Nicole Wermers
Nicole Wermers (born 1971) is a German artist, born in Emsdetten, and based in London.[1]
Education
Wermers studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Hamburg (Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg) from 1991 to 1997 and received an MFA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London in 1999. She has participated in residencies at Delfina Studio Trust in London (2004) and Camden Arts Centre in London (2005), and most recently received a fellowship at Villa Massimo, the German Academy in Rome (2012).[2]
Career
In 2015 Wermers was nominated for the Turner Prize in recognition of her exhibition Infrastruktur, originally shown at Herald St, London. Her installation Infrastruktur adopted the glossy aesthetics and materials of modernist design and high fashion, alluding to themes of lifestyle, class, consumption and control.[3]
Collections
The artist's works can be found in the permanent collections of Tate in London, Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, Karl-Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen, and as part of the DGZ Bank Collection in Düsseldorf, among others.[2]
Awards
In 1998-99 Wermers received the DAAD Jahresstipendium, London, 1997 Award of the Dietze Foundation, Hamburg.[citation needed]
In 2015 Wermers was nominated for the Turner Prize along with Bonnie Camplin, Janice Kerbel, and Assemble.[4]
References
- ^ "Biography". nwermers.webs.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b exhibit-e.com. "Nicole Wermers - Artists - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery". www.tanyabonakdargallery.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Turner Prize 2015 artists: Nicole Wermers | Tate". www.tate.org.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Brown, Mark (12 May 2015). "Turner prize 2015 shortliat: three women - and a housing estate". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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