Matthias
Neumann is an artist and architect based in New York and in Athens,
Greece. He was born in Germany where he graduated with an
architectural degree from the University of Dresden. In 2000 he
relocated to New York City with a multi-disciplinary practice with
projects in the US, Europe and Africa, including venues such as
Manifesta 8, Galeria HIT, National Museum of Contemporary Art
Romania, SITE:Lab, the Queens Museum, Montalvo Art Center, and the
Jule Collins Smith Museum, among others, in addition to a significant
number of public art installations throughout the United States. His
architectural work has been recognized through competitions,
including his finalist design for the World Trade Center Memorial in
New York, his winning competition entry for the Africa Centre near
Cape Town, South Africa, and through publications and exhibitions of
proposed and built work in the US and abroad.
He
is the recipient of the Kaplan Director’s Award of the Cape Cod
Museum of Art, and the recipient of generous grants from institutions
such as the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Foundation for Contemporary
Art, CEC ArtsLink, and the American Institute of Architects, among
others. He was artist in residence at Mac Dowell Colony, MoKS -
Center for Art and Social Practice, ORTE Residency, I-Park Residency,
Vermont Studio Center, and Nu'Vem on Pico Island, Azores.
He
has taught at numerous academic institutions, including at Spitzer
School of Architecture at City College New York, at New York
Institute of Technology, and at New York University, and acted as
guest critic and lecturer at Columbia University, Parsons, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, among others.
More
recently has co-founded the experimental art space and residency
"Kotoki" on the Greek island of Serifos which is intended
as a communal extension of his public art practice.
He
has taught at numerous academic institutions, including at Spitzer
School of Architecture at City College New York, at New York
Institute of Technology, and at New York University, and acted as
guest critic and lecturer at Columbia University, Parsons, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, among others.
