Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2026

Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau (cat.) (upcoming)

2024

Zur Kunst der Fuge. Karin Pliem | Thilo Westermann, Galerie Walker, Schloss Ebenau, Feistritz im Rosental
Studioausstellung, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg

2022

Thilo Westermann et l'art de dessiner sous verre, Vitromusée Romont (cat.)
Widerhall, Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern
Souvenirs, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg

2021

Souvenir de Baden-Baden, Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden (cat.)

2018

yìng sheng (Reaktion, Widerhall), Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg
Thilo Westermann, EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin
Vanitas – Kunstwerk des Monats, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich

2016

Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas, Galerie Tristan Lorenz Frankfurt
HIGH & SLOW. Hana Usui | Thilo Westermann, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren (cat.)

2015

The Open Studio Show, Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum Shanghai
Stilblüten, Institut für moderne Kunst Nuremberg

2014

Thilo Westermann, Adelson Galleries New York

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2025

Flowers Forever, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome (upcoming)
Gläsern. Von Formen unkontrollierter Kontrolle, Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin (upcoming)

2024

Brillanz & Transparenz. Hinterglaskunst der Moderne bis heute, Museum Werdenfels, Garmisch Partenkirchen (upcoming)
Zur Kunst der Fuge. Karin Pliem | Thilo Westermann, Galerie Walker, Schloss Ebenau, Feistritz im Rosental

2023

Who's Afraid of Stardust, Kunsthalle and Kunsthaus Nuremberg (cat.)
Flowers Forever, Kunsthalle Munich (cat.)

2022

Erinnerungen an Baden-Baden, Wochenende der Graphik, Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden
In neuem Licht. Sammlung Bezirk Oberpfalz, Kebbel-Villa | Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf

2020

Hinter Glas gemalt, Museum Penzberg
Do you believe in happy endings?, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg
Crystal Flora, Felix Ringel Galerie Düsseldorf
Made in China. Porcelain, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Studio Ost, Kunsthalle Darmstadt
peu à peu, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg

2019

Benefitausstellung 20 × 2010, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V., Berlin
Natur als Argument, Villa Dessauer Bamberg

2018

CHEERS. EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin
Mixed Media 10 × 5. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V., Berlin
Open Studio. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia

2017

TIEFENLICHT. Malerei hinter Glas von August Macke bis Gerhard Richter, Museum Penzberg (cat.)
fokus sammlung 05. STILLLEBEN, MMKK Carinthian Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt (cat.)
Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, Karlsruhe
Artists' Books for Everything, Weserburg | Museum of Modern Art Bremen (cat.)
Unheimlich schön – Stillleben heute, MMKK Carinthian Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt (cat.)
Die neue Präzision III, Galerie Rainer Wehr Stuttgart

2016

Statement X, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg
HIGH & SLOW. Hana Usui | Thilo Westermann, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren (cat.)
Art Karlsruhe Art Fair, Karlsruhe

2015

Schwarz ist meine Farbe, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg

2014

Magis Autumn, Drawing Room Gallery Singapore
Was bedeutet denn für immer, Oechsner Galerie Nuremberg

Public Collections

2000

Baden-Baden, Stadtmuseum/-archiv
Berlin, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Berlin, Wemhöner Collection
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Hikkaduwa, Thorwart-Jeska-Foundation
Klagenfurt, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten MMKK
Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Munich, Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung
Munich, Stadtmuseum München
Nuremberg, Marianne and Hansfried Defet
Nuremberg, Rotary-Collection Nürnberg-Sigena
Schwandorf, Collection of the District Upper Palatinate
Shanghai, Himalayas Art Museum

Awards and Grants

2000

Artist Travel Fellowship, Thorwart-Jeska-Foundation (2023)
Scholarship of the zumikon-Kulturstiftung Nuremberg (2020)
Baldreit Fellowship, City of Baden-Baden (2020)
Artist Travel Fellowship, Cité international des arts Paris, Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States (2019)
Scholarship of the Else-Heiliger-Fonds 2010, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. Berlin (2017-2018)
Artist Travel Fellowship, Goethe-Institut, Department of Culture and Education at the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Shanghai (2017)
Nürnberg Scholarship, City of Nuremberg (2015)
Scholarship for Academic and Advanced Training abroad, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2013)
C/O Berlin Talents Award (2011)
Studio Grant, Free State of Bavaria (2008-2010)
Annual Award of Nürnberg Academy of Fine Arts (2007)

Residencies

2023

Artist in Residence, Thorwart-Jeska-Foundation, Hikkaduwa (Sri Lanka)

2019

Artist in Residence, Cité internationale des arts, Paris (France)

2018

Artist in Residence, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Virginia (USA)

2017

Artist in Residence, China Academy of Art, Shanghai (China)

2015

Artist in Residence, Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai (China)

Education

2012-2013

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore and LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore (Chinese Ink Painting and Asian Art Histories)

Since 2008

Study and work stays in the USA

2008-2009

University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe (Art Research and Media Philosophy)

2004-2008

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Art History and Philosophy)

2001-2007

Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg (Master Class Student)

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