Axel Heil

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Axel Heil (right) with Uwe Lindau in the Stadtgalerie Markdorf

Axel Heil (* 1965 in Karlsruhe ) is a German artist . He lives in Karlsruhe and Basel , main focus: mixed media.

education

Axel Heil studied from 1984 to 1990 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe with Professors Harry Kögler and Helmut Dorner. From 1988 to 1994 he studied ethnology and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg . From 1990 to 1992 he was a master class student with Professor Max Kaminski.

Awards, grants and curatorial activities

  • 1986: Guest curator: Museum of the City of Pforzheim, "African Art from South German Private Ownership"
  • 1987: Sponsorship award from the city of Karlsruhe
  • 1989: until 1990 scholarship from the Franco-German Youth Office (DFJW) at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
  • 1990: Founding of the "Institute for the observation of the indispensable"
  • 1992: Moninger Prize, Karlsruhe
  • 1993: Erasmus scholarship at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldenden Kunsten, The Hague
  • 1994: Munich Prize for Young Artists
  • 1994–1995: Graduate scholarship from the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • 1995: Guest curator Bielefelder Kunstverein, "Asger Jorn - Choreography of the Moment"
  • 1995: Guest curator: Galerie Margit Haupt, Karlsruhe, "Permanent Vacation"
  • 1995–1996: Scholarship Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
  • 1996: Guest curator Society of Friends of Young Art Baden-Baden eV, "Fink Ossi" "Till Freiwald" "Felix Droese" "Christof Kohlhofer" "Ü-Ei"
  • 1996: Guest curator at the State Art Gallery Baden-Baden, "Black Magic Woman"
  • 1997: Grant from the Borealis Compensation Fund Basel for New York
  • 1997–1999: Guest curator: Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, "YET on the other hand"
  • 2000: Guest curator at the Skulpturhalle Basel, "Transarcadia revisited"

Teaching activities

From 2000 to 2001, Heil took on a guest professorship for writing at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, and in 2001 he was visiting professor at the Free Art Academy in Mannheim . Since 2002 he has been Professor of Experimental Transfer Methods and Writing at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2001
    • Axel Heil / John M. Armleder - 20:21 Galerie Edition Kunsthandel GmbH, Essen
  • 2005
    • Ratatouille - 20:21 Galerie Edition Kunsthandel GmbH, Essen
    • Revisited - Galerie Margit Haupt, Karlsruhe
  • 2008
    • Once in a lifetime - formalism today - Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe
    • once in a lifetime - Mayerei, Karlsruhe
    • Clinch / Cross / Cut - Team 404 & John Armleder - New Jerseyy, Basel
    • Paul Thek: Work exhibition in the context of contemporary art - Falckenberg Collection - Phoenix Art Cultural Foundation, Hamburg
    • Introspetive into a decade - Galerie Marie-José van de Loo, Munich
  • 2009
    • Borderline Pleasure - Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe
    • Borderline Pleasure - Galerie Michael Janssen - Berlin, Berlin
    • If I Was the Cousin of My Mother's Sister's Son - Gallery Bar, New York City , NY

Publications (selection)

  • The Japanese experience inevitable, Hatje Cantz, 2002
  • Uwe Lindau, on a meteor through space, Museum Schloss Ettlingen , 2003
  • Moving Energies 1-3, Museum Folkwang Essen , 2003
  • Marianna Gartner, 20:21 Editions, 2004
  • Masahiko Kuwahara, a world out of joint, Tomio Koyama, Tokyo, 2004
  • Jason Rhoades, My Madinah, Silverbridge, Paris
  • The book for the 150th anniversary. The history of the Kunstakademie Karlsruhe in pictures and texts.

Web links

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  1. ↑ Harry Kögler
  2. ↑ Max Kaminski
personal data
SURNAME Hail, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe