Thilo Westermann
CV
| 2020 | Baldreit Artist in Residence, Baden-Baden |
| 2019 | Artist in Residence at the Cité internationale des arts, Paris |
| 2018 | Artist in Residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA (in cooperation with Oberpfaelzer Kuenstlerhaus Schwandorf) |
| 2017 | Teaching fellow at the China Academy of Art Shanghai, Artist in Residence of the Goethe Institut and the Consulate General in Shanghai (China) |
| 2015 | Artist in Residence at the Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai (China) |
| 2013–2012 | Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore and LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore (Chinese Ink Painting and Asian Art Histories) |
| 2009–2008 | University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe (Art Research and Media Philosophy) |
| Since 2008 | Study and work stays in the USA |
| 2008–2004 | Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Art History and Philosophy) |
| 2007–2001 | Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg (Master Class Student) |
| *1980 |
Awards, grants and scholarships (selected)
Scholarship of the zumikon-Kulturstiftung (2020)
Paris Grant, Free State of Bavaria (2019)
Else-Heiliger-Fonds 2010 Scholarship, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung e.V. Berlin (2018–17)
Scholarship of the City of Nuremberg (2015)
DAAD Grant for Studying in Singapore (German Academic Exchange Service) (2013)
C/O Berlin Talents Award (2011)
Studio Grant, Free State of Bavaria (2010–08)
Award of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg (2007)
hausderkunstpreis, Haus der Kunst Munich (2006)
Solo exhibitions (selected)
| 2021 | Vitromusée Romont (upcoming) |
| Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden (upcoming) | |
| 2018 | yìng sheng (Reaktion, Widerhall), Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg |
| Thilo Westermann, EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin | |
| Vanitas – Kunstwerk des Monats, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich | |
| 2016 | Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas, Galerie Tristan Lorenz Frankfurt |
| 2015 | The Open Studio Show, Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum Shanghai |
| Stilblueten, Institut fuer moderne Kunst Nuremberg | |
| 2014 | ESCADA MEETS THILO WESTERMANN, Adelson Galleries New York |
| 2013 | Preview Berlin Art Fair (Solo booth, Oechsner Galerie), Berlin |
| 2012 | Vanitas, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg |
Group exhibitions (selected)
| 2020 | Hinter Glas gemalt, Museum Penzberg |
| Do you believe in happy endings?, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg | |
| Crystal Flora, Felix Ringel Galerie Duesseldorf | |
| Made in China. Porcelain, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg | |
| Studio Ost, Kunsthalle Darmstadt | |
| peu à peu, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg | |
| 2019 | Benefitausstellung 20 x 2010, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin |
| Natur als Argument, Villa Dessauer Bamberg | |
| New acquisitions: Coll. Bezirk Oberpfalz, Oberpfaelzer Kuenstlerhaus Schwandorf | |
| 2018 | CHEERS. EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin |
| Mixed Media 10×5. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin | |
| Open Studio. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia | |
| 2017 | TIEFENLICHT. Malerei hinter Glas von August Macke bis Gerhard Richter, Museum Penzberg |
| fokus sammlung 05. STILLLEBEN, MMKK Carinthian Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt | |
| Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, Karlsruhe | |
| Artists‘ Books for Everything, Weserburg | Museum of Modern Art Bremen | |
| Unheimlich schoen – Stillleben heute, MMKK Carinthian Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt | |
| Die neue Praezision III, Galerie Rainer Wehr Stuttgart | |
| 2016 | Statement X, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg |
| HIGH & SLOW. Hana Usui | Thilo Westermann, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren | |
| Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, Karlsruhe | |
| 2015 | Schwarz ist meine Farbe, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg |
| 2014 | Magis Autumn, Drawing Room Gallery Singapore |
| Was bedeutet denn für immer, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg | |
| 2013 | Kunst und Künstler, Kunstverein Weiden |
| 2012 | Sichtbarmachen, Kunstverein Nürnberg Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft Nuremberg |
| Kunst aus Franken, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Gera | |
| Kunstpreisausstellung der Nürnberger Nachrichten, Kunsthaus Nuremberg | |
| 2011 | Werkschau, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg |
| Rotary Collection Nurnberg-Sigena, Exhibition hall of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg | |
| 2010 | Die neue Präzision II, Rainer Wehr Galerie Stuttgart |
| Kunst und Gesellschaft, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart | |
| 2009 | Triennial of Contemporary Art, Kunsthalle Schweinfurt |
| Herbstsalon, Haus der Kunst Munich | |
| 2008 | Pixelpops, BolteLang Gallery (Corridor) Zurich |
| Statements, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg |
Collections (selected)
Hamburg, Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe
Klagenfurt (Austria), Carinthian Museum of Modern Art MMKK
Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Munich, Collection of the ESCADA SE
Munich, Genossenschaftsverband Bayern e.V.
Munich, Stadtmuseum
Nuremberg, Marianne and Hansfried Defet Collection
Nuremberg, Rotary-Collection Nurnberg-Sigena
Schwandorf, County Collection of the Upper Palatinate
Shanghai (China), Himalayas Art Museum
