Biography
1938 Born in Witten, Germany
1959-1961 Art school + University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
1964-1967 Grants + Awards by:
Aldegrever Gesellschaft, Munster, Germany
Fritz Berg Foundation, Hagen, Germany
town of gelsenkirchen, Germany
1970-1984 Lives in Gorinchem, Netherlands
1975-1984 Studio and residency in Carrara, Italy
1977-1998 Teaches at Rotterdam art school, Netherlands
1981-1982 Sabbatical, travelling around Europe
1984 Moves to Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998-now Exhibitions and regular stay in Los Angeles, Califonia
Select Exhibitions
Since 1963 many exhibitions in different countries -
A choice concentrating on implosion sculptures:
2008
'Exemplifizieren wird kunst', Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
'Implosion-explosion, Ewerdt Hilgemann-Friedrich Werthmann', Herne, Germany
'Ewerdt Hilgemann, implosion-sculptures', Vonderbank Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Sculpture Garden, Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, California
2007
'Tegendruk', Sculpture Park Tesslo, Netherlands
Galerie Roland Aphold, Basel-Alschwill, Switzerland
Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
'8 x Konkret', Beardsmore Gallery, London, England
Künstlerverein, Munich, Germany
2006
Galerie Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
'Nature's twist', Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum Waterland, Purmerend, Netherlands
2005
'Old & New", Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
'Art-Field', Moscow, Russia
'Farbe-Fläche-Form', Galerie Neher, Essen, Germany
'Symposion Gorinchem', Gorinchem, Netherlands
Galerie Roland Aphold, Basel-Allschwil, Switzerland
'Sculptures', Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
Aegon, The Hague, Netherlands
2004
Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
Galerie Neher, Essen, Germany
'Skulptur.04', Galerie Roland Aphold, Basel-Allschwil, Switzerland
'Skulptur und Objekt', Bratislava , Slovakia
Bleibtreu Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Kunstverein, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Galerie Hüsstege, den Bosch, Netherlands
Sparda Kunstraum, Saarbrücken, Germany
Galerie St.Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany
2003
Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, Netherlands
Galerie le Besset, St.Jeure d'Andaure, France
Museum Mondriaan Huis, Amersfoort, Netherlands
'Art on the Outside', City of West-Hollywood, California
2001
Galerie St.Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany
Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
Galerie Zimmermann, Mannheim, Germany
Galerie Aphold, Basel-Allschwil, Switzerland
2000
Galerie Aphold, Basel-Allschwil, Switzerland
Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
1999
'To Be Imploded’, Weltbühne, Berlin, Germany
1998
‘Sculpted by Air’, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
‘Implosioni’, Galleria Vismara, Milano, Italy
'Seven for Luck’, Galerie Artline, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
‘Panta Rhei’, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum Waterland, Purmerend, Netherlands
Städtisches museum, gelsenkirchen, germany
1995
Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
Public Collections
2006
‘Quint’, Hervormd Lyceum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005
'Double-up', Aegon Collection, the Hague, Netherlands
2004
'Panta Rhei', Town of Hünfeld, Germany
2003
'Wall Sculpture', Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands
'Imploded Pyramid', Town of Gorinchem, Netherlands
2000
'cerberus', ibb bank, berlin, germany
1995
'birth', town of heemstede, netherlands
gorcums museum, gorinchem, netherlands
‘sárospatak implosion’, town of sárospatak, hungary
1994
il-sang lake sculpture park, ko-yang city, korea
1993
‘raumkonstruktion’, museum für konkrete kunst, ingolstadt, germany
1992
'delft implosion', technical university, delft, netherlands