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Birth
1956 (Essen, Germany)
Death
Lived/Active
New York / Germany
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Often Known For
abstract street scenes, genre and portrait painting
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Biography from Metropolitan Museum of Art:
| David Stern was born in 1956 in Essen, Germany. He grew up as a single child, dropped out of a Catholic High School for boys at the age of 13, and began an apprenticeship as a sign painter. While an apprentice, he got his High School diploma in an external exam and finished his apprenticeship in 1972.
From 1972 to 1975, he attended pre college classes in Essen, and in 1975 he went to the Dortmund Fachhochschule für Design and Art, a studio school, where he studied painting and graphic techniques such as lithography and etching.
Stern graduated from the school in 1980 and was accepted at the prestigious Düsseldorf Kunstakademie, where he stayed until 1982.
He moved to a small village near the town of Muenster, to develop his painting skills and to find his own language in an inexpensive setting. In 1986, he moved on to Cologne, where he found his artistic voice.
Stern met his wife Rachel and in 1989, after the death of his paternal grandfather, he returned to his Jewish roots. From 1987 on, Stern exhibited his work nationally and quickly entered the international scene in the early nineties, with shows in Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands, Belgium and Great Britain.
After showing in the US for the first time in 1992, Stern prepared to immigrate to New York with his wife and two children. He immigrated in 1994 and became naturalized in 2000. Since 1995, Stern had eight one man shows in New York City and numerous shows nationally.
The events of September 11, 2001, deeply affected Stern and threw him off his beaten path; he left his downtown studio in 2003 and moved to Chelsea, where he continues to work. Since his 2006 show in London, Stern has enjoyed revived interest in his work in Europe and plans to show again in Berlin and Munich in 2009/10.
Stern lives and works in New York City.
EDUCATION
1980-82 Düsseldorf Art Academy, Düsseldorf, Germany
1975-79 F.H. Dortmund Art School, Dortmund, Germany
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008 Donald Feagin Visiting Artist at the Henry Kendall College of Arts and
Sciences at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007 Juror of graduating student’s work at the New York Studio School
1999 Visiting Artist, William Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the
College of Charleston, South Carolina
1983-88 Painting Lecturer at F.H. Dortmund Art School, Dortmund, Germany
COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Yeshiva University Museum, New York, 15 West 16th Street, NYC 10011
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York
Kunstsammlung, Universität Göttingen, Germany
Dresdner Bank, Köln, Germany
National Museum in Poznan, Poland
US embassy in Vienna, Austria
numerous private collections in the United States, Europe (Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Poland, etc.), Great Britain, and Asia (Japan)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (Solo, except where noted)
2010-12 David Stern: The American Years (1995-2008) (cont.), national traveling exhibition curated by Karen Wilkin, Institute for Contemporary Art, Charleston, South Carolina, September – December 2010; Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona, January – April 2011
2010 David Stern: New Work, Thomas Williams Fine Arts, London
2009 David Stern: New Work, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
2009 David Stern: Selections From One Hundred Simple Things, Messineo Art Projects/Wyman Contemporary, New York, May 14 – July 16
2008-09 David Stern: The American Years (1995-2008), curated by Karen Wilkin, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, New York, September 18, 2008 – February 8, 2009; Alexandre Hogue Gallery of the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 30 – November 28, 2008
2009 Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
2006 Thomas Williams Fine Arts, London
2005/06 "David Stern at the Starrett-Leihigh (project 1740)," NYC
presented by Claudia Carr
2003 "Skin, " Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL
(group, together with M. Abakanowicz, T.Oursler and others)
2002/03 "CorpoRealities," Rollins College, Cornell Fine Arts Museum
(together with LeRoy, Auerbach and others )
2002 Spokane Falls Community College Art Gallery, Spokane, WA (group)
1999 William Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, SC
1998 7th Biennal National Drawing Invitational,
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock (Arkansas) (group)
1998 Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany (group)
1996 Galerie Joachim Blüher, Cologne, Germany (group)
1996 Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany (group)
1995 Synagogue for the Arts, NYC
1995 Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
1994 Kunstverein, Gütersloh, Germany
1994 National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC
1994 Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
1994 Galerie X Sadie Bierl, Munich, Germany
1993 International Monetary Fund Art Forum, Washington, DC
1993 Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
1992 Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1992 Kunstsammlung der Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
1991 Galerie Welz, Salzburg, Austria
1991 Martin Ainscough Gallery, Liverpool, England
1989 Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany (group)
SELECTED EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2008 David Stern: The American Years (1995-2008), catalogue accompanying the national traveling exhibition curated by Karen Wilkin; Yeshiva University Museum, New York; Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1999 David Stern: Recent Paintings, exh. cat. New York:
Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art
1994 David Stern, Identity and Relationship, exh. cat. Washington, DC:
National Jewish Museum
1992 David Stern, Study for a Way, exh. cat. Budapest:
Hungarian National Gallery
1992 David Stern, Malerei, exh. cat. Göttingen (Germany):
Kunstsammlung der Universität Göttingen
SELECTED ARTICLES
2009 Charles Ruas, ARTnews, Jan 2009 “up now: David Stern at YU Museum”, p. 112
2008 Joel Silverstein, ArtCritical.com “Abstraction, Figuration and the Spiritual” David Stern at YU Museum, NY
2008 Teel Sale and Claudia Betti, Drawing. A Contemporary Approach, 6th edition, Belmont, CA 2008, p. 34, no. 2.12
2007 Monica Strauss, “David Stern. Rituelle Gesten,” Aufbau, September 2007,
p. 10
2004 David Grosz, "Human Figures, Broken and Restored, In the Work of One Artist," Forward, March 19, 2004, p. 11
2003 Karen Wilkin, "In the Galleries," Partisan Review, Winter 2003, pp. 116-17
2002 Blake Eskin, “A Passion for Impasto,” ARTnews Summer 2002, pp. 122-124
2002 Monica Strauss, "Revisiting those stunned evenings," Aufbau, Sept 2002
2001 Karen Wilkin, "At the Galleries," Partisan Review, Summer 2001
2001 Monica Strauss, "Figurative Paintings and Abstract Means. Paintings and Drawings by David Stern at Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Art," Aufbau 10 (May 10), 2001, p. 15
2001 Mario Naves, The New York Observer
2000 Los Angeles Times
2000 Lance Esplund, "David Stern at Rosenberg & Kaufman", Art in America, June 2000, pp. 124-25
1999 Frank Martin, "Stern's art like a thrill ride of texture, color and imagery", The Post and Courier, September 18, 1999, p. 2D
1999 Mitchell Cohen, "David Stern's Cosmos", Dissent, Fall 1999, pp. 64-67
1999 Mario Naves, The New York Observer
1999 Karen Wilkin, "David Stern: Recent Paintings," in David Stern: Recent Paintings, exh. cat. New York: Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art
1999 Mitchell Cohen, "David Stern's Cosmos," in David Stern: Recent Paintings, exh. cat. New York: Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art
1998 Townsend Wolfe, "David Stern," in 7th Biennal National Drawing Invitational, exh. cat. Little Rock (Arkansas), The Arkansas Arts Center, pp. 57-59, nos. 38-43
1998 Lance Esplund, "Working the Paint," Modern Painters, Spring 1998, pp. 116-18
1998 R. S., "Die Mystik der Wirklichkeit," Aufbau 11, 1998, p. 10
1997 Hearne Pardee, "David Stern," ARTnews, January 1997, pp. 119-121
1996 Dominique Nahas, "David Stern," Review, October 1, 1996, p. 16
1996 Jeanne C. Wilkinson, David Stern," Review, September 15, 1996, p. 28
1996 R.S., "Die Kraft der Erscheinung," Aufbau 19 (September 13), 1996, p. 16
1996 "David Stern," in Marquis Who's Who in the World, 13th edition, 1996
1995 Sascha Brodsky, "Artist looks beyond Abstract Expressionism," Downtown Express, May 16-29, 1995, p. 27
1994 Marc Scheps (Director, Ludwig Museum, Cologne), "David Stern: Earth and Flesh," in David Stern, Identity and Relationship, exh. cat. Washington, DC: National Jewish Museum, p. 5
1994 Dr. Avraham Ehrlich, "Reflektion on the nature of love," in David Stern, Identity and Relationship, exh. cat. Washington, DC: National Jewish Museum, pp. 49-53
1994 Ori Soltes, (Director, National Jewish Museum), "Identity and Relationship: Recent Paintings by David Stern," in David Stern, Identity and Relationship, exh. cat. Washington, DC: National Jewish Museum, pp. 7-19
1994 Rolf Birkholz, "Das Ringen der Geschlechter," Gütersloher Tagesblatt, November 20, 1994
1994 "Ausstellungsrundgang," Tagesspiegel Berlin, November 5
1994 C.J. "Tobende Farben," Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 7, 1994
1993 Christina Wendenburg, "Wie sich aus einem Krater Gesichter herausschälen," Berliner Morgenpost, February 2, 1993
1993 Prof. Dr. Karl Arndt, "On David Stern's Paintings – Observations and Thoughts" in Fritz Ascher – David Stern. Two abstract-figurative painters, exh. cat. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund Art Forum
1993 Feature, Sonntagsgespräche with Karl L. Wolff, WDR Television
1992 Professor Dr. Karl Arndt, "Balancierte Spannungen. Gedanken zu den Bildern von David Stern" in David Stern, Malerei, exh. cat.
Göttingen (Germany): Kunstsammlung der Universität Göttingen
1992 Gudrun Meyer, "Lob der Grautöne. Ein Gespräch über den Zyklus der ‘Kraftwerk'-Bilder" in David Stern, Malerei, exh. cat. Göttingen (Germany): Kunstsammlung der Universität Göttingen
1992 Werner Schmalenbach, "Geleitwort" in David Stern, Study for a Way, exh. cat. Budapest: Hungarian National Gallery, p. 7
(engl. p. 7)
1992 Professor Dr. Karl Arndt, "Zu David Sterns Malerei – Beobachtungen und Gedanken" In David Stern, Study for a Way, exh. cat. Budapest: Hungarian National Gallery, pp. 19-24 (engl. "On David Stern's Paintings – Observations and Thoughts,"
pp. 30-35)
1992 Dr. Avraham Ehrlich, "Am Abgrund – oder von der Tragödie der Freiheit. Betrachtung zu David Sterns "4 Studien für eine Orgie," in David Stern, Study for a Way, exh. cat. Budapest: Hungarian National Gallery, pp. 97-99 (engl. "At the Precipice – or about the tragedy of freedom. Reflections on David Stern's '4 Studies for an Orgy," pp. 103-105)
1992 Jürgen Kisters, "Beispielsweise Gesichter" in David Stern, Study for a Way, exh. cat. Budapest: Hungarian National Gallery, pp. 125-35 (engl. "For example: Faces," pp. 174-83)
1992 Jürgen Kisters, "Vom Zauber der Erfahrung. Der Kölner Maler David Stern bereitet eine Ausstellung in Budapest vor," Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, October 16
1992 Peter Krüger-Lenz, "Aufgeworfen, schrundig. Malerei von David Stern in der Uni-Kunstsammlung", Göttinger Tageblatt, March 1992
1992 Cornel Wachter, "Die Schichten der Erscheinungen durchdringen." Göttinger Tageblatt, March 11, 1992
1991 Jürgen Kisters, "David Stern – Portrait eines Künstlers," Kunst Köln, 4, 1991, pp. 34-37
1991 Jürgen Kisters, "David Stern," Kunstforum, September 1991, p. 366
1990 Wim Cox, Kölner Künstler im Portrait, Cologne, pp. 200-203
1989 Franz Xaver Ohnesorg, "Der Name der Freiheit. Ein Kölner Symposion zur 200-Jahr-Feier der Französischen Revolution in der Kölner
Philharmonie am 29. April 1989," KölnMusik Edition 1, Köln, 1989, pp. 40-41
1989 Künstler in Köln, Artothek der Stadtbücherei Köln, Cologne
1988 Feature, Aktuelle Stunde, WDR 3 Television
Information provided by Rachel Stern, wife of the artist.
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