Harding Meyer

Brazilian

Harding Meyer was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1964. He studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Karlsruhe, Germany from 1987-1993. He currently lives and works in Berlin and Karlsruhe.

The main subject in Harding Meyer’s work is his intensive pursuit of the artistic rendering of the human face. The subtle differences in the artistic realisation of each single motif are indicative of this intensive preoccupation. The faces which serve as the basis of most of Harding Meyer´s paintings, are originally taken from the media. Catalogues and magazines, movies and television are the pool from which the painter serves himself. Out of this flood of images Harding Meyer isolates the faces – which is in itself already a significant act. The face, which like no other part of the body conveys the individuality of a person, is brought back from mass medial use into a context of individual impact.

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Galerie Jahn, Landshut
Galerie Frey, Vienna, Austria
2018 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto
2017 Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Frey, Vienna, Austria
2016 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
2015 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto
2014 Galerie Frey, Vienna Austria
Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
2013 Galerie Ilka Klose, Wurzburg, Germany
KATARA Doha, Qatar
2012 Galerie Frey, Salzburg, Germany
Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Ross + Ross, Stuttgart, Germany
2011 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Frey, Wien, Austria
Kunstverein Emsdetten, Germany
Galerie Lausberg, Toronto
2010 Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner, Berlin, Germany
2009 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
Volta6, Basel Galerie Jarmuschek + Partner
2008 Galerie Lausberg, Toronto
Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner, Berlin, Germany
Gallerie Verrengia, Salerno, Italy
2007 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Frey, Wien, Austria
Galerie Lausberg, Toronto
2006 Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner, Berlin, Germany
Roberta Lietti Arte Contemporanea, Como, Italy
2005 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
2003 James Coleman Gallery, London, England
2002 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Jahn, Landshut, Germany
2001 Kunstraum 34, Stuttgart, Germany
2000 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany

Group Exhibitions 

2019 Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
2017 Musée Würth France Erstein
2016 Galerie Frey, Salzburg Austria
2014 Galerie Frey, Salzburg, Austria
Punto sull`Arte, Varese, Italy
Galerie Frey, Vienna, Austria
2013 Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin, Germany
Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
2012 Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, Belgium
Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Germany
Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Frey, Salzburg, Austria
2011 Galerie Lausberg, Toronto
Berlin Art Projects-Showroom, Germany
2009 Stadtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Germany
2008 Palazzo Ducale, Genua, Italy
2007 58 Premio Michetti, Palazzo San Domenico, Museo Michetti, Italy
2005 Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004 Galerie Judith Walker, Weizelsdorf/Rosental, Austria
2003 Galerie Assiociative Europeene de la Photographie et de la video, Strassbourg, France
Mario Sequeira Gallery, Braga, Portugal
Spirale Arte, Milano, Italy
Galleria Roberta Lietti, Como, Italy
2002 Galerie fur zeitgenossische Kunst, Krefeld, Germany
2001 Galerie Damasquine & Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Christa Burger, Munich, Germany
Galerie Jahn, Landshut, Germany
2000 Galerie Assiociative Europeene de la Photographie et de la Video, Strassbourg, France

Education

1987-93 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany