Jiri Svestka Gallery  

GEORG ETTL

Born 1940 in Nittenau, Bavaria, lives in Viersen

History

1959 Emigrated to the USA

1960-68 Studied literature, philosophy and art at Wayne State University, Detroit and at the Sorbonne, Paris
Worked as a toolmaker and designer-draughtsman in Detroit

1966-73 Taught at Wayne State University and Macomb College, Detroit

1973 Returned to Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2000
FRAC Limousin, Limoges
L´Abbaye Saint-Savin

1996
Chateau d´Angers

1995
Galerie Jean-Francois Dumont, Bordeaux

1991
Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf

1988
Galerie Ingrid Dacić, Tübingen

1987
Museum Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert
Städtische Galerie im Coronhaus, Cham/Oberpfalz

1986
Galerie Ingrid Dacić, Tübingen

1983
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld

1982
Feigenson Gallery, Detroit

1979
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf

1977
Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach

1976
Galerie december, Düsseldorf

1973
Sill Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanty, Mich.

1972
Willis Gallery, Detroit

1971
Franklin Siden Gallery, Detroit

Selected Group Exhibitions

1992
Drawing Space, Kentler International, New York

1988-90 The Binational: German Art of the Late 80s, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Kunstverien für die Rheinland und Westfalen, Düsseldorf; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis; Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston

1988
Mythos Europa, Kunsthalle Bremen
Schlaf der Vernunft, Museum Fridericianum

1984
Heimat deine Sterne, Städtische Galerie, Regensburg

1981
2. Ausstellung der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung, Karmeliter-Kloster, Frankfurt/M.

1980
Kick out the Jams: Detroit's Cass Corridor 1963-1977, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Mich.

1979
With a Certain Smile, Ink, Zürich

1972
All Michigan Exhibition, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Mich.
Form, Space, Energy, Oakland University, Rochester, Mich.

1971
Two Artists from the Common Ground Detroit, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia

1969
Other Ideas, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Mich.

1967
Exhibition of Michigan Sculpture, Birmingham, Mich.

Commissions and Projects

2000
Dances, mural sketches, Jean d’Arc Chapel in Thouars

2000
Le Combat des rois, mural drawing for the refectory at Saint Savin Abbey

1997-2000
L’Apocalypse, glass windows at the Saint-Bernard’s church, Romans

1992–99
Heilig Geist Kirche, interior decoration and painting of the Holy Ghost Church and baptistery at Neuss

1992-93
Les Chevaux d’ Oiron, mural painting for Chateaux d’ Oiron

1991-92
Projects Karlsplatz and Museumshof, Kaiser- Wilhelm-Museum at Krefeld

1990-92
Swimming pool, private house, Viersen

1988
Horse Column, second version, design for the town hall entrance in Cham/Oberpfalz

1987
Church altar, Jülich Lich-Steinstraß
Musée d'Egalité, installation, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld

1986
Sculpture with Garden, designs for the grounds of the Stadtwerke Krefeld (not realised)

1985
Church facade of St Albertus, Mönchengladbach (including weather vane and portals), in collaboration with the architect Heinz Döhmen

1982-85
The Hall, murals for the entrance hall of the County Building, Viersen

1982
Lying House, sculpture, Center Campus, Macomb College, Mt. Clemens, Mich.

1980
Amphitheatre, sculptural installation, Viersen