Discover the contemporary work of Josef Hirthammer

Josef Hirthammer (*1951 in Bad Reichenhall) studied in Munich and lives and works in Fürth. He has been working freelance for over 40 years and is a very committed and productive artist; he says of himself: "Not a day goes by when I don't create art, because art is in my head. A life without art would be unimaginable for me"! His biography is correspondingly long, with a large number of exhibitions, mainly in Germany, including in 2015 at the Museum Würth, Künzelsau, as well as trade fairs in Basel, Karlsruhe and Cologne.

Critics and authors agree: Hirthammer is considered one of the most versatile artists of our time. He consciously evades any categorization. His work does not fit into any classic pigeonhole, but his trademark is diversity: painting, drawing, photography, digital painting, sculpture and installation are his creative media.

Born on 26.10.1951 in Bad Reichenhall, Germany

1973 - 76 Studied art at the University of Munich

1980 Founding member of the group "ZEICHEN"

Exhibitions (selection)

2024 ART KARLSRUHE//Galerie VON&VON Nuremberg

2023 Meine Wunderkammer// Fürth

2022 NN-Kunstpreis, Nuremberg

2022 ART KARLSRUHE

2022 Decade // Gallery VON&VON

2022 Happy Nature, Gallery Förstermühle Fürth

2021 SUPERHELDEN // Kunstverein Weißenohe   

2019 Film on Bavarian television, 20.10.2019

2019 Paradise lost // Gallery Alp Frankfurt

2018 Apples and pears and other vegetables // Museum Würth Künzelsau

2017 All nature // Gallery VON&VON, Nuremberg

2016 Flowers and more // red corridor gallery Fulda

2016 Studio H, Fürth

2015 Light and color // Gallery VON&VON, Nuremberg

2015 All Nature // Würth Museum Group // Hirschwirtscheuer

2013 Color and Form // RED CORRIDOR Gallery, Fulda

2012 Cross-section // Portrait, Abstract, Nature Art, Angels // GALERIE VON&VON, Nuremberg

2011 From the end of time // Diözesanmuseum Bamberg

2011 Totentanz // Museum Junge Kunst Frankfurt/Oder // Exhibition on the 200th anniversary of Heinrich v. Kleist's death        

2002 flowers and more // Objects, sculptures and paintings // anders Galerie, Düsseldorf

2000 only roses // Canvases and wax objects, Galerie Kämpf Basel

1999 My angels // installation of objects in the outdoor area, Kunstachse 2000 Aisch

1998 Engelherz // Objects, sculptures and paintings on the theme of angels, Galerie Kämpf Basel

1997 Project "10 Cities" // a donation campaign in favor of a nature conservation project

1996 Large-scale project NATURSCHACH // For Berlin, Potsdamer Platz // bureaucratic procedures

1996 Naturschach // Presentation of the model, Kunstbureau Steininger, Freilassing

1996 blue pieces of happy nature // Object art with nature and wax, Alte Saline Bad Reichenhall

1995 les fleurs // Object art with nature and wax, Galerie Albrecht Munich

1994 Natural Pan-Sensualism again // Object art with nature and wax, iron, wood, stone, painting; Basel

1993 solo Natural Pan-Sensualism // Object art with nature, Soloturn

1992 Basel sees women and other contemporaries again // Oil, wax crayon

1989 Narcissus and Gray Mouse // oil, wax crayon; Düsseldorf

1987 Skinning project; Grass cross project // Object art, Basel

1987 Project Nature Chess // Object art; cycle of nature destruction

1987 Women in large format // oil, wax crayon; Frankfurt

1982 - 86 Solo exhibitions "Women on my mind" // oil, wax crayon, mixed media

             - ART Basel art fair, annually

             - Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg, New York, Nice,

             - Winner of the Eight British Print Biennale

             - International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto - Japan

1982 Munich in the head // First images of women appear; oil, wax crayon

1982 Project Naturarche // Object art. A contribution as a reference to the global destruction of the environment.

1980 Founding member of the group "ZEICHEN" // Winner of the 6th International Graphic Art Biennale in Frechen/Frankfurt

1978 The tea bag story // Object art; works with various materials

Public collections

Würth Collection, Museum Würth

Metzler Family Collection

Böttingerhaus Collection, Bamberg

Kämpf Collection, Basel

Art on the building

Fountain on the village square in Oberreichenbach

Pens and fountain pens at the Neustadt an der Aisch elementary school

Happy flowers Fürth

Awards and prizes

Winner of the 6th International Print Biennale in Frechen/Frankfurt a. M., 1980

Winner of the Eight British Print Biennale, 1984

International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto - Japan, 1986

Culture Prize 2016, Cultural Association Erlangen-Höchstadt

Trade fair participations

ART Basel, ART Karlsruhe, ART Frankfurt, Positions Berlin, ART Nice, PAPER Positions Berlin