Henrik Eiben

Henrik Eiben (* 1975 in Tokyo ) is a German draftsman , painter and sculptor .

life and work

Henrik Eiben was born in Japan to German parents. He studied from 1997 to 2002 at the AKI in Enschede and in 2001 completed a semester abroad at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore . From 2002 to 2004 he continued his studies at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe with Silvia Bächli .

Henrik Eiben creates works through varied uses and combinations of different fabrics with other materials that question our usual patterns of perception.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

• 2014: The way of folding : Society for Art and Design , Bonn (together with Barbara Rosengarth)
• 2015: Double Trouble , Neuer Kunstverein Gießen , Gießen
• 2016: Lush Life , Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg
• 2018: Kunstraum Potsdam c / o Waschhaus, Potsdam

Group exhibitions

• 2008: We call it Hamburg , Kunstverein in Hamburg , Hamburg

• 2011: By line and thread , Kunstverein Kunsthaus Potsdam , Potsdam
• 2014: Living with Art - Part 2 (exhibition of the Weishaupt Collection), Kunsthalle Weishaupt , Ulm,
• 2017: Artists ' rooms , Weserburg Museum for Modern Art , Bremen

literature

• Clemens von Lucius (Ed.): Henrik Eiben: Fab Lab , Kerber, Bielefeld, 2016 ISBN 978-3-7356-0206-0

Web links

• Website Henrik Eiben
• Henrik Eiben Art Forum
• Deutschlandfunk Kultur on July 7, 2019 Hour 1 Laboratory: A visit to Henrik Eiben in Hamburg "Art is food for the soul"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kulturograf visit to Henrik Eiben's studio , accessed on June 10, 2018.
2. ↑ Artist, Issue 81 Henrik Eiben , accessed on June 10, 2018.
3. ↑ Kunstverein Buchholz Henrik Eiben ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 10, 2018. 
4. ↑ Anne Katrin Fessler: Henrik Eiben: The eye school of the eye-pleaser . In: Der Standard from February 28, 2016, accessed June 10, 2018
5. ↑ Internet site artist rooms, Weserburg Museum