Biography

Biography

1953

1973-77


1975-79
1976
1980-90

1990-92
1992-94
1995-2005
2003

2006-2020
Since 2021
born in Bensberg, Cologne
(Austrian citizen)
University of Applied Sciences for Art and Design, Cologne; Studied metal sculpture and performance with Prof. Anton Berger
Art group Jet Ferro
Participation in the Roncalli Circus
Performance Theater Bumper to Bumper, Zurich, Switzerland, author and actor
Studio in Zurich, Switzerland
Studio in New York, USA
Studio in Cologne, Germany
Scholarship, Artists in Residence, Worpswede Artists' Houses
Studio in Inning, Ammersee, Germany
Studio in Munich, Germany
1953
born in Bensberg, Cologne (Austrian citizen)
1973-77
University of Applied Sciences for Art and Design, Cologne; Studied metal sculpture and performance with Prof. Anton Berger
1975-79
Art group Jet Ferro
1976
Participation in the Roncalli Circus
1980-90
Performance Theater Bumper to Bumper, Zurich, Switzerland (author and actor) 
1990-92
Studio in Zurich, Switzerland
1992-94
Studio in New York, USA
 1995-2005
Studio in Cologne, Germany
2003
Scholarship, Artists in Residence, Worpswede, Germany
2006-2020
Studio in Inning, Ammersee, Germany
Since 2021
Studio in Munich, Germany

Solo exhibitions

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LEVITATING COMPOSITION, Gallery Sonja Roesch | Texas | USA
POETRY MOMENT Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria
LEVITATING COMPOSITION, Gallery Thomas Modern, Munich, Germany
Levitating Lines, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, USA
TOLLHAUS, Galerie Smudajescheck, Munich, Germany
LINES IN MOTION, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, USA
Gallery Smudajescheck, Munich, Germany
EQUILIBRES, PROBS AND COLOR SPACES, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Austria
LEVITATION COMPOSITION, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
METAL IN MOTION, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, USA
Denise René Gallery, Paris, France
Zeitkunstgalerie - project room, Kitzbühel, Austria
LEVITATING COLOR, DAN galeria and Espace Expression, Miami, USA (cat.)
GRAVITY, Maddox Arts, London, UK
COMMON LINES, Knopp Ferro. Sculptures / Clare Goodwin. Paintings, Silvan Fässler Fine Art, Zug, Switzerland
WEIGHT FOR SHOWING, Maddox Arts, London, UK
PLAYING WITH GRAVITY, iGallery, Palma di Mallorca, Spain
SUSPENSION / ENCLOSURE (RED), Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, USA
Catherine Putman Gallery, Paris, France
INTERRUPTED SILENCE, Maddox Arts Gallery, London, UK
Dan Galería, São Paulo, Brazil
Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USA
Galeria Cayon, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Axel Holm, Ulm, Germany
RAUM ZEICHEN, Galerie Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
Bergner Job Gallery, Mainz, Germany
SKULPTUREN PARTITUR, Opera Festival, Gut Immling, Germany
SCULOTURE & DRAWING, Kunstverein Rügen, Germany
DRAWING BEYOND GRAVITY, Galerie Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
LINIENSCHIFFE, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany
Ueker & Ueker Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
AUGENRAUB (with Krimhild Becker and Jo Schultheis), Zeitkunstgalerie, Kitzbühel, Austria
MIKADO, Kunstraum 21, Cologne, Germany
MAGNET REQUISITEN, Galerie Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
LINIENSCHIFFE - sculptures, signs, installation, Antoniterkirche, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
TAG UND NACHT GLEICHE, installation, Kunstraum 21, Cologne, Germany
SERVICE & CULTUREL EDITION, Galerie Maly, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany (Cat.)
Galerie Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne (together with Max Scholz), Germany (cat.)
Zeitkunstgalerie, Kitzbühel, Austria (together with Martin Eiter)
Zeitkunstgalerie, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
Zeitkunstgalerie, Cologne, Germany
Urs Meile Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland (Cat.)
JET FERRO, Camomille Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
JET FERRO, Ingo Kümmel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
JET FERRO, Harlekin Art Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany

Solo exhibitions

2020
LINES IN MOTION, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, USA
Gallery Smudajeschek, Munich, Germany
2020|2019
EQUILIBRES, PROBS AND COLOR SPACES, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Austria
2018
LEVITATION COMPOSITION, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
METAL IN MOTION, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, USA
2017
Denise René Gallery, Paris, France
Zeitkunstgalerie - project room, Kitzbühel, Austria
2016/2017
LEVITATING COLOR, DAN galeria and Espace Expression, Miami, USA (cat.)
2015
GRAVITY, Maddox Arts, London, Great Britain
COMMON LINES, Knopp Ferro. Sculptures / Clare Goodwin. Paintings, Silvan Fässler Fine Art, Zug, Switzerland
WEIGHT FOR SHOWING, Maddox Arts, London, UK
PLAYING WITH GRAVITY, iGallery, Palma di Mallorca, Spain
2014
SUSPENSION / ENCLOSURE (RED), Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, USA
2013
Catherine Putman Gallery, Paris, France
2010
INTERRUPTED SILENCE, Maddox Arts Gallery, London, UK
2009
Dan Galería, São Paulo, Brazil
Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USA
Galeria Cayon, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Axel Holm, Ulm, Germany
2008
SPACE SIGN, Galerie Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
2007
Bergner Job Gallery, Mainz, Germany
Linienschiff Kap 22:18 in dialogue with Erwin Heerich, Christus Church, Mainz, Germany
2006
SKULPTUREN PARTITUR, Opera Festival, Gut Immling, Germany
SCULPTURE & DRAWING, Kunstverein Rügen, Germany
2005
DRAWING BEYOND GRAVITY, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
LINIENSCHIFFE, Gallery Thomas, Munich, Germany
Ueker & Ueker Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2004
EYE ROBBERY (with Krimhild Becker and Jo Schultheis), Zeitkunstgalerie, Kitzbühel, Austria
Mikado, Kunstraum 21, Cologne, Germany
2003
MAGNET PROPS, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
LINIENSCHIFFE - SCULPTURES, SIGNS, INSTALLATION, Antoniterkirche, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
2002
TAG UND NACHTGLEICHE, installation, Kunstraum 21, Cologne, Germany
2001
SERVICE & CULTUREL Edition, Gallery Maly, Cologne, Germany
2000
Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany (Cat.)
1998
Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne (with Max Scholz), Germany (cat.)
Zeitkunstgalerie, Kitzbühel, Austria (with Martin Eiter)
1996
Zeitkunstgalerie, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
1994
Zeitkunstgalerie, Cologne, Germany
1992
Urs Meile Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland (Cat.)
1978
Jet Ferro, Camomille Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1977
Jet Ferro, Ingo Kümmel Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Jet Ferro, Harlekin Art Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
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A Survey Exhibition: Louis Stern Fine Arts Through the Decades, Louis Stern, West-Hollywood, USA
EAST meets WEST: Rashid Al Khalifa | Knopp Ferro, Galerie Mario Mauroner Salzburg, Austria
MOVEMENT - Hommage à Denise René, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
HÄNGEPARTIE - ART WITH OPEN END, MKK Museum für konkreten Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
RETOUR A LA LIGNE, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
DYNAMIQUE DU BLEU, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
GARDEN OF SENSES, Galerie Mario Mauroner, Salzburg, Austria
LINIE, Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany
COMPOSITIONS ABSTRAITES, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, France
STRUCTURE DU SILENCE, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
COLOURFUL, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
EXPOSITION EN LIGNE, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
ESPACE ET TENSION // une sélection d'artistes contemporains, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
NEGATIVE SPACE, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
SUMMERTIME, MAM Mario Mauroner sculptures garden, Salzburg, Austria
BORDER LINES, Maddox Arts London, UK
DIE FARBE BLAU, MAM Mario Mauroner Skulpturen Garten, Salzburg, Austria
BLACK MIRROR, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg / Vienna, Austria
ESPACE EXPRESSION, Miami, USA
DAN galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
DAN galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
COMPOSITION - Knopp Ferro / Imi Knoebel / Bernard Moninot / Carmen Perrin / Georges Rousse,
Catherine Putman Gallery, Paris, France
BEYOND GRAVITY, Gallery Corona Unger, Bremen, Germany
Exhibition with Drago J. Prelog, Zeitkunstgalerie, Kitzbühel, Austria
MOMENTUM: Arte cinético, óptico y geométrico, Pablo Goebel Fine Arts / Mexico City, Mexico
COMMON LINES, Knopp Ferro. Sculptures / Clare Goodwin. Paintings, Gallery Silvan Fässler Fine Art, Zug, Switzerland
Maarten Brinkman | Frans Mossou | Knopp Ferro, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NOT SO ORIGINAL, Maddox Arts Gallery, London, UK
Gallery Mark Peet Visser, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Drago Prelog | Knopp Ferro | Lorenz Estermann - Zeitkunstgalerie Kitzbühel, Austria
EUROPEAN SCULPTURE: Difference and Diversity, Nave Gallery, Turin, Italy
Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain
DIAGONAL, Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain
ORIENTED ON PAPER, Bergner Job Gallery, Mainz, Germany
PAPIER RAUM, Thomas Gallery, Munich, Germany
Etéreo, Ferro, Mompó, Zóbel, Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain
Ueker & Ueker Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Pablo Goebel Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico
WHEN HUMOR BECOMES PAINFUL, Migrosmuseum for Contemporary Art, Zurich, Switzerland
KölnKunst, Kunststation Kleinsassen, Germany
THAI-GERMAN, Galerie Haferkamp, Cologne, Germany
SCULPTURE GARDEN, Sürth, Germany
SURVIVAL AESTHETICS, Gut Friedrichstein, Sankt Augustin, Germany
TIME IS ON MY SIDE, Kunstverein, Rügen, Germany (Cat.)
EIFORMER TUN..., Artist in Residence, Worpswede, Germany
EMIT TIME, a palindromic festival, Bern, Switzerland
BITS' N PIECES, Galerie Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
SLOW MOTION, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany (cat.)
SMALL FORMATS, Gallery Thomas, Munich, Germany (cat.)
TORSO MIT HÄNDEN UND FÜSSEN, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
ART IN THE LANDSCAPE V, Gut Gasteil Gallery, Prigglitz, Austria (Cat.)
Kreuz & Humor 2000, Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany (cat.)
TOLLHAUS, video installation, Stadtmuseum, Cologne, Germany
Kölnkunst 5, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany (Cat.)
Galerie Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
SOCIAL INSTALLATION, Chiang Mai, Thailand
SCULPTURE INSTALLATION 1996, Biennale de Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland (cat.)
Kölnkunst 4, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany (Cat.)
BLACK BOX SO4, Performance Lecture, Embassy of Switzerland and The Washington, USA
Sculpture Group, Washington DC, USA
BODY AND HONEY - Change a System, Installation / Performance Gallery Humphrey, New York, USA
Galerie W, Wangen ad Aare, Switzerland
KANOSSA IV, ART 23, Basel, Switzerland
Books, books, books, Humphrey Gallery, New York, USA
KANOSSA II - The Escape Tower, Installation / Performance, Helmhaus Zurich, Switzerland
KANOSSA I, City Transit, Zurich, Switzerland
EXPEDITION BEKOFFERT, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
K45, Vienna, Austria, Jet Ferro (cat.)
Starillusion machine Jet Ferro, live in Bio's Bahnhof, ARD Television, Germany
BECOME A PERSONALITY - the best of luck on earth, Hamburg, Germany, curated by Bazon Brock, (cat.)
Jet Ferro art fashion show, performance / installation,
Guests: Charly Banana, Rolf Hinterecker, Theo Lambertin, Galerie Ingo Kümmel, Cologne, Germany
Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany
Stollwerckfabrik, Cologne, Germany
K45, Vienna, Austria, Jet Ferro, (cat.)
Jet Ferro Kunstverlosung, art market, Göttingen, Germany
COLOR AND MATERIAL, BBK Forum, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
Neumarkt der Künste, Cologne, Germany

2021
COMPOSITION ABSTRAITES, Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
2020
COLOURFUL, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
EXPOSITION EN LIGNE, Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
2020|2019
ESPACE ET TENSION // UNE SELECTION D'ARTISTES CONTEMPORAINS, Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
2019
NEGATIVE SPACE, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
SUMMERTIME, MAM Mario Mauroner sculptures garden, Salzburg, Austria
BORDER LINES, Maddox Arts London, UK
2018
BLACK MIRROR, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg / Vienna, Austria
ESPACE EXPRESSION, Miami, USA
DAN galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
2017
Gallery Denise René, Paris, France
DAN galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
COMPOSITION - Knopp Ferro / Imi Knoebel / Bernard Moninot / Carmen Perrin / Georges Rousse,
Catherine Putman Gallery, Paris, France
2015
BEYOND GRAVITY, Gallery Corona Unger, Bremen, Germany
Exhibition with Drago J. Prelog, Zeitkunstgalerie, Kitzbühel, Austria
MOMENTUM: Arte cinético, óptico y geométrico, Pablo Goebel Fine Arts / Mexico City, Mexico
COMMON LINES, Knopp Ferro. Sculptures / Clare Goodwin. Paintings, Gallery Silvan Fässler Fine Art, Zug, Switzerland
2014
Maarten Brinkman | Frans Mossou | Knopp Ferro, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NOT SO ORIGINAL, Maddox Arts Gallery, London, UK
Gallery Mark Peet Visser, Hertogenbosch, NL
2013
Drago Prelog | Knopp Ferro | Lorenz Estermann - Zeitkunstgalerie Kitzbühel, Austria
2010
EUROPEAN SCULPTURE: Difference and Diversity, Nave Gallery, Turin, Italy
Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain
2008
DIAGONAL, Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain
ORIENTATED TO PAPER, Bergner Job Gallery, Mainz, Germany
PAPER ROOM, Thomas Gallery, Munich, Germany
2007
Etéro, Ferro, Mompó, Zóbel, Galería Cayón, Madrid, Spain
Ueker & Ueker Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Pablo Goebel Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico
2005
WHEN HUMOR BECOMES PAINFUL, Migrosmuseum for Contemporary Art, Zurich, Switzerland
KölnKunst, Kunststation Kleinsassen, Germany
Thai-German, Galerie Haferkamp, Cologne, Germany
Sculpture garden, Sürth, Germany
2004
SURVIVAL AESTHETICS, Good Gut Friedrichstein, Sankt Augustin, Germany
TIME IS ON MY SIDE, Kunstverein, Rügen, Germany (Cat.)
2003
EIFORMER TUN..., Artist in Residence, Worpswede, Germany
2002
EMIT TIME, a palindromic festival, Bern, Switzerland
BITS´N PIECES, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
2001
SLOW MOTION, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany (cat.)
2000
SMALL FORMATS, Gallery Thomas, Munich, Germany (cat.)
1999
TORSO MIT HÄNDEN UND FÜßEN, Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
ART IN THE LANDSCAPE V, Gut Gasteil Gallery, Prigglitz, Austria (Cat.)
KREUZ & HUMOR 2000, Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany (cat.)
1998
TOLLHAUS, video installation, Stadtmuseum, Cologne, Germany
KÖLNKUNST 5, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany (Cat.)
1997
Gallery Jöllenbeck Michael Nickel, Cologne, Germany
SOCIAL INSTALLATION, Chiang Mai, Thailand
1996
SCULPTURE, installation 1996, Biennale de Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland (cat.)
1995
KÖLNKUNST 4, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany (Cat.)
1994
BLACK BOX SO4, Performance Lecture, Embassy of Switzerland and The Washington, USA
SCULPTURE GROUP, Washington DC, USA
1993
BODY AND HONEY-Change a System, Installation / Performance Gallery Humphrey, New York, USA
Gallery W, Wangen ad Aare, Switzerland
1992
KANOSSA IV, ART 23, Basel, Switzerland
BOOK, BOOKS, BOOKS, Humphrey Gallery, New York, USA
1991
KANOSSA II - The Escape Tower, Installation / Performance, Helmhaus Zurich, Switzerland
Kanossa I, City Transit, Zurich, Switzerland
1982
EXPEDITION BEKOFFERT, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
1978
K45, Vienna, Austria, Jet Ferro (cat.)
STARILLUSION MACHINE - JET FERRO, live in Bio's Bahnhof, ARD Television, Germany
BECOME A PERSONALITY - the best of luck on earth, Hamburg, Germany, curated by Bazon Brock, (cat.)
1977
JET FERRO art fashion show, performance / installation,
Guests: Charly Banana, Rolf Hinterecker, Theo Lambertin, Galerie Ingo Kümmel, Cologne, Germany
DOCUMENTA 6, Kassel, Germany
HARLEKIN ART, Wiesbaden, Germany
Stollwerckfabrik, Cologne, Germany
K45, Vienna, Austria, Jet Ferro, (cat.)
1976
JET FERRO Kunstverlosung, art market, Göttingen, Germany
1975
COLOR AND MATERIAL, BBK Forum, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
1974
Neumarkt der Künste, Cologne, Germany
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International art fairs

Art Basel, Switzerland
Art Basel Miami Beach, USA
Art Brussels, Belgium
TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands
Arco Madrid, Spain
Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
Art Cologne, Germany
Pinta, New York
Art Paris. Art Faire, France
SP Arte Sao Paulo, Brazil
Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art Zurich, Switzerland
Art Karlsruhe, Germany
Positions Munich Art Fair, Germany
Vienna Contemporary, Austria
Art Salzburg, Austria

Public Collections

Museum für Konkrete Kunst MKK, Ingolstadt, Germany
Kleines Museum, Weißenstadt, Germany
Artothek Cologne, Germany
Collection Jacques & Miny Defauwes, NL
Collection Ute and Michael Berger Wiesbaden, Germany
Ella Fontanals - Cisneros Collection Miami, USA
Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz, Austria
MACBA Museum Art Center Buenos Aires, Argentina
Republic Austria Vienna, Austria
City of Cologne, Germany
Stadtsparkasse Cologne, Germany
Landesmuseum Mainz, Germany
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