Stephan Baumkötter
Born in Münster, Germany, 1958
Lives and works in Cologne, Germany
Stephan Baumkötter's paintings and drawings affect the substance of art and the representation of reality. They possess a poetic value, which simultaneously lends intensity to his abstractions. The only way these works can be experienced is through the medium of drawing, and this is the only way they should be experienced. Baumkötter's works enable us to free ourselves from the identification with vision. They release us from the need to recognise in an everyday sense, i.e., they remove the basis for any identifying vision bound to conceptual classifications, thwarting, from the outset, any possibility of a verbal approach because they possess a pictorial quality resistant to any naming.
Biography
Stephan Baumkötter was born in Münster, Germany, in 1958 and lives and works in Cologne. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Abt. Münster from 1980.
Baumkötter has exhibited widely across Europe, the United States, and Japan since the late 1980s. Solo exhibitions have been held at institutions and galleries including the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop; Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen; Kunstmuseum Bonn; and Taguchi Fine Art, Tokyo. He has shown at Bartha Contemporary, London, on several occasions, including solo presentations in 2007, 2014, and 2022. Group exhibitions have included presentations at the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn; Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen; and Stavanger Art Museum, Norway, among others.
Related Journal
Selected press and literature
- Into the Surface: Defne Tesal and Stephan BaumkötterBartha Contemporary (listed on New Exhibitions), 2026
- „Baumkötter Ciao (Klassen 2010 - 2025)“HfK Bremen, 2025
- DNB, Katalog der Deutschen NationalbibliothekDeutsche Nationalbibliothek, 2023
- ExpansionRAUMX BLOG, 2022
- A Museum Built Among Ancient Ruins Impels an Inward GazeHyperallergic, 2017
- stephan baumkoetter, paintingsTaguchi Fine Art, 2015
- 2011 - Stephan Baumkötter - Kunstverein-Lippstadt e. V.Kunstverein Lippstadt e. V., 2011
- Stephan Baumkötter - Dazwischenseinkunstverein-lippstadts Jimdo-Page!, 2011
- Griffelkunst-Vereinigung Hamburg e.V.Griffelkunst-Vereinigung Hamburg, 2006
- Stephan Baumkötter: Fayencen, 2005University of Augsburg, 2005
- Jens peter koerver - ZVABKoenemann.Com GmbH, 2004
- Johannes meinhardt - ZVABZVAB (Stefan Schuelke Fine Books), 1999
Available Works
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (SB Multi), 2008
Oil on linen
69 × 49 cm
27 ⅛ × 19 ¼ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (SB Pink), 2006
Oil paintstick on canvas
62 × 36 cm
24 ⅜ × 14 ⅛ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (SB_green), 2018
Oilstick on paper
70 × 100 cm
27 ½ × 39 ⅜ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2021-6W), 2021
Pastel on wood
32 × 24 cm
12 ⅝ × 9 ½ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2021-18W), 2021
Pastel on wood
32 × 24 cm
12 ⅝ × 9 ½ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2021-17W), 2021
Pastel on wood
32 × 24 cm
12 ⅝ × 9 ½ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2022-2W), 2021
Pastel on wood
32 × 24 cm
12 ⅝ × 9 ½ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2021-8W), 2021
Pastel on wood
32 × 24 cm
12 ⅝ × 9 ½ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2021-16W), 2021
Pastel on wood
32 × 24 cm
12 ⅝ × 9 ½ in
Price on request
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2019-09), 2019
Oil paint-stick on canvas
37 × 27 cm
14 ⅝ × 10 ⅝ in
€6,800
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2019-10), 2019
Oil paint-stick on canvas
37 × 27 cm
14 ⅝ × 10 ⅝ in
€6,800
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2019-11), 2019
Oil paint-stick on canvas
37 × 27 cm
14 ⅝ × 10 ⅝ in
€6,800
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2019-12), 2019
Oil paint-stick on canvas
37 × 27 cm
14 ⅝ × 10 ⅝ in
€6,800
Stephan Baumkötter
Untitled (2019-13), 2019
Oil paint-stick on canvas
37 × 27 cm
14 ⅝ × 10 ⅝ in
€6,800
