GERMANY
Johannes Leidenberger is very focused in his choice of material and formal language. His sculptures show abstract, geometric objects made of steel or aluminum and capture reflections on systemic interactions between things and between people. Leidenberger remarks: "With my objects I expand the cosmos by subsystems which, following its own rules, address problems of my concern." The works scrutinize the fragility of complex connections by pairing opposites such as exclusion/integration or chaos/stability. The suggestion of movement by the static objects alludes to ever-changing spiritual and material relations. An often technical impression refers to man as an active creator and separates him from the object at the same time.
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lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
2007 - 2011 Studied KulturGestaltung at University of Applied Sciences for Design, Schwäbisch Hall
2011 - 2017 Studied fine arts at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the classes of Prof. Tony Cragg and Prof. Didier Vermeiren; Graduation as Meisterschüler of Didier Vermeiren
awards:
2018 1st place art in architecture competition for German Aerospace Center, Cologne2016 art prize Brüll-Houfer-Stiftung, Meerbusch
selected exhibitions:2022 DIE GROSSE Kunstausstellung NRW - Kunstpalast Düsseldorf2020 74. Internationale Bergische Kunstausstellung: Kunstmuseum Solingen2019 Sechs plastische Positionen: Kunstverein Ellwangen
2018 Positionen – Skulptur 2018/ Johannes Leidenberger: Galerie Anette Müller, Düsseldorf
2017 Abschlusspräsentation Raum 011: Ausstellung der AbsolventInnen der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2016 Kunstförderpreis Brüll-Houfer-Stiftung: Teloy-Mühle, Meerbusch
2015 EKG: Griesbadgalerie, Ulm
2015 got to dance: Kunsthaus Essen
2014 Begegnungen mit Pirosmani V: Georgisches Nationalmuseum, Tiflis
lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 - 2017 Studied fine arts at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the classes of Prof. Tony Cragg and Prof. Didier Vermeiren; Graduation as Meisterschüler of Didier Vermeiren
awards:
2018 1st place art in architecture competition for German Aerospace Center, Cologne
selected exhibitions:
2020 74. Internationale Bergische Kunstausstellung: Kunstmuseum Solingen
2018 Positionen – Skulptur 2018/ Johannes Leidenberger: Galerie Anette Müller, Düsseldorf
2017 Abschlusspräsentation Raum 011: Ausstellung der AbsolventInnen der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2016 Kunstförderpreis Brüll-Houfer-Stiftung: Teloy-Mühle, Meerbusch
2015 EKG: Griesbadgalerie, Ulm
2015 got to dance: Kunsthaus Essen
2014 Begegnungen mit Pirosmani V: Georgisches Nationalmuseum, Tiflis
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