Thomas Virnich
The catalogue raisonné of Thomas Virnich´s unique multiples can be purchased at the Galerie Löhrl.
It encompasses all editions from 1983 until today, each of them being presented on a spread with an illustration, the corresponding technical details and a precise description.
Over the course of 20 years of artistic activity, Thomas Virnich has regularly published editions which differ from conventional multiples: instead of simply repeating a given form, the respective objects are always crafted individually. Thus, every object of the editions is a unicum.
The complete collection of the unique multiples in possession of Galerie Löhrl is being exhibited at the Argauer Kunsthaus, Museum Wiesbaden and the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl.
In his works, Thomas Vernich deals with the alternation of inside and outside, surface and volume, positive and negative forms - he plays around and coats found and man-made objects, he wraps and casts them, approaching the sculptural body both on an internal and external level.
The artist´s works most commonly consist of everyday objects or several kinds of finds that he disassembles, casts, paints, multiplies and reassembles in different variations.
lives and works in Mönchengladbach
born in Eschweiler, Germany
studies at RWTH Aachen under Joachim Bandau
studies at Düsseldorf Arts Academy under Alfonso Hüppi and Eugen Gomringer
travel grant of the association of friends and sponsors of Düsseldorf Arts Academy
sponsorship award of the city of Aachen
sponsorship award of the federal competition "Kunststudenten stellen aus", Federal Ministry of Education and Science
Villa Romana Award
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff scholarship
Villa Massimo Award
professorship at Braunschweig University of Art
Brühler Kunstverein
Galerie Reckermann, Cologne
Ein Panzer wird zerlegt. Moltkerei Köln; Neue Galerie - Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen
Thomas Virnich - Hausblöcke, Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach (catalogue)
Galerie Linie, Moers
Thomas Virnich, Kunstraum München; Institut für moderne Kunst der Schmidtbank Galerie, Nürnberg; Galerie Emmerich-Baumann, Zürich (catalogue)
Thomas Virnich - Große Kiste. Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam
Thomas Virnich - Zwischenräume 1979-87. Galerie Reckermann, Cologne (catalogue)
Thomas Virnich - Rad 2. Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin (catalogue)
Thomas Virnich. Bonner Kunstverein, Museum Wiesbaden, Heidelberger Kunstverein
Thomas Virnich. Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (catalogue)
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
Thomas Virnich. Kunstverein und Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (catalogue)
Thomas Virnich. Galerie Reckermann, Cologne (catalogue)
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
Thomas Virnich. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem/Belgien (catalogue)
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
Thomas Virnich. Galerie Meyer Ellingr, Frankfurt a.M. (catalogue)
Galerie Reckermann, Cologne
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach
Thomas Virnich - Kleine Welten. Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (catalogue)
Thomas Virnich - Welten. Städtische Galerie Remscheid (catalogue)
Thomas Virnich - alles wirklich. Kunstverein Braunschweig (catalogue)
Gigantes-Esbozos. La Gomera
Thomas Virnich. Kunstverein Region Heinsberg (catalogue)
Universum. Schloss Mosigkau, Dessau
Galerie Reckermann, Cologne
Galerie Holtmann, Berlin
Künstlerbücher. Museum Burg Wissen, Troisdorf (catalogue)
Thomas Virnich - Fliegende Katakomben. Museum Wiesbaden; Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg; Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design, Nürnberg; Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Thomas Virnich - Umgestülpter Engel, Aargauer Kunsthaus; Museum Wiesbaden; Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl