Profile

• Andreas Wutz is an independent artist, who graduated in painting and installation art, and has subsequently focused on photography, media installation and art film. He has been teaching Audio-Visual Art, Art Film and New Media at the Instituo Europeo de Design in Barcelona, and at the University of California in San Diego.


• His research focuses on the media history of urban and natural landscapes, and investigates the social-political and historical relevance of every day situations. Based on phenomenological reflections of sounds and images, his concepts are driven by the attempt to relate the conceptualization of his work to historical and contemporary time. Understanding his objects of study and environment not only through, but also within media, his films, photographs, and media installations explore their inherent content, language, history, and performative presence self-reflexively.


• Wutz has been involved in many international exhibitions at institutions such as La Virreina - Centre de la Imatge in Barcelona, Haus der Kunst Munich, Cristina Enea Foundation in Donostia-San Sebastian or Kunstverein Salzburg. His films have been presented at international film festivals such as in Rotterdam, Utrecht, Bilbao, Hongkong, Karachi, Nairobi or Harare, or by screenings at Kino Arsenal Berlin, Filmmuseum Munich, Cine Zumzeig Barcelona or Lux London.


• His work has been published in catalogues such as in Punctum – Reflections on Photography (Salzburger Kunstverein), Light Is a Kind of Rhythm (merz & solitude, Stuttgart) or Andreas Wutz – Le Mans (Cuxhavener Kunstverein). His critical writings have been published by Senses of Cinema, Texte zur Kunst, La Vanguardia or in catalogues such as Photography after Photography (Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia).

Education

• 1991-93Meisterschüler (Master Degree) in Painting and Installation with minor in Photography, Kunstakademie (Academy of Fine Arts) Düsseldorf, Professors Gerhard Merz and Bernd and Hilla Becher
• 1986-90Painting and Photography, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, Professors Hans Baschang and Dieter Rehm
• 1983-86German Philosophy and Literary Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

Awards

• 2017Artist in Residence, LIFT and PIX FILM studio immersion program, Toronto
• 2017Artist in Residence, National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
• 2016Residency Grant for Zimbabwe, ifa Stuttgart
• 2014Research Grant Zimbabwe (project The Grass is Singing Still), ifa Stuttgart
• 2011Jury Selection (Hortus Harare), Instantes de Paisaje, Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca
• 2005Artist in Residence, Hotelmariakappel, Hoorn
• 2003Jury Special Mention (Le Mans), Media Art Festival Impakt, Utrecht
• 2002Artist in Residence, Jeleni Art Centre, Prague
• 1999Project Grant Czech Republic (The Next Village and Across the Villages), City of Munich (Cultural Department)
• 1992Jury Special Mention (Mosaic). Competition for art in public space Meyersche Hofkunstanstalt, Munich

Solo Exhibitions

• 201780 Seconds in Toronto: Invisble River, combined film and slide installation, drawings, digital slide projection, extracts from a project on the urban environment of Toronto in relation to its geological prehistory. Pixfilm Gallery in collaboration with LIFT (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto). Curated by Madeleine Piller and Chris Kennedy.
• 2017Namuhla yisikhathi esadlulayo, photo and text installation, film, National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Curated by Clifford Zulu.
• 2005Grenzgefühl (Border Emotion), photographic and filmic work. Kunstverein Weiden. Curated by Wolfgang Herzer.
• 2003Le Mans, based on original photos and film footage of a nocturnal motor race in France and additional material from Bertolt Brechts radio play The Ocean Flight this exhibition explores the interrelation of technology and nature, rationality and irrationality. Cuxhavener Kunstverein, Cuxhaven. Curated by Heidi Kwastek.
• 2002Hoch über der Stadt, still photography and film installation (Night Ride, The Next Village, City Wind, Afternoon of an Ideal), Marquardt-Ausstellungen, Munich.
• 1999Über die Dörfer (Across the Villages), still photography and video installation about a night journey through Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Otto Schweins Gallery, Cologne.
• 1998Das zerstreute Zimmer (The Scattered Chamber), site-specific art installation (painting, photography, animation film, art objects) about the experience of private space and its translocation across the urban environment. Kunstraum Balanstrasse 21, Munich. Curated by Axel Jablonski.
• 1996Under Separate Cover, site specific art installation based on monochrome painting and the photographic representation of the Earth Room by Walther de Maria, Otto Schweins Gallery, Cologne.
• 1993Annalees Glass, site specific art installation on the representation of time in painting, architecture and photography, Otto Schweins Gallery, Cologne.

Group Exhibitions (selected)

• 2018Eremuak: Bi Dos Two, Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao. Curated by Iñaki Imaz, Pello Irazu and Leire Vergara. Catalogue: www.azkunazentroa.eus.
• 2018Mean Streets - The relationship between the city and film as seen from the perspective of urban anthropology, together with Raúl Arroyo, Raúl Bajo, Itziar Barrio, Eugeni Bonet, Diana Larrea, Pedro Ortuño, Toni Serra / Abu Ali, Carlos T Mori, León Siminiani, Jacobo Sucari, curated by Giuseppe Aricó, José Mansilla and Marco Luca Stanchieri (OACU), La Virreina, Centre de la imatge, Barcelona. (http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/lavirreina)
• 2016Undisciplinary Learning - Remapping The Aesthetics of Resistance, District Berlin, Berlin. Curated by Janine Halka, Suza Husse, Julia Lazarus (www.undisciplinarylearning.com).
• 2014Punctum - Reflections on Photography, Salzburger Kunstverein. Curated by Séamus Kealy (www.salzburger-kunstverein.at).
  The Aesthetics of Resistance, Galerie im Turm, Berlin & IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna. Curated by Moira Zoitl und Julia Lazarus (www.galerie-im-turm.de).
• 2013The Biennale of Artists, Haus der Kunst Munich. Curated by Pavel Želechovský.
• 20111979. A monument to radical instants, La Virreina Centre de la Imatge Barcelona. Curated by Carles Guerra (press dossier pdf).
• 2010Critical Landscapes, together with Toni Crabb, Harare, Zimbabwe. Station Foe 156, Munich. Curated by Pavel Želechovský.
  La palabra salvaje, Fundación Cristina Enea, Donostia–San Sebastian. Curated by Oier Etxeberria.
• 2009Madrigal linings and epigraphy in-situ of the film bio-box, The West Brunswick Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne. Curated by Marcus Bergner.
  Situationen, Galerie der Künstler, Munich. Curated by Pavel Zelechovsky.
• 2007Light Is a Kind of Rhythm, Institut im Glaspavillon, Berlin. Curated by Alena Williams.
  Territories, Galerie der Künstler, Munich. Curated by Pavel Želechovský.
• 2006À Rebours - Escapism and the Terror of the Sublime, General Public, Berlin. Curated by Michael Schultze.
  Open Situations, Komunikační Prostor Skolska 28, Prague. Curated by Miloš Vojtěchovský.
• 2005More water please, waiter (horizon), Hotelmariakappel, Hoorn. Curated by Katharina Weishäupl.

Film Screenings

• Festivals:
  Rotterdam International Film Festival; Osnabrück European Media Arts Festival; Harare, Zimbabwe; Patras, Greece; Jihlava Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic; Hong Kong Short Film & Video Festival; Nice, Aix-en-Provence, France; Poznan Poland Documentary Film Festival Tranyzt, Poland; Utrecht Impakt Festival, The Netherlands; Windsor/Ontario Media Film Festival, Canada; Belo Horizonte Brazil; Saragossa, Spain; Karachi, Pakistan; Nairobi, Kenya; Documentary Film Festival Bilbao, Spain.


• Museums and other institutions:
  Haus der Kunst Munich; Centro de Arte y Naturaleza Huesca; La Virreina Centre de la Imatge Barcelona; Cuxhavener Kunstverein; Kunstverein Weiden; Kunstverein Munich; Chicago Cultural Center; National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo; PixFilm Gallery, Toronto; UnionDocs, New York.


• Filmothèques:
  LUX London; Filmmuseum Munich; National Film Archive/Kino Ponrepo Prague; Bio Oko, Kino Svetozor Prague; Filmhuis Hoorn; Suburban Video Lounge Rotterdam; Kino Arsenal Berlin.

Filmography

• 2017 Invisible River, 16 mm film + 35 mm slide installation, Canada.
• 2014- Silverstream Road, 16 mm, (in prod.), Zimbabwe.
• 2012Waiting for, 16 mm, (in post prod.), Germany.
• 2011Hortus Harare, 16 mm, 5:00 min, Zimbabwe.
• 2010Stromovka, 16 mm, (in post prod.), Czech Republic.
  Sebeoks Cat, DVCam, 5:00 min, Spain.
• 2008Caryatid Row, 16 mm, 12:30 min, Czech Republic.
• 2007Embassy Morning, 16 mm, 6:50 min, Czech Republic.
• 2006Observatory, 16 mm, 2:00 min, Spain.
  Nightwalk, 16 mm, 14:00 min, Czech Republic.
• 2005Not to Go and Not to Stay, 16 mm, 5:00 min, Czech Republic.
  A Lost Film about Hoorn and H., Mini DV, 5:30 min, The Netherlands.
• 2003Le Mans, 16 mm, 9:30 min, France.
• 2002Afternoon of an Ideal, 16 mm, 6:00 min, Czech Republic.
  Karl Valentin Hunger Artist *, S-VHS, 11:00 min, Germany.
  5 Studies about Becketts Film, S8 mm, 6:00 min, Germany.
• 2001City Wind, N8 mm, 16:00 min, Czech Republic.
  Dance of the Rolls, 16 mm, 1:20 min, Czech Republic.
  Tunnel Žižkov, 16 mm, 1:30 min, Czech Republic.
• 1999The Next Village, S-VHS, 6:00 min, Czech Republic.
• 1998D.Ü.R.E.R. *, S-VHS, 15:00 min, Germany
  (* animation film)

Film distribution

Mediatheque:

University of California San Diego
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Madrid
Institute of Documentary Film Prague

Digital/online:

Doc Alliance, Prague (www.dafilms.com)
HAMACA, Barcelona (www.hamacaonline.net)

Art and Architecture for Public Spaces

• 1994Berlin Wall Memorial, architectural model and proposal for a memorial place at Agnes-Bernauer-Strasse in Berlin. Critical focus on the traditional forms of memorial places and their memorial practices. Reflecting the specific character of the former border strip. Project not realised. International competition organised by the Deutsche Historische Museum, Berlin.
  
  Synagogue Schwerte, architectural model and proposal for a memorial place at the ground of a synagogue in Schwerte, Germany. Subterranean exhibition room with monochrome wall paintings. International competition organised by the City of Schwerte.
  
  
• 1992Nicolaikirchhof Leipzig, architectural model and proposal for an expanded memorial place at the Nicolaikirchhof (square in front of the Nicolai church) in Leipzig. Mosaics on square and in passages. Transfer of historic photo details. The unrealised project reflects the historic place of the Monday Demonstrations, which fostered the end of the regime of the German Democratic Republic. International competition organised by the City of Leipzig.