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W.I.M.Z.
aka NEAN,
BIOGRAPHY
Artist’s name: Wolfgang Ink Mark Ziegler aka Nean
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Born on 27/04/1959 in Paris
Nationalities: British and French
Lives as an independent visual artist working with multiple media
in Oberwil, Baselland, Switzerland, since 2021
Exhibitions
First solo exhibition
2.5
An installation of cutout double-sided drawings + performances
Gallery KUNSTpART, Basel, Switzerland
from 08/09/2026 till 26/09/2026
Group exhibitions
PATRON
a textile sculpture for CONTEXTILE 2026,
Contemporary Textile Art Biennial,
international exhibition,
Guimarães, Portugal
from 05/09/2026 till 29/11/026
INTERLOCK
Printed work and a video about the eponymous sculpture group,
at CIRCLE 2026,
Czong Institute for Contemporary Arts,
CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea
from 09/09/2026 till 27/09/2026
Learning and Studying
Philosophy and Latin baccalauréat, Dijon, 1977
Licences ès Lettres in History of Art and Archaeology, Besançon, 1980
MA in History of Art, Sorbonne, Paris,1981
Thesis: Dennis Oppenheim
(the first monograph on the American landartist Dennis Oppenheim)
Doctorate in History of Art, Sorbonne, Paris,1984
Thesis: Robert Ryman et le problème des œuvres blanches
(a comparative study about white monochromes in the works of
Kazimir Malevitch, Piero Manzoni and Robert Ryman)
P.G.C.E. in Modern Languages, Christ Church College, Canterbury, 1988
B.A. Honours Degree in German Language and Literature,
Cambridge National Extension College and University of London, 1994
Member of the London branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild, from 1995 to 2003
Research on Miao (Hmong) costumes from South West China
with Deryn O’Connor, collector and former lecturer at UCA Farnham, Surrey,
from 1997 to 2007
Teaching in England, Asia and Europe
From 01/09/1988 till 03/08/2007:
German and French Teacher for the London Borough of Sutton, England,
at first in a non-selective secondary school for boys in Carshalton,
later in a state grammar school for girls in Cheam, Surrey
From 01/09/2007 till 02/07/2010:
Middle school Art Teacher,
Al Jazeera Academy, Doha, Qatar
From 03/08/2010 till 15/06/2013:
Master in charge of German,
TISB, The International School of Bangalore,
Bangalore, State of Karnataka, India
From 01/09/2014 till 16/06/2021:
German Literature, German, and French Teacher,
ISB, The International School of the Basel Region AG,
Reinach, Switzerland.
Biographical summary
After an international academic career in England, India, Qatar and finally
Switzerland, Nean focuses on making art in different media, which include
hand stitching, a skill he was taught by two milliners (mother and daughter) at
the age of five.
Studies in Archaeology and History of Art as well as German language and
Literature, and the experience gained from embroidery workshops as well as
collecting and dealing in Asian and European antiques have built up Nean’s
resolutely manual and intellectual artistic practice.
Nean?
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