Johannes von Stumm
FRBS

"It is the spiritual energy of a piece of art which counts, and nothing else" Johannes von Stumm

Johannes von Stumm's unique combination of three different materials has attracted public and critical acclaim in a decade of successful exhibitions, both in Britain and abroad. His startlingly original sculpture, which engages continually with risk and a defiance of accepted laws, joins iron, granite and glass to create abstract or reduced figurative works in which apparently conflicting materials exist in complex harmony.

Born in Munich, Germany in 1959, he received his early education at the Gymnasium (Grammar School) at Ettal followed from 1976 to 1980 by attendance at the Gymnasium in his home town of Munich. Subsequently he spent a year working in a stone mason’s workshop before studying Law and Politics at Munich University for three years. However, his real attention was drawn to Sculpture and Fine Art which he studied for four years at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich, receiving a Diploma in 1988.

From completion of his studies Johannes has been engaged continuously in pursuit of excellence in the sculptor’s art, often in association with important fellow artists both in London, New York and many other centres of artistic activity. A Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors since 1997 he was elected to the Council of the Society in 2003, becoming a Fellow and its Treasurer the following year.