Henning Wagenbreth
Henning Wagenbreth (* 1962 in Eberswalde ) is a German graphic artist and comic artist .
Life
Wagenbreth was born in Eberswalde in 1962. From 1982 to 1987 he studied in East Berlin at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee , where he graduated with a diploma. Since then he has been working as a freelancer, since 1994 also as a professor for illustration and graphic design in the visual communication course at the University of the Arts in Berlin .
In 1989, shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall , Wagenbreth founded the Berlin artist group “PGH Glowing Future” together with Anke Feuchtenberger , Holger Fickelscherer and Detlef Beck . The children's book Moon and Morning Star , which he illustrated , was awarded the title “Most Beautiful Book in the World” by the Book Art Foundation in 2000 . The stamp he designed was published on October 9, 2008: 100 Years of Motorized Flight in Germany - Hans Grade . His motif suggestion emerged as the winner of the 2008 Kiel Week 2009 poster design competition .
Works
Books
- Falling pennies. Asphalt haiku (text: Uli Becker ). Maro-Verlag, Augsburg 1993
- The polar explorer (Text: TC Boyle ). Maro-Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-87512-656-4
- Big mousetrap (text: Alfred Lichtenstein ). Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-359-00784-0
- Moon and morning star (Text: Wolfram Frommlet ). Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1999, ISBN 3-87294-784-2
- The secret of the island of St. Helena . Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-7632-6020-X
- Cry for Help: 36 Scam Emails from Africa . Gingko Press, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 1-58423-245-5
- Walls: ten stories to overcome (Ed .: Michael Reynolds). Publishing house Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941087-69-9
- Honky Zombie Tonk. The blue ghosts of New Orleans . Edition Büchergilde, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-86406-026-7
Exhibitions (selection)
- Paris: La Vilette, L'autre Allemagne hors les murs , 1990
- Berlin, Galerie am Chamissoplatz, “PGH Glowing Future” 1991, with Feuchtenberger , Fickelscherer and Detlef Beck
- Berlin: Gallery Wohnmaschine, 1992
- Hanover, Wilhelm Busch Museum, “PGH Glowing Future” 1995, with Feuchtenberger , Fickelscherer and Detlef Beck
- Reutlingen: Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, 1997 ( scratched up with, among others, Feuchtenberger , Fickelscherer and Ott )
- Chaumont, France, solo exhibition of theater posters at the “Festival internationale d'affiche et du graphisme”, 1997
- Brussels, La Cambre, 1999
- Paris, Librairie “Un regard modern”, 2002
- New York, "New German Illustration", Deutsches Haus, 2003
- Halle / Saale, “tobot-automated illustration systems” at the “Comic meets Theater” festival, 2006
- Istanbul, Goethe-Institut, 2006
- Lucerne, “tobot-automated illustration systems” at the “Fumetto” comic festival, 2008
- New York, New York Times Gallery, 2008
- Johannesburg, Gallery Art on Paper, 2009 (with Anton Kannemeyer and Conrad Botes)
- Naples, Hde Gallery, 2009
- Rome, Goethe-Institut, 2009
literature
- R. Fischbacher: Berlin figurations - about the graphic artist and illustrator Henning Wagenbreth . In: " Strapazin ", Issue 51, No. 2/1998, ISSN 1424-2575 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Henning Wagenbreth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Henning Wagenbreth
- Information about Wagenbreth at the Goethe Institute
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagenbreth, Henning |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist and comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eberswalde |