Heimo Zobernig
born 1958 in Mauthen (AT), lives and works in Vienna (AT)
About
- Heimo Zobernig works across different media, including painting, video, sculpture and architectural intervention. He often uses lapidary materials, such as industrial paints, cardboard, polystyrene or plywood.
- His paintings and sculptures reference the reduced visual vocabulary of 20th century art movements, like De Stijl, Constructivism and Zürcher Konkrete Kunst.
- He probes the visual language of geometric abstraction, turning minimalist ideals on their head and diluting aesthetic purism with a suggestion of functionality and décor.
- These works address the invisible social contract between people and objects and reverse the tendency to read art as a collective – rather than an individual – practice.
Lender
Simon Lee Gallery, London (UK) www.simonleegallery.com
Education
- 1977 - 80, BFA, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (AT)
- 1980 - 83 MFA, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna (AT)
Selected exhibitions
- 2019, Heimo Zobernig. Piet Mondrian: A Spatial Appropriation, Albertinum, Dresden (DE)
- 2019, Heimo Zobernig / VIDEO, Kunstbunker – Forum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Nuremberg (DE)
- 2016, Wood Painting, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, (SWE) Here and now in the Museum Ludwig, Cologne (DE)
- 2015, Heimo Zobernig, Kunsthaus Bregenz (AT) Austrian Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale, Venice (IT)
- 2014, Heimo Zobernig, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover (DE)
- 2011, Heimo Zobernig, ohne Titel (in red), Kunsthalle Zurich offsite, Museum Barengasse, Zurich (CH)
Artworks
Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm
Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2014 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm
Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2011 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm
Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm