Josef Zutelgte
New York, New York

Sasa No. 1 (The Past is Haunting Me)
Hydrocal, acrylic, monitor
19 x 28.5 x 23 cm
2005

____Selected exhibitions

  • Mensch, solo exhibition, Roman Zenner Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, 2003
  • World Rehabilitation Fund, Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2003
  • Telgte.Zutelgte, solo exhibition, Museum Münsterland, Germany, 2000
  • Sereum, solo exhibition, Konrad Mönter Gallery, Düsseldorf, 1999
  • Sculptures & Drawings, solo exhibition, In Khan Gallery, New York, 1996
  • Josef Zutelgte, Theresita Fernandez, Patrick Terjak, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1998
  • Patagonia, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1996
  • Mutilation, solo exhibition, Roman Zenner Gallery, Stuttgart, 1995

Born in 1958 in Telgte, Germany, Josef Zutelgte attended Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, 1978-1983, and the Academy of Fine Arts, Münster, 1984-1986. The National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts awarded Zutelgte artist residencies in 1997, 1998, and 1999 and he received grants from the Art Development Committee in 1998 and 1999. He teaches at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

The English language has the beautiful term "human being." You are not called "human doing." In your life, you are always asked to do things. I ask you just to be.