Uta Weber

1966 born in Leverkusen

1986 - 1992
Moved to Aachen
Studied at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung Aachen
Class for interdisciplinary work with Prof. Ladislav Minarik
Diploma
1992 - 1996
Studies of free art at the Academy of Arts Münster
Class for total art | sculpture with Prof. Timm Ulrichs
Master student
1994 - 1995
Studied free art at the Düsseldorf Art Academy
1996
foundation of the artists' association SOYLENT GREEN with Thomas Stimm
joint trip to India
1997
Residence and guest lectures at the Metropolitan College of Tafe,
Western School of Art, Design and Media in Perth, Australia
2002
Scholarship from the Stiftung Kulturfonds Berlin
Residency at the Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop (K)
2007
Scholarship of the Federal Government (BMUKK), Vienna
Artist in Residence in Istanbul, Turkey



Uta Weber works with the enlargement of everyday elements from our immediate environment. She creates sculptures that oscillate between the idea of Marcel Duchamp's readymade and the geometric-abstract art of the 1920s and 1930s, between the serial formation of Minimal Art and the department store aesthetic of Pop Art.

Claes Oldenburg was the first to make oversized sculptures of various everyday objects in the early 1960s. Yet there is no oscillation between form and attribution in his cake pieces, hamburgers, and ice cream cones; his ice cream cones are always clearly recognizable as such. In her selection, Uta Weber deliberately chooses forms that can be read as universal signs for everyday objects, but at the same time function as autonomous, geometric-abstract sculptures.

Uta Weber's sculptural works also stand in a line of tradition with the Californian expression of minimalist art, which in the 1960s experimented with synthetic resins, reflective surfaces and strong optical effects. The flawless, shiny surfaces of these objects make the separation between painting and sculpture disappear, which is also an essential approach of Uta Weber's art.


Text excerpt by Roman Grabner - Exhibition Thomas Stimm + Uta Weber 2015 at Galerie Gölles

Campino

2014, Polyurethane, CNC 3D milled, coated, high gloss lacquered, 70 x 50 x 20

Exhibition view galerie gölles Uta Weber

Smarties, EA II, 2012, polyurethane, CNC 3D milled, coated, high gloss lacquer, each 35 x 15 cm

Dots

2018, epoxy resin, acrylic glass, 25 x 22 x 5 cm

Ausstellungen

EXHIBITIONS
2020
Light after darkness Mario Mauroner, Salzburg
DOT Smolka Contemporary, Vienna (EA)
Born to be alive Artelier Contemporary
2019
Viennacontemporary Artelier Contemporary
Art Cologne Artelier Contemporary
Drawings Smolka Contemporary, Vienna
Reunion Artelier Contemporary, Graz
2018
An original by...VI Galerie Gölles, Fürstenfeld
Viennacontemporary Artelier Contemporary
It`s making sense Artelier Contemporary, Graz
Epoxy Art Affair Regensburg
Stimm / Weber Smolka Contemporary, Vienna (EA with T. Stimm)
Paradise Reinisch Contemporary, Graz
Art Cologne Artelier Contemporary
2017
Déjà-vu Artelier Contemporary
An original by...V Galerie Gölles, Fürstenfeld
Viennacontemporary Artelier Contemporary
Art Cologne Artelier Contemporary
BLOW-FLOW-GLOW MQ ART BOX Vienna (EA)
2016
An original by...IV Gallery Gölles, Fürstenfeld
Untiteld Artelier Contemporary, Graz
Welcome on bella Terra Aktionsradius, Vienna (EA - SG)
Viennacontemporary Artelier Contemporary
Art Cologne Artelier Contemporary
25 years Kunstverein Cuxhaven
2015
Sweets form y sweet Gallery Engert Eschweiler
Circus Phase 6 Kunsthaus Weiz (K)
Viennacontemporary Artelier Contemporary
WELCOME ON BELLA TERRA Proarte, Hallein (EA - SG)
Art Cologne Artelier Contemporary
Stimm / Weber Gallery Gölles, Fürstenfeld (EA with T. Stimm)
Proximity and Distance Kunstverein Cuxhaven
2014
Viennafair Artelier Contemporary
Summer retreat BH Hartberg
Results Artelier Contemporary, Graz
2013
Viennafair Artelier Contemporary
Weber / Stimm Martina Kaiser Cologne Contemporary, Cologne (EA with T. Stimm)
Artost Art in private gardens, Markt Hartmannsdorf
Art Cologne Artelier Contemporary
2012
Groupshow 12 Artelier Contemporary, Graz
Circus Phase 3 Kunsthalle Feldbach
Look here Burgau Castle
Viennafair Artelier Contemporary
An Original by...II Gallery Gölles, Fürstenfeld
Circus Phase 3 Pavelhaus, Bad Radkersburg
Art Basel Artelier Contemporary
Stimm / Weber Artelier Contemporary, Graz (EA with T. Stimm)
Delicate and bitter Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Neuenbürg Castle
Wonder women DavisKlemmGallery, Frankfurt
2011
Extremely sweet! State Art Gallery Karlsruhe
About ... Kunsthaus Hannover (EA with Dirk Brömmel and Alexander Moses)
Mask, Figure and Image Gallery Gölles, Fürstenfeld
Geist ist geil Gallery F6, Artists' Village Schöppingen
Art Wiesbaden DavisKlemm Gallery
2010
Objects and Drawings Gallery Carla Stützer, Cologne (EA)
Can it be a little less again PP Projects, Hamburg
BEST OF OUR PLANET PRODUCTION SHOP Kunstpalais Erlangen (T. Stimm with SG)
Inside Outside Gallery Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt (EA with B. Storck-Brundrett)
Show in progress Gallery Carla Stützer, Cologne
Art Karlsruhe DavisKlemm Gallery
Schön und gut DavisKlemm Gallery, Frankfurt (EA with T. Stimm)
2009
ABC...DEF Academy of Arts, Berlin (SG, K)
Art Bodensee DavisKlemm Gallery
Positions Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop
Art Karlsruhe DavisKlemm Gallery
BonBon Dagmar Schmidla Gallery, Cologne (EA, K)
Palmbeach Contemporary Artfair DavisKlemm Gallery
2008
No peanuts Studio Fahrgasse 9, Frankfurt
C6 H12 O6 DavisKlemm Gallery, Frankfurt (EA with Peter Anton and Günter Beier)
Multiples Gallery Carla Stützer, Cologne
An original by... Gallery Gölles, Fürstenfeld
Art Bodensee DavisKlemm Gallery
Multicolour DavisKlemm Gallery, Mainz (EA)
Nature : Attitude Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery, Bielefeld
2007
Finalemente Gallery Carla Stützer Cologne
The Prince Island Pictures Gallery St. Georg, Istanbul (EA with T. Stimm)
Sculptures Kalsdorf Castle near Ilz (with M. Erjautz, M. Kienzer, H. Skerbisch, T. Stimm, E. Wurm)
2006
Water Lilies and Soapbubbles Gallery Carla Stützer Cologne (EA with T. Stimm)
Stimm / Weber Gallery Gölles, Fürstenfeld (EA with T. Stimm)
Art wears many heads Gallery Carla Stützer Cologne (SG)
Here and There Gallery Christine König, Vienna (EA)
2005
Finalemente Gallery Carla Stützer Cologne
Hell Black Dragon Society, Salzburg
With an Open End Kunsthalle Recklinghausen / Kunstverein Ingolstadt (K)
2004
Finalemente Gallery Carla Stützer Cologne
Realities Gallery Carla Stützer Cologne (EA with T. Stimm)
2003
Märkische Stipendien - Drawing Municipal Gallery Iserlohn
FLOW Space for Art, Aachen (EA, K)
2002
Echt Kunststoff Gallery V+V, Vienna (SG)
Terra my Terra Gallery Christine König, Vienna (EA-SG)
The Art of Being Seen New Aachen Art Association
BEST OF OUR PLANET PRODUCTION SHOP Museum Ludwig, Cologne (SG)
2001
The Night Black Dragon Society, Salzburg
Sous, Weber, Ehling Gallery S, Aachen (K)
Opening Black Dragon Society, Vienna
Terra my Terra kjubh Kunstverein Cologne (EA-SG)
Beautiful View Kunstverein Frechen (EA)
2000
Welcome on Terranian Dot Kunstverein Baden (EA-SG)
Terranian Dot Black Dragon Society, Salzburg (EA-SG)
Small Worlds Gallery Carla Stützer, Cologne (EA with T. Stimm)
Made for fun Municipal Gallery Nordhorn (K, SG)
1999
Editions Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York (SG)
Art Forum Berlin Gallery Artelier Graz (SG)
Anniversary Simultanhalle Cologne (SG)
Bloab Stapelhaus, Cologne (EA)
1998
Season greatings Gallery Artelier, Graz (SG)
Lampion Wewerka Pavilion, Münster (EA, K)
Penthouse Neue Kunst in der Neuen Fahrt, Produzentengalerie Kassel
BEST OF OUR PLANET PRODUCTION Artelier Gallery, Graz (EA-SG)
KölnKunst Art Gallery Cologne (K)
Between Appearance and Reality Kunstakademie Münster (EA)
1997
Who protects us from Hansi KunstWerk Cologne (SG)
Art on the Catwalk Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin (SG)
Confluence Metzgalerie, Koblenz (K)
Buyoancy Vitrine Interfood, Mehrwert e. V., Aachen (EA)
Lantern, Lantern Gallery Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal (EA)
Lots of dots Claremont School of Art, Perth, Western Australia (EA)
1996
One does this, the other does that Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen (K)
Art Vienna MAK, Vienna (SG)
Winterlust Gallery Christine König, Vienna (SG)
Everlast Art and Media, Metzgalerie, Koblenz
Schicht Zeche Zollverein, Essen (K)
Art out of a Suitcase Kunglia Konsthögskolan Stockholm (K)
Homeimprovement hedah, Stichting Centrum voor heedendaagse Kunst, Maastricht
1995
Someday they will come here Metzgalerie Koblenz (EA)
Height x Width x Depth Villa Weiner, Ochtrup | Burg Giebichtenstein, Halle (K)
May bug fly Air-raid shelter Ehrenfeld, Cologne (K)
1994
In one litter Kunstverein Ganderkesee
1992
The Other Ten New Aachen Art Association