Dominik Halmer

About

1978 born in Munich, Germany.

Lives and works in Berlin

The German artist Dominik Halmer deals with one basic question in his work: What is the reason for making a painting? Respectively: How can one deal with the overload of the surrounding world?

One approach is to follow the idea of organizing the chaos and imbalance of a world that constantly forces one to act. The painting grows while attempting to explain or depict abstract coherences, processes, situations in life. A whole vocabulary of symbols and signs is set up.

A second approach puts its focus on the simple, existential wish to fortify ones own being in the world. The painting looks for a strong pictorial presence that is meant to be a real part of the world itself instead of just being a reference to reality.

Thereby Halmers permanent concern is to highlight the active and projective aspect of perception. Revealing how strongly perception and meaning in general are dependent on conventions and education, he urges the viewer to make individual evaluations and to create sense in an active process.
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Location: Berlin, Germany
Website: http://www.dominikhalmer.com

Education

2008/2009
DAAD scholarship.
Academy of fine arts, Vienna/Austria; with Daniel Richter and Heimo Zobernig

2000-2006
studies at Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, with Peter Kleemann and Albert Oehlen, Master (Meisterschueler)

2003-2006
Scholarship by Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)

2005
Scholarship for New York City by Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

1998 - 2000
Humboldt Universitaet Berlin; Studies of philosophy and history of art

1995
University of California, Santa Barbara

Single exhibitions

2009
ZASS, Bro Adalbert, Berlin/New York

2005
"FOR SCHUR", acapulco artspace, Duesseldorf
(www.acapulco.li)

"Hergang Besch", Galerie upstairs-berlin, Berlin

Group exhibitions
2010
64.Bergische Kunstausstellung, Kunstmuseum Solingen7 Stdt.Galerie Remscheid

2009
"Letzter Tag vor Cern", Buero Adalbert, Berlin (www.bueroadalbert.de)

"Michael Phelps", ve.Sch, space for art, Vienna, Austria

2007
Der Pinselhieb der Natur oder die betrogene Flaeche, KIT (Kunsthalle), Duesseldorf

Art up, Schloss Burgau, Kunstfoerderverein Dueren

Nominees for the Koschatzky Art Award, Museum of modern art, Vienna, Austria

Royalbunker, Institut fuer zeitgenoessische Beobachtung, Vienna, Austria

2006
Wertheim, artspace, Berlin

Vergeht mir Hoeren, Sehen und Denken, Galerie Peter Tedden, Oberhausen

2005
Winterzauber, Galerie upstairs-berlin, Berlin

2004
mind over manner, Galerie Grimm/Rosenfeld, Munich

2003
Anual donation (Jahresgabe) to Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Muenster

Emprise Art Award, Museum Baden, Solingen
and
Emprise Art Award, NRW Forum fuer Kultur und Wirtschaft, Duesseldorf
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