HANS MOLZBERGER
Curriculum Vitae
Hans Molzberger
Assistant Professor
Houston Baptist University (HBU)
EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts, 2012, Houston Baptist University
BFA Equivalence by Professional Art Activities in Europe and USA
Self Taught
TEACHING:
Present - 2004
Art Director, Atelierhaus Hilmsen Residency
- ceramic silkscreen
- glass
- bronze casting
- iron casting 3D printing
- printmaking
Present - 2012
Yearly Lectures and Workshops "Rubin's Colors“ with German High Schools in the Altmark/Germany Region
2004
"Romeo und Julia 2001", School Project about Youth and Violence, Collaboration with Junior High School Dähre, Germany
March 2002 - September 2001
"Einblicke", Youth Project about "Struwwelpeter“, Collaboration with Junior High School Henningen, Germany
LECTURES:
Texas Tech University, San Antonio
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
University of Houston
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Tarrant County College
Kilgore County College
Lamar University, Beaumont
University of Texas, Tyler
EXHIBITIONS AND CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES:
2019
February 8 - April 19
"From A Distance…And Back", Kspace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas
February 8 - March 1
"Iron Tribe" Exhibit, Burris Hall Art Gallery of New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2018
August
Curator of “Presently My Soul Grew Stronger, Hesitated Then No Longer” Exhibition by Nancy Parker Johnson, Mönchskirche Gallery, Salzwedel, Germany
“Texas Eclectics” Group Exhibition, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
July
Director of International Iron Pour Symposium, Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Germany
June
Curator of “American Diary X” HBU Student Exhibition, Kunsthaus Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
Curator of “Clay Connection I” US Ceramists Exhibition, Mönchskirche Gallery, Salzwedel, Germany
April - June
“The 2nd Annual National Flower Show”, Splendora Gardens, Splendora, Texas
February
“Ich weiss, dass ich schnell sein werde”, Permanent Exhibition, Ceramic Innovation Center, Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany
2017
October - January 2018
“Objekte 71” Group Exhibition, Westerwald Museum, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
August - October
“From a Distance” Group Exhibition of 8 Texas Based Sculptors
August
Curator of “Fairy Tales”, Kelly Moran Printmaking Exhibition, Mönchskirche, Salzwedel
Director of “Liebe Irma” Otto Schubert WWI Postcard Exhibition
June
Curator of “Amerikanisches Tagebuch IX” HBU Student Exhibition, Kunsthaus Salzwedel, Germany
2016
August
Organizer and Participant at Iron Pour Workshop of Texas Atomic Iron Comission, Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Germany
July
Curator of “Open Studio Exhibition”, Atelierhaus Hilmsen Studio Space, Hilmsen, Germany
June
Curator of “American Diary VIII”, Atelierhaus Hilmsen Residency Exhibition, Kunsthaus, Salzwedel, Germany
May - June
9 Workshops “Rubin’s Colors” with students from:
Jahn Gymnasium, Salzwedel, Germany
Pestalozzi Schule, Salzwedel, Germany
Gymnasium Beetzendorf, Germany
Comenius Schule, Salzwedel, Germany
Lessing Schule, Salzwedel, Germany
Sekundarschule Dähre, Germany
High Schools and Junior High Schools in the Altmark County, Germany
May
Invitational Iron Pour Workshop, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
April - September
“Known and Under Known”, Group exhibition, Brookfield Properties in Allen Center, Houston, Texas
February
Invitational Nationwide Iron Pour Symposium, Keen Foundry, Houston, Texas
October 2015 - March 2016
Collaborative Works in a Michael Collins' Exhibition at the Holocaust Memorial Museum Houston, Texas
2015
November
Research Project Tel Aviv/Jerusalem, Israel
October
"Arts Practice and Research“ Speaker on the TASA Art Schools, Texas Tech Lubbock
"Einblicke", Solo Exhibition Meadows Gallery, UT Tyler
May - July
Group Exhibition, Roedingshuus Gallery, Denmark
January - May
“Never Let It Rest / Sojourn in the Shadowlands", Two Person Exhibition with Michael Collins, Holocaust Memorial Center, Detroit, Michigan
February
“The Flying Circus”, Solo Exhibition, Samara Gallery, Houston, Texas
January - February
“Ich denke an Dich”, Solo Exhibition, Corpus Christi A&M University, Weill Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
2014
June - August
“17. Juni – Gemini”, Solo Exhibition, Mönchskirche Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
May - August
“Rubin's Colors”, Hilmsen Gallery, Hilmsen, Germany
2013
November - December
“Rubin’s Colors” Kilgore County Gallery, Kilgore, Texas
September - October
“Rubin’s Colors”, Tarrant County College, Carillon Gallery, Texas
June - December
“Rubin’s Colors” Schloss Colditz, Germany
June - July
“Western Sequels - Art from the Lone Star”, Group Exhibition, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
May
“Rubin’s Colors” Zeitkunst Galerie, Halle, Germany
2012
November 2012 - January 2013
"Western Sequels - Art from the Lone Star", Group Exhibition, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
November
Rubin’s Colors, Collaboration Exhibition with Holocaust Survivor Rubin Samelson, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas
October
"Plurality", Group Exhibition, Kingwood College Gallery, Kingwood, Texas
"Week of Citizenship", Group Exhibition invited by Office of Mayor, Town Hall Houston, Texas
July
"Elbe und Flut", Group Exhibition with Faculty Colleagues Michael Collins and Jim Edwards, Salzkirche Gallery, Tangermünde, Germany
May
"Texas Sculpture Group Interior Exhibition", Group Exhibition, Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
February
"HBU Faculty Group Exhibition", Group Exhibition, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas
2011
November
"Solid Substance", Group Exhibition Texas Sculpture Group, GGallery, Houston, Texas
October
"GO West I", Group Exhibition, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas
"Altes Rathaus", Permanent Exhibition, Memorial Bronze Installation, Salzwedel, Germany
September
"GO West I", Group Exhibition, UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, France
June
"Texas Uprising", Group Exhibition, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
2010
October
"Pleasure Island", Solo Exhibition, Nauhaus Gallery, Houston, Texas
April
"Never Let It Rest", Solo Exhibition, Holocaust Museum Houston, Texas
March - April
"Diary", Solo Exhibition, UAC Gallery, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas
January - April
"Return", Solo Exhibition, Museum of South East Texas, Beaumont
Curator of "Broken Brushes", Kopriva Collection of German Expressionist Art
May - August
Collection at Gerlach Speicher, Salzwedel, Germany
2009
September
"Amistad II", Group Exhibition, Museum Arequipa, Peru
July - October
"Hearts and Souls", Group Exhibition, Sazkirche, Tangermuende
March
"A German Sight", Solo Exhibition, GGallery, Houston, Texas
January
"Walking on Ashes", Collaboration with Michael Collins at Remembrance Day, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas
"Texas Twang", Group Exhibition, Shift Studio, Seattle, Washington
2008
July - September
"Walking on Ashes", Collaboration with Michael Collins, Moenchskirche, Salzwedel, Germany
July - August
"L'ésprit des Animeaux", Solo Exhibition, Les Tanneries Gallery, Amilly, France
September - August
"Speichern unter", Art Director of the European HANSEartWORKS Project with 34 Artists out of 32 European Cities, Hanse Convention, Salzwedel, Germany
May - August
Curator of "Joint Art Exhibition of American Artists", Hanse Convention, Salzwedel, Germany
January - February
"Hearts and Souls", Curator and Participation in American-German Art Exhibition, Zerbst, Germany
2007
November 2007 - January 2008
"Wissen um Dawid", Solo Exhibition, Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Education, Magdeburg, Germany
November 2007
"Marfa Camp Show", Marfa, Texas
May - August
"Kunstkisten", Group Exhibition, Hanse Convention Lippstadt, Germany
2006
April
"Clean Slate", Group Exhibition, GGallery, Houston, Texas
January - June
"Kreativ", Youth Project Art-Netzwerk, Germany
2005
December
"Wheeler Bros' Studio", Solo Exhibition, Lubbock, Texas
November
Solo Exhibition, Gallery 68, Austin, Texas
June - October
Solo Exhibition, Pauluskirche, Halle, Germany
May
"Ich ist ein Anderer", Marktschlöschen, League of Fine Artists, Halle, Germany
April - August
"Romeo und Julia 2001", Bürgerzentrum, Salzwedel, Germany
January - March
"Romeo und Julia 2001", Filmpalast Salzwedel, Germany
2004
September
"Portraits", Gallery Klosterhof Rostock, Germany
"Hommage Frank Zappa 1940-1993", Group Exhibition with German and American Artists, Mönchskirche, Salzwedel
April
"Gesichter", Neptun Gallery, Rostock, Germany
2003
June - July
"Frank Zappa", Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas
May
"Shalom", Design of the New Church Bell for Marienkirche, Collaboration with Hartmut Rompel, Salzwedel, Germany
2002
June
"Nebelleben", Group Exhibition, Gallery Pankow, Berlin, Germany
March - May
"Nebelleben", Group Exhibition, Neues Kunsthaus Gallery, Ahrenshoop, Germany
March - April
"Einblicke, Kreishaus", Youth Project Exhibition, Salzwedel, Germany
2001
December 2001 - January 2002
"Expressiv", Neues Kunsthaus Gallery, Ahrenshoop
July - September
"Provokative Squats", Hansa Cultural Center, Salzwedel, Germany
2000 - 2001
"Für Walter statt Blumen", Representative of the City of Salzwedel for the EXPO 2000 with a Steel Sculpture
1999
May - July
"Auf tönernen Füssen", Group Exhibition, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Germany
"Katharina von Bora", Invited Submission for the Monument, Wittenberg, Germany
1998
November - December
Solo Exhibition Künstlerhaus Hannover, Germany, League of Fine Artists
November - September
"Lasst es Ruhn!?", NS Period Exhibition, Jenny-Marx-Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
May - June
Group Exhibition, League of Fine Artists, Schloss Fürstenberg, Germany
July
"Körperhüllen", Group Exhibition, Kulturelle Landpartie Wendland, Kröte, Germany
1997
June - September
"Ich weiss, dass ich schnell sein werde", Solo Exhibition, Mönchskirche Salzwedel, Germany
1994
May - September
"Wissen um Dawid", Solo Exhibition, Mönchskirche, Salzwedel, Germany
1993
May - June
Group Exhibition, Landesmuseum Schwerin, Germany
Group Exhibition, Wunderpunkte Wendland, Germany
1992
August - September
"Rückkehr", Group Exhibition, Mönchskirche Salzwedel, Germany
1991
October
"Temeshwar, Katharinenkirche", Salzwedel, Germany
September
"Raku-Trabant", Theatre Stendal, Germany
May - August
"Riesenspielzeug", Solo Exhibition, Jenny-Marx-Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
Since 1991
Doing art in France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, USA
PUBLICATIONS:
2002
Hans Molzberger, einblicke - jugend und gewalt. struwelpeter - interpretationen. 2002, isbn 978-3-8311-4372-6
1997
"Neue Keramik" Article, International Ceramic Magazine
1991
"Neue Keramik" Workshop, International Ceramic Magazine