Dierk Osterloh, who was born in Oldenburg/Lower Saxony in 1964, initially studied law. At the age of 27, he took a new direction in his life and found his way to art.
In Freiburg im Breisgau, he created his first oil paintings and the passion for artistic work ignited a fire in him that continues to this day.
With esprit he changed his residence in 1994 and moved to Cologne, to his first own studio.
In 1996 he moved his studio to the well-known „Kunstzentrum Wachsfabrik“ in the south of Cologne. Here he found excellent conditions for his artistic development, so that he lived and worked there until 2020.
During this creative phase, sculptures and objects were created in addition to the large-format oil paintings. Photographic works have always accompanied these disciplines.
Three groups of works divide the painting of Dierk Osterloh. Non-objective painting or concrete art, figurative works and landscapes.
In terms of content as well as form, the artist has always followed his own path with passion.
The nimbus of a master student of a famous artist does not fit into his world view.
The brush used in the beginning has at times given way to the palette knife. Today both tools are used in parallel. The painting style is focused on the implementation of the central elements of force and dynamics. These two thematic complexes represent the times in which we live. Pastos the oil paint is applied and then provided with Schmissen. New worlds are created that fascinate the viewer when he engages in this way of seeing.
Parallel to his artistic work, he completed an apprenticeship as a media designer in Cologne and studied at the Hamburg Technical School of Art. In Cologne, Dierk Osterloh has gained a national reputation by designing a city coat of arms especially for the city council:
This design has been realized both in the meeting room of the City Council and on the facade of the Historic City Hall.
Since 2020 Dierk Osterloh lives and works in the Westerwald near Bonn in the „Villa ARTE“.
In addition to a showroom, there is a sculpture garden in the outdoor area.
National and international exhibitions accompany his work.
2022
Unser Klima, Kunstforum Westerwald im Kreishaus Altenkirchen
Kunst und Kulturzentrum b-05, Montabaur
Akustik-Installation „Feuervogel“ in der Diakonie im Kirchenkreis Recklinghausen
zur Reduzierung des Geräusch-Pegels (7dB), Matthias-Claudius-Zentrum
2021
„Tableaux Voices of a NYC Victorian Salon“
Music by Margin Alexander composed to art of Dierk Osterloh, 07 Nov, New York
Galerie 2021 – Fotoarbeiten
2020
NEXUS Nordlichter – Im Dialog mit nordischen Kulturwelten Haus Metternich, Koblenz
2019
Von der Sehnsucht nach Licht bis zur Apokalypse, Kulturkirche Ost, Köln
8. Revierkunst, Zeche Ewald, Herten
Hofburg Innsbruck, Wir halten Hof, Österreich
NYA Gallery, Equinox exhibition, New York, USA
Art Innsbruck, Gallery Kass, Internationale Kunstmesse, Österreich
2018
Galerie Maggy Stein Bettembourg, Luxemburg (22.09.–14.10.)
2017
Artists 4 Elefants, Museo Toni Benetton, Venedig/Mogliano, Italien (06.10.–30.10.)
2016
Artist 4 Rhino, Castello Sforzesco, Vigevano, Italien (06.05.–15.05.)
2013
Artconnection, Köln (22.11.–24.11.)
Galerie Ansichtssache, Trier/Konz (03.08.–06.09.)
Galerie „Die blaue Burg“, Murnau, COMO (14.07.–20.10.)
Museum für verwandte Kunst, Köln, „Buffon“, COMO
2012
Konstantin-Basilika, Trier
Parallax AF, London
Museum „Alte Mühle“ Abtei Himmerod
Galerie „kunstweisen“, Düsseldorf, „Düsseldorf anders“
2011
Galerie „kunstweisen“, Düsseldorf, „Einzelstücke“
2010
Philosophisch Theologische Hochschule Vallendar
Vortrag und Ausstellung: Das Kreuz in der Abstraktion,
Hohenzollern-Schloß Namedy zum Internationalen Beethoven-Fest,
Galerie, Kunsthaus Schoene, Andernach
2009
Galerie, Kunsthaus Schoene, Andernach
St. Theodor, Köln: „Von der Endlichkeit“
2008
International Biennial of Contemporary Art
„Art With Roots in the Earth“ Chapingo, Mexiko
2007
Kunstzentrum Wachsfabrik, Köln
2006
Kunstzentrum Wachsfabrik, Köln
2004
Rathaus Spanischer Bau, Köln
2003
Erstellung eines neuen Stadtwappens für den Sitzungssaal
des Rathauses Spanischer Bau und die Außenfassade des
Historischen Rathauses, Köln
2001
Technologie Park, Bergisch Gladbach
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