Born 1967 in Heidenheim/Brenz, Germany.
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Oliver Zwink Other solo exhibitions
- 2011: Not for You, LOBE Gallery Berlin, (With TCMcCormack)
- 2009: Finale Katastrophen und schöne Waldbilder, Galerie Meinblau, Berlin, (with Volker Anderson)
- 2004: fa projects, London
- : Villa der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- 2001: Grow, Galerie Station im Mousonturm Frankfurt
Other group exhibitions
- 2015: The Absolute Outside, Spor Klübü, Berlin
- 2012: Remix, Spor Klübu, Berlin
- : Flights of Fancy, Kino Babylon, Berlin
- 2011: Brutalist Speculations, Site Gallery, Sheffield
- 2010: PaperArt, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim
- : Spleendid view, Universal Cube, Halle 14, Alte Spinnerei, Leipzig
- : City is Forever, not me, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London (Curator and Exhibitor)
- 2009: Stad-Bild-Konstruktion, Schader-Stiftung und Heissisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
- 2008: Elevation-Visions & Realities in Modern Architecture, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
- : Fernbeziehung Berlin-Stuttgart, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- 2007: Hotel Van de Velde, Villa Dürckheim, Weimar
- : Searching for an Ideal Urbanity, Akademie Solitude, Stuttgart
- : if it did not exist... , The Showroom, London
- 2006: Archipeinture, Camden Arts Centre, London, Le Plateau, Paris
- : Archipenture, Le Plateau, Paris
- : Animated Drawing, Middlesbrough Institution of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, Anglettere
- 2005: Insomnia: The OK Generation, ICA, London
- 2004: Tracing, Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin
- : Pole position, Kunstverein Mannheim
- : Indonesia under construction, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
- 2003: Bildstörung, Altes Dampfbad, Baden-Baden
- : Toccabonismus, Galerie Pugh Pugh, Berlin
- : modell Q, Wackerkunst, Darmstadt
- : o.k..International Video Festival, National Gallery, Jakarta
- 2002: Drawing on Space, f.a projects, London
- : Core 20 20, Deptford X, London
- : Drawing On Space, Project, Dublin
- 2001: New Releases, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- : Enter, Villa der Kunstiftung, Stuttgart
- : Art Crossing, Project 2001, Hiroshima
- 2000: Hommage to the Budokan, Foyles Gallery, London
- : Recent Videowork from Britain, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
- : Out of Place, The Lowry, Manchester
- : cITy, Internationaler Medienkunstpreis, ZKM, Karlsruhe
- : Break in Theatre, Kojimachi Gallery, Tokio
- : cITy, K+S Galerie, Berlin
- : Superstar 77, De Fabrik, Eindhoven
- 1999: Chainstore, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
- : Post-Colonial City, Architectural Association, London
- : Ways of Living, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
- : Paper, IKON Touring, IKON Gallery, Birmingham
- : EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich
- : "D-I-N", Projectspace, 4x4, Amsterdam
- : Remote Sensing, Live Art Museum, Reykjavik, Island
- 1998: Cookie, Kingsgate Gallery, London
- 1996: Heidenheimer Dreick, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim
- 1995: Die frühen Jahre, Dock 4, Kassel
- 1994: Klasse Dorothee v. Windheim, Kunstverein Ulm
- 1993: Aufschnitt, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
Awards, collections
Works in Collections:
MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, UK
Plancius Collection, Amsterdam
Private collections in Germany and UK
Grants and Residencies:
2010: Project Fund, Senatskanzlei Berlin for the Exhibition "City is Forever, not me"
2004-2005: International Drawing Residency, MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK
2003: One-year-Scholarship, Art Foundation of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
1999: Pricewinner Competition: "Post Colonial City", Architectural Association, London
1997: European Mobility Award for London
1996: Otto-Braun-Award, University of Kassel
1994: Zippel-Award, City of Kassel
Publications (Selection):
- Brutalist Speculations, Site Gallery, Sheffield 2011
- Stadt-Bild Konstruktion, Heissisches Landesmuseum und Schader-Stiftung, 2009
- Schaduw Stad, Mister Motley, Nr. 16, Amsterdam 2007/08
- Hotel van de Velde, Exhibition catalogue, Max Stein Verlag, Weimar, 2007
- Archipeinture Exhibition catalogue, Camden Arts Centre, London et Le plateau, Paris, 2006
- The Drawing Book: A Survey of Drawing: The Primary Means of Expression, éditor de Tania Kovats, Blackdog Publishing, 2006
- Animated Drawing, Exhibition catalogue Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, UK 2005
- Junge Kunst, Exhibition Catalogue, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 2004
- o.k..International Video Festival, National Gallery, Jakarta, Exhibition catalogue, Ruang Rupa, Jakarta, Indonesia 2003
- Drawing On Space, published by "The Drawing Room", London, 2002
- Out of Place, Exhibition catalogue, The Lowry, Manchester 2001
- Break in Theatre, Exhibition catalogue, Kojimachi Gallery, Tokio, 2000
- cITy, Internationaler Medienkunstpreis 2000, Exhibition catalogue, ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2000
- ZORA, Oliver Zwink, Exhibition catalogue, Norwich Gallery, Norwich 1999
- EAST International, Exhibition catalogue, Norwich Gallery, Norwich 1999
- Ways of Living, Exhibition catalogue, Text by Patricia Ellis, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne, 1999
- Oliver Zwink, Malerei, EAM Kassel, Text von Karl Oskar Blase, 1996
Reviews (Selection):
- Shaduw Stad, Mister Motley, Nr. 16, Amsterdam 2007/08
- Archipeinture, Le plateau, Paris et Camden Arts Centre, London
- Reviews in Art Monthly, Modern Painters, Tema Celeste, Art Press, D'architectures, April/May, 2006
- Living Cities, Liz Ellston in The Architect's Journal, 15.4.2004
- Oliver Zwink at fa projects, Artforum Online, Rachel Withers, 2004
- Tot und dann? Stuttgart Zeitung, 18.6.2004
- Interview with John Badalu, The Jakarta Post, 07.07.2003
- Drawing on space, Rebecca Geldard in Time Out, London, 17-24 July 2002
- Drawing on space, E.T. in Modern Painters, Herbst 2002
- Drawing on sapce, Steve Penn in nthposition.com, e-zine, September 2002
- Cardboard City, Neal Keeling im Manchester Evening Standard, 18.09.2000
- Out of Place, Memory Imagination and the City, Robert Clark in The Guardian, 20.09.2000
- Baby-Babylon, Grow, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Daniel Bartetzko in Frankfurter Rundschau, 27.11.2001
Other events
Talks/Lecture/Workshops
- 2013: Lecture, BTK, Berlin
- 2012: Lecture, Academy of Visual Art, Leipzing
- 2011: Transmission Lecture, "Provocation" Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- 2010: Lecture Beuth-University of Applied Arts, Faculty of Architecture, Berlin
- 2010: Lecutre, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg
- 2009: Lecture, "Form follows Feeling", Brecht-School, Darmstadt
- 2009: Lecture, Department of Applied Arts, University of Zwickau, Germany
- 2008: Visiting Lecturer, University of Teeside, Middlesbrough, UK
- 2005: Talk and workshop Displacement City, Leipzig
- 2005: Talk, Bauhaus. Universität, Weimar
- 2005: Lecture, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg
- 2004: Talk Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
- 2003: Workshop Urban Space, Ruang Rupa et Goethe-Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 2001: Talk, Out of Place, The Lowry, Manchester, UK
