Klaus Gutowski

Peter Walker Fine Art
101 Walkerville Terrace. Walkerville, SA 5081
08 8344 4607

BIOGRAPHY

Born Oberhausen, Germany, 1968

Klaus is a German born artist who migrated to Australia in 1998. His life as an artist began in early childhood, with a love for painting, drawing, and modelling clay. Although his path to become a professional artist had a few detours, his passion for creating continued unerringly. At the beginning of his art studies Klaus re-discovered a fascination for clay, and continues to revel in working with this medium.

His current work reflects upon the relationship between humankind, culture and nature, and explores the historical and traditional attitudes towards nature and their relevance to our contemporary society. His work is often inspired by early European porcelain and the rich decorative styles of the Baroque and Rococo era.

Education
2007-2009 Bachelor of Visual Art and Design, Adelaide College for the Arts, Tafe SA, Adelaide
1993-1996 Apprenticeship as a chef, Oberhausen, Germany
1990-1993 Fachhochschule Duesseldorf, Interior Design, Duesseldorf, Germany
1988-1990 Fachoberschule for Design, Essen, Germany

Solo Exhibition
2009 The Student Years, Sarah’s Sister’s, Adelaide

Group Exhibitions
2010 30 Concurso Internacional de Cerámica de l'Alcora - CICA2010, Museu de Ceràmica de l'Alcora, Spain
2010 Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2010, Drill Hall, Adelaide
2010 Quirk Art Images Gallery, Adelaide
2009 Overture Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2009 Art of Tea ARIspace, Adelaide
2009 Adelaide Potters 60 years anniversary Exhibition Gallery on Edmund, Adelaide
2009 City of Tea Tree Gully Exhibition, Adelaide
2009 Campbelltown Art Show,  Adelaide
2008 Adelaide Potters Sala Exhibition, Gallery on Edmund, Adelaide
2008 City of Tea Tree Gully Exhibition, Adelaide
2007 Art West, Mercury Cinema, Flightpath Architects, Adelaide
2007 City of Tea Tree Gully Exhibition, Adelaide           

Awards
2010 30 Concurso Internacional de Cerámica de l'Alcora, Finalist
2010 Raffen Prize, Helpmann Academy, Winner
2009 Campbelltown Art Show, First Prize Wheel Thrown Pottery
2009 Campbelltown Art Show, Merit Award
                       
Publications
2009 SA Life, Go ahead, make my clay, Liz Walsh, July 2009
2009 The Journal of Australian ceramics, A Workshop in Willunga, Klaus Gutowski et al, April 2009

Collections
Private Collection, Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, Governor of South Australia
Private Collection, David Raffen