The Life and Academic Career of Peter Nagel
Born in Kiel, Germany, Peter Nagel is a painter, photographer, graphic artist, sculptor, and university teacher. His formal artistic education took place between 1960 and 1965 at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, where he studied under Carl Heinz Wienert, Karl Kluth, and Johannes Geccelli. Following a period of study in London in 1966 and a scholarship from the Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo in 1967, he worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist. In 1965, he co-founded the group ZEBRA alongside Dieter Asmus, Nikolaus Störtenbecker, and Dietmar Ullrich.
Nagel's academic influence was significant; from 1985 to 2004, he served as a professor of painting at the Muthesius Kunsthochschule in Kiel. His professional affiliations include membership in the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg since 1981 and the Deutscher Künstlerbund since 1969. Additionally, he served as a curator for the Kunststiftung Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein in 1995.
Exhibitions and Accolades
Throughout his career, Nagel has been recognized with several prestigious honors, including:
His work has been exhibited extensively in various locations, including the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, the Vejen Museum in Denmark, and the Kunstmuseum Bayreuth. His exhibitions have spanned from early works in the 1960s to celebrations of his career, such as 50 Jahre Malerei in 2010 and 60 Jahre Malerei und Gäste in 2021.
