• Comment: Promising draft, but needs a fundamental rewrite to meet WP:NPOV, and reformatting to not read like a résumé, please see: WP:BLP. Kind regards, Spinster300 (talk) 11:45, 31 March 2025 (UTC).
  • Comment: Many of the sources are 404 dead links and could not be verified. Some are simply name checks or are sourced to his own website. What's needed are verifiable secondary reliable sources that are fully independent from the person. Netherzone (talk) 14:46, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
Landscape Scenery, 2019, Installation, Emsdettener Kunstverein
„The Oak from Schlossplatz Berlin“, 2024, Site-specific Installation, Berlin

Thomas Neumann (* 1975 in Cottbus) is a german Artist currently living in Düsseldorf.

Life

Neumann spent his childhood and youth in Cottbus and Königs Wusterhausen. After a stay in Leipzig, he studied from 1997 to 2004 at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Bernd and Hilla Becher.[1] and Thomas Ruff. He is a member of the German Society for Photography[2] and Deutscher Künstlerbund[3]

Work

Inspired by his roots in East Germany, Neumann is interested in the architectural and historical heritage of the communist Eastern Bloc. His series “homo sovieticus” (1998–2002), “Pictures from Utopia” (2003–2005),[4] “Unbuilt City” (2007), „1984 News from Utopia“ (2003), and „Sternenflug und Apfelblüte“ (2013) were created in this context.

As a curator, Neumann organized the “Congress of Futurologists” project, which took place in 2007 and 2008 in the socialist planned cities Eisenhüttenstadt and Dunaújváros.[5] With “Monument for a City” (2006), Neumann began his work on large-scale installations that combine photography and sculpture. He won the Bergischer Kunstpreis 2010 for the installation “Ghosts” (2009).[6].

Influenced by a two-year stay in Japan, Neumann became interested in landscape photography. This was followed by the series of works “Mori” (from 2012) and “Ishi” (from 2013),[7] which were part of Neumanns monograph „The Japanese Series“ (2015)[8] In response to the triple disaster in Fukushima 2011, he published the book “Märztage　三月日記” by Revolver Publishing. [9] For the 10th anniversary, he organized a Fukushima Memorial 2021 project with a reading performance of his book.[10]　

The exhibition “Exakte Vertrauensgrenzen (Exact Confidence Limits)” took place in the “Weltkunstzimmer” in Düsseldorf in 2020.[11] A monograph of the same title was published by Hatje Cantz Verlag with contributions by Karl Schlögel, Durs Grünbein and Gabriele Muschter/Uwe Warnke.

In the 2021 initiated project “The Oak from Schlossplatz Berlin,” Neumann's interest in history and his view of nature come together. Using historical and contemporary photographs, the artist tells the story of an Oak that was planted on garden land next to the Schleusen Bridge after the inauguration of the National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in 1897. As a visual archaeologist, Thomas Neumann traces this tree in 20th century Berlin photography in more than 60 archives, libraries and collections. As a side actor in the photos of the events surrounding the political Mitte of Berlin, the oak is now introduced as the main character in his artistic project.[12] In October 2024 there was a site-specific projection of Neumanns work on the ground of former Bauakademie.[13]

Soloshow (selected)

  • 2024 Die Eiche vom Schlossplatz Berlin, Roter Saal, Bundesstiftung Bauakademie
  • 2021 Landscape and Memory 景色・記憶, Satellite Gallery SAKURA, Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts, Nagoya, Japan[14]
  • 2020 Exakte Vertrauensgrenzen Exact Confidence Limits, HPZ Stiftung, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf
  • 2018 Mindscape. Japan, Museen Dresden, Technische Sammlungen Dresden
  • 2018 Matrix, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
  • 2016 Mori.Ishi, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
  • 2015 The Japanese Series, Gästezimmer, Hans Peter Zimmer Stiftung, Düsseldorf
  • 2008 Unbuilt City, Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin
  • 2006 Distortions, Goethe-Institut Paris, France
  • 2005 Pictures from Utopia, Aktivist, Eisenhüttenstadt
  • 2005 Die Litauische Rakete, CAIC, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 1998 Sequenzen, Galerie Markt 21, Weimar

Groupshows (selected)

  • 2024 Große Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
  • 2022 Galactic Railroad, Emsdettener Kunstverein, Emsdetten and Japanisches Kulturinstitut Cologne
  • 2021 Ohne Ende Anfang, Museum Utopie und Alltag, Eisenhüttenstadt
  • 2021 Japonismus 2.0 _ Landschaft im Zeichen Japans, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen
  • 2020 Subjekt und Objekt, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
  • 2019 Große Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
  • 2019 Boundaries: Photographic Expressions from Japan and Germany, HRD Fine Art, Kyoto, Japan
  • 2018 Questioning Photography Now, The Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China
  • 2018 Gute Aussichten Deluxe, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
  • 2017 Compilation, Hans Peter Zimmer Stiftung, Düsseldorf
  • 2017 Static Scope, Akibatamabi 21, Gallery of Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2017 New german photography beyond the Düsseldorf School, Museo de la Cancillería, Mexico City
  • 2016 Der typologische Blick, Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
  • 2016 dimensions variable, Kunstraum Düsseldorf
  • 2014 Words and Photographs, Seeds of Remembrance Fukushima, Setagaya Lifestyle Design Center, Tokio, Japan
  • 2014 8. Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt
  • 2013 Water and Plant, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
  • 2013 Brise Soleil, Artspace Estemp, São Paulo, Brasil
  • 2012 Mustererkennung, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne
  • 2011 Soramame – Himmelsbohnen, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf
  • 2011 Approaching Art by Leaving Art Behind, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo, Japan
  • 2010 Landschaft I-IV, Galerie der Künstler, München
  • 2010 64. Bergische Kunstausstellung, Bergischer Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Solingen
  • 2009 Retromorphosis, Galleries at University of HertfordshireSt Albans, Hertfordshire, Großbritannien
  • 2009 Kabinett II – aus der Sammlung, gfzk | Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig
  • 2008 Kongress der Futurologen, Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary
  • 2008 Video_ Düsseldorf / Riga, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art – LCCA, Riga, Latvia
  • 2007 Nach dem Sputnik, Kunst im Tunnel (KIT), Düsseldorf
  • 2007 Appearance / Disappearance, Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow, Poland
  • 2007 Abwesenheitsnotizen, Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach
  • 2006 Changing Faces – WORK, Museum Folkwang, Essen
  • 2006 13. Month of Photography, Benaki Museum, Athen, Griechenland
  • 2005 gute aussichten – junge deutsche fotografie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
  • 2005 Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, Frankreich
  • 2004 realismus update, Jacobi Haus, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf

Scholarship and Awards (selected)

  • 2021 Finalist, LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2021[15]
  • 2020 Stiftung Kunstfonds
  • 2015 Kunststiftung NRW
  • 2013 Artist in Residence, Artspace Estemp, São Paulo, Brasil
  • 2011 Artist in Residence, S-AIR, Sapporo, Japan<
  • 2010 Bergischer Kunstpreis, Art Prize of Artmuseum Solingen
  • 2008 Artist in Residence, Goethe-Institut Krakow
  • 2007 Stiftung Kunstfonds
  • 2004 Art Prize, gute aussichten – young german photography

Books (selected)

  • Galactic Railroad. Kunst zwischen Japan und Deutschland, Köln 2022, ISBN 978-3-9821817-4-5
  • Exakte Vertrauensgrenzen. Fotografie seit 1994 Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-7757-4759-2
  • The Japanese Series. Distanz Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95476-124-1
  • Sternenflug und Apfelblüte. Extra Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-938370-50-6
  • Fehlstelle. Modo Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86833-102-8
  • Märztage. Revolver Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86895-164-6
  • Soramame. Revolver Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86895-172-1
  • Helga Meister (Hrsg.): Nach dem Sputnik. 701 e.V., Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-9807575-5-3.
  • Kongress der Futurologen. Extra Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-938370-21-6
  • Pictures from Utopia. Extra Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-938370-08-4
  • Thomas Neumann (Hrsg.): 1984 News from Utopia. 2003

Einzelnachweise

  1. ^ exhibitionen/rueckblick/2016/der-typologe-blick/ The Photographic Collection Accessed on November 3, 2019.
  2. ^ DGPh - Thomas Neumann Accessed on August 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Deutscher Künstlerbund Accessed on January 27, 2025.
  4. ^ Pictures from Utopia Accessed on November 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Congress of Futurologists Accessed on March 21, 2025.
  6. ^ Artprize Solingen Accessed on March 21, 2025.
  7. ^ Gallery Nomart Accessed on March 21, 2025.
  8. ^ The Japanese Series Accessed on March 21, 2025.
  9. ^ Märztage Accessed on March 21, 2025.
  10. ^ Fukushima Memorial 2021 Accessed on March 5, 2021.
  11. ^ Exakte Vertrauensgrenzen Accessed on March 21, 2025.
  12. ^ Berliner Zeitung, Ingeborg Ruthe Accessed on October 23, 2024.
  13. ^ Die Eiche vom Schlossplatz Berlin Accessed on September 23, 2024.
  14. ^ Landscape and Memory 景色・記憶 Accessed on September 7, 2021.
  15. ^ LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2021 Accessed on March 21, 2025.


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