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The atmospheric and the space itself, with all its manifestations, are often the starting point in Wolfgang Karl May's work. Inspiring impressions, formally unusual and challenging impulses from outside, or spontaneous ideas, encounter inner processes of sorting and intuitive connection. His installations attempt to lead the viewer to a new experience and perception and often enable immersive experiences. The space itself is an integral part of his artwork, but he transforms it decisively and gives it a new atmosphere. In his paintings, objects and performances, he also encourages us to think beyond the given, to remain flexible, to connect the historical with our own lives and to conquer new - airy - spaces.\u00a0<\/span>His works are thus an invitation to trace and reflect on one's own being, one's own perception and one's own feelings about art, are testimonies to a contemplative and philosophical examination of the nature of art and a tool for a new way of experiencing the world, which seeks to transform and sensitise in all directions, according to the premise of his performance: \"Let's get out of here!\".\u00a0<\/div>
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Wolfgang Karl May studied communication design in Augsburg from 1989-1993. In 1993 he began his studies in painting, object art and free graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, where he explored the conditions of painting and began to seek answers to the question: \"What is a picture? In 1996, he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he attended the master school for sculpture under Professor Bruno Gironcoli. In 1997, he attended the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London on a scholarship, where he explored the boundaries of sculpture. In 2000 he was awarded a Master of Arts in Vienna. In 2002, he received a DAAD scholarship for a one-year stay in New York, where he studied at the Union Institute, Performance Art.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>
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Wolfgang Karl May has received several awards and scholarships during his artistic career. In 2002, he was also honoured with the Volker Hinniger Art Prize of the City of Bamberg. In 2000 he was honoured with the Debutante Prize of the Bavarian State and in 1999 he received the graduation prize of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>
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Wolfgang Karl May exhibits both nationally and internationally. His solo exhibitions include \"Splaces 21\" at the University of Witten\/Herdecke in 2011, \"D\u00fcrer Ahoy\" at the Albrecht D\u00fcrer House in Nuremberg in 2009 and \"Pink\" at the Dabora Gallery in New York in 2003.\u00a0<\/div>
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Wolfgang Karl May has participated in group exhibitions including \"the beauty of covid\" Berlin 2023, \"Lost and Found 2\" in Nuremberg in 2021, Colours Go Lightly - a homage to colour, Bridgehampton, New York\/US 2012, When a tree falls in the forest, Pastiche, S\u00f8lyst Artist Center, Denmark 2010,\u00a0<\/span>I spy, gallery 1997 – 1999, London<\/span>\/ England and\u00a0<\/span>\u201eesperanto, brick 5, Vienna\/ Austria.<\/span><\/div>
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The artist lives and works as a freelance artist in Nuremberg.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Education<\/h2>
1993-1996\u00a0<\/b>Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg\/ Germany – Painting, Object Art and Free Graphic<\/div><\/div>
1997<\/b> Chelsea College of Art and Design London\/ UK – sculpture<\/div><\/div>
1996-2000 <\/b>Academy of Fine Arts Vienna\/ Austria – Masterschool for Sculpture<\/div><\/div>
1996-2000<\/b> Prof. Bruno Gironcoli<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/b> Master of Arts<\/div><\/div>
2002-2003<\/b> Union Institute New York\/ US (DAAD)<\/div><\/div>

Scholarships & prizes<\/h2>
2011<\/strong> artist in Residence, Uni Witten\/ Herdecke<\/div><\/div>
2002<\/strong> DAAD-one year grant for New York<\/div><\/div>
2002<\/strong> Volker Hinniger art price Bamberg<\/div><\/div>
2002<\/strong> sponsorship for studio fees from the Bavarian State<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> Debutantprice, Bavarian State<\/div><\/div>
1999<\/strong> graduate art price, Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
1998<\/strong> class price, Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
1997<\/strong> grant of the Bavarian State\/ International Summeracademy Salzburg Austria Performance by Valie \u00a0\u00a0<\/div>
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1997<\/strong> Socrates grant, Chelsea College of Art and Design London<\/div><\/div>
1995<\/strong> Academyprice, Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>

Solo exhibitions<\/h2>
2011<\/strong> Splaces 21, University Witten\/Herdecke<\/div><\/div>
2009<\/strong> D\u00fcrer Ahoi, at Albrecht-D\u00fcrer-Haus Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2009<\/strong> pop up, Zimmerstrasse, Berlin<\/div><\/div>
2008<\/strong> hazardous, Zumikon, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2008<\/strong> „homework“, Academy gallery, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2003<\/strong> pink, Dabora gallery, New York<\/div><\/div>
2002<\/strong> homegame II, museum Old Cityhall, Bamberg<\/div><\/div>
2002<\/strong> New Level, gallery art A.T.O.M, Vienna\/ Austria<\/div><\/div>
1997<\/strong> form without content, gallery Alcatraz, Salzburg\/ Austria<\/div><\/div>
1997<\/strong> Wolfgang Karl May, Academy of Fine Arts in N\u00fcrnberg<\/div><\/div>

Group exhibitions<\/h2>
2023<\/strong>\u00a0Beauty of Covid, Kleiner Wasserspeicher, Berlin<\/div>
2023<\/strong>\u00a0Gedanken spielen verstecken, KunsthausMitte, Berlin<\/div>
2021<\/strong> Lost and Found 2, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2016<\/strong> K\u00f6lner Liste, K\u00f6ln<\/div><\/div>
2015<\/strong> ConsumArt, N\u00fcrnberg<\/div><\/div>
2014<\/strong> Slalom, Kunstkirche St. Egidien, N\u00fcrnberg<\/div><\/div>
2014<\/strong> „70 Jahre Befreiung Auschwitz, Performance mit Ulrike Distler, N\u00fcrnberg<\/div><\/div>
2012<\/strong> „und der Gewinner ist …“ Kunsthaus, N\u00fcrnberg<\/div><\/div>
2012<\/strong> Immagin\u00e4re Reisen, Amerika Haus, Berlin<\/div><\/div>
2012<\/strong> Colours Go Lightly – a homage to colour, Bridgehampton, New York<\/div><\/div>
2010<\/strong> When a tree falls in the forest, Pastiche, S\u00f8lyst Artist Center, Denmark<\/div><\/div>
2010<\/strong> „anniversary show, Invaliden 1, Berlin<\/div><\/div>
2009<\/strong> 90 Jahre Baumhaus, ACC Galerie, Weimar<\/div><\/div>
2009<\/strong> celebrations, Kunstverein Stadt Deggendorf<\/div><\/div>
2009<\/strong> Land Kunst – Kunst Land, Kulturpalast, Anwanden<\/div><\/div>
2009<\/strong> Die unendliche Schleife, Zumikon Nuernberg<\/div><\/div>
2009<\/strong> art for the next hard winter, Penn State, USA<\/div><\/div>
2008<\/strong> wunderlust, Kopeikin gallery, Los Angeles<\/div><\/div>
2008<\/strong> wunderlust, gallery Invaliden1, Berlin<\/div><\/div>
2007<\/strong> \u201eesperanto, brick 5, Vienna\/ Austria<\/div><\/div>
2006<\/strong> dormArt, Depot, Dortmund (Jan Hoet, Peter Friese)<\/div><\/div>
2004<\/strong> In himmlischen H\u00f6hen, Egidienkirche, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2003<\/strong> more light, Goethe Institut, New York<\/div><\/div>
2003<\/strong> night stand, Williamsburg artspace, New York<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> treehouse-exhibition, Kochstrasse 21, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> blue, gallery for Contemporary art, Bamberg<\/div><\/div>
2001<\/strong> blue night, Video performance, Katharinen Ruine, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2001<\/strong> Debutants-exhibition, New Exhibitionhall Academy Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2001<\/strong> Artspace Frankonia, Arthouse, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2001<\/strong> Albrecht D\u00fcrer society, Kunstverein Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> No block, Nantes, France<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> home game, gallery for contemporary art, Bamberg<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> MFA-show, masterclass Gironcoli, Vienna\/ Austria<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> Young artgeneration, Gallery17, Vienna\/ Austria<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> I spy, gallery 1997 – 1999, London<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> block, gallery apex art, New York (curated by Ute Meta Bauer)<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> Young Art 2000, Palais Dorotheum, Vienna\/ Austria<\/div><\/div>
2000<\/strong> Incarnation, Munich, Ansbach, W\u00fcrzburg, Regensburg,Augsburg, Bayreuth,Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
1999<\/strong> trade-mark, final show, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
1999<\/strong> movie night, Communication Center, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
1999<\/strong> now\u201c-exhibition, N\u00fcrbanum, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
1999<\/strong> art students exhibit, Exhibitionhall of Germany, Bonn<\/div><\/div>
1994<\/strong> artprice economy, AEG, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
1994<\/strong> Rough House, former toyshop, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
1994<\/strong> six artists, Projectspace, Nuremberg<\/div><\/div>
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