WILHELM MOSER
NATIONALITY:
Austrian, living in Düsseldorf, Germany and Passavant, France
BIOGRAPHY:
After completing his Lehrzeit in joinery and carpentry under the supervision of his father Alois Moser, Wilhelm Moser studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Moser commuted between Düsseldorf and Paris until 1984, when Andy Warhol encouraged him to move
to New York and recommended him to the Charles Cowles Gallery. In 1985, Moser founded
The Collaborators, with German artist Joseph Beuys, the post-Dadaist Brion Gysin and the Paris based photographers Andre Ostier and Patrick Sarfati among others, with a remit to: Showcase the work of known, unknown, lost, forgotten, living and dead artists. The Collaborators unearthed the
20s Bauhaus magazine G and published work by the likes of Pierre et Gilles, Salome, Immendorf, Rainer Fetting, Lehnert and Landrock, Beato and many others.
In 1988, Moser moved to Miami Beach, where he campaigned for the preservation of art deco buildings outside the designated Deco District, and successfully fought for a stricter, city-wide building code.
He now splits his time between America, Germany and traveling to hard-to-get-to places.
Moser has exhibited at the Charles Cowles Gallery since 1983. He has also exhibited at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Creatis Gallery, Paris, France; Galerie Niepel, Düsseldorf, Germany; South Art Gallery, Miami, Florida Galerie Gmyrek, Düsseldorf, Germany, Cube Art Center, Düsseldorf, Germany and Regina Nuessle Gallery, Miami Beach, USA.
Moser published a limited edition portfolio of photographs entitled Terraces in collaboration with the Photographers Gallery, London, England. He also published Ville Tatouee in collaboration with Texbraun Gallery, Paris, France. In addition, Moser has published two books of his work, Ruinenbau (1988) and Stone (2002)
SELECTED ACTIVITIES:
2018
STONE at the Cucif Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival, Peru
2018
Katydid a documentary about the amazon river, a fable
2018
The Manipulator a special companion issue for the movie The Happy Prince in collaboration with David Colby and Rupert Everett
2017
The making of documentary for the film The Happy Prince
2008
Produced one-off issue of The Manipulator for Babelsberg Studios, Berlin, with Bruce Weber.
2007-2009
Movie: Stone, The Bones of the Earth, produced by Boomtown Berlin
2007
Experimental film shot in the Bahamas The Concrete Ship
2004
Traveled to Shanghai and Brussels to produce Anatomics, images sandwiched between Plexiglas and silvered aluminium.
1999-2002
Researched and documented ancient and modern sites in South America, Rapa Nui, Asia, The Middle East, Scotlands Outer Hebrides and the New World for the book, Stone, published in June, 2002.
1999
Collaboration with Ron Arad, producing the images for his book.
1999
Traveled to the Caribbean island of Montserrat, posing as a visiting scientist in order to gain access to areas destroyed by recent volcanic eruptions.
1993
Curated High-Heeled Art: The Art of Fashion Photography for the Center for Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida. The show then traveled to the Charles Cowles Gallery, New York.
1989
Traveled to England and photographed decaying tin mines in Cornwall.
1988
Renovated and redesigned the Century Hotel, a landmark in Miami Beach's Art Deco District, with David Colby.
1988
Published Ruinenbau, a limited edition book of photographs and paintings.
1984
Founded The Manipulator with David Colby.
1982
Founded Select Magazine with David Colby. Moser continues to edit and photograph for Select Magazine.
1980
Marlene Dietrich and Spider Man, an eight story mural, created for the NordRhein Westfalia Film Institute, Düsseldorf, Germany.
1977
Invasion of the Clowns won the Golden Venus for Best Experimental Movie at the Film Festival of the Americas.
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2017
The making of documentary and photographs for the film The Happy Prince, Galerie The Box, Düsseldorf
2017
Zeitversandung, Galerie The Box, Düsseldorf
2016
Galerie 102, Berlin
2012
Neues aus dem All, Galerie The Box, Düsseldorf
2010
New Work, Schreier & von Metternich, Düsseldorf
2009
Cuba, Regina Nuessle Gallery, Miami Beach, USA
2007
Bronze Sculputers and mixed media. Schreier & von Metternich, Düsseldorf
2006
Coconut Wars Regina Nuessle Gallery, Miami Beach, USA
2005
Future City Project, Regina Nuessle Gallery/Charles Cowles Gallery, Miami Beach, USA
2005
Future City Project, Cube Art Center, Düsseldorf, Germany
2004
Anatomics, Regina Nuessle Gallery, Miami Beach, USA
2003
Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Gmyrek, Düsseldorf, Germany
2002
Stone, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Stone, The Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
1999
Time Capsules, Montserrat, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1994
The Iron Room, Bianca Lanza, Miami Beach, FL
1991
Photographs of Moscow, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1984
Galerie Texbraun, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2016
EAF, Enter Art Foundation, Berlin
2008
Summer Show, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
2008
Merhof Project, Dusseldorf.
2000-01
Selections from the Permanent Collection and New Acquisitions, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
2000
Second Nature, Art Center/ South Florida, Miami, FL
1999
South Art Gallery, Miami, FL
1999
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1998-99
Personal Visions: Focus on Photography, Dream Collection...part four, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
1997-98
Personal Visions: 101 Photographs by 101 Photographers, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA; The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
1997
Meza Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1997
101 Visions, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
1991
Soho at Duke, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Braun-van Wickern Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Goldman Sachs, New York, NY
Dietrich Museum, Berlin, Germany
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Nord Rhein Westfalia Museum of Film, Düsseldorf, Germany
Museum of ArtFort Lauderdale
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Bruce Weber, Charles Cowles, Richard Meier, Oribé, Rupert Everett, Barbara Becker,
Robert & Diane Moss, Ron Arad, Yabu Pushelberg, Montoya, Bob Risse, Glück, Annie Lennox,
Chahan, Virginia, Richard Shack
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Interview Magazine, USA
New York Times, USA
Vogue, Germany
Liberation, France
I-D Magazine, UK
The Times, UK
The Wire, USA
Out Magazine, USA