Meuser - Biography | Galerie Nathalie Obadia

Meuser was born in 1947, in Essen (Germany). He lives and works in Karlsruhe (Germany).

A former student of Joseph Beuys and Erwin Heerich, at the Academy of Fine Art and Philosophy, in Düsseldorf, between 1968 and 1976, he is presently a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.

Meuser's work has been the subject of monographic exhibitions, such as his latest solo show at Kunstraum Grässlin St. Georgen (Germany, 2018) ; Nachspülen at Meyer Riegger Gallery in Karlsruhe (Germany, 2018); Abwasser at Galerie Bärbel Grässlin in Frankfurt (Germany, 2018); Herr Ober, zwei Doppelte at Meyer Riegger Gallery in Berlin (Germany, 2014); Knautsch at Städtische Galerie in Karlsruhe (Germany, 2011); Wo ist oben? at Gallery Gisela Capitain in Cologne (Germany, 2009); Die Frau reitet und das Pferd geht zu Fuß at the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf (Germany, 2008); Meuser mit Pinsel ohne Farbe at Meyer Riegger Gallery in Karlsruhe (Germany, 2007); Metrostation Oberkampf at Lichthof der Staatl, at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe (Germany, 1996); at the Kunsthalle in Zürich (Switzerland, 1991); at Villa Arson in Nice (France, 1991); Die Dunkelheit, Klarheit, Deutlichkeit, Angemessenheit und die volle Zusammenschau (Intuition), Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst at Bremerhaven and Galerie Bärbel Grässlin in Frankfurt (Germany, 1984).

He also participated in numerous, important group exhibitions, including 50 Jahre Avantgarde. Das Kabinett für aktuelle at the Kunst Bremerhaven in Bremen (Germany, 2018); Ausbruch aus der Fläche - Das Origami Prinzip in der Kunst at Marta Herford in Herford (Germany, 2018); Skulpturen aus der Sammlung at Städtische Galerie in Karlsruhe (Germany, 2017); Narrativas monumentales. Figuras, paisajes y rituales at the Museo de Arte Contemporanéo Gas Natural Fenosa in Corunna (Spain, 2015); Ausstellung der Professorinnen und Professoren zum 300. Stadtgeburtstag at Städtische Galerie in Karlsruhe (Germany, 2015); Ruhe vor dem Sturm. Postminimalistische Kunst aus dem Rheinland at the Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen (Germany, 2015); PRÄSENTation. Geschenke für die Sammlung des Zentrums für Kunst- und Medientechnologie at the Museum für Neue Kunst in Karlsruhe (Germany, 2012); Art Foundation Mallorca Collection, Special Edition at CCA Andratx (Spain, 2012); Schlachtpunk. Painting in the Eighties at the Darmstadt Kunsthalle, Darmstadt (Germany, 2012); FischGrätenMelkStand at Temporäre Kunsthalle in Berlin (Germany, 2010); Abstraktes Material at the Kunsthaus in Graz (Austria, 2005); Superman in Bed. Sammlung Schürmann at Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund (Germany, 2004); at documenta IX, Kassel (Germany, 1992); Room Enough, Sammlung Schürmann at Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen (Germany, 1987); Tableaux Abstraits at Villa Arson in Nice (France, 1986).

Meuser was the recipient of the Bremen Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße (Germany), in 1985, and of the ars viva "gestaltete Räume" in Berlin (Germany), in 1991-1992.

His works are included in important public and private collections, including the Städtisches Museum Abteiber (Germany), Städtishe Galerie Karlsruhe (Germany), Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (Germany), Neue Galerie Graz (Austria), Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (Germany), Museum Ludwig (Germany), Centro Cultural Adratx (Spain), The Martin Margulies Collection (USA), Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation for the Arts (USA).