Born 1971, Emsdetten, DE
1999, MA Fine Art, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
1997, Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg, DE
1990-1997, Studium Freie Kunst bei Sigmar Polke und Klaus Böhmler, Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg
Lives and works in London, UK and Salzburg, Austria
Solo exhibitions
2024
Day Care, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Scotland
2022
P4aM2aRF!, Herald St, London, UK
Reclining Fanmail, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, CH
2020
Emscher Folly, curated by Britta Peters, Emscher Kunstweg, Oberhausen, Germany
2018
Seasons, Herald St, London, UK (two-person with Markus Amm)
Women between buildings, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Eigenmischung, Motto Books, Berlin, DE
2017
Grundstück, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2016
Givers and Takers, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Infrastruktur, Herald St, London, UK
Turner Prize 2015, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
2014
The London Shape, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston upon Thames, UK
Hier Und Jetzt / Hic Et Nuc, Curated by Cosima Rainer, Stift Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg bei Wien, Austria
2013
Manners, site-specific sculpture, Tate Britain, London, UK
austern mit senf / ostriche con senape, S.A.L.E.S., Rome, Italy
2012
II Dehors, Villa Massimo German Academy, Rome, Italy
Food in Space, curated by Luca lo Pinto, Pigna Project Space, Rome, Italy
Spray, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, NY
2011
Buhuu Suite, Herald St, London, UK
Hôtel Biron, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
Public Rain Fries, Georg Kargl Box, Vienna, Austria
2008
Public Rain, Herald St, London, UK
Anti Baby Pill (with Alexandra Bircken), Aktualisierungsraum, Hamburg, Germany
2007
Filialen, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany [exh. cat.]
Masse und Auflösung, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Doors and Bouncers, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Reiche Verwandte, Herald St, London, UK
Earring, Public Sculpture Project, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
Iduna Nova, (with Alexander Heim), c/o Anna Catharina Gebbers, Berlin, Germany
2005
Residency, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK [exh. cat.]
2004
Chemie, Secession, Vienna, Austria [exh. cat.]
Katzensilber, Millers Terrace, London, UK
2003
Galerie Borgmann-Nathusius, Cologne, Germany
2002
French Junkies, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
1998
Laden, Gunther Resky, Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions
2024
to display, to support, to care, Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria
2023
Concerning Nature, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
A Growing Season, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
13 Women: Variation IV, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA
2022
By a Thread, Tenter Ground, Spitalfields, London, UK
On Equal Terms, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
‘Identity Not Proven’: New Acquisitions in the Federal Collection, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, travelling to Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design Nürnberg and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser
SSSSSSSSSCULTURESQUE, Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong
Undermining & Oversharing, Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany
2021
A Women Qualities, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), Germany
Ever Seen Never Seen, curated by Anna Redeker, Akkurat Labs, Berlin, Germany
Public Knees, Kunsthal Aarhus BBC, Copenhagen, Denmark
We Are Here, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2020
Crack up Crack Down, 33rd Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Grace before Jones, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
Museum for Preventive Imagination, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
More More More, TANK, Shanghai, China
Via dell’Inferno, Galeria Spazia, Bologna, Italy
Magical Soup, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Museum for Preventative Imagination, MACRO, Rome, Italy
Every Other Space, Mutina for Art, Fiorano/Modena, Italy
2019
Unfinished Stories/ Geschichten aus der Sammlung, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg
we need more than one term for these big things, Galerie der Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
When a chair is more than a chair, curated by Raquel Cayre, R&Co., New York
Das Ruhr Ding, Urbane Künste Ruhr, Germany
Artist book show, Mutina for Art, Fiorano, Italy
Mein Blick, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Tainted Love (south club edit), Villa Arson, Nice, France
Design by Time, Pratt Institute, New York NY; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH; Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, SF, CA
Emscher Kunst/ Das Ruhr Ding, Dortmund, Germany
2018
ANTI-, Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece
Horizon Lines, Jessica Silverman at 288 Pacific, San Francisco, CA
Nicole Wermers & Markus Amm, Herald St, London, UK
Kinship, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Pine Barrens, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, NY
Die Zelle, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
You Remind Me of Someone, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
Tainted Love (Where Did Our Love Go), Le Confort Modern, Poitiers, France
2017
Hot Pot. Further Thoughts on Earthy Materials, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
An Idea of a Boundary, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
In Awe, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
Home Is No Place, curated by Marlene Carnap and Coraly Bismarck, German Embassy, London, UK
Elevation 1049, curated by Neville Wakefield & Olympia Scarry, Gstaad, Switzerland
2016
Everything is About to Happen, curated by Gregorio Magnani, Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
The Coldest Winter, Jessica Silverman Gallery South, San Francisco, CA
The Present and the Probable, curated by Jessica Silverman, fused, San Francisco, CA
The Kids Want Communism curated by Joshua Simon, MoBY-Museums of Bat Yam, Israel
Quiz 2, curated by Robert Stadler
& Alexis Vaillant, MUDAM, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Intensive Nesting, Division Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Display Show, curated by Celine Condorelli, Stroom Den Haag, De Haag, Netherlands
2015
Turner Prize 2015, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Dora, Stanley-Picker-Gallery, Kingston upon Thames, UK
20 Jahre Halle Fur Kunst, Halle fur Kunst, Luneburg, Germany
Function Follows Vision, Vision Follows Reality, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Überschönheit, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Robert & Trix Haussmann | Klaus Weber | Nicole Wermers, Herald St, London, UK
Display Show, curated by Celine Condorelli, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
X, curated by Sarah McCrory, Herald St, London, UK
Partial Presence, curated by the MFA Curating course at Goldsmiths College, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK [exh. cat.]
2014
Some/Things, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
A Singular Form, curated by Pablo Lafuente, Secession, Vienna, Austria [exh. cat.]
Quiz, Curated by Robert Stadler and Alexis Vaillant, Ensemble Poirel, Nancy, France [exh. cat.]
SHIFT, hosted by Polina Stroganova, Produzentengalerie Hamburg at Basurto, Mexico City, Mexico
2013
Formal Alchemy, curated by Jessica Silverman, fused, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Collage, Photographer’s Gallery, London, UK
Villa Massimo, Gropius Bau, Berlin, DE [exh. cat.]
The Krazy House, curated by Rineke Dijkstra, MMK Frankfurt, Germany [exh. cat.]
Trisha Baga & No Brow, curated by Katherina Zimmer, Emanuel Layr Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2012
Re-Generation, MACRO, Roma, Italy
Out of Focus: Photography, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK [exh. cat.]
Evasion, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry, UK
New Work, Herald St, London, UK
A wavy line is drawn across the middle of the original plans, Koelnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Halle 6 Analogien, ph-projects, Berlin, Germany
Große Jahresgabenausstellung, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
British Summer, Dover Street Arts Club, London, UK
2011
Arkhaiologia: Archeology in Contemporary Art, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
A Darkness More Than Night, QUAD, Derby, UK
Please go around the construction area by the lights and over the traffic island (and other stories), kuratiert von Ariane Müller and Martin Ebener, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Austria
The shape we are in, 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK [exh. cat.]
2010
The New Décor, Hayward Gallery, London, UK [exh. cat.]
The New Décor, Garage Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
Library Of Babel / In And Out of Place, 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Fifteen, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
Multiple Pleasures: Functional Objects in Contemporary Arts, curated by Nathalie Karg/Cumulus Studios, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Natural Wonders, curated by Nick Hackworth, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, Russia
Jonathan Viner’s Furniture Exhibition, Fortescue Avenue, London, UK
Monument For Study, Herald St, London, UK
Collider, Galeria Margini, Massa, Italy
Multiple Pleasures: Functional Objects in Contemporary Art, Karg/Cumulus Studios, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Experimenta Folklore, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
M25, curated by Barry Schwabsky, Centre Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Der Garten der Pfade, die sich verzweigen, curated by Heike Munder, Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac im Kunstraum, Deutschen Bank, Salzburg, Austria
Art Sheffield 08, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK [exh. cat.]
Cohabitation, Galeria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy
2007
The Office, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Fit for Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Less is more – more could be less, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
What We Bought, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
Weltempfänger, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany [exh. cat.]
Lines, Squares and Cubes, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Wonderwall – Constructing the Sublime, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Half Square, Half Crazy, curated by Vincent Pecoil, Villa Arson Centre d’Art, Nice, France [exh. cat.]
Abstraction: Extracting from the World, curated by David Thorpe, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK [exh. cat.]
2006
Friedrich, curated by Bruce Haines, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh, UK
Around The World In 80 Days, ICA, London, UK [exh. cat.]
100 Tage=100 Videos, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany
It is hard to touch the real, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Germany [exh. cat.]
Iduna Nova (with Alexander Heim), c/o Anna Catharina Grebbers, Berlin, Germany
Acht plastische Ansätze, Neuer Kunstverein Gießen e.v. Germany
Finding Neverland, curated by Juliane von Herz, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Wrong, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Tate Triennale, curated by Beatrix Ruf, Tate Britain, London, UK [exh. cat.]
The Subversive Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
The Endless Summer, curated by Gyonata Bonvicini, West London Projects, London, UK
La Maison Gregoire, Brussels, Belgium
Structure Unit, curated by Pablo Lafuente, Lisboa20, Lisbon, Portugal
2005
Herald St and The Modern Institute Present, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
Jaybird, curated by Gyonaya Bonvincini, Galeria Zero, Milan, Italy
The Addiction, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Gagosian Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Contained, Tanka Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
The The, Modern art INC., London, UK
Alles. in einer Nacht, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Therefore Beautiful, curated by Vanessa Joan Müller, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal, Germany [exh. cat.]
Other Peoples Projects, White Columns, New York, NY
2004
Pin Ups – Contemporary Collage and Drawing, Tate Modern, London, UK
The Future has a Silver Lining, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland [exh. cat.]
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Millers Terrace, London, UK
Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany
2 oder 3 Dinge die ich von Dir weiss, ProduzentenGalerie, Hamburg, Germany
At The Palace at 4am, curated by Catherine Woods, Alison Jacques, London, UK
Reality Real, Galerie Gebrüder Lehmann, Dresden, Germany
2003
A Nova Geometria, curated by Adriano Pedrosa Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Reisefreiheit, curated by Rita Kersting, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany [exh. cat.]
Help, curated by Gary Webb, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens, Greece
Cinepolis, Hamburger Architektursommer, Hamburger Botschaft, Germany
Renderings, Delfina Gallery, London, UK
Handlungsräume, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany [exh. cat.]
2002
Dorothea-von-Stetten Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany [exh. cat.]
Building Anxiety, Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY
Ich gin im Wald so vor mich hin, Galerie Borgmann- Nathusius, Cologne, Germany
The Day After, Galerie Cookie Snoie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2001
Szenarien, Kunstverein Bonn, Stadthaus Ulm, Germany [exh. cat.]
Selection of the Videonale Bonn, Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany
Szenenwechsel, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany [exh. cat.]
A Sport and A Pastime, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Liminal, Minimal, Nominal, Architectual Traces, John Hansard Gallery, Southhampton, UK [exh. cat.]
F, Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany
German Leitkultur, Kunsthalle Friedericianum, Kassel, Germany [exh. cat.]
Videonale Bonn, Kunstverein Bonn, Germany [exh. cat.]
Zero Gravity, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany [exh. cat.]
Hamburg Stipendiaten, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany [exh. cat.]
Sammlung Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Museum, City of Hagen, Germany
2000
Auf Papier, Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany
Include Me Out, Old Street, London, UK
Pallisades, Centre D´Art, Bretigny-sur-Orge, France
And If There Were No Stories, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
1999
New Contemporaries ´99, Liverpool Biennale; South London Gallery, London, UK [exh. cat.]
Know What I Mean, Young German Artists in Britain, Goethe Institute, London, UK [exh. cat.]
1998
Osygus, Produzenten galerie Hamburg, Germany
Echopark, Biber-Haus, Hamburg, Germany
Selected bibliography
2024
Jennings, Phin. “Nicole Wermers Takes Us to The Cleaners.” Frieze. March 25, 2024.
“Invisible Labour: Nicole Wermers Interviewed by Ellen Mara De Wachter.” Art Monthly. March 2024.
2022
Barton, Brit. “Labor in Repose: Brit Barton on Nicole Wermers at Kunsthuas Glarus.” Texte Zur Kunst. July 1, 2022.
2018
Steer, Emily. “Everything is Negotiable.” Elephant. December 2018.
Madsen, Kristian Vistrup. “Nicole Wermers: Women Between Buildings at Kunstverein in Hamburg” ArtReview. May 2018.
McDermott, Emily. “Privacy as Privilege: An Interview with Nicole Wermers.” Berlin Art Link. March 23, 2018.
2017
Rzepecky, Sophie. “Fragile Structures: Artist’s Book About Croissants and Consumer Lifestyle Destroys Itself From the Inside Through Use.” DAMN°. October 2017.
Mangini, Elizabeth. “Review: Nicole Wermers” Arforum. April 2017.
Rafael, Emile. “In Residence: Yves Behar” Nowness. March 19, 2017.
Rafferty, Penny. “Elevation 1049 — Avalanche LUMA Foundation / Gstaad” Flash Art. February 10, 2017.
Honigman, Ana Finel. “When Art Is Subjected to the Elements in Gstaad” artnet. February 8, 2017.
2016
Wermers, Nicole. Croissants and Architecture. Motto Books. Lausanne/Berlin. October 2016
2015
—. “Turner Prize winner set to be announced in Glasgow.” The Scotsman. December 07, 2015. [online]
McLean, Pauline. “Turner Prize: School bags, songs and Saltires as pupils create own exhibits.” BBC. December 07, 2015. [online]
Nelson, Karin. “Sitting Pretty.” W Magazine. November 2, 2015. [online]
Slocum, Amie Marie. “Nicole Wermers: They’re Just Now Getting Into That.” Flaunt, No. 143. Fall 2015. pp. 314-317, cover ill.
Agence France-Presse. “Grouping up to do something real.” The Straits Times. October 10, 2015. [online]
Pollock, David. “Profile: the Turner Prize 2015 nominees.” The List. September 8, 2015. [online]
Grosse, Julia. “Die Kunst Des Elegangen Unterwanderns.” Harper’s Bazaar.September 2015. pp. 130-133
Wainwright, Oliver & Fox, Imogen & Sample, Ian & Service, Tom. “Meet the Turner prize shortlist, from the musician to the mind-reader.” The Guardian. September 28, 2015. [online]
—. “Turner Prize Launches 2015 Exhibition At Tramway Gallery In Glasgow.” Artlyst. September 29, 2015. [online]
Youngs, Ian. “’Radical’ Turner Prize show unveiled in Glasgow.” BBC News. September 30, 2015. [online]
—. “Turner Prize Exhibition 2015: from conspiracy theories to coats.” The Week. Oct. 01, 2015. [online]
Harris, Gareth. “Turner Prize 2015, Tramway, Glasgow — review.” Financial Times. October 01, 2015. [online]
Massie, Claudia. “Assemble’s Turner Prize entry is positive, genuine and ego-free. They’ll never win.” The Spectator. October 03, 2015. [online]
Güner, Fisun. “Turner Prize 2015, Tramway, Glasgow.” theartsdesk.com. October. 05, 2015. [online]
Berthereau, Jessica. “Furry chairs, songs about Doug vie for Turner Prize.” The Nation. October 05, 2015. [online]
Roddy, Michael. “Double dose: Mat Collishaw stages two new Midlands shows.” Wallpaper. October 05, 2015. [online]
Searle, Adrian. “Turner prize 2015 review: conspiracy theory study sure beats a bunch of coats.” The Guardian. Septeber 30, 2015. [online]
2013
De Luca, Zoe. “Nicole Wermers – layering coordinates, questioning strategies.” Diorama Magazine. April 2013. pp. 71-72.
Hodge, Brooke. “By Design: A Place Where Art and Design Collide.” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, June 24, 2013.
2012
“Sculptors Discuss Sculpture.” Frieze Magazine, May 1st, 2012.
2011
Sherwin, Skye. “Artist of the Week 142: Nicole Wermers.” The Guardian. June 9, 2011.
Peyton-Jones, Julia. “Creating a ripple effect in: Expert Eye.” The Art Newspaper, Frieze Art Fair edition, 14. October, 2011. Umberto Allemandi & Co. Publishing, London, S. pp. 14
Sherwin, Skye. “Nicole Wermers.” Ten Magazine, Nr. / issue 40, The Art Issue. Zac Publishing, London, 2011, S. pp. 82
Schwabsky, Barry. Nicole Wermers in The shape we are in. 176/ Zabludowicz Publishing, London, Kat. /cat., S. pp 108-111
—. “Out of Focus: Photography.” Saatchi Gallery, London, 2012.
2010
Rugoff, Ralph, et al. “The New Décor”. Southbank Centre, London: Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2010.
Grosse, Julia. “Artist portrait: Nicole Wermers.” Architectural Digest. July/August, 2010. pp. 84-88
Bell, Kirsty. “Nicole Wermers in The New Décor.” Hayward Gallery, London, Hayward Publishing, Kat. / cat., S. pp 126-129
2009
Marston, Rebecca May. “Nicole Wermers: Interview with Nicole Wermers”. ArtWorld Magazine. March, 2009. pp. 84-87 (illust.)
2008
Craig, Blanche. Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2008
2007
Half Square Half Crazy (exh. cat). Centre National d’Art Contemprain de La Villa Arson Nice; JRP/Ringier 2007.
Asthoff, Jens. “Picks: Hamburg, Nicole Wermers.” ArtForum.com. November, 2007.
Zuckerman, Heidi. “The Play’s the Thing.” Aspen Magazine. Summer, 2007. pp 72-74.
—. “Nicole Wermers: Masse und Auflösung.” Aspen Art Museum newsletter. Summer 2007
Fizsimmons, Claire & Hammonds, Kit & Heller, Margot & and Hoffman, Jens (eds.) Around the World in Eighty Days. Exh. cat. ICA London. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst.
Goodbody, Bridget L. “Nicole Wermers.” The New York Times. March 16, 2007. pp E33.
Falconer, Morgan. “Nicole Wermers at Tanya Bonakdar, New York.” saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon. February 20, 2007.
Thorp, David, ed. Abstraction: Extracting from the World. Sheffield, UK: Millennium Galleries, 2007.
2006
Downey, Anthony. “Nicole Wermers – Herald St.” Flash Art International. July-September 2006.
“Alexander Heim and Nicole Wermers.” Undo.net. July 2006.
Januszczak, Waldemar. “A museum missing in action.” The Sunday Times online edition. March 12, 2006.
Rabottini, Alessandro. “Jaybird.” ArtReview. March/April 2006.
“Zu schön um Kunst zu sein.” Der Spiegel. February 2005: pp.142.
Dorment, Richard. “Haunted by Concepts of the Past.” Telegraph. March 7, 2006. [online]
2005
Eichler, Dominic. “Nicole Wermers.” Frieze, issue no.93. September 2005: pp.123.
Verwoert, Jan. “Light, Life and Shiny Things.” Nicole Wermers: FileNotes. London: Camden Arts Centre, 2005. pp.1-6.
Müller, Vanessa Joan. Therefore Beautiful. Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim, Germany: Ursula-Blickle-Stiftung, 2005.
Steward, Christabel. “The Devil Hates Good Art.” www.showstudio.com. December, 2005.
Harrison, Sara. “Pin-Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing, Tate Modern.” Art Monthly, no.283. 2005: pp.30-31.
2004
Frank, Rike, ed. Secession: Nicole Wermers Chemie. Vienna: Secession, 2004.
Asthoff, Jens. “Nicole Wermers bei Borgmann-Nathusius.” Kunst-Bulletin. January/February. pp.48
2003
Jahn, Wolf. “French Junkies.” Artforum. January 2003.
Asthoff, Jens. “Critic’s Picks: Nicole Wermers, Galerie Borgmann-Nathusius.” November 2003 [online]
2002
Danek, Sabine. “Französisch Rauchen.” Szene Hamburg. September 2002.
Kisters, Jürgen. “Die Kunst fragt nach Wirklichkeit.” Kölner Stadtanzeiger. February 2002.
Föll, Heike. “Was wir vom Aschenbecher wissen.” Texte zur Kunst. December 2002.
Jahn, Wolf. “Skulpturale Ascher.” Hamburger Abendblatt 18, September 2002.
Kersting, Rita. Nicole Wermers. Dorothea-von-Stetten Kunstpreis. Bonn: Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2002.
Möntmann, Nina. “Critic’s Pick: French Junkies.” artforum.com, October 2002.
2001
Lübbke, Maren. Camera Austria no.80, 2002: pp.93-94.
—. “Zero Gravity.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 5. May 2001.
Tollmann, Vera. “Videonale Bonn, Springerin.” Hefte zur Gegenwartskunst. Summer 2001.
Huneke, Helena. “Old Karrieresaun ging für´n Schuhgeschäft flöten.” Hamburg Scholarship 2000. Hamburg, 2001.
Tollmann, Vera. Zero Gravity. Düsseldorf: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 2001.
Backhaus, Katrin. “Zero Gravity.” www.blitzreview.de. No.687. 2001.
Verwoert, Jan. Videonale Bonn. Bonn: Bonner Kunstverein, 2001.
2000
Herbert, Martin. “And If There Were No Stories.” Time Out London. March 22-29, 2000: pp.48.
Lamm, April. “Oh Cologne, Young artist Programme at the Art Cologne 2000.” Cologne, 2000.
Gebbers, Anna-Catharina. “Über Nicole Wermers.” Artist, no.4, 2000.
Exley, Roy. “And If There Were No Stories.” Untitled, no.3, 2000: p.25.
—. “Forum.” Camera Austria, no.70, 2000: pp.59-61.
1999
Negrotti, Rosanna.”Know What I Mean.” What’s On. July 21, 1999, pp.25.
Caplan, Nina. “The New Contemporaries.” Metro. November 15, 1999.
—. “The New Contemporaries” The Independent on Sunday, October 10, 1999.
Barret, David. “The New Contemporaries.” Art Monthly ,no.23, 1999: pp.30-32.
Dany, H.C. and Nicole Wermers. Punktuelle Üppigkeit, Wiederstände, Kunst Cultural-Studies-Neue Medien. Vienna: Folio Verlag, 1999.
1998
Gerlach, Gunnar F. “Freischwimmer.” Szene Hamburg. September, 1998.
Hopf, Judith. “Der Kiosk als Produktionsverfahren.” DeBug. March 1998.
Schiff, Hajo. “Kulissen im Freistil.” Taz Hamburg. September 8, 1998.
1997
Dany, H.C. and Nicole Wermers. “Punktuelle Üppigkeit, Springerin.” Hefte zur Gegenwartskunst, no.4, 1997: pp.56-59.
Residencies
2013
Stanley Picker Fellowship Residency, Kingston, UK
Lenikus Foundation, Vienna, Austria
2012
Fellowship, Villa Massimo German Academy in Rome, Italy [exh. cat.]
2007
Outset Production Fund, London, UK
2005
Camden Arts Centre, London, UK [exh. cat.]
2004
Delfina Studio Trust, London, UK
Awards
2003
Travel grant for Sydney, Neue Kunst in Hamburg E.V., Germany
2002
Dorothea-von-Stetten Art Prize, City of Bonn, Germany
1998
Scholarship of the DAAD for UK
Teaching
2019
The Common Guild, Glasgow, UK
2013
Professor of sculpture, Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
Stanley Picker Fellow, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thyme, UK
Mentor, LUX Associate Artists Programme, London, UK
2012
Visiting Professor of Sculpture, Akademie der freien Künste, Prague, Czech Republic
Professor of sculpture and ceramics, Staatliche Kunstakademie Stuttgart, Germany
2011
Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2009
Visiting Lecturer, MA Fine Art, Sculpture Department, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2008
Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Visiting Lecturer, MA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Arts/ University of the Arts, London, UK
2007
Visiting Lecturer, MA Fine Art, Slade School of Art, London, UK
2005
Visiting Lecturer, MA Fine Art, Central St Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK
2004
Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
2000
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Architecture & Design, South Bank University, London, UK
Public Collections
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY
Bundeskunstsammlung, Bonn, Germany
DGZ Bank Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Federal Rebublic of Germany-Collection of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Fondazione David Halevim, Milan, Italy
Galerie der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
Government Art Collection, London, UK
Karl-Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
Mont Blanc Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany
Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA
Pinakothek der Modern / Sammlmung Brandhorst, München, Germany
Saatchi Collection, London, UK
Tate Collection, London, UK
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Public Commissions
Rockdispenser (NYCPNNJCN), commission by the Government Art Collection for the residence of Commissioner General of the UK in New York
Emscher Folly, Emscher Kunstweg, curated by Britta Peters, Oberhausen, Germany
Earring for Cambridge, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
