyer
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