Werner Stötzer

curriculum vitae

1931 born in Sonneberg
1946-1948 Training as a ceramic modeller
1949-1951 Studied at the Hochschule für Baukunst und Bildende Künste in Weimar under Heinrich Domke, Hans van Breek and Siegfried Tschiersky
1951-1953 Studied at the Dresden Academy under Eugen Hoffmann and Walter Arnold
1954-1958 Master student at the Akademie der Künste of the GDR (East Berlin) under Gustav Seitz
1955/1957/1958 Study trips to Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, China, Hungary, Austria, Poland and Switzerland
since then, working as a freelance artist
1975 Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis
1975-1978 Guest lecturer at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee
1977 National Prize of the GDR
1978 Member of the Akademie der Künste of the GDR
1987-1990 Professorship at the Akademie der Künste of the GDR
1990-1993 Vice-President of the Akademie der Künste
1994 Ernst-Rietschel-Kunstpreis for Sculpture
2008 Brandenburgischer Kunstpreis
2009 Honorary citizenship of the town of Seelow
2010 died in Altlangsow

further exhibitions

1960 Nationalgalerie, Berlin/Ost
1963 Kulturhistorisches Museum, Magdeburg (with Gerhard Kettner)
1965 Galerie Zentralbuchhandlung (ZB), Wien (with Gerhard Kettner)
1966 Institute for Teacher Training, Art Gallery, Berlin/East
Orangerie, Dessau-Mosigkau (participation)
1972 Kunstausstellung Kühl, Dresden
1979 Galerie am Boulevard, Rostock
1981 Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt/Main: »Künstler der DDR« (participation)
1982 Galerie A, Berlin/Ost
1982/1983 Galerie Döbele, Ravensburg (with Gustav Seitz and Edgar Augustin)
1984 Galerie Chobot, Wien
1986 Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen
1989 Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin: »Werner Stötzer. Seine Lehrer. Seine Schüler« (participation)
1995 World Trade Center, Zürich/Switzerland
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
1997 Galerie Berlin, Berlin
1998 Galerie Schwind, Frankfurt/Main
1999 Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg
2000 Galerie Beethovenstraße, Düsseldorf
2001 Galerie Leo Coppi, Berlin
2002 galerie + edition refugium, Berlin
Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg (with Sylvia Hagen)
2003 Galerie Schwind, Frankfurt/Main
2004 Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen
2005 Galerie Beyer, Dresden
Galerie Schwind, Leipzig
2006 Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden
Galerie Leo Coppi, Berlin
2009 Galerie Schwind, Frankfurt/Main
2010 Galerie Born, Born/Darß (with Sylvia Hagen)
2011 Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin
2012 Städtische Galerie, Dresden (with Theodor Rosenhauer)
2013 Open-air exhibition at Jungfernstieg, Hamburg (with Alfred Hrdlicka and Bernd Stöcker)
2019 Gustav-Seitz-Museum, Müncheberg
2020 Kunsthandel Dr. Wilfried Karger, Berlin