Dirk Hupe (artist)

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Dirk Hupe (* 1960 in Essen ) is a German artist and lecturer . He lives and works in the Ruhr area.

Life

Dirk Hupe studied German literature and philosophy at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf from 1980 to 1986 . He then studied communication design at the University of Duisburg-Essen and graduated in 1990 as a qualified designer in painting and photography; From 1993 to 1994 he stayed at the Artez Hogeschool voor de kunsten Arnhem with a DAAD annual scholarship and in 1994 he completed the post-graduate examination at the Arnhem studios. In the past few years he has taught at the University of Essen, later at the University of Duisburg-Essen, the University of Witten / Herdecke and at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund . In the course of his artistic career he has received grants, art prizes and grants and was last artist in residence at the University of Witten / Herdecke in 2010 .

Exhibitions in museums, art associations, multimedia festivals and galleries have been shown in Europe, Japan, China, Russia, Korea and New Zealand, among others. His installations, pictures and objects are in numerous public and private collections. He participated in Art Cologne Cologne, Contemporary Art Ruhr Essen, Art Karlsruhe, InterArt Moscow and the Salon du Printemps Luxenbourg.

In 2017 he showed works from three decades in his studio.

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“Here visitors come across strange signs! When visiting Dirk Hupe's studio in the back courtyard on Ückendorfer Straße, the visitor sees a lot of enigmatic writings on the wall like King Belshazzar once did with his biblical menetekel. Here as there, the signs of the times can hardly be deciphered and yet have a deep meaning: They open up language and color spaces. "

- Elisabeth Höving in WAZ September 23, 2017

Dirk Hupe's art is shaped by the preoccupation with writing, which runs through his entire work. The appearance and materiality of the letters are just as important as the content of what is written, which is sometimes barely recognizable without disappearing completely. His works include images, objects, installations and computer works that are shaped by the examination of the materiality of the writing and the written support and by the investigation of how meanings are preserved, fragmented or become mere traces through the displacements, refractions and alienations of the material .

The painterly gestures that can be found in early works have receded over the years in favor of the use of processed print and an emphasis on the different materials - paint, paper, glass, metal, silicone, etc. - themselves. The object-like nature of these works is pervaded by medial refractions, for example through the use of computer projections and copying processes in the manufacturing process. The technical dimension of the production of picture objects and other forms of representation, the preoccupation with art historical models and with literary and philosophical texts, of which only traces remain, and the subject of writing and its legibility are of equal importance.

His installations deal with the specific circumstances of the respective rooms (in addition to galleries and museums, churches, administrative buildings, etc.) and intervene in them, often using industrially produced materials.

In more recent works a return of the painterly and writing gesture can be observed, which leads to a new form of expression. It appears both as an independent form on canvas and in the form of overpainting.

Studies / teaching assignments (selection)

  • 1980–1986: Studies at the Philosophical Faculty University of Düsseldorf
  • 1986–1990: Study of communication design at the University of GH-Essen, formerly Folkwang, degree: Diplom-Design u. a. at Laszlo Lakner
  • 1994: Post-academic exam Ateliers Arnhem (hogeschool voor den kunsten)
  • 1997–2008: Lecturer at the University of Essen and at the University of Witten / Herdecke
  • 2011–2012: Lecturer at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Department of Design
  • 2012–2014: Lecturer at the Luisenschulen high school in Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • since 2014: Lecturer at the Willy Brandt Comprehensive School in Mülheim an der Ruhr

Scholarships / Art Awards (selection)

  • 1993–1994 DAAD annual scholarship, Netherlands
  • 1998 Märkisches scholarship for fine arts
  • 1997–1999 studio and work grant from the Sutter Group
  • 2000 scholarship from the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Künstlerhaus Eckernförde
  • 2001 1st prize, 2001 art prize of the Vestische Künstlerbund Recklinghausen
  • 2005 1st prize, art prize of the Ev. Churches in Essen
  • 2010–2011 “Artist in Residence” at the University of Witten-Herdecke in the Fundamentals course
  • 2011 2nd place, art in architecture competition, Kassel (Martinskirche)
  • 2013 1st place, art in architecture competition, Lutherkirche / Lutherplatz, Kassel and realization 

Solo exhibitions / group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2020 Gallery Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen (G)
  • 2020 Marburg Art Association (G)
  • 2019 Gallery Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen (E)
  • 2019 Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal (new acquisitions ...)
  • 2017 Association for Current Art Ruhr Area eV Oberhausen (G)
  • 2016 Gallery Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen (E)
  • 2015 Art Church Bochum, Bochum (E)
  • 2015 pro arte | Ulmer Kunststiftung, Ulm (together with Birte Horn)
  • 2014 "Ruhr - Art - Scene", Kunsthalle Recklinghausen "Ruhr - Art - Scene", Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (G)
  • 2014 Museum Kalkar, Kalkar (E)
  • 2012 Casper Ludwig Friedrich Opländer Foundation, Dortmund / Beijing (G)
  • 2011 Märkisches Museum Witten (E)
  • 2009 Galerie Heimeshoff, Roger Schimanski, Essen (E)
  • 2008 Kunstverein Rhein-Sieg, Siegburg (E)
  • 2007 Art Association Bruchsal, Bruchsal (E)
  • 2007 Art Association Gelsenkirchen eV, Gelsenkirchen (G)   
  • 2007 Art Association Bruchsal, Bruchsal (E)
  • 2005 City gallery in the Elbeforum Brunsbüttel, Brunsbüttel
  • 2005 Art Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr (In der Alten Post), Mülheim adR, (E)
  • 2005 Heimeshoff Gallery, Essen (E)
  • 2004 Museum Folkwang, EKK, Essen (G)
  • 2002 Association for Current Art, Oberhausen (E)
  • 1999 Museums of the City of Lüdenscheid, Lüdenscheid (E)
  • 1999 City Gallery Gladbeck, Gladbeck (E)
  • 1998 Museum Bochum, Bochum (E)
  • 1997 Wrexham Arts Center, Wrexham, Great Britain (G)
  • 1996 Les Brasseurs, Liège / Belgium (G)
  • 1995 Henn Gallery, Maastricht / NL (G)
  • 1992 Gallery Schütte, Essen (G)
  • 1991 Leuchter Gallery, Düsseldorf (E)
  • 1991 Painting and book objects , Kunsthaus Essen, Essen (E)
  • 1989 Class Lazlo Lakner, Heimeshoff Gallery, Essen (G)
  • 1988 Prize for Young European Photographers, Museum Ludwig, Cologne (G)
(G) = group exhibition; (E) = solo exhibition

Works in public collections (selection)

Trade fair participation (selection)

Catalogs (selection)

  • dirk hupe, "... the beastly theory of images and signs ..." Druckverlag Kettler, Dortmund 2016.
  • dirk hupe, "... the beastly theory of types ..." Druckverlag Kettler, Dortmund 2014, ISBN 978-3-86206-406-9 .
  • dirk horn, lists outlines. Druckverlag Kettler, Dortmund 2011, ISBN 3-8620-6073-X .
  • dirk horn, cut ups: distortions. Druckverlag Kettler, Dortmund 2010, ISBN 3-8620-6114-0 .
  • dirk horn, language areas. Druck und Verlag Niessen, 1998, ISBN 3-9313-2614-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kunstgebiet.ruhr Accessed on April 5, 2019
  2. ^ Elisabeth Höving: artist shows signs on the wall. In: WAZ. September 23, 2017, accessed April 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Petra Gehring: Silent trace, powerful colors, black communication In: dirk hupe, ver-beschierungen outlines , Dortmund (Kettler printing company) 2011, pp. 102-111
  4. ↑ Christian Grüny: dirk hupe - directories, spaces, cut-ups In: dirk hupe: samuel beckett and me , Dortmund 2011, pp. 6-16
  5. ↑ dirk hupe: "... the beastly theory of images and signs ..." , Dortmund 2016
  6. ^ Gallery Frank Schlag & Cie. Retrieved November 27, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ KICK - Art in Christ-King: a thousand empty promises. Retrieved November 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Horn, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Essen , Federal Republic of Germany