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 2013, Wermers designed a double-ended teaspoon for use in the newly-renovated cafe at the Tate Britain. Many of the specially made teaspoons were reportedly stolen by diners and visitors.[3][4][5] Wermers was reported as saying that she liked "the idea that the only way you can possess one of them, is to steal it".[6]
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.[7] She became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich in 2017.[8]
A set of works by Wermers involving figurative sculptures in clay was exhibited in Glasgow in 2024.[9] A further clay relief, depicting couples engaged in marathon dancing, was exhibited in Waterford, Ireland, in early 2025.[10][11].
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.
In 2015 Wermers was nominated for the Turner Prize along with Bonnie Camplin, Janice Kerbel, and Assemble.[12]
References
- ↑ "Biography". nwermers.webs.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- 1 2 exhibit-e.com. "Nicole Wermers - Artists - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery". www.tanyabonakdargallery.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ Quah, Grace (29 November 2013). "Double-ended teaspoons by Nicole Wermers stolen from Tate Britain cafe". Dezeen. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ↑ Roblin, Amelia (30 November 2013). "Practical Siamese Silverware". TrendHunter.
- ↑ Jackson, Belinda (22 April 2015). "Tate Britain art gallery: Art reincarnated". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ "Nicole Wermers". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Turner Prize 2015 artists: Nicole Wermers, Tate". www.tate.org.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ "Akademie der Bildenden Künste München - Prof. Nicole Wermers". www.adbk.de.
- ↑ Jennings, Phin (25 March 2024). "Nicole Wermers Takes Us to The Cleaners". Frieze Magazine.
- ↑ Blackhurst, Alice (1 April 2025). "Strictly come endurance dancing! Marathon hoofers bring back the age of week-long epics". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ↑ "Nicole Wermers: Marathon Dance Relief". Lismore Castle Arts. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ Brown, Mark (12 May 2015). "Turner prize 2015 shortliat: three women - and a housing estate". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2018.