"New Line Continued" 2018
Oil on canvas
77' x 101' inches / 196 x 257 cm
Heiner Meyer
Heiner Meyer’s painting is characterized by consistency and undogmatic intransigence, and likewise by the principles of an arte sull’arte—art whose primary theme is art itself.
In his works, he confidently layers quo- tes and adaptations of a wide range of sources one above the other and in doing so demonstrates the simultaneity of the non-simultaneous. Classic Greek sculptures, portraits of movie stars from the fifties, Mickey Mouse and other comic-book characters, butterflies, and cubes are the recurring set pieces in Meyer’s idiom and quoted in ever-new constellations and confrontations.
This subjective iconography is reconstructed from picture to picture; there is no connecting or even binding scheme.
Meyer’s art is always a new creation—never repetition; his painterly vocabulary is declined and conjugated in a different way in each work. In the process, the artists never lapses into the suggestion of his models—that is, the pictures that were there before his; both the stars of antique mythology as well as the Hollywood stars are quoted from a relativizing distance; their aura is processed and not venerated! It is out of this distance to his themes that Meyer achieves the absolute freedom in his painting, in which the sublime appears alongside the trivial, past alongside present, realistic alongside abstract, elite alongside popular.
Heiner Meyer’s works have been presented in more than two hundred group and solo exhibitions and his oeuvre being represented in a large number of public and private collections.
BIOGRAPHY
1953 Born in Bielefeld
1972 First solo exhibition at Galerie Bernhard Hüning, Münster
1973–1974 Stay in London and Cadaquès
1973 Assistant to Salvador Dalí in Port Liggat, Spain
1977 Begins study of fine arts at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste in Braunschweig, at first with Profs. Hermann Albert and Lienhard von Monkiewitsch, later with Prof. Karl Schulz and Prof. Malthe Sar- torius
1981 Was named master student by Prof. Malthe Sartorius • recipient of Rudolf-Wilke Prize of the City of Braunschweig
1982 Art Prize of the Lottogesellschaft Lower Saxony • Prize recipient
1983 Teaching position at HBK Braun- schweig • marries Brigitte Worbs sets up first studio in Bielefeld
1986– 1990 Teaching position at the Fach- hochschule Bielefeld, Department of Visual Communication
1987 Ebernburg Grant of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
1993 Supported by the Ministry of Cul- ture of the State of NRW • com- pletes many projects for museums in the following years • three museums in the Eastern Westphalia region simultaneously present overview of his work to date
1996 Receives travel stipend for Japan from the Goethe Institute Kansai
COLLECTIONS
Firm ADP, Espelkamp
Collection Ahlers, Hannover
Ralph Anstoetz, Bielefeld
Artothek, Bad Oeynhausen
Artothek, Bielefelder Kunstverein
Artothek, Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Bielefeld
Dr. Wilhelm Bender, Frankfurt a. M.
Susan & Terry Block, California / USA
Collection Klaus D. Brennecke, Berlin
Collection Chama, Munich
Collectione Cromosphère, Dueville / I
Contemporary Art Museum, Miami / USA
Giovanni Descher Wiedenbrück
Collection Dörenberg, Munich
German Fototage, Frankfurt a. M.
German Post Museum, Frankfurt a. M.
Collection Durchlaub, Bochum
Burkhard Eikelmann, Dusseldorf
Escada Middle East
Ecoveneta Collectione, Vicenca / I
Dr. Joachim Feldges, MunichSammlungsflügel, Nürnberg
Collection Cheerful, Zurich / CH
Collection Gebler, Hannover
Graphic Collection, Biberach
William J. Grusdat, Zurich / CH
Collection Hanning, Bielefeld
Collection Harting, Minden
Collection autumn, Rheinland
Herborn u. Breitenbach, Unna
Tommy Hilfiger Collection, Miami / USA
Collection Honsel, Boca Raton
Collection Hummel, Pirmasens
Herforder Kunstverein
Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto / USA
College of Fine Arts, Braunschweig
Hucke group Lübbecke
Collection Hummel, Pirmasens
Hyatt Hotel, Atlanta, Hamburg, MainzErwin Hymer Museum, Bad Waldsee
JAB Anstoetz group Bielefeld
Marie-Luise & Matthias Küper, Stuttgartcollection Kettler, Bönen Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld Kodama Collection, Osaka / JHeike and Adi Kraus, Frankfurt a. M. Dr.Petra Kolb students and Peter Kolb, Darmstadt
Collection Luley, Wellington / NZLNicolaus Leskovar, Vienna Bernd F. Lunkewitz, Berlin, Frankfurt a.M.
Collection Mang, Bodensee Fundacio Miro,Barcelona / E Lambert Monet, Palma de Mallorca / E Museum Liesborn Abbey,Liesborn Museum Ludwig, KoblenzMuseum of the Principality of LüneburgMuseum Minden collection C. flag,Switzerland Museum Oldenburg Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch Museum Würth,Künzelsau Museum Walter, Augsburg
Nikolaus Nadrag, Bielefeld Bernd Nunn,Munich
Oberhessisches Museum, castingcollection Sal. Oppenheim, Cologne, Berlin
Dr. Peters Group, Dortmund
Collection tab, Hamburg Family Dr. Andreas Röhrle, Schwabisch GmundRomano-Germanic Museum, Cologne
Collection Ströck, Vienna / A Sculpture Hall Basel, Basel / CH Sparkasse fretscollection G. Schroeder, Hannover Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Bielefeld Public Library, Herford City Braunschweig / Lower Saxony Collection Stender,Schermbeck collection Thomas Sommer,Obermichelbach Sullivan & Cromwell, Frankfurt a. M. , Chicago / USA
Hans-Gerd Tantius, Lübbecke
Collection Voith, Heidenheim Volksbank Bielefeld
Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburgcollection Udo Walz, Berlin collection Westerwelle, Weber, Bielefeld collection Wilden, Regensburg
Zeppelin Museum, FriedrichshafenCollection Nicholas Zoullas, New York / USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2016 Galerie Tantius, Lübbecke, 30 Years 30 Works
Herforder Kunstverein, Herford (K), Beneath the Surface
Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, What’s the Word?
Ludwig Museum, Koblenz (K), Beneath the Surface
Villa Friede, Bonn (K)
Galerie Dutoit, Unterentfelden/CH (K)
Galerie 2C for Art, Salzburg/A, Beneath the Surface
Galerie Eikelmann, Düsseldorf (K), The LV-Show
2015 Galerie Doris Hölder, Ravensburg (K), See you again
Arthus Galerie, Zell a.H., Heroes on Paper
Galerie Noah, Augsburg, Passion
Matthias Küper Galleries, Stuttgart, Recent Works
Galerie 2C for Art, Wien/A, One-Man-Show auf der Viennafair
Galerie Eikelmann, Art Fair Köln, A Tribute to Alex Katz
Galerie Schimming, Hamburg, Stories of the Future
Galerie Eikelmann, Pop Up-Galerie auf der Kö, Düsseldorf (K), One-Man-Show at Königsallee 27
Galerie Flügel, Nürnberg (K), Stories of the Future
2014 Galerie Terminus, München, State of Play
Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin, Spirit of Ecstasy
Galerie 2C for Art, Salzburg, Reset
Galerie Diede, Burg Brohl, State of Play
Hannover Gallery, Hannover, Have a Look
2012 Galerie Brennecke mit Ford Beckmann, Berlin
2012 Galerie von Stechow, Frankfurt
2012 Stadtmuseum Oldenburg, Oldenburg
2011 Campton Gallery, New York/USA
2011 Christian Hohmann Gallery, Palm Desert/USA (K)
2010 Matthias Küper Gallery (K), Beijing/CHN 2010 Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris/F mit Feng Zhengjie
2010 Galleria Palazzo Coveri, Florenz/I
2010 Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
2008 Hart Gallery, Palm Desert, USA
2007 Galerie Matthias Küper, Stuttgart
2007 Kunstverein Niebüll, Richard-Hainzmann-Museum, Niebüll
2006 Kunsthalle Neufer am Park, Pirmasens
2005 Kunstverein Herford (K)
2005 Die Galerie, Frankfurt a.M. (K)
2005 Burkhard Eikelmann, New York/USA (K)
2004 Kunstclub, Hamburg
2004 Decoya Contemporary, Seoul/ROK
2003 Instituto di Cultura Germanica, Bologna/I
2000 Galeria Monet Art Diffusion, Palma de Mallorca/E
2000 Palazzo Barbaran da Porto, Vicenza/I (K)
2000 Skulpturhalle, Basel/CH (K)
1997 Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln (K)
1997 Galerie Cachet, Wien/A
1996 Rijkers Art Diffusion, Amsterdam/NL
1996 Kodama Gallery, Osaka/J (K)
1992 Museum für das Fürstentum Lüneburg (K)
1987 Tact Gallery, Tokio/J (K)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Museum Ahrweiler, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Deutsche Pop Art
Arthus Galerie, Zell/Köln; Brennecke Fine Arts, Berlin; Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt, Art Karlsruhe
Galerie Terminus, München, Art Miami
Galerie Schimming, Hamburg
Galerie Terminus, München
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt, Art New York
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos/GR
Werkhallen, Remagen
2015 Galerie 2C for Art, Salzburg/A, Works on Paper
Galerie Terminus, München, Künstler der Galerie
Galerie Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Soul Kitchen
Palazzo Abrizzi, Venedig/I, Biennale Venedig
Galerie Terminus, München; Baker Sponder, Boca Raton/USA, Art Southhampton
Plakartive Bielefeld , Galerie Terminus, München
Art Fair Cologne
Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt; Brennecke Fine Arts, Berlin, Kunst Zürich
Richard-Haizmann-Museum Niebüll, Niebüll, Private Schätze
Galerie Terminus, Miami/USA; Galerie Schimming, Hamburg; Baker Sponder,
Boca Raton/USA, Art Miami
Galerie Hölder, Ravensburg
Städtische Galerie Lippstadt
2014 Arthus Galerie, Zell / Köln; Galerie Brennecke, Berlin; Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt,
›Art Karlsruhe‹
Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Dessert
Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, 30th anniversary
Galerie Roy, Zülpich, Neue Grafik
Galerie Terminus, München, Künstler der Galerie
Galerie Schimming, Hamburg, Skulpturen Kampus
2C for Art, Salzburg, Art Salzburg
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a.M., Art Fair 21
Galerie Eikelmann, Düsseldorf; Galerie Stechow, Frankfurt a.M.; Galerie Terminus, München; Arthus Galerie, Zell / Köln, Art Fair Köln
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Zürich 14
Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing
Werkhallen, Remagen, New Positions
Baker Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton, Think Pink
Galerie Flügel-Roncak, Nürnberg, Stories of the future
Galerie Terminus, München, Art Miami
2013 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M., ›Kunst Zürich 13‹, Zürich
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M., ›Art Fair‹ (mit Helle Jetzig), Köln
Galerie Terminus, München
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M., ›Art Wiesbaden‹, Wiesbaden
Galerie Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Kunstclub, Hamburg
Galerie Terminus, München, ›Expo Chicago‹, Chicago /USA
Commerzbank, Düsseldorf
Galerie Terminus, München; Galerie Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, ›Art Southampton‹, USA
Künstlerverein Walkmuehle, Wiesbaden, ›Die Leinwand des Leibes‹
Kunsthaus, Wiesbaden, ›Vielfalt‹,
Arthus Galerie, Zell / Köln, ›Cologne Paper Art‹, Köln
Arthus Galerie, Zell / Köln; Galerie Brennecke, Berlin; Galerie Barbara von Stechow,
Frankfurt, ›Art Karlsruhe‹
2012 Galerie Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Masterpieces
Galerie Hölder, Ravensburg
Galerie Terminus, München, Art Miami (USA)
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M.
Helle Jetzig + Heiner Meyer, Art Fair, Köln
Galerie Terminus, München, Art Fair, Köln
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
Galerie Terminus, München, Art Southhampton, Southhampton USA
Arthus Galerie, Köln
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M., KIAF, Seoul
Arthus Galerien Köln | Zell, Art Karlsruhe
Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco ,LA Art Show (USA)
2011 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M., Ausblick Rückblick
Galerie Terminus, München, Art Miami, (USA) und Art Fair, Köln
Galerie Terminus, München, Best of Galerie Terminus
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
Galerie Terminus, München
Arthus Galerie, Zell/Köln, Art Karlsruhe
Burkhard Eikelmann Gallery, Düsseldorf, Kunstmesse Düsseldorf
Galerie Terminus, Palm Beach (USA)
American International Fine Art Fair
Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco
Christian Hohmann Fine Arts, Palm Desert, LA Art Show (USA)
2010 Galerie Terminus, Palm Beach, Art Palm Beach (USA)
Hohmann Gallery & Caldwellsnyder, Los Angeles (USA), L.A. Art Show
Galerie Terminus, München, Art Miami (USA)
2009 Galerie Terminus, München, ART MIAMI
Die Galerie, Frankfurt, KIAF, Seoul (KOR)
Galerie Terminus, München, WORLD FINA ART FAIR, Salzburg (A)
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M., Art Chicago (USA)
2008 Galerie Terminus, München
Fine Art, West Palm Beach / FL (USA)
Galerie Terminus, München
Art Miami Beach, Miami, FL (USA)
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M.
Korea International Art Fair, KIAF 2008
Galerie Terminus, München
Korea International Art Fair, KIAF 2008
Galerie Eikelmann, Düsseldorf
PrintBasel 2008, Basel (CH)
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M.
Moscow World Art Fair, Moskau (RUS)
Galerie Arthus, Zell am Hamersbach, kunStart 08, in Bozen (I)
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M., Art Chicago, (USA)
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M.
The London Original Print Fair, London / UK
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M.
Art Paris
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf
bridgeArtFair New York 08, New York / USA
Galerie BRENNECKE, Berlin, art Karlsruhe, 2008
ARTHUS Galerie, Zell am Hammersbach, art Karlsruhe, 2008
Galerie Terminus, München
Fine Art, West Palm Beach / FL (USA)
The Hart Gallery, Palm Desert CA (USA)
Galerie Terminus, München
palmbeach 3, West Palm Beach / FL (USA)
2007 Avantgart Galerie Kreuzer & Roy, Heimbach, COLOGNE FINE ART 2007
ARTHUS Galerie, Zell am Harmersbach, Liste Berlin, 07
Avantgart Galerie Kreuzer & Roy, PRINTBASEL, 2007
25 Jahre Galerie ARTFORUM, Hannover, KUBUS Hannover
ARTHUS Galerie, Zell am Harmersbach, Liste Köln, 07
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M., artparis 07, Paris / F
Galleria ModenArte, Boca Raton (USA), Art Miami, 2007
Galerie Terminus, München, palmbeach 3, West Palm Beach, Florida/USA
2006 Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M., ArtCologne, Köln, Neue Arbeiten
Kunsthalle Luise in Kooperation mit der Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M. Korea International Art Fair 2006, Korea
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Moscow World Fine Art Fair, Russland
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M., artparis 06, Paris, Frankreich
Galerie Heidefeld, Krefeld, art Karlsruhe
Die Galerie, Frankfurt a. M., Cologne Fine Art
Galerie Terminus, München, palmbeach 3, West Palm Beach, Florida/USA

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