udo nöger
biographical notes
1961
Nöger was born on 9 April 1961 in Enger, Westfalia, Germany.
1980-83
Auditor at the Fachhochschule Bielefeld für Malerei (specialist college of painting).
Since 2014 woking out of studio in CA and FL.
1980
First exhibition at Galerie Schönefeld in Bielefeld, first studio in Jöllenbeck near Bielefeld. (murals in municipal institutions in the Bielefeld area)
1984
Set up of a studio in Freiburg/Breisgau. journey of several months to the Caribbean, spending time in Guadeloupe and Dominica.
1985
6 months' trip to the South Seas; stayed on Tahiti, Marquesas Islands and Easter Island. Studio in Spain, Cadaqués.
This period produced his first works on paper for the South Seas series.
1986
Several months working in Schloss Willebadessen/sculpture park with subsequent exhibition in Schloss Willebadessen.
1987
Move to Paderborn.
Got to know the collectors and later friends Martin and Matthias Nixdorf, who bought most of the works from the Rongo-Rongo phase of the South Sea pictures. This paved the way for exhibitions in Munich, Rotterdam and London.
1989
Additional studio in West Berlin. Exhibition in the Galerie van Alom, Berlin.
1990
First trip to the USA; working period in Denver, Colorado, also studio in Paderborn, first exhibition in Denver, USA.
1992
Studio in Brooklyn, New York
expressive work phase with subsequent exhibitions, "Reaches", in New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles.
from 1993
Temporary return to Germany, studio in Paderborn at the same time as studio in Denver, Colorado.
Engaged in the work phase "between everything", which produced material-oriented works out of burlap, found wood and metal. He also worked on wood sculptures
1994
Stayed in Denver the whole year, where he turned increasingly to abstract painting. Prepared exhibitions for New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, Atlanta
1995
Worked for a while in Germany and Atlanta. This year produced the first works of the transparent phase. Mainly works on paper, which are soaked in mineral oil to create free spaces in the layer underneath
from 1996
The Nixdorf family provided him with a studio in Miami, Florida. During the next 2 years he worked in Miami as well as in Paderborn.
1996
He applied the paper-working technique to his works on canvas, which become transparent through the same process; he painted the canvases on both sides.
1997
Produced the first works in the phase "Light as a Material".
For the first time, Nöger worked with several canvases mounted behind each other on the stretcher.
Renewed stay in New York until mid-1998.
1998 Mid-1998
return to the Paderborn studio to prepare for exhibitions in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna.
1999
Stayed over winter in the Miami studio.
2000
In summer 2000, Nöger worked in the Paderborn studio until early November to prepare for a solo show at the Art Cologne. In the same year he took part in an exhibition in the Coninx Museum, Zürich.
Return to Miami in December.
Here he got to know the collector Martin Z. Margulies, who enabled him a two years' working period in his collection (Margulies Warehouse).
2001
Exhibition in the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, showing the works of the last ten years.
2002
Left Miami and moved into a studio in southern California. This year he worked in San Diego and also in the Paderborn studio.
from Mid-2003
Moved to Hawaii onto the island of Maui, remained for 1 year.
Summer 2004
Return to Germany, moved into a studio in Cologne. Worked on exhibitions in Düsseldorf, Vienna, Stuttgart, Paris.
Late 2004
Return to the USA, several months in Miami,
2005
Setting up of another studio on Maui in spring,
2005 in order to get back to the roots – to concentrate on nature and paintings what was always the basic and main aspect in his work and to escape the commercial aspect of the art world.
2005 - 2011
works mainly on Maui with some excursions to Miami and Germany.
2010
in Miami he meets the swiss collector Robert Bovet resulting in an invitational work period in his Chateau Vuillierens at Lake Geneva in the summers of 2011/2012/2013.
2011
he shows the main works from his period in Hawaii at the Honolulu Museum of Contemporary Art.
Retrospective at Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen , Germany where he shows works from 1990 to 2011.
he starts showing at Grossetti Arte Contemporanea , Milano and Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin
2011/2012/2013 summers
at Chateau Vuillierens at Lake Geneva
2014
Purchase of studio in Southern California
since 2010
woking out of studio in CA and FL.
In addition to the works on canvas he works on the translucent works on paper as well as on Charcoal works on paper as he did in his early years.
selected solo exhibitions
2020
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore
Hilleckes Probst Gallery, Berlin
Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain
Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
Dolby Chatwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
Hohmann Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Madison Gallery, San Diego, CA
2018
Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York
Yarger Fine Art , Los Angeles
Brintz Galleries, Palm Beach, FL
Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Schultz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2017
Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Bentley Gallery , Phoenix, AZ
Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas / Houston, TX
Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
212 Gallery, Aspen, CO
2016
Yarger Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LO
Madison Gallery, San Diego, CA
Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
Brintz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2015
Weight of Light, Kunsthalle Dresden, German
Innen, Schultz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
drawings from 2010 - 2015 - Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain
Geistlos – Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts , Miami, FL
unconscious paintings - Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Invisible Visible - Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
Beyond - Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
water has no figuration - Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
minimal Paintings - Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
reduced - 212 Gallery, Aspen, CO
2013
be water- Schultz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
the insight of the painting- Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong
inner surface- Timothy Yarger, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
new works- Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA
Light- Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA, USA
2012
Weight of Light- Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
Licht- Feichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Weight of light- Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galerie Lausberg, Toronto, Canada
One Man Show at ART MIAMI 2012, Galerie Lausberg, Toronto/Düsseldorf
me water and within- Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO, USA
2011
Bilder und Objekte von 1990-2011- Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
me water- Museum of Art Honolulu, HI, USA
New paintings- Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA, USA
One Man Show at Art Chicago, IL, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna
The Weight of Light- Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO, USA
inner distance- Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA
Innere Ferne - Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany
Gewicht des Lichtes- Galerie Peithner - Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
One Man Show at Scope Miami, Galerie Feichtner, Vienna
2010
Kleine Inseln- Lukas Feichtner Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid, Spain
Light as a Material- Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
2009
Little Islands- Robin Rule Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
new paintings- Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA, USA
Little Islands- Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt, Germany
2008
me water- Morat Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany
recent works - Gebert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
recent works- Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
me water- Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
Lukas Feichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2007
Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, USA
me water- Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
me water- Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA
Espaces Transitoires- Galerie Pascal van Hoecke, Paris, France
2006
Light as a Material- Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO, USA
Light as a Material- Art & Cultural Center Maui, HI, USA
Light as a Material- Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Buschlen-Mowatt Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, USA
2005
Light as a Material- Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, USA
Light as a Material- Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale,AZ, USA
New Paintings- Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Light as a Material- Robin Rule Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
bewegend - Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA
bewegend- Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
One Man Show at Art Cologne, Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf
bewegend- Lukas Feichtner Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2004
Light as a Material - Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany
2003 Light as a Material 2- Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Light as a Material 1- Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
Rule Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
Light as a Material 1- Galerie Feichtner & Mizrahi, Vienna, Austria
2002
Buschlen-Mowatt Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, USA
riechend- Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Jacob Karpio Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica
2001
works 1990 - 2000- Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, USA
me water- Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Light as a Material 1 - Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
white- Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada
riechend- Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
me water- Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany
riechend- Kunstverein Lippstadt, Lippstadt, Germany
2000
Jacob Karpio Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
me water- Galerie Feichtner & Mizrahi, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Leipzig, Germany
Galerie Hänel, Wiesbaden, Germany
me water- Art Cologne, Galerie Hänel, Cologne, Germany
me water- Art Frankfurt, Galerie Hänel, Frankfurt, Germany
1999
Heads and Vessels 2- Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA
innen- Kunsthalle Bielefeld (Studiengalerie), Bielefeld, Germany
Heads and Vessels 2- Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Eine andere Art von Licht- Galerie Bernd Dürr, Munich, Germany
Zwischenräume- Beck – Eggeling - Schlag, Düsseldorf, Germany
Zwischenräume- Feichtner & Mizrahi, Vienna, Austria
Zwischenräume - Ruth Sachse, Hamburg, Germany
Zwischenräume- Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen, Germany
1998
Paintings and Drawings- Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Heads and vessels 2- Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
Jan Maiden Fine Art, Columbus, OH, USA
Jacob Karpio Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica
Heads and Vessels- Galerie Hans-Jürgen Siegert, Basel, Switzerland
Eine andere Art von Licht- Galerie Hänel, Frankfurt, Germany
1997
Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Heads and Vessels- Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Heads and Vessels- Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
mixed media paintings- Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Bilder- Galerie Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
19969
Galerie Bernd Dürr, Munich, Germany
Galerie van Alom, Berlin, Germany
Heads and vessels- Galerie Hänel, Frankfurt, Germany
1995
with bird- Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
with bird- Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
1994
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
recent works- Mindy Oh Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Neue Arbeiten- Galerie van Alom, Berlin, Germany
Autogen Gallery, Dresden, Germany
1993
between everything - Tamenaga Gallery, New York, NY, USA
between everything- Hypo Bank Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Lowe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
between everything- Siegerlandmuseum, Siegen, Germany
Zwischen Papier und Skulptur- Bernd Dürr, Munich, Germany
Galerie van Alom, Berlin, Germany
1992
reaches- Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York, NY, USA
reaches- Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
reaches- Lowe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
reaches- Mackey Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
1991
Payton Rule Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
reach in the dust- Bernd Dürr, Munich, Germany
Neue Bilder- van Alom, Berlin, Germany
1989
Galerie van Alom, Berlin, Germany
rongo-rongo Südseebilder-Kunstverein Paderborn, Germany
1988
Euro Gallery, London, England
rongo-rongo Südseebilder- Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, Netherlands
rongo-rongo Südseebilder- Bernd Dürr, Munich, Germany
Südseebilder- Galerie Trost, Lippstadt, Germany
art fair participations
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