20.09.2024 — 06.12.2024
Within Our Shapes
In corso
Nicolas Pelzer
Pelzer's works address the physical presence and materiality of real spaces. Considering the growing influence of new media, particularly online, which alters values in the real world, his installations attempt to engage with existing places and intervene in their original architecture.
His artistic language can be described as "beyond the formal" because his elements refer to standardized forms of media such as computer screens and cinematic formats, or abstract parameters like exponential functions. The use of glass, one of the key materials in his installations, stems from its direct influence on viewers' perception of space and its physical yet invisible nature. For Pelzer, the tension between space and his works is crucial, as it reflects the relationship between reality and its overlay of an immaterial and abstract world. Through these observations, Pelzer reveals the current structures for perceiving the material aspect of everyday life.
Exhibitions
Works by Nicolas Pelzer (4)
Evolving Masters 21, 2024
92(h) × 60(w) × 45(d) cm
Anodized aluminum, cable, lamp socket, LED bulb, screws, steel wire
Evolving Masters 22, 2024
65(h) × 84(w) × 70(d) cm
Anodized aluminum, cable, lamp socket, LED bulb, screws, steel wire
Evolving Masters 23, 2024
89(h) × 77(w) × 76(d) cm
Anodized aluminum, cable, lamp socket, LED bulb, screws, steel wire
Evolving Masters 24, 2024
51(h) × 84(w) × 51(d) cm
Anodized aluminum, cable, lamp socket, LED bulb, screws, steel wire
Curriculum Vitae
Born in 1982 in Dinslaken, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin
EDUCATION
2014 Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Ghent
2011 Academy of Media Arts, Cologne
2006 University of the Arts, Berlin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Fingers and Concaves, Fiebach-Minninger, Cologne
2021 Nervous Pickers, ung5, Cologne
2021 Softbody, Fiebach-Minninger, Cologne
2020 Eyes larger Foreheads longer Fingers crossed, with Aniara Omann, Catboxcontemporary, curated by ung5, New York
2019 Never Wash Without Soap, Fiebach-Minninger, Cologne
2018 Late Dawn, with Aline Bouvy, Mélange, Cologne
2017 Tomorrow Is Obsolete, with Joachim Coucke, SOYUZ, Pescara
2017 Collider Body, Future Gallery, Berlin
2017 Hand Und Fuss, with Tilman Hornig, Fiebach-Minninger, Cologne
2016 Dormant Cave, with Sungseok Ahn, space-nowhere, Seoul
2015 Evolving Masters, O'newWall, Seoul
2014 Custom Utility, Future Gallery, Berlin
2014 Art Rotterdam, with Future Gallery, Rotterdam
2013 In Real World, Lounge Project, Artsonje Center, Seoul
2013 Waiting With The Fruits, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl
2012 Parametric Pleasure, Future Gallery, Berlin
2011 Situation Room, Moltkerei Werkstatt e.V., Cologne
2010 Schaufenster, with Alfons Knogl, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2010 Alles Lava, Baustelle Schaustelle, Essen
2009 Nicolas Pelzer, glasmoog, Academy of Media Arts, Cologne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Wannseewandeln, Wannsee Contemporary, Berlin
2022 Grid Island, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2022 stricte intimité, The Shophouse 1527, Bangkok
2022 NAK Benefiz Auktion, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
2022 Life-Size, Oneroom, Seoul
2021 High End, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden
2021 A year of exhaustion, curated by Tristan Deschamps, Borkheide
2021 Kleinanzeigen, VERY, Berlin
2021 NAK Benefiz Auktion, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
2020 əráivəl, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, Goyang
2020 Journey of Eternity, Seoul Museum of Art, Bunker, Seoul
2020 possibilities on paper, fiebach, minninger, Cologne
2019 Jahresgaben, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
2019 Psychedelic Nature, Art Space BOAN, Seoul
2019 Finity Mirror, Seoul Museum of Art, Nanji, Seoul
2019 Made in Marl, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
2019 Bad Romance, Gussglashalle, Berlin
2018 Even If It’s Jazz Or The Quiet Storm, Nest, The Hague
2018 Shotspotter 2, Bar Babette, Berlin
2018 Pane Project, Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig
2018 The Scrap, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul
2018 Draped Extensión, Future Gallery, Mexico City
2017 Collaborations, Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp
2017 Draped, Future Gallery, Berlin
2017 The Hot Wire, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl
2017 Hope, New Scenario, Altana Galerie, Dresden
2017 L.A. Should Die Vor Glück, Just Married, Los Angeles
2016 Reflector, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp
2016 Micro Celebrities, commissioned by Marcel Hiller, Fiebach-Minninger, Cologne
2016 On-screen And Off, curated by Domenico de Chirico, Bid Project Gallery, Milan
2016 Paradise Lost, Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp
2016 The Image Generator II, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
2015 Index 15, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg
2015 How My Mom Got Hacked, DASH, Kortrijk
2015 Business As Usual, Turf Projects, London
2015 Rock Steady, Future Gallery, Berlin
2015 Little Hisk, LLS 387, Antwerp
2014 Red Dawn, Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Ghent
2014 Stipendium Vordemberge-gildewart, KIT – Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf
2013 Guts And Cooperation, Euljiro, Seoul
2013 100 Ideas on Tomorrow’s Island, Art Base Momoshima, Momoshima
2013 More Or Less, WCW Gallery, Hamburg
2012 Playtime, curated by Sungwon Kim, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul
2012 Real DMZ Project, curated by SAMUSO, Cheorwon
2012 New Talents, Landesvertretung NRW, Berlin
2012 New Talents - Biennale Cologne, Cologne
2012 Montagen, SSZ Sued, Cologne
2012 Sechs Minus, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
2012 Einige Parallelen, Temporary Gallery, Cologne
2011 Sammlung Im Prozess, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl
2011 Temporary Re-visionists, Space O’New Wall, Seoul
2011 Public, Private, Corporate, Generali Deutschland, Cologne
2011 Un Problème Insoluble, Triangle France, Marseille
2011 Metrospective 1.0, Program e.V., Berlin
2010 Ideenbilder, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2010 Junge Kunst Im Ruhrgebiet, Alte Spedition, Gladbeck
2009 Vogelsang Intervention, Internationaler Platz, Vogelsang
2009 Plan 09, glasmoog, Cologne
2008 .hbc-berlin, Berlin
2008 Plan 08, public space, Cologne
2008 Grosse Kunstausstellung Nrw, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
2007 Rettung Ohne Untergang, Deutzer Brücke, Cologne
2007 Atelier, Pact-Zollverein, Essen
2006 Typo06, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
RESIDENCIES
2019 Seoul Museum of Art NANJI, Seoul
2013 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul
2012 Seoul Art Space Hongeun, Seoul
2011 Triangle France, Marseille, France
PROJECTS
2017 HOPE, New Scenario, onlineproject
2015 Rob Pruitt's Flea Market, A plus A Gallery, Venice
2014 SPECTRAL RITE, multi-arts project in collaboration with Sylbee Kim, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
2011 BYOB BONN, Bonn University, Art History Department, Bonn
2011 39 ART DAY, performance, Asian Art Archive
TALKS, WORKSHOP, TEACHING
2019 Guest Tutor, Ewha Womans University, Seoul
2019 Artist Talk, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
2019 Artist Talk, RAT school of ART, Seoul
2017 Book Launch: Authenticity?, with Barbara Cueto and Bas Hendrikx, Anagram Books, Berlin
2015 Artist Talk at Civic Epistemologies Conference, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2015 Workshop, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen
2012 THE BLACK SHEEP, lecture at Artsonje Center, Seoul
2012 Workshop, Seoul Art Space Hongeun, Seoul
2011 Artist Talk, The Book Society, Seoul
2010 Artist Talk, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2009 Artist Talk, glasmoog, Academy of Media Arts, Cologne
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2022 Interview with Cristina Ramos, Berlin Art Link
2020 əráivəl, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, Goyang, exhibition catalogue
2020 Journey of Eternity, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, exhibition catalogue
2020 Interview, Harper's Bazaar Korea
2020 Six Questions: Nicolas Pelzer, Tique.art
2020 Made in Marl, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, exhibition catalogue
2019 Imagining a Past and a Future, Both 50 Millennia Away, by Hong Leeji
2019 Never Wash Without Soap, by Luisa Schlotterbeck
2017 Nicolas Pelzer at Future Gallery, Interview on SPIKE by Chloe Stead
2017 Hand Und Fuss, by Matteo Mottin
2015 Evolving Masters, O’newWall, exhibition catalogue
2015 INDEX 15, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg
2014 Nicolas Pelzer @ Future Gallery reviewed, AQNB
2012 Samuso Words Vol.2, Samuso, magazine
2012 NEW TALENTS, Biennale Cologne, exhibition catalogue, text by Julia Höner
2011 Dislocated North Korea, Nicolas Pelzer, artist publication
2011 The Glass Line, Nicolas Pelzer, artist publication
2010 Nicolas Pelzer, Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, artist publication, exhibition catalogue
Chiudi
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