Johannes Nagel is a sculptor, exploring the possibilities of a vessel. His work ranges in size from the sitting-room scale to the monumental. Rather than closing onto themselves, Nagel’s vessels appear at times to be sliced and cut open at their extremities. In the case of these containers full of holes, the interior competes with and complements the exterior, they resist the very idea of “containing”.
Johannes Nagel (1979) studied at University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, where he is also an assistant professor. He began his career as a potter as an apprentice to Japanese-born Canadian ceramist, Kinya Ishikawa in Val-David, Quebec. He has since developed an international dossier of shows, awards, and residencies. Nagel’s work is shown and collected internationally, and can be found in a diverse set of museum collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Ariana, and the Keramion.
Most recently, Nagel has been awarded the Keramikmuseum’s 2019 Westerwald Prize, one of the most renown awards for ceramics in Europe.
Johannes Nagel (1979) studied at University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, where he is also an assistant professor. He began his career as a potter as an apprentice to Japanese-born Canadian ceramist, Kinya Ishikawa in Val-David, Quebec. He has since developed an international dossier of shows, awards, and residencies. Nagel’s work is shown and collected internationally, and can be found in a diverse set of museum collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Ariana, and the Keramion.
Most recently, Nagel has been awarded the Keramikmuseum’s 2019 Westerwald Prize, one of the most renown awards for ceramics in Europe.
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2019 Westerwaldprize, Keramikmuseum Westerwald
2016 Naspa Ceramics Award „Focus: vessel“, Keramikmuseum Westerwald
2009 Frechen Ceramic Art Award, Keramion Frechen
2019 Westerwaldprize, Keramikmuseum Westerwald
2016 Naspa Ceramics Award „Focus: vessel“, Keramikmuseum Westerwald
2009 Frechen Ceramic Art Award, Keramion Frechen
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1979 born in Jena, Germany
2012 - 2017 Assistant professor at University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle
2011 Art Foundation Saxony-Anhalt stipend
2009 Postgraduate stipend of the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle
Scottish Arts Council Residency in Cove Park, Scotland
2008 Studio/atelier in Halle (Saale), Germany
Diploma of fine art/ceramics at the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle
2007 Student exchange with Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, USA
2005 - 2006 Artist-in-Residence at the Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park Shigaraki, Japan
2002 - 2008 Student at the fine arts ceramics department of the University of Art and Design Burg
Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany
2001 Apprenticeship as a potter with Kinya Ishikawa in Val-David, PQ, Canada
Selected Group & solo exhibitions
2019
- „Johannes Nagel“ Puls Gallery, Brussel
-„thinking with my hands“ gallery Zink, Waldkirchen
-„Morfologia delle Meraviglie“ Officine Saffi, Puglia
-„come on baby, light my fire“ Musée Ariana, Geneva
2018
- „Further Thoughts on Earthy Materials“ Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg
-„Johannes Nagel - Trial & Error“ Brutto Gusto, Berlin
-„Ceramics now: the Faenza prize is 60 years old“ The International Museum of Ceramics in
Faenza
-„Reconsidering canon“ Designmuseum London
-„vessels, perhaps 2010 – 2017“ Gallery Fumi London
2017
-„Lacy traces“ Kunstforum Solothurn
-„Selected Works - Récent Acquisitions at the Musée Ariana" Contemporary Gallery, Genf
-„Amsterdam Art Fair“ with Brutto Gusto Berlin
-„Johannes Nagel“ at Artgeneve with Taste Contemporary craft
2016
-„I hardly ever Thought of flowers“, Brutto Gusto, Berlin
-„Modern Classics Fokus Gefäß/Focus Vessel“, Keramikmuseum Westerwald
-„Sphären“, collection Jörg Johnen, Berlin
2015
- „Geformt und gebaut“, Galerie Handwerk, München
-„Johannes Nagel“, Keramion, Frechen
-„vessels, perhaps“,New Arts Centre, Roche Court, UK
-„I hardly ever Thought of flowers“, Gallery Fumi, London, UK
2014
-„Kaleidoscope“, Brutto Gusto, Berlin
-„Fokus Junge Kunst“, Kunstmuseum Kloster unser lieben Frauen, Magdeburg
-„Kaleidoskop“, Galerie Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Schweiz
-„Design Show – Johannes Nagel, Daniel Naudé, Joseph Walsh“, New Art Centre, Roche
Court, UK
2013
-„Raw/tech“, Valcucine/Spotti Milano, Italien
-"German Contemporary Arts & Crafts" Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2013, Korea
-„Silver – 25 years, 25 artists“, Brutto Gusto, Berlin
-„space between“, Galerie Idelmann, Gelsenkirchen
2012
-Kunstpreis »junger westen 2011«, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
-„In Form gegossen“, Galerie Handwerk, München
-„Transformation.“, Galerie für Angewandte Kunst des BKV, München
-„Craft & Scenography“, Depot Basel, Schweiz
2011
-„Improvisorium“, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Schweiz
-„Dauerbrenner II – Freisspiel“, geh8, Dresden
-„Studio Ware“, Gallery Fumi, London, UK
-„Materials Revisited“, 10. Triennale für Form und Inhalte 2011, Museum für Angewandte
Kunst, Frankfurt
2010
-„die IDEE, das DING, das BILD, die REDE“, Forum Gestaltung, Magdeburg
-„Causing Chaos “, Fife Contemporary Art & Craft, St Andrews Museum , Schotland
-„Das Voynich-Manuskript – eine Künstlersicht“, Grauer Hof, Aschersleben
2009
-Frechener Keramikpreis 2009, Keramion, Frechen
-„The vessel – the object“, Kunstforum Solthurn, Schweiz
-Ausstellung zum Kunstpreis der Stiftung der Sparkasse Halle, Kunstforum, Halle
2012 - 2017 Assistant professor at University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle
2011 Art Foundation Saxony-Anhalt stipend
2009 Postgraduate stipend of the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle
Scottish Arts Council Residency in Cove Park, Scotland
2008 Studio/atelier in Halle (Saale), Germany
Diploma of fine art/ceramics at the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle
2007 Student exchange with Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, USA
2005 - 2006 Artist-in-Residence at the Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park Shigaraki, Japan
2002 - 2008 Student at the fine arts ceramics department of the University of Art and Design Burg
Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany
2001 Apprenticeship as a potter with Kinya Ishikawa in Val-David, PQ, Canada
Selected Group & solo exhibitions
2019
- „Johannes Nagel“ Puls Gallery, Brussel
-„thinking with my hands“ gallery Zink, Waldkirchen
-„Morfologia delle Meraviglie“ Officine Saffi, Puglia
-„come on baby, light my fire“ Musée Ariana, Geneva
2018
- „Further Thoughts on Earthy Materials“ Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg
-„Johannes Nagel - Trial & Error“ Brutto Gusto, Berlin
-„Ceramics now: the Faenza prize is 60 years old“ The International Museum of Ceramics in
Faenza
-„Reconsidering canon“ Designmuseum London
-„vessels, perhaps 2010 – 2017“ Gallery Fumi London
2017
-„Lacy traces“ Kunstforum Solothurn
-„Selected Works - Récent Acquisitions at the Musée Ariana" Contemporary Gallery, Genf
-„Amsterdam Art Fair“ with Brutto Gusto Berlin
-„Johannes Nagel“ at Artgeneve with Taste Contemporary craft
2016
-„I hardly ever Thought of flowers“, Brutto Gusto, Berlin
-„Modern Classics Fokus Gefäß/Focus Vessel“, Keramikmuseum Westerwald
-„Sphären“, collection Jörg Johnen, Berlin
2015
- „Geformt und gebaut“, Galerie Handwerk, München
-„Johannes Nagel“, Keramion, Frechen
-„vessels, perhaps“,New Arts Centre, Roche Court, UK
-„I hardly ever Thought of flowers“, Gallery Fumi, London, UK
2014
-„Kaleidoscope“, Brutto Gusto, Berlin
-„Fokus Junge Kunst“, Kunstmuseum Kloster unser lieben Frauen, Magdeburg
-„Kaleidoskop“, Galerie Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Schweiz
-„Design Show – Johannes Nagel, Daniel Naudé, Joseph Walsh“, New Art Centre, Roche
Court, UK
2013
-„Raw/tech“, Valcucine/Spotti Milano, Italien
-"German Contemporary Arts & Crafts" Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2013, Korea
-„Silver – 25 years, 25 artists“, Brutto Gusto, Berlin
-„space between“, Galerie Idelmann, Gelsenkirchen
2012
-Kunstpreis »junger westen 2011«, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
-„In Form gegossen“, Galerie Handwerk, München
-„Transformation.“, Galerie für Angewandte Kunst des BKV, München
-„Craft & Scenography“, Depot Basel, Schweiz
2011
-„Improvisorium“, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Schweiz
-„Dauerbrenner II – Freisspiel“, geh8, Dresden
-„Studio Ware“, Gallery Fumi, London, UK
-„Materials Revisited“, 10. Triennale für Form und Inhalte 2011, Museum für Angewandte
Kunst, Frankfurt
2010
-„die IDEE, das DING, das BILD, die REDE“, Forum Gestaltung, Magdeburg
-„Causing Chaos “, Fife Contemporary Art & Craft, St Andrews Museum , Schotland
-„Das Voynich-Manuskript – eine Künstlersicht“, Grauer Hof, Aschersleben
2009
-Frechener Keramikpreis 2009, Keramion, Frechen
-„The vessel – the object“, Kunstforum Solthurn, Schweiz
-Ausstellung zum Kunstpreis der Stiftung der Sparkasse Halle, Kunstforum, Halle
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