Martin Gerwers 1963

Lives in Düsseldorf. Works in Düsseldorf.

Represented by:

Slewe Gallery

The Duesseldorf based artist Martin Gerwers makes geometric abstract paintings and sculptures as well, with acrylic on canvas or wood. His works continues the modernist tradition of Mondrian and Barnett Newman.

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Art Rotterdam 2021

Karel Appel, Ruud Kuijer, Adam Colton, Michael Jacklin, Domenico Bianchi, Jan van Munster, Martin Gerwers, Günter Tuzina, Steven Aalders, Joris Geurts, Krijn de Koning

1 jul - 4 jul 2021, Rotterdam, Nederland

New Works - Martin Gerwers

Martin Gerwers

3 sep - 10 oct 2020, Amsterdam, Nederland

Private View - 25 Years Slewe @ Huize Frankendael

Jan Roeland, Adam Colton, Alice Schorbach, Michael Jacklin, Ruud Kuijer, Lon Pennock, Ian Davenport, Alan Charlton, Dan Walsh, Steven Aalders, Paul Drissen, Martin Gerwers, Jerry Zeniuk, Martina Klein, Günter Tuzina, Merina Beekman, Lesley Foxcroft, Joris Geurts, Krijn de Koning

6 oct - 24 nov 2019, Amsterdam, Nederland

In museum collection:

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

In corporate collection:

Daimler Art Collection, UK

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After his study at the Kunstakademie Duesseldorf he had his first solo exhibition at the famous Konrad Fischer Galerie in 1993. Since then his work is internationally exhibited and collected on a regular base. Since 2003 he is represented by Slewe Galley as well. In 2012 he made an installation with his large colored pyramid shaped sculptures in the project space of the Gemeentemuseum The Hague and in 2013 in the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum in Dueren. His work is collected by the Art Collection Nordrhein Westfalen in Duesseldorf, the DaimlerChrysler Art Collection, Berlin and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam a.o.

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*1963, Velen (DE)
Lives and works in Düsseldorf (DE)

Solo Exhibitions
2020 Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2016 There, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Köln
2015 Motion, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren
2013 Projectenzaal, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
2012 Shifting from a Riff, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2010 The Matter of Matter, University Gallery, Dallas, USA
2009 Paintings, De Rijk, Den Haag
2008 Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2007 Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan
2005 Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz (CH)
2004 Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan
2003 Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2002 Guardini Stiftung, Berlin
Heimer & Partner, Berlin
2000 Luis Campana, Köln
1999 Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
1997 Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1996 Galerie Tschudi, Glarus
1994 Ein Raum mit Wandmalereien, Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1993 Forderkoje Art Cologne, Konrad Fischer, Köln

Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Crisis? What Crisis?, Port25, Mannheim
2019 The Space of Painting, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Köln
2017 The Present Order II, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
2016 The Present Order, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Wilhem-Morgner-Preis 2016, Museum Wilhem Morgner, Soest
2014 20 Years Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2012 Sammlen für die Zukunft. Kunst vor 1952 bis 2012, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsledorf
Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan
Selected Works, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2011 Why Patterns?, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2005 Galerie Fricke, Düsseldorf
2004 Galerie Heimer und Vogel, Berlin
2003 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Daimler Chrysler Collection, ZKM Karlsruhe
2002 Minimalism and After, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin
2001 PhoenixArt, Hamburg-Harburg, DE
1999 Primary Structures, Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, CH
Walls, Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1998 Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, CH
1997 Farbe, Malerei der 90er Jahre, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Ars Viva 96/97. Malerei, Galerie am Fischmarkt, Erf¬urt/ Krefelder Kunstmuseum/Ulmer Museum, DE
1991 Neue Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
1988 Die anderen Zehn, Neue Aachener Kunstverein

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