DIETMAR LUTZ


Dietmar Lutz, 'MOMA', 2007, acrylic on canvas, 175 x 290 cm

Previous exhibitions, reviews & articles


Exhibition: 'Documenta' in collaboration with Kota Ezawa, March 2008
Exhibition: 'Summer in Geneva', July 2008
Reviews and Articles

Biography


Born in 1968 in Ellwangen (Jagst), Germany
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany

Education
1990-97 Kunstakademie (Academy of Fine Arts)Düsseldorf, Germany
1995Master(painting), Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
1998Founding member of artists’ group hobbypopMUSEUM
2000-04studio in London
2011/12 residency in Bombay, India with hobbypopMUSEUM ( Kunsstiftung NRW)

Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2011 – ‘Alessandro Raho & Dietmar Lutz’, CENTER, Berlin, Germany
2011 - ‘New Pictures’ Schnaky white Gallery, worldwideweb, Düsseldorf, Germany,
2009 – ‘Kunstbetrieb 7’, Stuttgart
2009 - ‘Center’, (in collaboration with Manuel Graf), CENTER, Berlin
2008 - ‘Documenta (in collaboration with Kota Ezawa’, ARQUEBUSE, Geneva
2008 - ‘Summer in Geneva’, ARQUEBUSE, Geneva
2006 - Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2006 - ‘Tabu’, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2005 - ‘Querelle’, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
2005 - ‘momentum’, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
2005 - ‘Controfigura’, Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin, Italy
2004 - ‘Stockwell Observatory’, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2004 - ‘ab elegant universe’ (with Giles Round), the Generator, Dundee, Scotland
2004 - ‘Urban Studios’ (with André Niebur), Adeline Morlon Art Direction, Düsseldorf
2003 - ‘The Journey’, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
2003 - Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2003 - ‘Frost’, Alberto Peola Gallery, Turin, Italy
2002 - ‘Present Future’, Artissima, Turin, Italy
2002 - ‘Geometry of the heart’, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
2000 - ‘Studio Apartment’, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
1997 - ‘Geist Fort’, Stichting de Bank, Enschede, NL
1997 - ‘Sex Me Up In Travemunde’, Push artspace, San Fransico, USA

Group Exhibitions
2014 – Artgenève art fair, Geneva, with Gowen Contemporary
2013 – ‘Wir Drei - Figurative Painting’, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, LA, USA
2012 – ‘Aanwinsten 2011’, De Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam, NL
2012 - ‘Sexy Boyfriend’, JB Jurve, Los Angeles, USA
2011 – ‘Painting Show’, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
2011 - ‘Der Letze macht das Licht aus’, Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin
2011 - Hendrik Krawen, Dominik Louda and Dietmar Lutz, Kerstin Engholm Galerie,
Vienna, Austria
2001 - ‘German Art Now’, permanent collection display, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
2009 – ‘Regarding Düsseldorf 4’, Kunstverein 701, Düsseldorf
2006 - ‘To here’, curated by Stephan Hepworth, Bloomberg SPAC, London
2006 - ‘Stile Libero’, SPAC, Villa di Toppo Florio, Buttrio, Italy
2005 - ‘Invited’, Murray Guy, New York
2005 - ‘I wish…’, Engholm Engelhorn Gallery, Vienna
2003 - ‘Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei’ (German painting 2003), curated by Nikolaus Schauffhausen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
2003 - ‘Dirty Pictures’, The Approach, London
2003 - ‘Hydrophobia’, Henry Peacock Gallery, London
1999 - ‘Site’, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
1999 - ‘Spiel des Lebens’, Hauptpost Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
1998 - ‘Glut’, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
1998 - ‘MAYDAY’ – Party is Over’, Böhler-Werke, Düsseldorf
1998 - ‘Anwander’, Bazaar de Cologne, Cologne
1998 - ‘Die Serie’, Galerie 102, Düsseldorf
1998 - ‘Keep on Riding - volkstümliche Malerei’, Forum Kunst, Rottweil, Germany
1997 - ‘Hello Down There’, Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne
1997 - ‘Klasse Krieg’, Galerie Gierig, Frankfurt
1997 - ‘Das Banale Schöne’, Museum Baden, Solingen Stadt, Germany
1997 - Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen, Germany
1997 - Goethe Insitute, Rotterdam, Germany
1996 - ‘Drive-in’, Hansaallee, Düsseldorf
1996 - ‘Eiskeller’, Freundeskreis Wilhelmshöhe e.V., Ettlingen, Galerie art contact, Karlsruhe
1995 - ‘Coole Bilder – Abschreckendes Beispiel der Jugend’, Cologne

Exhibitions as part of hobbypopMUSEUM (selection)
2013 - ‘The Burning Bush, part of Enthusiasm’, Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 - ‘hobbypopMUMBAI’, part of the exhibition OAR OR ORE?, nüans, Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai, India (Artist-in-Residence, Kunststiftung NRW)
2011 - ‘Moves #16: The film works of hobbypopMUSEUM’, Image Movement, Berlin, Germany
2010 - ‘Raving Gardens’, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
2010 -‘Villa Romana’, Stichting Vill de Bank, Enschede, NL
2010 - ‘Taking the Air’, Right Window, San Francisco, USA
2009 – ‘Melody of Destiny’, part of the show “100 years”, Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf,Germany
2009 - ‘Early Movies’, Salon des Amateurs, Düsseldorf,Germany
2008 - ‘ECHO, CCTV#3’, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2007 - Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennial, Greece
2007 - ‘Gammavillle’, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
2006 - ‘Olympia’, public, Paris, France
2005 - ‘Echo’, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
2005 - Mystica, Deitch Projects, NYC, USA
2004 - ‘Die graue Kammer’, (with Nina Pohl and Andreas Gursky), engholmengelhorn galerie, Vienna, Austria
2004 - ‘Cieszyn Jazz’, The Parallel Action (organised by Foksal Gallery Foundation), Cieszyn, Poland
2003 - ‘The Melody of Destiny’, Tate Britain, London
2003 - ‘Theory of Everything’, Ghislaine Hussenot Gallery, Paris, France
2002 - ‘Here we are in Croydon’, The galleries show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2002 - ‘hobbypopMUSEUM’ (cur. Harald Uhr), Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
2002 - ‘Die Perser’, Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
2002 - ‘Studio Apartment’ (music performance), Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2002 - ‘hobbypopWALK’, London
2001 - ‘After Show Party’ (cur. Rita Kersting), Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen,Düsseldorf,Germany
2001 - ‘White Rabbit’ (cur. Kota Ezawa) , New Langton Arts, San Francisco, USA
2001 - ‘Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys on the Life of the People’ (cur. Martin Malony), Anthony d’Offay, London
2001 - ‘Neue Arbeiten Auf Papier’ (cur. Katharina Fritsch), Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
2000 - ‘Furore’, Vilma Gold, London
2000 - ‘La Chapelle Blanche’, Tower Hamlets College, Stepney City, London
2000 - ‘Angel Island’ (cur. Wim Peters), NICC, Antwerp, Belgium

Articles and Reviews (selection)
2013 –Catherine Wood in conversation with hobbypopMUSEUM, Mousse 41, Dec.
2008 - Karine Tissot, Documenta, Art review, may
2006 - Pablo Lafuente, ‘Dietmar Lutz’, Flash Art international, April
2004 - Alison M. Gingeras, ‘hobbypopMUSEUM’, artforum international, March
2004 - Matthieu Orléan, ‘hobbypopMUSEUM’, nr 51, March
2003 - Nicola Angerame, ‘Dietmar Lutz- Frost’, Eventi d’arte in Italia, June-July
2003 - Mldori Matsui, Review, Studiovoice, April
2002 - Roy Exley, Review, Flash Art, October
2002 - Katie Kitimura, Review, Contemporary, September
2002 - Mark Wilsher, Review, Whats On, July 24
2002 - Martin Coomer, Review, Time Out, July 24
2002 - Suzi Corrigan, i-D, April
2002 - Kate Bernard, Tatler, March
2002 - Heribert Brinkmann, ‘Bei den Jungen geht die Post ab’, Rheinische Post, January
2001 - Herr Raising, Flyer, San Francisco, October
2001 - Jonathan Jones, ‘Paint misbehaving Crazy name, crazy show?’, The Guardian, April 17

Publications
2010 - hobbypopMUSEUM, Raving Gardens, eastside projects, Birmingham, UK
2009 - Regarding Düsseldorf (exh. cat.), 701eV, Düsseldorf, Germany
2005 - ‘Echo, hobbypopMUSEUM’, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
2005 - ‘The Journey, Dietmar Lutz’, emilyTsingougallery, London, UK
2004 - ‘Werte schaffen ,hobbypopMUSEUM’, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, Germany
2003 - ‘Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei’ (cur. Nikolaus Schaffhausen), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
2002 - ‘hobbypopMUSEUM’,Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König and Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Germany
2000 - ‘hobbypopMUSEUM’, 1999, (out of print)
1999- ‘Spiel des Lebens’, Post Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1998 - ‘Keep on Riding – volkstümliche Malerei’, Forum Kunst, Rottweil, Germany
1997 - ‘Das banale Schöne’, Museum Baden, Solingen; Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen, Germany; Goethe Institut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1996 - ‘Eiskeller’, Galerie art contact, Karlsruhe, Germany
1996 - ‘Hello Down There’, Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne, Germany

Public Collections as an individual artist
Los Angeles County Museum, USA
Seattle Art Museum, USA
Francois Pinault Foundation for contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Cranford Collection, London, UK
BAT Artventure Collection, Amsterdam, NL
Collezione La Gaia, Cuneo, Italy
Deutsche Bank, London, UK
WestLB, Düsseldorf, Germany
François Pinault Foundation for contemporary Art, Paris, France
GAM, Turin, Italy
Mont Blanc International, Hamburg, Germany
The Wonderful Fund, London, UK
Woo Collection, London, UK
APT:Berlin, Germany

Public Collections as part of hobbypopMUSEUM
Speyer Collection, NYC, USA
Margulies Collection, Miami, USA
Sammlung Julia Stoschek, Düsseldorf, Germany
Saatchi Collection, London, UK
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece
APT:Berlin, Berlin, Germany