Nicole Wermers
Born 1971 in Emsdetten, Germany
Lives and works in London, UK
2004 Residency Delfina Studio Trust, London
2003 Travel grant for Sydney, Neue Kunst in Hamburg
2002 Dorothea-von-Stetten Art Prize, Bonn
1999 MA Fine Art, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design
1998 Scholarship of the DAAD, German Exchange Service for London
1990-97 Hochschule f�r bildende K�nste, Hamburg, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Georg Kargl Box, Vienna (forthcoming)
Public Rain, Herald St, London
Anti Baby Pille (with Alexandra Bircken), Aktualisierungsraum, Hamburg
2007 Filialen, CONTACT _Con-41502F22253 c s l Produzenten Galerie, Hamburg
Masse und Aufl�sung, Aspen, Colorado, USA
Doors and Bouncers, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (solo), New York
2006 Reiche Verwandte, Herald St, London
Earring, Public Sculpture Project, Camden Arts Centre, London
2005 Residency, Camden Arts Centre, London (cat.)
2004 Chemie, Secession, Vienna (cat.)
Katzensilber, Millers Terrace, London
2003 Galerie Borgmann-Nathusius, Cologne
2002 French Junkies, Produzenten galerie Hamburg
2000 F�rderkoje, Art Cologne, Produzenten galerie Hamburg
1998 -Laden, Gunther Resky, Berlin
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Experimenta Folklore, Frankfurter Kunstverein (forthcoming)
M25, Centre Cultural Andratz, curated by Barry Schwabsky, Mallorca (forthcoming)
Der Garten der Pfade, die sich verzeigen, curated by Heike Munder, Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac im Kunstraum der Deutschen Bank, Salzburg
Art Sheffield 08, S1 Artspace, Sheffield (cat.)
2007 The Office, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery , New York
Fit for Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Less is more � more could be less, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
What We Bought, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
Weltempf�nger, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle (cat.)
Lines, Squares and Cubes, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Wonderwall - Constructing the Sublime, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Half Square, Half Crazy, curated by Vincent Pecoil, Villa Arson Centre d�Art, Nice
Abstraction: Extracting from the World, curated by David Thorpe, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
2006 Friedrich, curated by Bruce Haines, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh
Around The World In 80 Days, ICA, London
100 Tage=100 Videos, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
It is hard to touch the real, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Iduna Nova (with Alexander Heim), c/o Anna Catharina Grebbers, Berlin
Acht plastische Ans�tze, Neuer Kunstverein Gie�en e.v., Gie�en
Finding Neverland, curated by Juliane von Herz, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
Wrong, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin
Tate Triennale, curated by Beatrix Ruf, Tate Britain, London (cat.)
The Subversive Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
The Endless Summer, curated by Gyonata Bonvicini, West London Projects, London
La Maison Gregoire, Brussels
Structure Unit, curated by Pablo Lafuente, Lisboa20, Lisbon
2005 Jaybird, curated by Gyonaya Bonvincini, Galeria Zero, Milan
The Addiction, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, 4. Berlin Biennale, Gagosian Gallery, Berlin
Contained, Tanka Bonakdar Gallery, New York
The The, Modern art, London
Alles. in einer Nacht, Tanya Bonakdar, New York
Therefore Beautiful, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal, Germany (cat.)
Other Peoples Projects, White Columns, New York
2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm, Millers Terrace, London
Pin Ups - Contemporary Collage and Drawing, Tate Modern, London
The Future has a Silver Lining, Migros Museum, Zurich (cat.)
2 oder 3 Dinge die ich von Dir weiss, Produtzenten Galerie, Hamburg
At The Palace at 4am, curated by Catherine Woods, Alison Jacques, London
Reality Real, Galerie Gebr�der Lehmann, Dresden
2003 A Nova Geometria, curated by Adriano Pedrosa Galeria Fortes Vila�a, Sao Paulo (cat.)
Reisefreiheit, curated by Rita Kersting, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, Kunsthaus Hamburg (cat.)
Help, curated by Gary Webb, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens
Cinepolis, Hamburger Architektursommer, Hamburger Botschaft
Renderings, Delfina Gallery, London
Handlungsr�ume, Halle f�r Kunst, L�neburg
2002 Dorothea-von-Stetten Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Bonn (cat.)
Building Anxiety, Ten in One Gallery, New York
Ich gin im Wald so vor mich hin, Galerie Borgmann- Nathusius, Cologne
The Day After, Galerie Cookie Snoie, Rotterdam
2001 Szenarien, Kunstverein Bonn, Stadthaus Ulm (cat.)
Selection of the Videonale Bonn, Museum Ludwig, K�ln
Szenenwechsel, Museum f�r Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a.M.
A Sport and A Pastime, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Liminal, Minimal, Nominal, Architectual Traces, John Hansard Gallery, Southhampton
F, Produzenten galerie, Hamburg
German Leitkultur, Kunsthalle Friedericianum, Kassel (cat.)
Videonale Bonn, Kunstverein Bonn (cat.)
Zero Gravity, Kunstverein f�r die Rheinlande und Westfalen, D�sseldorf (cat.)
Hamburg Stipendiaten, Kunsthaus Hamburg (cat.)
Sammlung Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Museum, City of Hagen
2000 Auf Papier, Produzenten galerie Hamburg
Include Me Out, Old Street, London
Pallisades, Centre D�Art, Bretigny-sur-Orge
And If There Were No Stories, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
1999 New Contemporaries �99, Liverpool Biennale, South London Gallery, London (cat.)
Know What I Mean, Young German Artists in Britain, Goethe Institute, London (cat.)
1998 Osygus, Produzenten galerie Hamburg
Echopark, Biber-Haus, Hamburg
Selected Bibliography
2008 Searle, Adrian, Clocking Off � Art Sheffield 208, The Guardian G2, Feb.26, S./pp. 23-25
Asthoff, Jens, Glamour, bluhend, kalt, Nicole Wermers� Filialen in der Hamburger Produzentengalerie, Kultur und Gespenster, No. 6, pp. 206-7
2007 Asthoff, Jens,Nicole Wermers, Artforum Critics Picks, Nov-Dec, HYPERLINK "http://www.artforum.com" www.artforum.com
Dee Mitchell, Charles, Nicole Wermers at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Art in America, Nov. p. 211
Collin, Judith, Sculpture Today , Phaidon Press, London, pp. 404-5
Zuckerman Jacobson, Heidi, The Play�s the Thing � Nicole Wermers, Aspen Magazine, Aspen pp. 72-4
Zuckerman Jacobson, Heidi, Loss and Found, in: Masse und Aufl�sung, Aspen Art Museum
Goodbody, Bridget L., Nicole Wermers; Doors and Bouncers, The New York Times, March 16th
2006 Downey, Anthony, Nicole Wermers-Reiche Verwandte, Herald St, Flash Art, Milan, July-Sept, pp. 120
Januszczak, Waldemar, A Museum Missing in Action, Tate Trienial, The Times, London, 12th March
Brombacher, Coromandel, Retro in de kunsten, Spits, Amsterdam, March 23rd
Dijksterhuis, Edo, Ons verleden als niewe mens, Het Financieele, Dagblad, Amsterdam, April 22nd, pp. 16-17
Dorment, Richard, Haunted by Concepts of the Past, Tate Triennial, The Sunday Telegraph, London March 7th
Wallis, Clarrie, Tate Triennial, New British Art, Tate Publishing (cat.)
2005 Eichler, Dominic, Frieze, September, pg 123
Lafuente, Pablo, Display, Recent installation photographs from London galleries and venues, Rachmaninoff�s, (Hg. / ed.)
Harrison, Sara, Pin Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing. Tate Modern, in: Art Monthly Nr./ no. 283, S./ pp. 30-31
Verwoert, Jan, Light, life and shiny things in: Nicole Wermers, File Notes, Camden Arts Centre (Hg. / ed.), S./ pp 1-6 (Kat./ cat.)
Zu sch�n um Kunst zu sein, in: Der Spiegel, Nr. / no. 8, Februar, S. / p. 142
M�ller, Vannessa Joan, Therefore Beautiful, Ursula-Blickle Stiftung (Hg. / ed.) (Kat. Cat.)
Stewart, Christabel, Nicole Wermers, French Junkies #1-11, in; The Devil Hates Good Art, www.showstudio.com
2004 Mueller, Vanessa Joan, Glamour and Geometry, Catalogue essay, Chemie, Secession, Vienna, December
Holert, Tom, Manifestiations of Mistrust, Catalogue essay, Chemie, Secession, Vienna, December
Stewart, Christabel, The Devil Hates Good Art, www.showstudio.com, December
Asthoff, Jens, Nicole Wermers bei Borgmann-Nathusius, Review, Kunst-Bulletin, Z�rich, Jan/Feb p. 48
2003 Jahn, Wolf, Review, French Junkies, Artforum Magazine, New York, January
Verwoert, Jan, Review, French Junkies, Frieze Magazine, London, no. 72, p. 94-95
Asthoff, Jens, Critics Picks, Nicole Wermers, Galerie Borgmann-Nathusius, www.artforum.com, November
2002 Kisters, J�rgen, Die Kunst fragt nach Wirklichkeit, Review, Galerie Borgmann-Nathusius, K�lner Stadtanzeiger, February
Kersting, Rita, Nicole Wermers, Catalogue essay, Dorothea-von-Stetten Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Jahn, Wolf, Skulpturale Ascher, Review, Hamburger Abendblatt, Sept.18th
Danek, Sabine, Franz�sisch Rauchen, Review, Szene Hamburg, September
M�ntmann, Nina, Critics Picks, French Junkies, www.artforum.com, October
F�ll, Heike, Was wir vom Aschenbecher wissen, Review, Texte zur Kunst, Berlin, December
L�bbke, Maren, Review, Camera Austria, Graz, no.80/2002, p. 93-94
2001 Huneke, Helena, Old Karrieresaun ging f�r�n Schuhgesch�ft fl�ten, Catalogue essay, Hamburg Scholarship 2000
Tollmann, Vera, Catalogue essay, Zero Gravity, Kunsthalle D�sseldorf
Review, Zero Gravity, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 5th, Frankfurt
Backhaus, Katrin, Review, Zero Gravity, www.blitzreview.de, no.687
Verwoert, Jan, Catalogue essay, Videonale Bonn, Bonner Kunstverein
Tollmann, Vera, Review, Videonale Bonn, Springerin, Hefte zur Gegenwartskunst, Summer Issue
2000 Forum, Camera Austria, no. 70, p. 59-61
Herbert, Martin, Review, And If There Were No Stories, Time Out, March 22-29, p. 48, London
Exley, Roy, Review, And If there Were No Stories, Untitled, no.3, p. 25, London
Gebberts, Anna Catharina, �ber Nicole Wermers, Artist, Bremen, no. 4, p. 4-7
Lamm, April, Review, Oh Cologne, Young artist Programme at the Art Cologne 2000, www.artnet.com
1999 Dany, H.C., & Wermers, Nicole, Punktuelle �ppigkeit, Wiederst�nde, Kunst Cultural-Studies-Neue Medien, Folio Verlag, Vienna
Negrotti, Rosanna, Review, Know What I Mean, What�s On, July 21st, p. 25, London
Caplan, Nina, Review, The New Contemporaries, Metro, Nov 15th, London
Barrets, David, Review, The New Contemporaries, Art Monthly, no. 23, p. 30-32 London
Review, New Contemporaries, The Independent on Sunday, Oct. 10th
1998 Hopf, Judith, Der Kiosk als Produktionsverfahren, DeBug, March, Berlin
Schiff, Hajo, Kulissen im Freistil, Review, Taz Hamburg, Sept. 8th
Gerlach, Gunnar F, Freischwimmer, Review, Szene Hamburg, September
1997 Dany, H.C., & Wermers, Nicole, Punktuelle �ppigkeit, Springerin, Hefte zur Gegenwartskunst, no.4, p. 56-59
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