ANSGAR NIERHOFF

Ansgar Nierhoff

1941 Meschede – 2010 Cologne

Ansgar Nierhoff became known nationwide with his steel sculptures. First, he completed a technical apprenticeship as a bricklayer and successfully completed it in 1960 with a journeyman’s certificate. In 1964 he obtained the general university entrance qualification at the Frankenberger Edertalschule. Ansgar Nierhoff then studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1964 to 1969. He became a master student of Norbert Kricke. His other teachers included Joseph Fassbender and the art historian Eduard Trier.

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In 1965 he moved to Cologne, where he lived until his death. In 1977 he took part in documenta 6 in Kassel. In 1983, Nierhoff worked temporarily as an assistant to George Rickey in his studio in New York City. In 1986 Ansgar Nierhoff became a visiting professor at the Kassel University of Applied Sciences. From 1988 to 2008 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. In 2000 he received the important August Macke Prize. From 1993 to 1999 Ansgar Nierhoff was a board member of the German Association of Artists, in whose annual exhibitions he had participated since 1971. In 1990 he became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts Berlin.