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Jorg Madlener

 

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EDUCATION
 
            Humanistic Education (Greek, Latin) Kloster Ettal and Kempten/Allgäu 
            BA in Architecture, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany
            Städelschule (Art Institute, College Level) Frankfurt, Germany,                                                                          
            Class of Heinz Battke and Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt: Sociology and Philosophy   
            (with Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer).
            Private student of Otto Dix
 
            Nationaal Hoger Instituut Voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium (Master of Art), class of Jos Henderickx.
 
                           Trips to Italy, Turkey, and Yougoslavia.
                           Founds:
                                (together with painter Roger Somville) the “Mouvement Realiste” in Belgium, the “Atelier Madlener” for opera and theater design (together with architect Midori Kurihana) in the US, the International Academy for Painting and Photography Cultural Center Grand Hotel-Toblach, Toblach-Dobbiaco and the team cloud  in Italy
 
TEACHING
2006                     Private master class, Starnberg, Germany
2002 Present     Private art class in New York City
2001 – 2005         Painting class, Dolomite-Academy, Cultural Center Toblach-Dobbiaco, Italy
1999 – 2000         Private master class, Aspen Colorado
1994 – 1995         Private master class, East Hampton and New York City
1980 – 1986         Académie d’Uccle, Brussels
1976 – 1980         Académie d’Art, St. Josse ten Noode, Brussels
1970 – 1973         Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany, Akademischer Rat
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007                 Sandstorm: the first five days of the war, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, USA
2006                 Tenebrae, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, USA
                         Jörg Madlener, About Face, Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos California
                         Museum Kempten (Allgäu), Presentation of the donation of 115 works
                         Resident Kempten (Allgäu): Auswahl 1965-1995
                         Jörg Madlener: Estate-Inverno, Mahler, Equus, Anna Bondonio Camandona Art Gallery, Italy
2005                 Jörg Madlener, paintings, Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos California
2004                 Gustav Mahler 1984 – 2004, Cultural Center Grand Hotel Toblach, Toblach –Dobbiaco, Italy
2003                 Open Studios, Long Island City,
                         Jörg Madlener, paintings. Parchmann Stremmel gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2002                 “Gustav Mahler. Landscape of a Face”, Thermenhotel Galerie am Kurpark, Bad Liebenzell, Germany
                         “Paintings of Painters”, Transit Gallery, Mechelen, Belgium
                          Long Island City, Open Studios
2000                 “Jörg Madlener, America 7 Times”, Transit Gallery, Mechelen, Belgium
                         “Equus”, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1999                 “Gustav Mahler, Landscape of a Face”, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York
                         “Equus-Horse.”, Red Brick Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado,
                         “Equus-Horse.”, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas
1998                 “Stage Designs.” Red Brick Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado
1997                 “Ashcroft Suite.” Red Brick Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado,
1996                 “The Flight of the Eagle.” Verein zur Kunstförderung, Darmstadt, Germany
                         “Gustav Mahler, Landscape of a Face”, Business Center Aspen, Colorado,
1995                 Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York,
1994                 Humphrey Gallery, New York,
                         Elisabeth Franck Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute,
1993                 Christopher Leonard Gallery, New York,
                         Benton Gallery, South Hampton, New York,
                         Galerie Leu, Munich, Germany,
1991                 Humphrey Gallery, New York,
                         Gallerie Moderne, Luxembourg,
1990                 “Long Island VI & VII.” , Belgium, Elisabeth Franck Gallery,Knokke-le-Zoute
                         “Long Island VI & VII.” Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, Germany
                         Elisabeth Frank Gallery, Art Chicago, Chicago
1989                 Verein zur Kunstförderung,Darmstadt, Germany
                         “Long Island II, III, IV, V & VI.”, Galerie Leu, Rottach-Egern, Germany
1988                 “Long Island II & III.”, Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Brussels
                         Private Show at Susan Summer and Crozier Fine Art, New York
                         retrospective, Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Brussels
1987                 “Long Island 86.”, Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Paris, FIAC Grand-Palais
                        Galerie Helga Paepke, Karlsruhe
                        “Long Island II.”, Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Los Angeles, ART  LA ’87
1986                 “The Mountain and the Woodman’s Hut.” Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Basel, ART 17’86
                        “Les Lieux du Chant.” Gustav Mahler Festival, Dobbiaco, Italy,
1985                 “Le Chant de la Terre,” (The Song of  the Earth), Gustave Mahler, Part III., Galerie Philippe Guimiot,
                         Madrid, ARCO
1984                 “Les Lieux du Chant”, Aquarelles, Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Brussels,
                         “Estate II”, Aquarelles, Galerie von Laar, Munich                                                                                          
                         “Le Chant de la Terre,” (The Song of the Earth), Gustave Mahler, Part II.  Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Grand-Palais, FIAC, Paris,
1983                 “Le Chant de la Terre,” (The Song of the Earth), Gustav Mahler, Part I., Elisabeth Franck Gallery,
                         Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
                         “Estate I.” , Galerìa Trece,Barcelona
1982                 “Estate I.” , Galería Alençon,Madrid
                         Galeria Trece, International Art Fair. Madrid, ARCO
1980                 Galerie Farber, Brussels
                         “Death in Venice.” Germany, Galerie Levy, Hamburg
                         Galerij MAS, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium,
1979                 Galerie Farber, Brussels
                         “Death in Venice.” , Galería Trece,Barcelona
1978                 Galerie Farber, Brussels
                         Galerij Job-Art,Amsterdam, Holland
                         Galerie Luka,Boechout, Belgium
1977                 Galerie Artel,Antwerp, Belgium,            
                         Galerie l’Etrier,Mouscron, Belgium,  
                         Galerie De Gryse,Tielt, Belgium,
1976                 “ A la Recherche de Robert Musil” (“In Search of Robert Musil” - selected by Belgian critics)., Galerie
                         Farber, Brussels
                         Galerie de la Sarbacane, Charleroi, Belgium,
                         Galerie MAS, Deinze, Belgium,
                         Galerij Ter Streep, Oostende, Belgium,
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006                 New acquisitions, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Darmstadt Germany
2005                 The Dolomites – Academy, Welsberg. Schloß Welsperg
2004                 The teachers of the Dolomites – Academy, Niederdorf – Villa Bassa, Italy:
2003                 Stift Viktring,Klagenfurt, Austria,
                         Tammerburg,Lienz, Austria,
                         “Internationale Malakademie und group cloud”, Cultural Center Grand Hotel Toblach, Toblach, Italy
2001 – 02         “Das alte Bauernhaus” , the group cloud,  Toblach, Italy
                         “il vecchio maso” , the group cloud, Cortina d’Ampezzo
2000                  David Floria Gallery San Francisco Art Fair,
                         “Maler hören Mahler.”, Gustav Mahlerwoche, Toblach-Dobbiaco, Italy
                          Biennial, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
                          Peter Findlay Gallery, New York
1997                 “Landscapes.”, ICE Gallery of Art, New York
                         “Roaring Fork Show.” , Aspen Art Museum Aspen, Colorado,
1995                  Galerie am Lindenplatz, Schaan, Liechtenstein
                          Galerie Leu, Rottach-Egern, Germany.
1994                  Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York
                         “Collecting in the Nineties.”, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
1989                 “Scénographies de Peintres et de Sculpteurs.”Théâtre National de la Communauté Française de
                          Belgique,Brussels
1985                  Gustav Mahler, Un Homme, Une Oeuvre, Une Epoche, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
                          Darmstadt, Neue Darmstädter Sezession
                         “Altes Bild-Neues Bild, Alte Plastik- Neue Plastik”
                          Budapest, Cultural Forum
1984                  Art Fair, Bologna
1983                 "Kopf und Bauch,” Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Düsseldorf, Darmstadt, Vienna,
1982                 “Five International Artists.” Galeria Forni, Bologna, Italy
                         “15 Europäische Künstler (fifteen European artists), Gallerie Schaler Stuttgart and Karlsuhe, Germany
                          Galeria Trece, ARCO, Madrid,
1981                 “la ville a dess(e)in” CACEF, Brussels, Charleroi and Liège, Belgium,
                         “l’Art actuel” Palais du Congrès, Quebec, Canada
                         “Death in Venice” Grand Palais, FIAC, Galeria Trece, Paris,
                          Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Varsovie, Poland,
1980                 “Art et Photographie.”  CGER Brussels,
1978                  Kunsthalle Darmstadt,  Festival Garuda,  Darmstadt
                          Galerie Garber, Grand Palais – FIAC,  Paris
1977                  Galerie Farber, Foire d’Art Actuel Brussels
                          Galerie Farber, Art Basel,  Basel
                          Neue Darmstädter Sezession , Darmstadt, Germany
1976                  Verein zur Kunstförderung, Darmstadt
                         “Prix d’Europe de la Peinture”, Bronze Medaille, Ostende, Belgium 
                          Galerie Farber, Palais des Beaux Arts – 5th Art Fair, Brussels
                         “L’Art du Brabant”, Palais des Beaux Arts – Brussels
1974                  Acquirements of the Ministery of Flemish Culture, Palais des Beaux Arts and Antwerp Museum: Brussels
1973                 “Breschen zur Wirklichkeit“ Kunsthalle, ”Darmstadt, Germany
                         (Group shows organized by the Cultural Ministry of Belgium). Belœil, Péruwelz and Mons, Belgium
1972                  Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt, Germany
                          Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Alkmaar, Holland
                          Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Troyes, France
                          Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt, Germany
1971                 “Cercle Artistique et Littèraire” Charleroi, Belgium
                         “Biennale d’Argenteuil”Argenteuil, Belgium,
                         “Cap d’Encre” Brussels, Belgium
                         “Exposition de Gouaches”Rochefort and Florenville, Belgium,
                         “Acquisitions of the Belgian Government.”Florenville, Belgium,
                         “Confrontatie.”Mons, Brussels, and Oostende, Belgium,
                          Neue Darmstädter Sezession , Darmstadt, Germany
1970                 “Originele Tekeningen.”Charleroi, Schelderode, and Mechelen, Belgium,
                          International Exhibition of Graphic Arts,Carpentras, France,
                          Neue Darmstädter Sezession , Darmstadt, Germany
1969                  Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt, Germany
 
SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
1986                 Badische Landesbibliothek,Karlsruhe, Germany
                        “Ettal Barroco.” Chiesa de Santa Croce, Citta di Castello, Italy
                        “Ettal Barroco.” Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1981                 “A la Recherche de Robert Musil.” Saarlandsmuseum, Saarbrücken, Germany,
                         “A la Recherche de Robert Musil.” Centre Pompidou, Paris, B.P.I.,
1982                 Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels,
1978                 “Death in Venice.” Kunsthalle, Darmstadt, Germany
1977                 Moderne Galerie Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, Germany,
1974                 Maison de la Culture (Selected by Belgian Art Critics) Namur, Belgium,
1973                 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium,
                         Landesmuseum. Oldenburg, Germany,
1972                 Museum d’Hondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium,
1971                 Nassauische Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany,
 
SELECTIONS FROM BIENNIALS
1985                “Ettal Barroco”, (solo show) Biennial of Sao Paolo, Brazil,
1983                 Biennial of Realism, Sofia, Bulgaria, (group)  
1982                 “Death in Venice”, (solo show) Biennial of Venice, Belgium Pavilion,
1972                 Grafica Oggi, Biennial of Venice, (group)
                         Biennial of Original Drawing, Rijeka, Yougoslavia, (group)
1971                 International Engraving Biennial, Ljubeljana, Yougoslavia  (group)
1965                 International Engraving Biennial, Ljubeljana, Yougoslavia, (group)
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 
Musèe d’Art Moderne, Brussels
Cabinet des Estampes, Brussels
Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Oldenburg,Germany
Monsanto, Belgium
Musèe d’Art Moderne, Liège
Banque Nationale de Belgique
Crédit Communal de Belgique
Albertina, Graphic Collection, Vienna
Government of the French Community of Belgium
Palais de Justice, Brussels
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
Bibliothèque Musicale Gustave Mahler, Paris
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Banque Rothschild, Zürich
Societé Générale de Banque, Belgium
Dresdener Bank, Darmstadt, Germany
Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York
Ministère de la Culture Française, Belgium
Ministerie van Vlaamse Kultuur, Belgium
Musée de Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
Centro Culturale, Grand Hotel, Dobbiaco, Italy
Museum of Modern Art, Denver, Colorado
Museum Kempten(Allgäu)
 
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
In the United States, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Holland and Lebanon
 
STAGE DESIGNS
2002                 project for an opera “Leonce und Lena” Georg Büchner (Stefano Gervasoni, composer)
2000                 “Fidelio,” Beethoven., Opera Colorado Denver, Colorado,
1999                 “Cosí Fan Tutte,” Mozart., Aspen Opera Theater Center, Aspen, Colorado
                         “Ariadne auf Naxos,” Richard Strauss., Aspen Opera Theater Center, Aspen, Colorado
1998                 “Falstaff,” Giuseppi Verdi., Aspen Opera Theater Center, Aspen, Colorado
                         “Susannah,” Carlisle Floyd., Aspen Opera Theater Center, Aspen, Colorado
                         “Greek,” Mark-Anthony Turnage., Aspen Opera Theater Center, Aspen, Colorado
1997                 “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” William Shakespeare and Benjamin Britten. He founded, together with the
                          architect Midori Kurihana, the “Atelier Madlener”, Aspen Opera Theater Center, Aspen, Colorado
1992                 “The Twelve Dancing princes," Grimm, Long Island Television, East Hampton, New York
1986                 “Mein Herbert,” Achternbusch, National Theater, Karlsruhe, Germany
                        “Fourberies de Scapin,” Molière., National Theater, Brussels
1983                 “Don Juan,” Molière., National Theater, Brussels
1977                 “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” William Shakespeare., National Theater, Saarbrücken, Germany
1965                 “La Paix”,Aristophanes, Jeune Théâtre de l’Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
1964 – 1968      “La Ballade du Grand Macabre,” Ghelderode., Théâtre de l’Alliance, Brussels
                         “View from the Bridge,” Arthur Miller,
                         “The Inquiry,” Peter Weiss., Rideau de Bruxelles, Brussels
                         “Purple Dust,” Sean O’Casey., National Theater, Brussels
                         “Leonce und Lena,” Georg Büchner., Theater am Dom, Cologne,Germany
                         “Romeo and Julia,” William Shakespeare., Nieuwe Comedie, The Hague,Holland
                         “Uncle Vanja,” A. Chekov., Theater, Arnhem, Holland
1960 – 1963      Frankfurt,neue bühne, Goethe Universität, “Der Neue Menoza,” Reinhold Lenz, Frankfurt, neue bühne,
                         “Eli,” Nelly Sachs (first prize for stage design at the International Festival of Young Theater in Erlangen,
                          Germany),
                          Frankfurt, neue bühne, “Mystero Buffo,” Majakowski, “The Peace,” Aristophanes,
                          Frankfurt, neue bühne, “The Exception and the Rule,” Bertold Brecht (International Festival of Young
                          Theater; Messina, Sicilie 1962).Festival Ljubeljana, Yougoslavia (Festival Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey).
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“A Travers Les Galleries…Jörg Madlener.”                                                          Candide 1965.
“A la galerie Rops Jörg Madlener.”                                                                       Vers l’Avenir 13 October 1971.
Kunstverein, Nassauischer.
“Das Bild des menschen-von gestern oder von heute?                                        Wiesbadener Kurier. 14 October 1971.
“Entsprechung und Kontraste.”                                                                             Wiesbadener Tagblatt 18 October 1971.
Imiela, Hans-Jürgen. “Ungebrochene Malerei.”                                                   Darmstädter Echo 22 October 1971.
Maass, Max Peter. “Malerischer Realismus aus Darmstadt.”                                Darmstädter Tagblatt   25 October 1971.
“Entsprechung und Kontraste.”                                                                             Wiesbadener Tagblatt 1972
“Le Talent de Jörg Madlener.”                                                                             Tele 7 Jours 15 January 1972