Heiko Müller (artist)
Heiko Müller (born January 13, 1968 in Hamburg ) is a German artist .
life and work
Heiko Müller works as a freelance artist, but also works as a professional media designer and illustrator. In addition to his hometown, his work has been exhibited in New York , Los Angeles , Seattle , Chicago , Paris , St. Petersburg and Tartu , among others . He has also curated various exhibitions in Hamburg. He has a diploma in design from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences .
Heiko Müller's pictures deal with influences from fields as diverse as medieval icon painting , the painting of the Flemish and Dutch masters , folk art and contemporary comic art . His first major breakthroughs came with combinations of modern computer graphics and medieval Christian icons. His most recent works are close to the American lowbrow and pop surrealism scene.
Animal portraits with an eerie, apocalyptic mood are particularly characteristic of his current work. They often look like figures by Bosch or Brueghel in a modern version. In his own words he is “fascinated by the spiritual horror found in the works of the Old Masters. I'm trying to find out what happens when you combine that mood with the serene and harmless world of rural folk art. "
In the meantime Müller drew with crayons and pencils, developing special techniques to give the pictures the appearance of oil paintings. Then he returned to painting, preferably with oil and acrylic on paper and oil on canvas. His work is shown mainly in the USA and Europe.
Heiko Müller lives with his wife and two sons near Hamburg.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2001 “PXP-Guy presents: Black Lines”, Hinterconti Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
- 2004 "Legendae Aureae", German Cultural Institute, Tartu, Estonia
- 2009 "Stay Awake", Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- 2012 "Hunting Night and Day", Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- 2012 "Furtivos", etHALL, Barcelona, Spain
- 2013 "The Daily Mood of Heiko Müller", Alexandra Grass Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany
- 2013 "The Watching Hour", Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
- 2014 "Glades", Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
- 2016 “Uncurated by”, Galerie Pfundt, Berlin, Germany
- 2017 “Ghost Lights”, Herr Beinlich Contemporary Fine Art Space, Bielefeld, Germany
- 2018 "Hiding in the Gloam", Art Consortium, Braunschweig, Germany
- 2019 “Among the Shades”, Le Link Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 1997 “Young Hamburgers”, together with Henning Kles and Till Gerhard, Studio Galerie, Hamburg
- 1997 “Experiment Bilderbuch”, Oldenburg City Museum
- 2003 “Day of the Dead”, together with Henning Kles and Till Gerhard, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2005 "Territory # 4" Exhibition & Release Party, OFR Publications, Paris
- 2005 “Specialties”, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2006 "Visual Residue", CB's 313 Gallery, New York
- 2006 "Winged Doom vs. Reeperbahn Rumble ”, together with Marcus Schäfer, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2006 “Don't Wake Daddy”, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2007 "Charity by Numbers", Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA
- 2007 "Art Dorks Collective", Thinkspace Art Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2007 "Art Dorks Squared", The McCaig-Welles Gallery, New York
- 2008 "A Cabinet Of Natural Curiosities", Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle
- 2008 "Art Dorks Collective", DVA Gallery, Chicago
- 2008 “4 Faces of Foofaraw” together with Femke Hiemstra, Fred Stonehouse and Anthony Pontius, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2009 "Superschool" (curated by Lola), Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2009 “Boarding Gate” (curated by Alexandra Kollaros), K-art, Athens
- 2010 “Neo Fabulists” together with Atak, Femke Hiemstra, Fred Stonehouse and Ryan Heshka at Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2010 “Avalon Rising” together with Henning Kles and Till Gerhard, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2010 “Fantasilandia”, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea in Milan
- 2010 "Things To Come ...", Bold Hype Gallery, New York, NY
- 2011 "Dead wood" curated by Till Gerhard, Loyal, Malmö
- 2011 “DEAD_Lines”, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
- 2012 “Unnatural Natural History”, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
- 2012 “Suggestivism NYC”, Bold Hype Gallery, New York, NY
- 2013 “Suggestivism Rome”, MondoPOP Gallery, Rome
- 2013 "Art Dorks", space: eight, St. Augustine, FL
- 2014 “Little Big Web”, Galerie Ephémère, Thuin, Belgium
- 2014 “Mysterium Cosmographicum”, Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2015 "Between Worlds", Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2015 "Hieroglyphica" at Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2016 “The Hours of Silence”, Gallery House, Toronto
- 2016 "Eiko Borcherding & Heiko Müller", Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2017 "Something Strange In The Neighborhood" (curated by Roman Klonek), Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- 2017 "Coven", October 20, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo
- 2018 "Eiko Borcherding & Heiko Müller", Borssenanger Gallery, Chemnitz
- 2018 "Suggestivism: Resonance", Spoke Art, New York, NY
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Heiko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |