Mathias Weinfurter (*1989) lives and works in Cologne and Frankfurt/Main. He studied art with a focus on sculpture at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach/Main and the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. In recent years he has shown his work in exhibitions at Kressmann Halle, Offenbach/Main; Centrum, Berlin; Villa Schöningen, Potsdam; BPA, Cologne; Bistro 21, Leipzig; Salon Comunal, Bogotá; Ruttkowski;68, Cologne and participated in AiR programs in Jeju, South Korea; Bogotá, Colombia and Kramatorsk, Ukraine. He also regularly organizes international artistic exchange projects. His work has been honored by grants from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, the Cultural Foundation of Hesse and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, among others.
Born on February 13, 1989
Lives und works in Cologne and Frankfurt/Main, GER
Education
2012 - 2020
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach, Offenbach/Main, GER
Studied art in the sculpture department with Prof. Susanne M. Winterling and Prof. Kitty Kraus
2015 - 2016
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, ISR
Studied art in the sculpture department with Prof. Peter Maltz
Selected solo and duo exhibitions
upcoming
SCHÖNUNDGUT, Siegen, GER, Plateau, w/ Max Brück
Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne, GER, solo show
2022
Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden, GER, 130km/h, w/ Theresa Lawrenz
2021
Centrum, Berlin, GER, Collapsing Memories, solo show
Kressmann-Halle, Offenbach/Main, GER, Offenbach-neu, w/ Max Brück
2020
BPA, Cologne, GER, Prinz der Austernpiraten, solo show
2019
Bistro 21, Leipzig, GER, Speicher, w/ Max Brück
Salón Comunal, Bogota, COL, Miradas Borrosas, w/ Anna Boldt
2018
POP;68, Cologne, GER, Stromer, solo show
2017
Multiversum, Offenbach/Main, GER, Eröffnung B-Ebene, w/ Max Brück
2016
Salon58, Giessen, GER, Räume und Privilegien, w/ Max Brück
2015
Banks of Vistula, Warsaw, POL, Endeavour Island, w/ Max Brück
2013
Eintracht Frankfurt Museum, Frankfurt/Main, GER, E Pluribus Eintracht, w/ Dominik Dresel
Selected group exhibitions
upcoming
JVDW, Düsseldorf, GER, GRASSROOTS, group show
2022
Burg Galerie, Halle (Saale), GER, in relation to, group show
GU11, Köln, GER, stepping stone, group show
2021
Ruttkowski;68, Cologne, GER, Mixed Pickles 10, group show
Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, GER, This must be the place, group show
Bistro 21, Fonda, IDEAL, Kunsthalle Ost, Leipzig, GER, Skulpturenpark Neustadt, group show
SYNNIKA, Frankfurt/Main, GER, Soil Strings, group show
2020
Goeben, Berlin, GER, Einmal alles - alles ein Mal, group show
PHOTO IS:RAEL, Tel Aviv, ISR, Transformation, group show
Offenes Haus der Kulturen, Frankfurt/Main, GER, Dieses Haus ist besetzt!, group show
2019
Ruttkowski;68, Cologne, GER, Mixed Pickles 6, group show
Alte VHS, Bonn, GER, MIRA 2019, film festival
Galleri KiT, Trondheim, NOR, Blockadia*Tiefsee, group show
Unterer Hardthof, Giessen, GER, Weltherrschaft, Status, Alltag und Potential, group show
2018
Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, GER, Schleuse/Labor ausgelagert, group show
Offenbach Rathaus, Offenbach/Main, GER, Blockadia*Tiefsee, group show
2017
Klapperfeld, Frankfurt/Main, GER, Eine Spur der kurzen Unterbrechung, group show
Kramatorsk Art Museum, Kramatorsk, UKR, Diffusion, group show
KiZ, Giessen, GER, “Die Welt wo sie sind, und jene, wo sie nicht sind.“, group show
Bildungsstätte Anne Frank, Frankfurt/Main, GER, Korrekturen, group show
2016
HfG Offenbach, Offenbach/Main, GER, Eingang Hinteres Treppenhaus, group show
Bezalel, Jerusalem, ISR, Exhibited Art on Concrete Cubes, group show
2014
Zollamt Galerie, Offenbach/Main, GER, “I look not back, I look in front.“, group show
Selected residencies and grant
upcoming
NIROX Residency, Krugersdorp, ZAF, artist in residence
2021
Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, GER, working grant
MKW NRW, Düsseldorf, GER, working grant
Goeben, Berlin, GER, artist in residence
2020
Hessische Kulturstiftung, Wiesbaden, GER, working grant
2019
IIGYCF, Jeju, KOR, artist in residence
Casa Panda Residency, Ambalema/Bogota, COL, artist in residence
DAAD, Bonn, GER, travel grant
2017
Partnerschaft für Demokratie, Frankfurt/Main, GER, project grant
Diffusion Residency, Kramatorsk, UKR, artist in residence
2014
Im Gedächtnis Bleiben, Frankfurt/Main, GER, award
Selected projects
2021
International exchange project SCHLAGBAUM
In cooperation with the Neuer Kunstverein Gießen, GER and Slushni Reshi, Odessa, UKR. Supported by the Foundation EVZ, Berlin, GER.
2019
International exchange project home - the travel
In cooperation with the HfG Offenbach am Main, GER. Funded by the Foundation EVZ, Berlin, GER.
2018
International exchange project home
In cooperation with the HfG Offenbach am Main, GER. Supported by the Foundation EVZ, Berlin, GER.