Stiller Wolfgang
The German artist Wolfgang Stiller has made these incredible realistic matchstick men sculptures, made with wood which show blackened out human faces on top of huge matches. Wolfgang Stiller’s series of “Matchstickmen” is a depiction of people that are literally burnt out.
Wolfgang Stiller
Born in 1961 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
1981 – 84 Studium Kommunikationsdesign, GHS Wuppertal / Germany
1984 – 89 Freie Kunst Studium –Malerei und Sculpture “Kunstakademie Düsseldorf”, (Germany)
1996 – study in Istanbul (8 months), (Turkey)
2000 – 2007 lives in New York (USA)
2007 – 2008 Beijing (China) study
2007 – Gastprofessur NYU (New York University) in Shanghai, China
2009 – Lives in Berlin, Germany
Awards and scholarships
1986 ART Stiftung Plaas, (Germany)
1991 Kunst und Kirche Heilbronn, (Germany)
1991 Arbeitsstipendium, Senate Berlin, (Germany)
1991 Kunstpreis Sickingen, (Germany)
1993 Arbeitsstipendium, Tokyo, Japan
1996 Artist in Residence, Istanbul (Berliner Senate)
2000 ISP Studio, New York (USA)
2009 Kunstfonds Arbeitsstipendium
Solo exhibitions:
2017
Mark Hachem gallery Beirut, Lebanon;
2016
Tändstickmuseum ,Janköpping, Sweden;
Mark Hachem gallery, Paris;
2015
Galerie Schmalfuss, Berlin;
2014
Galerie Albert Benamou – Veronique Maxé;
Yeni Cami, former archeolog. museum,Thessaloniki, Dimitria festival Greece
2013
Python Gallery ,Erlenbach, Zürich, Schweiz;
Art Issue Projects, Taipei, Taiwan;
Voss Kunstlag – Banksmidja, Voss, Norway;
Gallery Basement, Voss, Norway
2012
Mube,Skulpturenmuseum Sao Paulo, Brasilien;
Delloro Contemoporary Art gallery, Berlin;
Galeria Simon Nolte, Porto Colom,Mallorca, Spanien;
Pingpong Artspace, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
Kalos & Klio showroom in collaboration with Lola Nikolaou Gallery,Thessaloniki, GR;
2010
Kunstverein Gera, Germany.
Group shows:
2019
Madison gallery San Diego,Solana beach,USA;
2018
Changwon sculpture biennale, Korea;
2017
„Verleihung der Narrenkappe „ Mact/Cact contemporary art museum Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland;
Gallery Lola Nikolaou,Thessaloniki, Greece;
2015
Python Gallery, Zürich Erlenbach. Schweitz;
Agalaus Kunstfestival, Voss, Norwegen;
Kulturfabrik Apolda, Apolda Germany;
Wuhan Fine Art Museum, Wuhan , China;
Hôtel de Gallifet/ artcenter, Aix en Provence, Frankreich;
Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden. Deutschland;
18 + festival, Cluj – Napoca, Rumänien;
Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster;
Nanjing 2nd international art festival, Nanjing, China.
Collections:
Wuhan museum of fine art, Wuhan, China;
Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany;
K.E.Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany;
Land Hessen, Germany;
Museum Bochum, Germany;
DASA Museum, Dortmund, Germany;
Museum Belden an Zee, Scheveningen, Netherland;
Kablanc fondacion Otazu, Navarra, Spain.