Gerhard Birkhofer

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Gerhard Birkhofer (born May 6, 1947 in Ravensburg ) is a German artist. He works as a freelance sculptor , painter and designer . He has written numerous specialist books in the field of art education and was an art lecturer at the Freiburg University of Education .

Life

From 1971 to 1974 Gerhard Birkhofer studied art and German at the University of Education in Freiburg and from 1982 to 1990 art history at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg with Erik Forssman and Jürg Meyer zur Capellen. From 1986 to 1994 Birkhofer was 1st Chairman of the State Association of Visual Artists Baden-Wuerttemberg (BBK) and worked in this role in the Image Commission on Concept 88 for the ZKM Karlsruhe . In 1990, Birkhofer co-founded the artist group “constructive art on the upper Rhine”.

Since 1982 he has taught in the art department at the Institute of the Arts in the fields of specialist science, specialist didactics and specialist practice with a focus on sculpture and graphics . He has written numerous books on the practice of printmaking as well as textbooks for art classes.

He has had solo exhibitions and participations in exhibitions since he began his artistic career in 1976. Numerous works can be found in museums, public and private collections and in public spaces. The first book publications on the subject didactics of art appeared in 1978 by Ravensburger Buchverlag. Birkhofer has been editor of the periodical art lessons (ALS-Verlag, Dietzenbach) since 1979. His publications on elementary education have been published since 1999.

Gerhard Birkhofer lives and works in Gottenheim am Tuniberg, where his daughter Angela runs a gallery.

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Gerhard Birkhofer: "shadow", 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 60 cm.
Gerhard Birkhofer: Gottenheimer water sculpture, tags, 2002. Acrylic glass, 320 cm × 250 cm × 250 cm
Gerhard Birkhofer: Gottenheimer water sculpture, at night, 2002. Acrylic glass, 320 cm × 250 cm × 250 cm
Gerhard Birkhofer: Steles 1995. Stainless steel, each 340 × 40 × 40 cm

Gerhard Birkhofer is concerned with geometric-constructive art. He uses stainless steel and iron for sculptures. In 2002 the Gottenheim water sculpture was designed and made by the artist Gerhard Birkhofer. As a painter and sculptor of geometric works, he has had numerous exhibitions in the USA and European galleries.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2000: Merrick Gallery St. Petersburg, USA
  • 2001: Duncan Gallery, DeLand , USA
  • 2003: Galerie Hunziker, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2003: LOG Gallery Marburg, Germany
  • 2006: Space encounters , Kunsthalle Marburg , Germany
  • 2007: Gallery K. in the House of Modern Art, Staufen im Breisgau , Germany
  • 2014: Geometry of Time , Kunsthalle Marburg , Germany
  • 2017: Reflections , House of Modern Art, Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
  • 2018 CIENIE I REFLEKSY, Galeria Delfiny, Warsaw, Poland

Works in collections

Literature (selection)

  • Gerhard Birkhofer, Walter Pils, Erwin Roth: Plexiglas for handicraft and art lessons: Documentation e. Student competition works u. Design with plexiglass . Röhm, Darmstadt 1982.
  • Gerhard Birkhofer, Hubert Sonner: Linocut . Ravensburger Buchverlag G, Ravensburg 1983, ISBN 978-3-473-61261-1 .
  • Gerhard Birkhofer, Hubert Sonner: Etching, aquatint and other two-dimensional processes . Ravensburger Buchverlag G, Ravensburg 1984, ISBN 978-3-473-61263-5 .
  • Max Ackermann, Gerhard Birkhofer: Catalog for the exhibition Ascona, Galleria Sacchetti . Galleria Sacchetti, Ascona 1990.
  • Gerhard Birkhofer: The assembly principle . Ed .: Ingrid Kreide. ALS, Dietzenbach 1993, ISBN 978-3-89135-026-3 .
  • Gerhard Birkhofer: The phenomenon of color . Ed .: Ingrid Kreide. ALS, Dietzenbach 1995, ISBN 978-3-89135-045-4 .
  • Gerhard Birkhofer: The perspective representation: Basics (ALS work folder) . Ed .: Ingrid Kreide. ALS, Dietzenbach 1995, ISBN 978-3-89135-048-5 .
  • Gerhard Birkhofer, Michael Klant: Practice Art - Secondary Level II: Practice Art: Plastic . Schroedel Verlag GmbH, Cologne 1997, ISBN 978-3-507-10235-4 .
  • Gerhard Birkhofer: Gravure . Ravensburger, Ravensburg 1996, ISBN 978-3-473-48384-6 .
  • Gerhard Birkhofer: Gravure . Christophorus Verlag, Rheinfelden 2007, ISBN 978-3-8388-3009-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Foundation & History | ZKM. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ I'm not copying anything ( memento of the original from October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gottenheim.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 173 kB) . Gerhard Birkhofer from Gottenheim is an artistic all-rounder… . In: Badische Zeitung of July 5, 2003
  3. ^ ArtFacts.net: Gerhard Birkhofer. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Weekend: More galleries, art lovers walk the walk. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  5. ^ Mary Ann Marger: More galleries, art lovers walk the walk. In: www.sptimes.com (St. Petersburg Times, Weekend Online). October 12, 2000, accessed February 13, 2018 .
  6. ^ House of Modern Art. Exhibitions. In: artfacts.net. Retrieved February 13, 2018 .
  7. ^ Anne Freyer: Reflections by an extremely creative artist. House of Modern Art is showing works by Gerhard Birkhofer on the occasion of his 70th birthday. In: www.badische-zeitung.de. May 16, 2017, accessed February 13, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Messmer Collection ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunsthallemessmer.de
personal data
SURNAME Birkhofer, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravensburg