Helga Schmidhuber
When the gazes circle
Helga Schmidhuber often uses found objects from flora and fauna as a starting point for her sculptures and paintings, which she grows into ex- pansive installations. For this she creates collages from screens, taxidermy, skulls, sound, and the like. Painting is the main focus of her experimental, multimedia work. The elements of several overlapping layers of images come together to form a New Image. Again, the central motif is animals, not in their natural environment, but in an abstract, energetically charged field of tension. Does this show the threat or the auratic radiance of these individuals? This question remains open. The affinity to the animal world and to natural sciences has existed since Schmidhuber‘s childhood. According to Schmidhuber, many phenomena that exist in nature can be transferred to the conditions and realms of human existence.
Helga Schmidhuber
Exhibition (Selection / Soloshows)
2022
»IN POTENTIA«, AOA;87, Bamberg
»Eisvogel-Elixier«, Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh, Gütersloh, Germany
2021
»Palim Palim – Life is an Ocean«, Zug, Switzerland
»Inner Island – height of tide«, Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Hennef, Germany
2020
»Hans Platschek-Preis für Kunst und Schrift«, One-Artist-Show, Art Karlsruhe, Germany
»Die Stellung haltend«, Künstlerische Intervention, Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg, Germany
2019
»Lutra, Lontra & Lemuren«, Helga Schmidhuber, Kunsthaus Taunusstein, Germany
2018
»A Heady, Hefty Upload.«, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
»Petrichor – Neue Arbeiten«, Maurer Zilioli – Contemporary Arts, München, Germany
Exhibition (Selection / Groupshows once 2018)
2021
»GROSSE UMARMUNG MIT BLAUEN FLECKEN – BIG HUGGING WITH BRUISES«, Kunsthalle CCA, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2020
»Die absurde Schönheit des Raumes«, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
»Parallelwelten«, Collectors Room, Hamburg, Germany
2019
DISRUPTING IDENTITY @Gallery weekend 2019 # Berlin, Germany
2018
»Magie und Ritual«, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden – Rot, Germany
»Dark was the Night«, Kunstzentrum CCA, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
»FAN // Flowers, Animals, Nature«, AlsterKunstSalon, Hamburg, Germany
»hel5: RADICAL INK«, HORSTŸVAL, Bornsholm, Denmark
»MICROFICTION«, Büro Adalbert, Berlin, Germany
