Karlheinz Oswald

Karlheinz Oswald (born 1958 in Worms) is a German sculptor. He lives and works in Zurich and Locarno.

1981-1990 studied fine arts at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
1984 Southern Wine Route Art Prize
1985 Daniel-Henry-Kahnweiler Promotional Prize
1986 Gutenberg grant, City of Mainz
1987 city printer of Mainz
1988 Beginning of dancer studies and dancer sculptures
1990 Promotional prize for the Mainz Business Culture Fund
1991 Atelier Goldenluftgasse, Mainz
1996 dancer studies at the ballet of the German State Opera Unter den Linden, Berlin
1998 13th Biennale Internazionale Dantesca, Ravenna
1999 Stained Glass for Cathedral in Juigalpa, Nicaragua
2000 dancer studies at the ballet of the Staatstheater Mainz
2003 7th Biennale de sculpture, St Romain de Colbosc

exhibitions
1987 Daniel Henry Kahnweiler House, Rockenhausen
1988 Gutenberg Museum, Mainz
1990 Elmshorn Art Association
Art Collections Limburg
1993 Cathedral Museum, Frankfurt
Diocesan Museum, Limburg
Hellweg Museum, Unna
1996 German State Opera Unter den Linden, Berlin
Gallery Depelmann, Langenhagen
Schmitt-Zulauf Gallery, Freinsheim
IAC Gallery, Wiesbaden
1998 State representation of Rhineland-Palatinate, Brussels
1999 Gallery Française, Munich

Works in public space (selection)
1988 Dance floor, fountain and group of figures, bronze, Mainz-Weisenau
1991 Dancer, Bronze, Limburg
1994 The world rotates in dance, bronze and maggia granite, Landesbank, Mainz
1995 Nike and Niobe, bronze and basalt lava, Landesbausparkasse Mainz
1996 Undine, fountain, bronze, Alzey
The beautiful Palatina, bronze, Freinsheim
1998 Hildegard von Bingen, bronze, Museum am Strom, Bingen
Christ, Mainz Cathedral
1999 Juigalpa, glass picture for Nicaragua
Coubertin, Eisen, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne