Staff Profile
Professor Wolfgang Weileder
Prof of Contemporary Sculpture
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 261 2962
Introduction
Wolfgang Weileder is an artist whose practice is primarily concerned with the examination and critical deconstruction of architecture, public spaces and the interactions we have with the urban environment. His works are investigations into the relationship between time and space, the interface between permanence and transience, and how these can be explored to question our understanding of the landscape, both built and natural.
His work engages with the world through large-scale, temporary site-specific installation and sculpture; temporal recordings of spaces and environments through photography; film, performance and sound installation.
Current Work
Wolfgang is currently engaged in a series of national and international research projects (see below). In 2014 he lead on ‘Jetty’, a £350K AHRC funded interdisciplinary project that connects the debates of fine art and urban design. This research investigated how a contemporary public artwork can meaningfully contribute to the reshaping of the multi-faceted debate around the term Sustainability. The project was developed as a collaboration with urbanist Simon Guy, Director of the Architecture Research Centre at the University of Manchester and with additional project partners from the arts, heritage, education and business community.
Further projects can be found at:
http://www.wolfgangweileder.com
http://www.transfer-project.org
Esteem Indicators
2015/16 Visiting Professor in Architecture at the Technische Universität Munich (TUM), Germany
2016/17 Visiting Professor in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2018-20 Visiting Professor in Visual Arts at the University of Victoria BC, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2022 Gabriele Heller and Wolfgang Weileder, Stiftung Bartels Fondation, Basel, Switzerland
2022 Kiosk, Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens, Durham, UK
2021 Kiosk, Fabrika, Brighton, UK
2021 Gap, Gibside, Tyne and Wear, UK
2018 Pars pro Toto, Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy
2017 Laban Transferred, London Festival of Architecture 2017, Canary Wharf, London UK
2016 Transfer Laban, Locus and London Festival of Architecture 2016, Canary Wharf, London UK
2014 MERIDIANO, MAMBo, Museum of Modern Art Bologna, Italy
2014 Cone, Dunston Staiths, Gateshead UK
2014 TRANSVERSALE, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
2013 Atlas, NGCA Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland UK
2009 Die Begnadigung / la Sospensione, Neon Gallery, Bologna Italy (with M M)
2009 "To The Demon King's Castle of course...", Workplace Gallery, Gateshead UK (with M M)
2009 Le Terme e La Sirena, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan Italy
2008 Wolfgang Weileder Projects 2002-2008, ASSAB ONE, Milan Italy
2008 Le Terme, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, a time based site-specific sculpture, Milan Italy
2008 slapende Meermin, STUK, a time based site-specific sculpture, Leuven Belgium
2008 fold-up, Sunderland City, a temporary site-specific sculpture, Sunderland UK
2007 transfer-back, Milton Keynes Gallery UK
2006 transfer, Milton Keynes Gallery, MK UK
2005 house-birmingham (Film), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham UK
2004 house-birmingham, Ikon Gallery, a time based site-specific sculpture, Centenary Square, Birmingham UK
2004 house-madrid, a time based site-specific sculpture, Plaza de Colón (part of Madrid Abierto 2004)
2003 house-city, a time based site-specific sculpture, Grainger Town, Newcastle UK (part of ARENA)
2003 barriers dinghies, a temporary installation for Blue River Design, Newcastle UK
2002 muraiki, a collaborative sound installation with Matthew Sansom, t-u-b-e Galerie für radiophone Kunst, Munich Germany and Globe Gallery, North Shields UK
2000 jam, Ausstellungsforum FOE 156, Munich Germany
1998 Presentation of the Studio Prize-holder of the Erich Hauser Foundation, Saline 36, Rottweil Germany
1996 Sie zeigten, daß...,a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, Arena, Berlin Germany
1996 CHECKMATE, a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, SVA Amphitheater, New York USA
1994 Kunstforum, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachaus, Munich Germany
1992 BOAT, Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2025 Delicate Liminalities, Hanazono Alley 10, Tokio, Japan; The Newbridge Project, Newcastle, UK
2025 Sustainable Clay, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2024 25 Jahre Kulturhaus, Stiftung Bartels Fondation, Basel, Switzerland
2024 Mirror Neurons, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2024 Saludos desde el Toon!, Talleres de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
2024 Note di Sguardi 2020-2025, Piazza della Costituzione, Bologna, Italy
2023 I Wish..., Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold, UK
2022 Touch Screen: Exhibition, CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK
2022 NO, NEON, NO CRY, MAMbo, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Italy
2022 A Light Footprint in the Cosmos, SFU Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2022 Note di Sguardi, Giardino Lavinia Fontana, Bologna, Italy
2021 jETZT II, Lechner Museum, Ingolstadt, Germany
2020 Internationale Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg, Germany
2019 Continuous Regeneration, Columbus Circle, Shanghai, China
2019 Continuous Refle(a)ction, Riverside Art Museum, Beijing, China
2019 The Aerodrome, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2019 The Flourish of Liberty, Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold, UK
2018 Osservatori Photology AIR, Tenuta Busulmone, Noto, Italy
2018 Sous les pavés, La Plage! Galerie d'art contemporain L'Entrepôt, Monaco
2017 Western China International Art Biennale, Inner Mongolia Art Gallery, Hohhot China
2017 An Artistic Encounter, Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle UK
2017 DISSIPATIO.H.G., Galerie d'art L'Entrepôt, Monaco
2017 A Scientific Encounter on Interobjectivity, Université de Montpellier, France
2016 Über alle Maßen, Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil, Germany
2016 Paint Her to Your Own Mind, Shandy Hall Gallery, Coxwold UK; Constantine Gallery, Middlesbrough UK; Model Gallery, Leeds UK
2015 A Foreign Encounter, FOE 1567, Munich Germany
2015 SHOW ME THE MONEY, People's History Museum, Manchester UK
2015 Reflets dans l'eau, Project Room Rue Sans Fraise, Paris France
2014 SATELLITE SATELLITE, Workplace Gallery, London UK
2014 SHOW ME THE MONEY, NGCA Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland UK
2014 Proof, International Print Biennale, Newcastle UK
2013 Building Dreams, Cragside, Rothbury UK
2012 Magnificent Distance, Globe Gallery, Newcastle UK
2012 5x5 Project, Public Art Festival, Washington DC USA
2011 hub to hub, ArchiFest 2011, Singapore
2011 rotate, Contemporary Art Society, London UK
2008 Back to the City, Public Art Festival, Newcastle NSW Australia
2008 tomorrow the future, Fishmarket, Northampton UK
2007 Blind Date, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen Germany
2007 beacon of hope, Art Gene, Burrow-in-Furnes
2007 MOVED, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead
2006 PULSAR, Caracas, Venezuela
2006 You shall know our velocity, Baltic the Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2006 Tampere International Film Festival 2006, Tampere, Finland
2006 Athens Video Art Festival 2006, Greece
2005 Interfilm 2005, Berlin
2005 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2005, Paris
2005 Impakt Festival 2005, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2004 Madrid Abierto 2004 and ARCO, Madrid
2003 ARENA, Baltic the Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2002 connecting principle, University of Newcastle, Newcastle
2002 Land and the Samling, Sculpture Park at Kielder Reservoir, Northumberland
2001 CERAMICS, E.P.O. European Patent Office and Rathausgalerie, Munich
2001 Studio Prize-holders of the Erich Hauser Foundation, Saline 36, Rottweil
2000 Was geschied bestimmt der Ort, L.A.C. Lieu d’art Contemporain, Sigean, France
2000 Bavarian State Prize Exhibition, Galerie der Künstler, München
1999 x-mas, Kent Gallery, New York
1997 10th Exhibition of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation, Kunstverein, Frankfurt
1996 SPECIFICS, SVA Gallery, New York
1996 Junge Kunst, Saar Ferngas Förderpreis, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
1996 Out of Egypt, Ägyptische Staatssammlung, Munich
1995 Debütantenpreis, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1995 Ortung, GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Munich
1994 Kunststudenten stellen aus, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
1994 anvisiert, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1993 Kunstflug, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1992 jETZT, Künstlerwerkstätten Lothringer Strasse 13, Munich
1991 Konfrontation, Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden
1990 Kardinal Wetter Förderpreis, Galerie an der Finkenstrasse, Munich, Maternushaus, Cologne and St. Virgil, Salzburg
PERFORMATIVE PROJECTS
2000 the apple and the kiss, 11.11.2000 Wittelsbacher Platz, Munich
2000 cage, 02.02.2000 Galerie der Künstler, Munich
1998 Wohl ist es geboren zu sein..., ...,a video project with Daniel Tharau
1996 Sie zeigten, daß...,a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, Arena, Berlin
1996 CHECKMATE, a theater sculpture with Daniel Tharau, SVA Theater, New York
CATALOGUES AND MONOGRAPHS
Wolfgang Weileder's work is published in following catalogues and monographs (o):
2022 NON NEON NON CRY, Neon 1981 - 2011, Edizione MAMBo, Bologna (ISBN 978-88-96296-51-6)
2020 Tim Ingold - Correspondences, Polity (ISBN 978-1-509544-11-0)
2019 The Aerodrome, Modern Art Oxford and IKON Gallery Birmingham, Corner House, Manchester (ISBN 978-1-911155-22-5)
2018 Time for Mapping: Cartographic temporalities, Manchester University Press (ISBN 978-1-526122-53-7)
2016 Über alle Maßen, Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil (ISBN 978-3-00-053094-4)
2015 CATALYST, Art, Sustainability and Place in the work of Wolfgang Weileder, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld (o) (ISBN 978-3-7356-0095-0)
2014 SHOW ME THE MONEY - The image of finance, 1700 to the present, Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York (ISBN 978-0-7190-9625-9)
2014 Wolfgang Weileder MERIDIANO, Edizione MAMBo (o) (ISBN 987-88-96296-21-9)
2013 Wolfgang Weileder CONTINUUM, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld (o) (ISBN 978-3-86678-916-6)
2012 Magnificent Distance – five site-specific installations, Washington DC Grit&Pearl, Newcastle 2012 (ISBN 978-0-9573425-70-7)
2009 Madrid Abierto 2004-2008 – Public Art Interventions, Asociacion Cultural Madrid Abierto (ISBN 978-84-612-8371-2)
2009 Back to the City - Strategies for Informal Urban Interventions, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern (ISBN 978-3-7757-2329-9)
2008 Blind Date, Zeitgenossenschaft als Herausforderung, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg (ISBN 978-3-940748-10-2)
2007 Kunstforum International, Bd. 185 Mai-Juni 2007, Ruppichteroth
2007 Wolfgang Weileder Transfer, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes (o) (ISBN 978-0-9553440-6-0)
2006 Wolfgang Weileder house-projects, IKON Gallery, Birmingham (o) (ISBN 1-904864-18-X)
2005 from Audéoud to Zhao Bandi, selected Ikon Off-site Projects 2002-2004, IKON Gallery, Birmingham (ISBN 1-904864-13-9)
2003 docking, barriers dinghies, Blue River, Newcastle (o)
2002 land the samling, Kielder Sculpture Park, Northumberland
2002 muraiki, an audio CD (collaborative sound installation between Wolfgang Weileder and Matthew Sansom), Newcastle upon Tyne, Munich
2001 CERAMICS, E.P.O. European Patent Office and Rathausgalerie, Munich (ISBN N: 3-89605-045-1)
2000 Was geschied bestimmt der Ort, L.A.C. Lieu d’art Contemporain, Sigean, France (ISBN N: 3-926220-90-2)
2000 Bavarian State Prize Exhibition, Galerie der Künstler, Munich (ISBN N: 3-00-000742-3)
1996 Out of Egypt, Ägyptische Staatssammlung, Munich (ISBN N: 3-87490-520-9)
1995 Wolfgang Weileder, Debütantenpreis 1995, Munich (o)
1995 Ortung, GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Munich
1994 Kunststudenten stellen aus, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
1994 anvisiert, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1993 Kunstflug, Deutsches Museum, Munich/Oberschleissheim
1992 jETZT, Künstlerwerkstätten Lothringer Strasse 13, Munich
1990 Kardinal Wetter Förderpreis 1990, Galerie an der Finkenstrasse, Munich
Wolfgang teaches on all stages of the undergraduate and postgraduate Fine Art programmes.
He currently runs the Fine Art PhD seminar series and is the Fine Art International Exchange Coordinator.
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Artefacts
- Weileder W. Deserts. 2025. In Preparation.
- Weileder W. Column. Newcastle: Hatton Gallery, 2025.
- Weileder W. Ferries. Basel, Switzerland: Stiftung Bartels Fondation, 2022.
- Weileder W. Kiosk. Brighton: Fabrica, 2021.
- Weileder W. Trees. Beijing: Riverside Art Museum, 2019.
- Weileder W. Pars pro Toto. Caserta, Italy: Reggia Caserta, the Royal Palace of Caserta, 2018.
- Weileder W. Salon de Ledoux. Montpellier, France: Université de Montpellier, 2017.
- Weileder W. Transfer-Laban. Canary Wharf: London Festival of Architecture, 2016. In Preparation.
- Weileder W. Seascapes. Recklinghausen, Germany and Bologna, Italy: Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany and Museo d'Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy, 2015.
- Weileder W. Gap. Rottweil, Germany: Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, 2015. In Preparation.
- Weileder W. Cone. Gateshead, UK: Dunston Staiths, 2014. In Preparation.
- Weileder W. Bunker. Recklinghausen, Germany: Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, 2014.
- Weileder W. res publica. Temporary installation, commissioned for the ‘5x5’ Washington DC (USA) public art festival (2012), comprising three distinct elements: (1) a stainless steel leaflet dispenser; (2) printed plans for making a 1:50 scale architectural cardboard model of the Supreme Court; PDF copies of the printed plan were also downloadable from the ‘5x5’ website (3) four human-scale cardboard versions of the model installed at various sites around the city. (constructed with the help of students at Washington’s Corcoran College of Art and Design). See: http://www.wolfgangweileder.com/installation/res_publica.html ; http://www.the5x5project.com/bios/richard-hollinshead/wolfgang-weileder/ ; http://www.globegallery.org/archive-magnificent-distance.php. Washington DC, USA: 5x5 Public Art Festival, 2012.
- Weileder W. Replica. Two temporary time-based site-specific architectural scale installations and associated long-exposure photographs: (1) Slapende Meermin (Martelarenplein, Leuven, Belgium, 2008) commissioned by STUK Kunstencentrum, realised by the artist in collaboration with R.Bau Ltd (South Tyneside), Newcastle College UK, and Wonen en Werken, Leuven, and presented as part of the STUKSTART festival; (2) Le terme (Piazza Oberdan, Milan, 2008), co-funded by Galleria Ciocca Arte Contemporanea and Arts Council England. Collaborators included Politecnico di Milano, ASSAB-One Milan and Spazio Oberdan. Construction of the work was sponsored by UK and Italian construction companies (r.Bau Ltd, Layher and Gasbeton). The installation featured prominently on Ultra Fragola Web TV Channel and in a full-page article in La Repubblica (16/10/2008, p.14). Long exposure photographs were shown in subsequent exhibitions: Wolfgang Weileder, Projects 2002-2008, (solo show), ASSAB One, Milan, 2008; Le Terme e La Sirena, (solo show), Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, 2009; and To The Demon King’s Castle, of course, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK, 2009. See: http://www.wolfgangweileder.com/installation/le_terme.html and http://www.wolfgangweileder.com/installation/slapende_meermin.html. Martelarenplein, Leuven Belgium and Piazza Oberdan, Milan Italy, 2008.
- Weileder W. Fold-up: a large-scale temporary site-specific artwork. Sunniside Gardens, Sunderland: Sunderland City Council, 2008.
- Weileder W, Tawa M. Cashpoint. Newcastle, NSW, Australia: City of Newcastle NSW, Australia, 2008.
- Weileder W. House-city: a large-scale temporary time-based site-specific artwork. The Monument, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: ARENA; Samling Foundation; Baltic the Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2003.
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Article
- Connelly A, Guy SC, Wainwright E, Weileder W, Wilde M. Catalyst: reimagining sustainability with and through fine art. Ecology and Society 2016, 21(4), 21.
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Authored Books
- Connelly A, Guy S, Ingold T, Miles M, Niero L, Tawa M, Weileder W, Wilde M. Catalyst - Art, Sustainability and Place in the work of Wolfgang Weileder. Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber Verlag, 2015.
- Gianuizzi G, Maraniello G, Tawa M, Weileder W. Wolfgang Weileder - Meridiano. Bologna, Italy: Edizioni MAMBo, 2014.
- Robinson A, Seyfarth L, Weileder W, Wells R. Wolfgang Weileder - Continuum. Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber Verlag, 2013.
- Matzner F, Wallenstein S-O, Le Feuvre L, Prince N, Weileder W. Wolfgang Weileder house-projects. Birmingham, UK: IKON Gallery, 2006.
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Book Chapter
- Farley R, Weileder W. REcall Project: Reinterpreting and Representing ‘Difficult Heritage’: Interview with Wolfgang Weileder. In: Bassanelli, M., Gravano, V., Grechi, G., Postiglione, G, ed. Beyond Memorialisation: Design for Conflict Heritage. Milan: Politecnico de Milano, 2014, pp.57-63.
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Exhibitions
- Chome K, Seto M, Szemán P, Tsuji T, Weileder W, Yolande E. Delicate Liminalities. 2025. Tokyo and Newcastle: Hanazono Alley 101, Tokyo; NewBridge Project, Newcastle, 6.
- Servin E, Mieves C, Weileder W, Brown I, Jones C, Easton T. The Toon, artists from Newcastle University. 2024. Mexico City - Centro de Tlalpan: TACO Gallery - Talleres de Arte Contemporáneo, 6.
- Weileder W, Teisseire C. Sous les pavés, La Plage!. 2018. Monaco: L'Entrepôt Galerie d'art contemporain, 8. Submitted.
- Weileder W, Boccalini S, Candiano A, Corsello C, Halso I, Lana G, Mangano D, Pancrazzi L, Parisi P, Pettena G, Vitone L. Osservatori. 2018. Noto, Italy: Tenuta Busulmone.
- Weileder W. Western China International Art Biennale. 2017. Hohhot, China: Inner Mongolia Art Gallery, 2.
- Martegani A, Meyer-Gert-Bendel D, Parisi P, Samoré M, Sauer E, Weileder W. Dissipatio H.G. (seascapes). 2017. Monaco: Galerie d'art L'Entrepôt, four. In Preparation.
- Ballard M, Brown D, Brown I, Dittlmann B, Hazdi-Vasileva E, Lichtig N, McLachlan R, Richardson K, Talbot R, Weileder W. A Scientific Encounter: On Interobjectivity. 2017. Montpellier, France: Université de Montpellier, 1. In Preparation.
- Weileder W, Appel B, Lindena K, Rentmeister T, Schüle H, Vordermaier S. Über alle Maßen (Jetty-Project). 2016. Rottweil, Germany: Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, one. In Preparation.
- Weileder W. Pain Her to Your Own Mind. 2016. UK: The Laurence Sterne Trust at Shandy Hall, Coxwold UK and other venues, one. In Preparation.
- Weileder W. Show me the money. 2015. Sunderland and Manchester: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland and People's History Museum Manchester, 1. In Preparation.
- Weileder Wolfgang. Jetty-Project. 2015. Gateshead: Dunston Staiths, three.
- Servin E. Foreign Encounter. 2015. Munich, Germany: FOE Galerie, 1.
- Tofield T. Foreign Encounter. 2015. Munich, Germany: FOE Galerie, 1.
- Talbot R. A Foreign Encounter. 2015. Munich, Germany: Galerie Foe, 1.
- Weileder W. Transversale. 2014. Recklinghausen, Germany: Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, 42.
- Weileder W. The Atlas Project. A series of digital prints of photographic recordings of central public places worldwide with legends that include the title, a short description of the events during the recording and all relevant technical data. 2013. Sunderland: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art.
- Weileder W, Guy S, Heidrich O. 'Stilt House', part of Hub to Hub, Singapore ArchiFest. 2011. Singapore: Dhoby Ghaut Green, 1.
- Weileder W. Suspended Space. Two site-specific gallery installations. Sky Deck (Gateshead, UK, 2009): commissioned and curated by Workplace Gallery, sponsored by the construction company R.Bau Ltd (Sunderland, UK). Galleria 480, (Bologna, Italy, 2009): commissioned and curated by Neon Gallery; substantial in-kind sponsorship from two international construction companies (Layher and Gasbeton). The project was supported by the Nosadella Due residency programme (Bologna). See: http://www.wolfgangweileder.com/installation/skydeck.html. 2009. Gateshead, UK; Bologna, Italy: Sky Deck; Galleria 240.
- Weileder W. Deconstructions: a series of digital photographic recordings of architectural demolitions in central urban spaces. 2009. Gateshead, UK: Workplace Gallery.
- Weileder W. Transfer: a large-scale temporary time-based site-specific artwork. 2006. Station Square, Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Gallery.
- Weileder W. Transfer. 2006. Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Gallery.
- Weileder W. [Film] house-birmingham. 2005. Birmingham, UK: IKON Gallery.
- Weileder W. House-Madrid: a large-scale temporary time-based site-specific artwork. 2004. Plaza de Colón, Madrid, as part of Madrid Abierto 2004: Madrid Abierto 2004, ARCO Madrid.
- Weileder W. House-Birmingham: a large-scale temporary time-based site-specific artwork. 2004. Centenary Square, Birmingham. Documentation subsequently exhibited internationally: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.