Simon Hemmer (1978 Cologne) graduated from the art academy in Dusseldorf where he was taught by Albert Oehlen (2002) and completed his training at De Ateliers in Amsterdam (2007). Hemmer has regularly exhibited both sculpture and � primarily � painting since 2002.
In 2007, Hemmer won the prestigious Dutch Royal Subsidy for Painting. Hemmer is represented in Germany by Galerie Anna Klinkhammer in Dusseldorf and Galerie Otto Schweins in Cologne.
In Fury, Hemmer�s latest solo exhibition, he presents a series of new paintings.
Hemmer�s work concentrates on the process of painting. Rather than offering us autobiographic expression, Hemmer engages in a dance of shapes and styles that reveal and celebrate the creative function of painting. At a dazzling pace and with an enviable virtuosity, Hemmer paints spaces, objects, grids and shapes that are never what they appear to be. In exposing the process of imagination and creation Hemmer flirts with traditional conventions of painting, turning them upside down and inside out.
Hemmer�s work is usually large scale. Shapes, spaces, elements of landscapes and grid motives are often his starting point, only to be painted over by purely abstract forms. The artist rarely allows a single individual element to dominate the composition. Rather, he draws us into the picture plane, letting our eyes roam freely about the canvas. Hemmer reveals the power of painting without pretention, without frills, without magic and with no covert mysteries or narratives.
Simon Hemmer 1978 Geboren in K�ln 1999 Studium Kunstakademie D�sseldorf 2000 Klasse Professor Dieter Krieg 2002 Klasse Professor Albert Oehlen 2005 Akademiebrief , Meistersch�ler 2005-2007 de Ateliers Amsterdam
2007 K�niglicher Preis f�r Malerei der Niederlande
Exhibitions
2002 "Klasse Dieter Krieg III", Galerie Tim Gierig , Frankfurt am Main (G) "F�r den Innenbereich", Klasse Krieg", Galerie Knecht , Karlsruhe (G) Kunstvereien Villa Streccius , Landau (G) "Graf & Hemmer", Galerie Klinkhammer und Metzner , D�sseldorf
2003 Springbrunnenwettbewerb , Mouson-Turm , Frankfurt a.M. (G) "je t`embrasse" (mit Manuel Graf) , Galerie Klinkhammer und Metzner , D�sseldorf
2004 "Angelus Novus" (mit Manuel Graf und Sebastian von Zons) , RuwittWeiss , D�sseldorf Panzer (mit Jan Meier) , K�ln Panzer , K�ln (G)
2005 "F�nf f�r K�ln" (mit Gerda Scheepers,Sarah Szczesny,Bernadette Mittrup und Jan Meier), Sch�ne Aussicht und Panzer , K�ln "Und das ist f�r immer", Anna Klinkhammer Galerie , D�sseldorf (E) "Regarding D�sseldorf", 701 e.V. , D�sseldorf (G) "Allen Sch�lern geht es gut", K�nstlerverein Malkasten , D�sseldorf (G) "tricky trixi�s Memory Book", Galerie Otto Schweins , K�ln (G) Ornella Bar , K�ln (E) "Unterm Wind", Klinkhammer Projekt , D�sseldorf (G) "unitded", PlainBar / de Player , Rotterdam (G)
2006 "das how do you do der Gef�hle" , Deck Galerie , Stuttgart (G) "Vergeht mir H�ren, Sehen und Denken" , Galerie Tedden , Kranhalle Oberhausen (G) "Alfa", Anna Klinkhammer Galerie , D�sseldorf (E) Schwarzweiss eins , Zimmerstra�e , D�sseldorf ; Maxim , K�ln ; Galerie Eva Bracke , Berlin (G) (mit Michael Bach und Andreas Sch�n) , Avantgart , Heimbach "Terrain Vague Wheely", Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (G) "Denkt Allen", 85Gallery , Antwerpen (G) "Teller und Unterschiebung"(mit Jan Meier,Gerda Scheepers und Lutz Driessen) , Acapulco, D�sseldorf (G)
2007 "The Big Hug Show" , De Ateliers, Amsterdam (G) "Offspring" , De Ateliers, Amsterdam (G) "The contented Heart" , W139 , Amsterdam (G) "wirklich sterben" , Anna Klinkhammer Galerie , D�sseldorf (E) The Royal Award for Painting 2007 , Gemeentemuseum , den Haag (G) "Watching the Detectives" , Meierhof projekte , D�sseldorf (G) contest art 10 , Hotel Andromeda , Oostende (G)
2008 "Nuovi Pittori Tedeschi" , Studio d'arte Cannaviello , Milano (G) "ROSE" , Galerie Otto Schweins , K�ln (E) "Fury" , Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries , Amsterdam (E)
E = Einzelausstellung (Solo Exhibition) G = Gruppenausstellung (Group Exhibition)