Willem Weismann

B. 1977 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands Lives and works in London, UK

Education

1997 – 2002 Fine Art, Arnhem Institute for the Arts, Arnhem, The Netherlands

2003 – 2004 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, United Kingdom

Solo Exhibitions

“Nieuw New Amsterdam”, MOGADISHNI CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

“Candle in the Boot”, Privé Domein Henk Pijnenburg, Deurne, Holland, 2006

“Wensput”, 404 Gallery, Naples, Italy, 2006

Shantytown, MOGADISHNI, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005

Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, Germany, 2003

“Gallery Stills”, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2003

Group Exhibitions (selected)

GROUP SHOW, MOGADISHNI CPH, Copenhagen Denmark, Jan 17 - Mar 1 2008

"Absolute Summer 07", MOGADISHNI AAR, Aarhus, Denmark, 2007

“The Contented Heart”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2007

“Go figure”, MOGADISHNI AAR, Aarhus, Denmark, 2006

“Sensuous Panorama”, Lounge Gallery, London & SEO Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2006

New British Painting, Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2005

The Trimph of Painting Part 3, Saatchi Gallery, London, October 2005

Eindmanifestatie, Hooghuis, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 2004

Postgraduate Show, Goldsmiths College, London, UK, 2004

Revenge of Romance, Temporary Contemporary, London, UK, 2004

Emerging Artist Shortlisted Show, BOC Headquarters, Windlesham, UK, 2004

Surveillance, Three Colts Gallery, London, 2004

Emerging Artist Shortlisted Show, The Triangle, Space Studios, London, 2004

Incinineration Salon, Pittsburgh, United States, 2004

Argusscoop, Museum ‘t Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2003

Gallery Bart, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2003

Royal Prize for Painting, Palace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003

Graduation Exhibition, Arnhem Institute for the Arts, The Netherlands, 2002

Destillaat V, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2002

Virusfestival, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsTandheelkunde, University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2001

Mimicry/Mommy Cries, Gallery Janssen Kooij, Warnsveld, The Netherlands, 2001

Prizes / Subsidies

2002 - Selected for Siemens Art Calender

2002 - Winner Siemens Art Calender Juryprize

2002 - Artist in Residency, Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, Germany july – december

2002 & 2003 - Subsidy Hey-Konijn foundation Arnhem

2002 - Cofounder and member of Stichting Projectiel

2003 - Studygrant Prince Bernhard Culture Fund

2003 - Projectsubsidy, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture

2004 - Shortlisted for BOC emerging artist award

Selected private collections

Charles Saatchi collection

Articles and cataloques

Politiken “Brutalt maleri”, review on the solo “Nieuw New Amsterdam”, MOGADISHNI CPH, April 14. 2007

Catalogue in connection with the solo exhibition "Candle in the Boot" 2006,Privé Domein Henk Pijnenburg, Deurne, Holland

"Sensuous Panorama", 2006, Catalogue, pp. 50-51

Michael Mutz Ausbildung : Goldsmiths College, Art Das Kunstmagazin Nr.8, August 2004, p12-24

AA Gill and Waldemar Januszczak, Art’s New Champions, The Sunday Times Magazine, 9 January 2005, p26-31

Irina Kulik Young British Artists in Regina Gallery Kommersant no 239, 20 December 2005, http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=636849

Anna Ozar Weismann and Bonacina The Moscow News, 28 January 2006, http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2006-1-28

Anastasia Mityushina Mauro Bonacina & Willem Weismann ArtChronika , #1 2006, p96

Elda Oreto I colori shock di Willem Weismann per denunciare la follia della cronaca La Roma, 9 April 2006, p11

Paola de Ciucels Dall’Ollanda a S.Brigida i colori di Weismann, Il Mattino, 12 April 2006, p49

Simona Barucco, Willem Weismann, Flash Art no 258, June-July 2006, p135

Zane Fischer, More than tricolour, Santa Fe Reporter, August 2-8, 2006, p30