Diether Kunerth

Diether Kunerth (born 1940 in Freiwaldau) is a contemporary artist who lives in Ottobeuren, Upper Swabia.

Life
Diether Kunerth was born in 1940 in Freiwaldau in the Reichsgau Sudetenland. He studied from 1960 to 1967 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he was a master-class student of Prof. Kirchner. Kunerth soon left Munich to work in Ottobeuren, where he expanded his body of work. In consideration of Kunerth's artistic significance, the municipality of Ottobeuren established the Museum of Contemporary Art – Diether Kunerth (German: Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst – Diether Kunerth), which cost €4.7 million to construct and was co-funded by the state of Bavaria and the EU. The museum opened on May 24, 2014.

Solo exhibitions

 * Galerie Gurlitt, München (1964,1967)
 * Landesmuseum Detmold (1977)
 * Dobler Hau, Kaufbeuren (1977)
 * Schaezler Palais, Augsburg (1978)
 * Galerie Lüpfert, Hannover (1978, 1986)
 * Städtische Galerie, Paderborn (1980, 1981)
 * Städtische Galerie, Stade (1981)
 * Galerie von Braunbehrens, München (1985)
 * Galerie Neuendorf, Memmingen (1986–2004)
 * Brechthaus, Augsburg (1986)
 * Galerie in der Finkenstraße, München (1987)
 * Städtische Galerie, Bielefeld (1987)
 * Universität, Bielefeld (1989)
 * made Galerie, Thannhausen (1990)
 * Galerie Tabula, Tübingen (1990)
 * Städtische Galerie, Leutkirch (1990)
 * EP-Galerie, Düsseldorf (1991, 1995–1997)
 * Kreuzherrnsaal, Memmingen (1992)
 * Haus des Gastes, Bad Grönenbach (1993, 1997)
 * Kornhaus, Kirchheim/Teck (1994)
 * Paris-Haus, Memmingen (1994)
 * Theaterfoyer, Memmingen (1995)
 * Johanniterhalle, Schwäbisch Hall (1997)
 * Schloß Elbroich, Düsseldorf (1996)
 * Art Cabinet, Nantucket, USA (1996, 1998)
 * Toskanische Säulenhalle, Augsburg (1997)
 * Marktplatz Ottobeuren (2002)
 * St. Ulrich Basilika, Augsburg (2003)
 * Basilika Ottobeuren (2003)
 * Stadttheater Memmingen (2003)
 * Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst – Diether Kunerth, Ottobeuren (2014–2015)

Group exhibitions

 * Museo Würth, La Rioja
 * Museum Würth, Künzelau
 * Design Fair, New York
 * Galerie Neuendorf, Memmingen
 * Künstlerhaus Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz
 * Echnaton Galerie, Kairo, Ägypten
 * Galerie Yanagizawa, Tokio
 * Galerie Marquit, Boston, USA
 * Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea Trento e Rovereto (MART), Arte Sella Documenta
 * Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC) di Bergamo, Accademia Carrara
 * Art Miami, International Modern & Contemporary Art
 * Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington DC
 * Design Fair, New York
 * Dunap Galerie, Budapest, Ungarn
 * Expo Hannover

Awards

 * 1970: Kunstpreis des Regierungsbezirks Schwaben
 * 1978: Kulturpreis der Stadt Memmingen
 * 1985: Großer Sieben-Schwaben-Preis Augsburg
 * 1988: Bürgerpreis der Stadt Kempten (Dachser Preis)
 * 2000: Strigelpreis der Stadt Memmingen

Works

 * 1996: world's largest wooden head, Erkheim