Heiner Meyer

Heiner Meyer

Heiner Meyer (born October 9, 1953 in Bielefeld ) is a German Pop Art artist and sculptor.

Life

Meyer was born to the Bielefeld hotelier Günther Meyer and his wife Gertrude. He became interested in art and started painting himself. In 1972 he had his first solo exhibition at the Bernhard Hüning gallery in Münster. This was followed by stays in London and Cadaqués in 1973 and 1974 . In Cadaqués Meyer was an assistant to Salvador Dalí .

In 1977 Meyer began studying fine arts at the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts , where he was made a master class student in 1981. A year later he was the winner of the Art Prize of the Lower Saxony Lottery Society. In 1983 Meyer was given a teaching position at the Braunschweig University of Art. In the same year he married Brigitte Worbs, with whom he has three children. He set up his first own studio in Bielefeld.

From 1986 to 1990 he taught at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences in the field of visual communication. In 1987 he received the Ebernburg grant from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

From 1993 he was funded by the Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1996 Heiner Meyer received a travel grant for Japan from the Goethe-Institut Kansai. In 2004 Meyer moved into a larger studio, in which he still works today. His works have been shown in 100 exhibitions, including trade fairs in Seoul, Paris, Miami Beach, Bologna and Chicago.

The artist lives in Bielefeld. Works by Meyers are u. a. owned by the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig, Fundació Miró, Barcelona / E, Deutsches Postmuseum, Frankfurt / M., Contemporary Art Museum, Miami / USA, Museum for the Principality of Lüneburg, Lüneburg and Collection of German Photo Days, Frankfurt.

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Meyer's current works are part of Pop Art . Earlier pictures by Heiner Meyers show women like Aphrodite , Hera , Athene and figures from the ancient world of gods and legends. He then painted divas, vamps, stars, starlets and pin-ups , as well as Grace Kelly , Liz Taylor , Jacqueline Kennedy, Penélope Cruz , Paris Hilton , Victoria Beckham , Heidi Klum .

The works of the Bielefeld artist often show opposing elements. He occasionally combines the representational and the abstract as well as different techniques by combining painting with photography . This aspect becomes clear in his series "Reloaded". A picture by the artist usually includes a pretty, mostly scantily clad woman, a luxurious car, elements from the casino world such as dice, playing cards and chips, diamonds, designer pumps or other luxurious items, cartoon characters, flowers , chocolates, elegant lettering, Promotional items or slogans, strong colors and elements such as dots, balloons, speech or soap bubbles.

Sculptures

Meyer also designed and designed sculptures and bronzes . As in painting, he initially dealt with ancient sculpture and architecture . In his paintings and also in the form of sculpture, the painter and sculptor shows rudiments of monuments drawn by time , which have lost their original context and have lost their genuine function.

Today the themes of his work as a sculptor have changed and developed alongside the change in art . Like his paintings, his sculptures and bronzes belong to the genre of Pop Art . Works include, for example, a bronze from Hermés' Birkin Bag with the title "Most wanted". Another project are Meyer's Botox boxes, a screen print on wood with the botox motif.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2018 : Galerie 2C for Art, Salzburg : "Lost and Found", Galerie Terminus, Munich : "Delightful", Galerie Brennecke, Berlin : "Ten Years Superstition"
• 2017 : Galerie Schimmig, Hamburg and Museum Abteil Liesborn: "Beneath the Surface", Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main : "Gloss Up", Burg Vischering, Lüdinghausen: "Pop Art Dialog - Beckman + Meyer"
• 2016 : Museum Ludwig , Koblenz: "Beneath the Surface", Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin: "What's the World?", Galerie Dutoit, Unterentfelden: "Paintings & Sculptures"
• 2015 : Galerie Frank Fluegel, Nuremberg : "Heiner Meyer - Stories of the Future", Galerie 2C for Art, Vienna : One-Man-Show at the Viennafair; Galerie Eikelmann, Art Fair Cologne: "A Tribute to Alex Katz"
• 2014 : Hannover Gallery, Hannover : "Have a Look", Galerie Terminus, Munich: "State of Play", Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin : "Spirit of Ecstasy"
• 2013 : Baker Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton / USA: "Paintings", Klettgau Gallery, Klettgau: "State of Play", Doris Hölder Gallery, Ravensburg : "Have a Look"
• 2012 : Museum Horst Jansen, Oldenburg : "Private Eyes", Campton Gallery New York / USA: Recent Works, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main : "Just Made"
• 2011 : Kunstclub Hamburg, Hamburg : "Showtime", Christian Hohmann Fine Art, Palm Desert : New Works, Galerie Terminus, Munich : "Privat Eyes"
• 2010 : Galerie Noah , Augsburg : "Süße", Galerie Getreidegasse, Salzburg : "Déjà-Vu", Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris : Feng Zhengjie & Heiner Meyer "East meets West through Pop Art"
• 2009 : Galerie Mathias Küper, Stuttgart : "Déjà-Vu", Kunsthalle, Gießen : "Déjà-Vu" - Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris
• 2008 : Galleria Palazzo COVERI, Firenze , Kultur Raum / Galerie Speyer, Speyer, ModenArte, Modena
• 2007 : Kunstclub Hamburg, Hamburg : "Déjà-Vu", Galerie Ranalter, Innsbruck : "Reloaded", Galerie Eikelmann, Düsseldorf , at the "bridgeArtFair", London
• 2006 : Kunsthalle Neuffer im Park, Pirmasens , Kunsthalle Neuffer im Park, Pirmasens (in cooperation with Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf), Galerie Dr. Ulrike Hamm, Bissendorf: Pictures and bronzes "SehSuchten"
• 2005 : Herford Art Association, Herford : “Glamor”, Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main : “In Couples”, Art Space Santorini : Works on antiquity
• 2004 : Galerie Terminus, Munich : "Glamor", Decoya Contemporary, Seoul : painting, arke gallery, Dortmund : pictures and bronzes
• 2003 : Historic Petrihaus in the Brentanopark, Frankfurt-Rödelheim: “Dialoge”, Academic Art Museum, Bonn : “Still Familiar - Prussian Princesses of Schadow”, City-Hotels Berlin , Künstlerheim-Luise: Design of an artist's room
• 2002 : Museum for Casts of Classical Image Works , Munich , Beelte-Preyer Gallery, Münster, Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main

Publications (selection)

• "Lost and Found": Catalog for the exhibition of the same name, publisher: Galerie Diede
• "Design meets Art": exhibition catalog, publisher: Burkhard Eikelmann Galerie
• "Heroes in Paper": Editions 1–5
• "Summer of Sweets": Catalog for the exhibition, publisher: Galerie Terminus Munich
• "Beneath the Surface": Publisher: Beate Reifenscheid, Museum Ludwig June 2016 ISBN 978-987-3-86206-580-6
• Edition SchöneBucher, editor: Hartmut Kettler, September 2014 ISBN 978-3-86206-416-8
• "State of Play": Published by Kettler Verlag Bönen with texts by Charles Rump and Eberhard Stosch, ISBN 978-3-86206-290-4
• "Private Eyes": Editor: Dr. Friedrich Scheele, published by DruckVerlag Kettler, Bönen, ISBN 978-3-86206-108-2
• "Déjà-Vu": Catalog for the exhibition in the Kunsthalle Giessen and in the Galerie Terminus, Munich, published by Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2009 ISBN 978-3-86678-262-4
• "Something to remember" by Michael Stöber (author): Catalog for the opening of the exhibition Heiner Meyer: "Something to remember" in the Richard Haizmann Museum, Niebüll 2007 ISBN 300023084X
• "Reloaded": On the occasion of the exhibition "Heiner Meyer: New Works", 2006 in Galerie Terminus, Munich, published by Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2006

Web links

• Literature by and about Heiner Meyer in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://www.heiner-meyer.de
• Interview with Heiner Meyer