Ewerdt Hilgemann
Biography
1938 Born in Witten, Germany
1959-1961 Art School + University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
1964-1967 Grants + Awards by:
Aldegrever Gesellschaft, Munster, Germany (1964 + 1966)
Fritz Berg Foundation, Hagen, Germany (1965)
Town of Gelsenkirchen, Germany (1967)
1970-1984 Lives in Gorinchem, Netherlands
1975-1984 Studio and residency in Carrara, Italy
1977-1998 Teaches at Rotterdam Art School, Netherlands
1981-1982 Sabbatical, travelling around Europe
1984 Moves to Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998-now Exhibitions and regular stay in Los Angeles, Califonia
EXHIBITIONS - selected (Since 1963 many exhibitions in different countries)
2016
‘Eight Works’, William Holman Gallery, Salt Point, NY
‘Moments in stream’, Sculpture for Leonia, Leonia, NJ (currently on view)
2015
‘Panta Rhei’, Mana Contemporary Art Center, Jersey City, NJ, solo (December 2014 - September 2015)
‘Reductive’, Tatranska Galeria, Poprad, Slovakia, group (January-February 2015)
‘Reductive’, Dum Umeni, Ostrava, Czech Republic, group (March-April 2015)
2014
‘Implosion Event’, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (November 2014)
‘Moments in a Stream’, Ewerdt Hilgemann / Clara von Aich, William Holman Gallery, New York, NY, dual
‘D-Form’, Ewerdt Hilgemann / Jan Maarten Voskuil, Dr. Julius ap, Berlin, Germany, dual
‘Moments in a Stream’, Park Avenue Sculpture Project, New York, NY, solo, publ.
‘Freeze Frame’, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY, solo
‘Reductive’, Galeria EL, Elbląg, Poland, group
‘Implosion Event’, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany, solo
2013
'Ewerdt Hilgemann, Der Luftschmied', Luftmuseum, Amberg, Germany, solo
Sculpture Park Anningahof, Zwolle, Netherlands, group
'Ewerdt Hilgemann, Live Implosion', MARCdePUECHREDON gallery, Basel, CH, solo
'Ewerdt Hilgemann, NY Project', Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands, solo
'Ewerdt Hilgemann, Der Luftschmied', Flottmann-Hallen, Herne, Germany, solo
'Coll. Manders - Naar eenvoud en verstilling', Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, NL, group
2012
'Zufall', Vasarely Museum, Budapest, Hungary, group
'Positionen konkreter Kunst heute', Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, Trier, Germany, group
'Faltwelten -It's all in the fold', Galerie Bender, Munich, Germany, group
'Geometric-abstract.eu', Dom Umenia, Bratislava, Slovakia, group
'Metall-Konkret-Remix', Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, Dresden, Germany, group
Galleri Mårtenson&Persson, Båstad, Sweden, group
Sculpture Park Anningahof, Zwolle, Netherlands, group
'MIX 2012', Rob de Vries Gallery, Haarlem, Netherlands (with Sol Lewitt + Tilman)
'Out of Control', Nest Art Space, The Hague, Netherlands, group
2011
'Three Graces', Messer Platz, Bad Soden, Germany, solo
'Nul = Zero & Contemporaries', Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands, group
'Nul = Zero', Galerie De Rijk, The Hague, Netherlands, group
'Metal Konkret', Galerie St.Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany, group
Sculpture Park Tesslo, Oirschot, Netherlands, group
2010
'Konkrete Konzepte', Galerie Ruhnke, Potsdam, Germany, group
'Panta Rhei', Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, California, solo
Sculpture Park Anningahof, Zwolle, Netherlands, group
'Spring/Summer Exhibitions', Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, group
Sculpture Park Tesslo, Oirschot, Netherlands, group
2009
'Amsterdam in New York', Art Affairs Project Space, New York, NY, solo
'Positionen Konkreter Kunst heute,' Landesmuseum, Mainz, Germany, group
'Industrial Land Art im Ruhrland,' Kunstmuseum, Ahlen, Germany, group
'Sculpture in the Summer,' Royale Projects, Indian Wells, California, group
'Ewerdt Hilgemann at Art Karlsruhe,' Galerie Neher, Germany, solo
Sculpture Park Anningahof, Zwolle, Netherlands, group
Sculpture Park Tesslo, Oirschot, Netherlands, group
2008
Fall season, Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, CA, group
'Exemplifizieren wird Kunst', Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany, group
'Implosion-Explosion, Ewerdt Hilgemann-Friedrich Werthmann', Herne, Germany, dual
Ewerdt Hilgemann, Implosion-Sculptures', Vonderbank Gallery, Berlin, Germany, dual
'Ewerdt Hilgemann at Art Karlsruhe,' Galerie Neher, Germany, solo
Sculpture Park Anningahof, Zwolle, Netherlands, group
2007
'Tegendruk', Sculpture Park Tesslo, Netherlands, group
Galerie Roland Aphold, Basel-Alschwill, Switzerland , solo
Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany, group
'8 x Konkret', Beardsmore Gallery, London, England, group
Künstlerverein, Kunsthaus am Lehnbach Platz, Munich, Germany, solo
2006
Galerie Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany, solo
Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California, group
'Nature's twist', Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands, solo
Museum Waterland, Purmerend, Netherlands, solo
2005
'Art-Field', Moscow, Russia, group
'Symposion Gorinchem', Gorinchem, Netherlands, group
Galerie Roland Aphold, Basel-Allschwil, Switzerland, solo
'Sculptures', Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium, group
Aegon, The Hague, Netherlands, solo
2004
Galerie Neher, Essen, Germany, group
'Skulptur und Objekt', Bratislava, Slovakia, group
Kunstverein, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, solo
Galerie Hüsstege, den Bosch, Netherlands, solo
Galerie St.Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany, group
2003
Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, Netherlands, solo
Galerie le Besset, St.Jeure d'Andaure, France, solo
Museum Mondriaan Huis, Amersfoort, Netherlands, solo
'Art on the Outside', City of West-Hollywood, California, solo
2001
Galerie St.Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany, group
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California, group
Galerie Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany, solo
2000
Galerie Aphold, Basel-Allschwil, Switzerland, solo
Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany, solo
Kuno Gonschior / Ewerdt Hilgemann, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, dual
1999
'To Be Imploded’, Weltbühne, Berlin, Germany, solo
1998
‘Sculpted by Air’, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands, solo
Art Frankfurt, Galerie Aphold, Germany, solo
1997
‘Implosioni’, Galleria Vismara, Milano, Italy, solo
'Seven for Luck’, Galerie Artline, Amsterdam, Netherlands, solo
1996
‘Panta Rhei’, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands, solo
Museum Waterland, Purmerend, Netherlands, solo
Städtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, solo
1995
Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany, solo
Galerie Donia Cieremans, Rotterdam, Netherlands, solo
1994
Janus Avivson Gallery, London, United Kingdom, solo
1991
Artline, The Hague, Netherlands, solo
Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands, solo
1990
City Park, Tampere, Finland, solo
Museum, Chelm, Poland, solo
Galerie Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland, solo
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2014 ‘Imploded Cube’, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
2014 ‘Imploded Cube’ a.o., Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
2013 'Imploded Cube', Air Museum, Amberg, Germany
2013 ‘Cube Structures’, Jo & Marlies Eyck Collection, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands
2012 'Imploded Pyramid', Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands
2011 ‘Three Graces', Messer Group, Bad Soden, Germany
2011 'Imploded Column (Flamingo)', Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul ,Turkey
2010 'Imploded Column', New Pacific, Beverly Hills, California
2008 'Imploded Cube', Vasarely Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2007 ‘Quint’, Hervormd Lyceum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005 'Double-up', Aegon Collection, The Hague, Netherlands
2004 'Panta Rhei', City of Hünfeld, Germany
2003 'Structural Series', Museum Mondrian House, Amersfoort, Netherlands
2003 'Imploded Cube', Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, Netherlands
2003 'Wall Sculpture', Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands
2001 'Wall-Sculpture', Ruppert Collection, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
2000 'Cerberus', IBB Investment Bank, Berlin, Germany
1996 'Imploded Cube', Il-San Lake Sculpture Park, Ko-Yang City, Korea
1995 'Birth', City of Heemstede, Netherlands
1995 ‘Sárospatak Implosion’, City of Sárospatak, Hungary
1993 'Imploded Cube', Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld, Germany
1993 ‘Spatial Construction’, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
1992 'Delft Implosion', Technical University, Delft, Netherlands
1992 'Fountain', City of Ingolstadt, Germany
1991 'Homage to Brancusi', Galati, Rumania
1991 ‘Plus-Minus’, City of Gorinchem (co-production with Jan van Munster), Netherlands
1991 'Water Stone', Hospital De Watersteeg, Veghel, Netherlands
1990 'Reflection', City of Nivala, Finland
1990 'Imploded Cube', City of Chelm, Poland
1989 'Tension', City of Rotterdam, Netherlands
1987 'Natura Artis Magistra', University, Nymegen, Netherlands
1986 'Imploded Cube', City of Elblag, Poland
1986 'Elblag Implosion', City of Elblag, Poland
1986 'Imploded Pyramid', City of Kleinsassen, Germany
1986 'Rolling Cube', Kunstmuseum, Sion, Switzerland
1985 'Exploded Sphere', Sculpture Park Dordwijk, City of Dordrecht, Netherlands
1985 'Imaginary Landscape', IWO Scientific Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1985 'Imploded Column', Museum Lenbach-Haus, Munich, Germany
1983 'Victoria', City of Dordrecht, Netherlands
1983 'Finnish Landscape', City of Kemi, Finland
1982 'Boulder in Two Parts', Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, Netherlands
1981 'Boulder with Three Segments', Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, Netherlands
1980 'Field of 32 Cubes', City of Brielle, Netherlands
1978 'Reliefs', Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1978 'North-South-East-West', Podio del Mondo per l'Arte, Middelburg, Netherlands
1978 'Cube Structure 1+2=3', City of Gorinchem, Netherlands
1978 'Relief Series', Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
1976 'Light Lines', Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
1976 'Tile Structure', Electricity Central Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1976 'Waterstone', City of Bergambacht, Netherlands
1976 'Wall piece', Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands
1975 'Cube Structure', Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
1975 'Cube Structure', City of Gorinchem, Netherlands
1974 'Three Equal Volumes', City of Gorinchem, Netherlands
1972 'Structural Row', Real-School, Wanne-Eickel, Germany
1969 'Space Structure', City of Amsterdam-Bijlmer, Netherlands
1968 'Pyramid', Letterhaus School, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
1968 'Wall piece', Museum of Contemporary Art, Witten, Germany
1967 'Quagga', Museum of Contemporary Art, Gelsenkirchen, Germany