Stephen Cone Weeks
Stephen Cone Weeks, Canadian, was born in London in 1952. He grew up in Canada, the USA and Germany. His Grandfather was the American painter Marvin Cone (1891-1965).
After studying drawing and stained glass in Germany from 1968-72, Stephen Cone weeks returned to Canada where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and printmaking from the University of Windsor in 1976 (Governor Generals Medal). A DAAD scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service) made it possible for him to study under Prof. Rolf Sackenheim at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf where he became a Meisterschüler in 1978. He began doing his glassdrawings
in 1997. A kunst:raum sylt quelle Foundation grant in 2007 enabled his film project the curtain of can’t. Stephen Cone Weeks lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany, and in Como, Italy, where he has a summer studio.
After studying drawing and stained glass in Germany from 1968-72, Stephen Cone weeks returned to Canada where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and printmaking from the University of Windsor in 1976 (Governor Generals Medal). A DAAD scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service) made it possible for him to study under Prof. Rolf Sackenheim at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf where he became a Meisterschüler in 1978. He began doing his glassdrawings
in 1997. A kunst:raum sylt quelle Foundation grant in 2007 enabled his film project the curtain of can’t. Stephen Cone Weeks lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany, and in Como, Italy, where he has a summer studio.
Glass has always fascinated me. When I was sixteen I worked in a studio for stained glass in Cologne. The glasmalermeister who taught me always claimed I was more interested in drawing than in stained glass and in some ways he was right. In fact, what interested me was the space behind the glass: the way the lead, the imperfections in the glass, and the schwarzlot lines and surfaces obstructed and obscured that space.
At the art academy i worked with drawing and lithography; after graduating i focused entirely on drawing on paper until – wanting to return to my favoured medium – I found a way to draw on plaster on glass which led to my present multi-layered glass drawings.
All my work – on paper, on glass, and more recently with film – is highly narrative. My task seems to be to tell a story of some kind; but it is a story I do not know. Telling it “in the dark”, unable to discern the deeper layers of significance of the abstractions and realities I create, is both a torment and a joy. I draw to make something visible which is inaccessible to me: the space behind the glass.
At the art academy i worked with drawing and lithography; after graduating i focused entirely on drawing on paper until – wanting to return to my favoured medium – I found a way to draw on plaster on glass which led to my present multi-layered glass drawings.
All my work – on paper, on glass, and more recently with film – is highly narrative. My task seems to be to tell a story of some kind; but it is a story I do not know. Telling it “in the dark”, unable to discern the deeper layers of significance of the abstractions and realities I create, is both a torment and a joy. I draw to make something visible which is inaccessible to me: the space behind the glass.
Solo
2012 Lead, Kindly Light, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2010 a story I do not know, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
2009 die Reise, Voss Gallery, Dortmund
the curtain of can’t, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2007 Das Feuer am Waldesrande, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie Lausberg
Galerie Art Engert, Eschweiler
2005 Toys for Doris, Seippel Gallery, Cologne
Psychoanalytische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Köln-Düsseldorf e.V., Cologne
2004-05 Toys for Doris Museum Bochum (C)
2004 Toys for Doris Kunst:Raum Sylt Quelle, Sylt
2003 Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2000 Pedestals, Seippel Gallery, Cologne
1999 Pedestals, INTERVAL, Witten (C)
1997 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
Emmerich Art Association Gallery
1995 Love, Trapped, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Love, Trapped, M-13 Gallery Howard Scott, Project Space, New York City, USA
1994 Love, Trapped, Museum of the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen
Love, Trapped, Klingenmuseum, Solingen (C)
1993 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
1992 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1988 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1986 Verängstigter Junge im Angriff mit Geschirrtuch:
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Coe College Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
1985 Niepel Gallery, Düsseldorf, Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1983 Brühl Art Association Gallery, Brühl (Bonn)
1982 Quinzaine Canadienne Liège (Centre Culturel du Canada, Bruxelles)
Niepel Gallery, Düsseldorf
1981 Municipal Gallery of Düsseldorf (C)
Macondo Gallery, Brussels
Group
2013 West German Artists Association, wir wieder hier, Museum Bochum
2012 the curtain of can’t, onomato / Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf: animation
Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf (C)
2010 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie Lausberg
Glanzlichter, Museum Villa Rot (www.villa-rot.de) (C)
West German Artists Association, Landpartie, Kunstmuseum Ahlen (C)
2009 Best of Lausberg Contemporary, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
Toronto International Art Fair (Galerie Lausberg)
art.fair21, Köln (Galerie Lausberg)
2008 Sommerfrische, die Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies, TUI Stiftung, Hannover
Toronto International Art Fair (Galerie Lausberg)
2005 West German Artists Association, Lohn der Arbeit, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne (C)
La main Dans la main, Bad Salzdetfurth Art Association (C)
2004 Art Miami, Galerie Lausberg
Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie Lausberg
art frankfurt, Galerie Lausberg
2004 Engelhaftes, Kunstforum des Herz- und Diabeteszentrums NRW, Bad Oeynhausen (C)
Toronto International Art Fair, Lausberg Gallery
art frankfurt, Galerie Lausberg
Art Miami, Lausberg Gallery
2003 Toronto International Art Fair, Lausberg Gallery
art frankfurt, Seippel Gallery
2002 Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Übersicht, Museum Bochum (C)
Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf (C)
Galerie Seippel, Köln
2001 Art Cologne, Galerie Seippel
Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf
Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Düsseldorf (C)
2000 Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Städtische Galerie und Museum Lüdenscheid (C)
1998 Düsseldorf Malkasten Artists Association, Works on Paper, Deutsche Bank
West German Artists Association, Schauplätze, Municipal Gallery, Herne (C)
Artissima, Torino, Italy (Seippel Gallery, Cologne)
Art Cologne 1998 (Seippel Gallery, Cologne)
1997 Art Cologne 1997 (Seippel Gallery)
1996 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
West German Artists Association, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm (C)
1995 New York-Cologne - Cologne-New York, Seippel Gallery, Cologne
1993 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
1992 West German Artists Association, Museum für Land und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf
1991 West German Artists Association, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen (C)
1990 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1989 West German Artists Association, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen (C)
1987 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
West German Artists Association, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen (C)
1986 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1985 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1983 Art ‘83 Basel (Gering-Kulenkampff Gallery, Frankfurt)
Cologne Art Fair, Gering-Kulenkampff Gallery, Frankfurt
1981 Coe College Galleries, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
1979 Students of Prof. Rolf Sackenheim, Wellmann Gallery, Düsseldorf
1978 Ildefons Herwegen-Schule, Cologne-Junkersdorf
1977-82 Contemporary Canadian Prints, Tour of the Eighth Burnaby Biennial in the USA
1976 On View, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
South Essex Arts Association Exhibition, Ontario, Canada (H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada prize)
1977Foreign Students at the Art Academy, Art Academy of Düsseldorf
1975 Southwest 35, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Visual Arts Ottawa Survey Exhibition 1, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (C)
Eighth Burnaby Biennial, Burnaby, BC, Canada
2012 Lead, Kindly Light, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2010 a story I do not know, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
2009 die Reise, Voss Gallery, Dortmund
the curtain of can’t, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2007 Das Feuer am Waldesrande, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie Lausberg
Galerie Art Engert, Eschweiler
2005 Toys for Doris, Seippel Gallery, Cologne
Psychoanalytische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Köln-Düsseldorf e.V., Cologne
2004-05 Toys for Doris Museum Bochum (C)
2004 Toys for Doris Kunst:Raum Sylt Quelle, Sylt
2003 Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf
2000 Pedestals, Seippel Gallery, Cologne
1999 Pedestals, INTERVAL, Witten (C)
1997 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
Emmerich Art Association Gallery
1995 Love, Trapped, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Love, Trapped, M-13 Gallery Howard Scott, Project Space, New York City, USA
1994 Love, Trapped, Museum of the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen
Love, Trapped, Klingenmuseum, Solingen (C)
1993 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
1992 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1988 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1986 Verängstigter Junge im Angriff mit Geschirrtuch:
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Grunwald Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Coe College Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
1985 Niepel Gallery, Düsseldorf, Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1983 Brühl Art Association Gallery, Brühl (Bonn)
1982 Quinzaine Canadienne Liège (Centre Culturel du Canada, Bruxelles)
Niepel Gallery, Düsseldorf
1981 Municipal Gallery of Düsseldorf (C)
Macondo Gallery, Brussels
Group
2013 West German Artists Association, wir wieder hier, Museum Bochum
2012 the curtain of can’t, onomato / Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf: animation
Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf (C)
2010 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie Lausberg
Glanzlichter, Museum Villa Rot (www.villa-rot.de) (C)
West German Artists Association, Landpartie, Kunstmuseum Ahlen (C)
2009 Best of Lausberg Contemporary, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
Toronto International Art Fair (Galerie Lausberg)
art.fair21, Köln (Galerie Lausberg)
2008 Sommerfrische, die Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies, TUI Stiftung, Hannover
Toronto International Art Fair (Galerie Lausberg)
2005 West German Artists Association, Lohn der Arbeit, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne (C)
La main Dans la main, Bad Salzdetfurth Art Association (C)
2004 Art Miami, Galerie Lausberg
Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie Lausberg
art frankfurt, Galerie Lausberg
2004 Engelhaftes, Kunstforum des Herz- und Diabeteszentrums NRW, Bad Oeynhausen (C)
Toronto International Art Fair, Lausberg Gallery
art frankfurt, Galerie Lausberg
Art Miami, Lausberg Gallery
2003 Toronto International Art Fair, Lausberg Gallery
art frankfurt, Seippel Gallery
2002 Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Übersicht, Museum Bochum (C)
Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf (C)
Galerie Seippel, Köln
2001 Art Cologne, Galerie Seippel
Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf
Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Düsseldorf (C)
2000 Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Städtische Galerie und Museum Lüdenscheid (C)
1998 Düsseldorf Malkasten Artists Association, Works on Paper, Deutsche Bank
West German Artists Association, Schauplätze, Municipal Gallery, Herne (C)
Artissima, Torino, Italy (Seippel Gallery, Cologne)
Art Cologne 1998 (Seippel Gallery, Cologne)
1997 Art Cologne 1997 (Seippel Gallery)
1996 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
West German Artists Association, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm (C)
1995 New York-Cologne - Cologne-New York, Seippel Gallery, Cologne
1993 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
1992 West German Artists Association, Museum für Land und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf
1991 West German Artists Association, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen (C)
1990 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1989 West German Artists Association, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen (C)
1987 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
West German Artists Association, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen (C)
1986 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1985 Voss Gallery, Dortmund
1983 Art ‘83 Basel (Gering-Kulenkampff Gallery, Frankfurt)
Cologne Art Fair, Gering-Kulenkampff Gallery, Frankfurt
1981 Coe College Galleries, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
1979 Students of Prof. Rolf Sackenheim, Wellmann Gallery, Düsseldorf
1978 Ildefons Herwegen-Schule, Cologne-Junkersdorf
1977-82 Contemporary Canadian Prints, Tour of the Eighth Burnaby Biennial in the USA
1976 On View, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
South Essex Arts Association Exhibition, Ontario, Canada (H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada prize)
1977Foreign Students at the Art Academy, Art Academy of Düsseldorf
1975 Southwest 35, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Visual Arts Ottawa Survey Exhibition 1, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (C)
Eighth Burnaby Biennial, Burnaby, BC, Canada
