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Paloma Varga Weisz    (German, 1966)

 Paloma Varga Weisz - Bumped Body (Sculptures) h: 37 x w: 16.5 x d: 15.8 in / h: 94 x w: 41.9 x d: 40.1 cm
Paloma Varga Weisz
Bumped Body 2007
 
 Paloma Varga Weisz - Doppelkopf Studie (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 11.8 x w: 8.2 in / h: 30 x w: 20.8 cm
Paloma Varga Weisz
Doppelkopf Studie 2000
 
 Paloma Varga Weisz - Family (Sculptures)
Paloma Varga Weisz
Family 2007
 

Biography
1966 Born, raised in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany
1990 - 1995 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf at Tony Cragg and Gerhard Merz, Meisterschülerin
Lives and works in Düsseldorf

Exhibitions
2007 Sadie Coles HQ, London
2007 “Effigies,” Stuart Shave Modern Art, London
2007 “Makers and Modelers,” Gladstone Gallery, New York
2006 Galerie Andreas Bruning, Duesseldorf
2006 Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
2006 “Zoo Story,” Fisher Landau Center for the Arts, Long Island City, New York
2006 “Of Mice and Men,” Berlin Biennial
2005 “Always a Little Further,” Venice Biennale
2005 “Chor,” Gladstone Gallery
2005 Sadie Coles HQ, London
2004 Museum Kurhaus Kleve
2004 'Raumfürraum' Kunstverein Düsseldorf / Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (catalogue)
2004 Triennale der Kleinplastik, Fellbach (catalogue)
2004 Reflections, Tongeren, Belgium (catalogue)
2004 Kunst – und Foerderpreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2004 für Bildhauerei , Schloß Waldthausen, Mainz
2003 Falling Angels, Greene Naftali, New York
2003 Poeme-image, Schloß Wendlinghausen
2003 Actionbutton, Ankäufe der Bundesrepublik, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (catalogue)
2003 Not Afraid, Rubell Family Collection, Miami (catalogue)
2003 Stubaifrau, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
2002 Big Trip, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
2002 Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy
2002 The Galleries Show (Essor Gallery), Royal Academy of Arts, London
2001 Städtische Galerie am Bunten Tor, Bremen
2001 Bremerhavenstipendium
2001 Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Kunstverein, Bremerhaven
2000 Paloma Cabaret, Adeline Morlon Art Direction, Düsseldorf (in cooperation with Alexander Jasch)
2000 Kunstraum Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Tirol, Austria
2000 Demut, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
2000 Aroma, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1999 Sammlung Ackermans, Xanten
1998 Galerie Bochynek, Düsseldorf
1998 Moving images without tears, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
1996 Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Schweden

Literature
2008 Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
2008 The Gilded Age, Kunsthalle Vienna
2007 Fischer, Hartwig, Rockers Island Olbricht Collection
2007 Museum Folkwang, Essen 5.Mai- 1. Juli 2007,
2007 Steidl/Folkwang Museum, Essen, 2007.
2007 “Effigies,” Stuart Shave Modern Art, London
2007 “Makers and Modelers,” Gladstone Gallery, New York
2006 Thon, Von Ute, “Hauptstraße der Kunst,”, Art Das Kunstmagazin, April 2006, pg. 28
2005 Frankel, David, “Paloma Varga Weisz,” Artforum, December 2005, pp. 278.
2005 “Palaoma Varga Weisz,” Modern Painters, November 2005, pp.107.
2005 "Paloma Varga Weisz," NewYorker, Oct. 10, 2005.
2005 Buhmann, Stephanie, “Paloma Varga Weisz: Chor,” The Brooklyn Rail, Oct. 5, 2005.
2005 Smith, Roberta, “Paloma Varga Weisz, Chor,” New York Times, Sep. 23, 2005, E34.
2005 “51st Venice Biennale Special,” Flash Art, July-September 2005, pp.148.
2005 Catalogue, “Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2005-06”, Frieze Art Fair, London, 2005
2004 Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany, Revolver – verlag text from Jean – Christophe Ammann Paloma Varga Weisz,
2004 Guido de Wird, Gallows Field – a public spectacle, Marcus Steinweg An Acrobatic Body
2004 Anna- Catharina Gebbers, Advance through Myth - Unleashing the elements
2004 Raumfürraum, Kunstverein Düsseldorf / Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
2004 9. Triennale der Kleinplastik, Fellbach, text by Jean – Christophe Ammann
2004 Refections, Tongeren, Art and heritage festival Artuatuca in Tongeren, Belgium
2004 Sammlung Plum, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, text by Roland Mönig
2004 Helga Meister, Die Christus – Frau, K - West, April 2004
2004 Heinz- Norbert Jocks, PVW – Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kunstforum 170, Mai – Juni 2004
2003 Actionbutton, Neuerwebungen zur Sammlung
2003 zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2000 - 2002
2002 Sandra Danicke, Albträume in Lindenholz, ART, Hamburg, Nr. 9, 2002 page 66-69
2002 Ossian Ward, RA Modern, about the Galleries Show, London, ARTREVIEW, Sep 2002, page 50 -65
2001 Nicole Büsing + Heiko Klaas about Paloma Varga Weisz, in ARTIST Kunstmagazin, Bremen, Nr.48, page 4-7,2001
2000 Wolf Jahn, P.V.W. at Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Artforum international, October 2000, page 152 –153
2000 Barbara Hess, AROMA, Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, Flash Art Oct. 2000
1999 Paloma Varga Weisz, Sammlung Ackermans, interview by Valeria Liebermann
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