Uwe Poth
Nijmegen, Netherlands
About the Artist
Uwe Poth was born in Germany and studied at The Academy of Applied Arts, as well as the Academy of Fine Arts and the University in Hamburg. Based in The Netherlands since 1979, he taught Fine Arts from 1985 to 2006 at the Artez Academy for Art and Design AKI. In 1994, he was a guest professor at The Academy of Fine Arts in Xi’an, China. In 1990, he was a founding member of Association of Independent Art and Design Schools for the AKI Enschede, The Netherlands; also organizing, leading, and curating AIAS workshops in Bentlage, Germany, in Delphi, in Baltimore, and in Emmerich. His installations, drawings, and paintings have been exhibited throughout Europe and worldwide, including Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Amsterdam, Alexandria, and Egypt.
Artist Statement
Uwe Poth gets deeply and sensitively involved with a given situation and responds to it as an artist. For example, in a given piece of work he may quote special architectural motifs or the entire structure of a build complex. The colors and textures of his pictures may be inspired by simply the colors and materials of an attractive place. In each of his works his reaction to such specific places interact with a thorough reflection of the European history of ideas and this provides him with an inexhaustible repertoire of images and references. At first glance, the combination of the different fragments might be puzzling and amazing but, to Uwe Poth, it is natural. The painting or drawing becomes plausible as soon as the imagery works in and contributes to the picture in some way.
