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Basic Data

Via Lewandowsky is a contemporary German artist who works with sculpture, object art, installation, photography as well as with performance, painting and drawing. 

  • Born: 7 May 1963
  • Place of birth: Dresden, Saxony
  • Nationality: German
  • Studied at: Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
  • Era: Contemporary art
  • Stylistic direction: Surrealism

In the 1980s, Lewandowsky belonged to the group of so-called 'Auto-Perforations-Artisten' who criticized the art business of the GDR. The leitmotifs of his art are misunderstanding as a result of the failure of communication and the processual. His works show influences of Dadaism, Surrealism and Fluxus. 

Exhibitions

  • 14.09.21 - 18.09.2021 Slot 22: Digital Touch – Direkte Auktion, Berlin.
  • 15.05.21 - 15.08.2021 Outsideinside - 20 Years Herbert-Gerisch Foundation - Herbert-Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster.
  • 01.12.20 - 11.04.2021 Bon Voyage. Reisen in der Kunst der Gegenwart - Ludwig Forum, Aachen.
  • 03.10.20 - 18.10.2020 Boxenstopp - KWADRAT Berlin.
  • 18.05.20 - 26.06.2020 Still Leben - Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin.
  • 25.04.2020 - 07.06.2020 Papier – Kunstverein Bamberg.
  • 27.03.2020 - 08.06.2020 Poetry and Performance. The Eastern European Perspective – Wroclaw Contemporary Museum (MWW), Wroclaw.
  • 13.03.2020 - 08.05.2020 düsseldorf photo+ 2020 - düsseldorf photo+.
  • 23.02.2020 - 08.03.2020 How beautiful you are! -  KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin.
  • 20.02.2020 - 21.03.2020 GOOD VIBRATIONS - KINETISCHE KUNST - Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim.
  • 07.11.2019 - 08.03.2020 Utopien – Motorenhalle, Galerie Adlergasse, Runde Ecke, Dresden.
  • 02.08.2019 - 15.09.2019 Milchstrassenverkehrsordnung - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
  • 20.05.2017 - 17.09.2017 „Inside Intensity – The Anniversary Show“ - Museum Kurhaus Kleve.
  • 22.09.2016 - 15.01.2017 Notes from the Underground. Art and Alternative Music in Eastern Europe 1968-1994 Tweet - ms Muzeum Sztuki Lodz.
  • 16.07.2016 - 26.09.2016  Gegenstimmen. Kunst in der DDR 1976-1989 - Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin.
  • 03.10.2015 - 31.01.2016 Via Lewandowsky – Hokuspokus - Kunsthalle zu Kiel.

 

Awards

  • 1995: Art prize of the Leipziger Volkszeitung, Leipzig.
  • 1998: Botho-Graef-Prize of the city Jena.
  • 2005: Critics prize Beijing Case, Beijing.

 

Literature

  • Via Lewandowsky: Geometry of obedience, exhibition catalog, Via Lewandowsky, Berlin 2019.
  • Via Lewandowsky, Applaus, applause, exhibition catalog, Katja Blomberg (Publ.), Cologne 2008.
  • Via Lewandowsky – paeninsula, exhibition catalog, Alexander Tolnay (Publ.), Ostfildern 2006.
  • Via Lewandowsky - sie können nichts schreien hören, exhibition catalog, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V. (Publ.), Berlin 1989.

 

Collections

Belgium

 

Germany

 

Sweden

 

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