LOTHAR GOTZ
Lothar Götz makes artworks in both interior spaces and on the outside of buildings,
creating expanses of vivid colour in either bands or other geometric shapes. These
minimalist designs are made specifically for the spaces they occupy, and highlight
architectural features and details that would otherwise go unnoticed. He challenges the
boundaries that exist between painting, architecture, sculpture, design and decoration. He
has produced his work in many different kinds of spaces, both private and public – from
domestic flats and offices to churches and schools.

Götz uses colour to define the architectural qualities and spirit of a space and is interested
in the way decoration and colour can have an immediate impact on us, exploring how
different shapes, dimensions and colours can influence the way we think, feel, and behave.
He is inspired not only by Modernism and Minimalism, but also Bavarian Baroque churches,
Renaissance paintings and architecture of all periods.

Lothar Götz was born in Germany and studied in Wuppertal and Düsseldorf, followed by an
MA at the Royal College of Art, London. He has exhibited internationally as well as having
solo shows in London at The Economist, Chisenhale Gallery and Gasworks. Forthcoming
projects include exhibitions in Dusseldorf, Salamanca and Prague.
Education
1996-98        Royal College of Art London, MA Painting
1993-95        Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1991-95        University of Wuppertal, A Aesthetics
1983-88        Fachhochschule Aachen, BA Visual Communication

Awards/Residencies
2006
 Cocheme Fellowship, Byam Shaw School of Art, London
2004
 Artist Links Resideny for Shanghai/China
2002
 Further-Up in the Air, Liverpool
 Braziers International Workshop
 Triangle Workshop, New York

Solo Exhibitions
2007
 SITEGALERIE, Düsseldorf
2006
 All day long, Platform for Art / London Underground
2005
 Rutting Season-Theatre Royal, Nanling, China
 Schloß Abstrakt, MMKI, Düsseldorf
2004
 Häuser für Tollmi, Museum Goch
2003
 Schloß Schachen, The Economist, London

Group Exhibitions
2007
 Snap, Cell Project Space, London
 Idylle, DA2 Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain
2006
 Idylle, Phoenix Hallen/ Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
 casa mia, mmki, Duesseldorf
2005
 Colours and trips, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
 Föhn, Chelsea Space, London
 Ninteenthirtysix, Pullman Court, London
 lalaland, project, Dublin
 art futures, cas / Bloomberg Space, London
2004
 K3 Project Space, Zürich
 Alterity Display, Lawrence O’Hana Gallery, London
2003
 remain in light, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland
 The Bold &The Beautiful, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
 Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Austalia
 handluggage, K3, Zürich
 Colors and Trips, Jacky Strenz Galerie, Berlin
 Drawn to be alive, Hales Gallery, London
 intermission, Bow Church/The Nunnery, London
 The Physical World, APT Gallery, London

Present Responsibility
since 2001        Senior Lecturer in Painting at  the University of Sunderland
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