Johannes Hüppi
The work of Johannes Hüppi is imposing because of its painterly and narrative quality. In his representational oil paintings on wood, he focuses on different topics and rings the changes.
Hüppi knows his craft - his works are subtly elaborate in a downright classical manner. He uses cunning light directions that especially find expression when used on his precisely shaped women´s bodies. Through an almost magical illumination of the scenes, a mystical atmosphere is created that enhances the sometimes irritating character of the shown subjects.
In his paintings, the artist considers the question of how classical contents can be interpreted anew and contemporarily. Despite their physically emphatic presence, the female figures, which regularly appear in Hüppi´s work, seem distant and do not reveal anything about their mysterious aura, their facial expressions remain secretive. The paintings build a projection surface of the observer?s wishes, thus leading us far out of reality and into the realm of fantasy.
Paintings in public collections:
Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Bouwfonds, Da Hoevelaken (NL), Kreissparkasse Reutlingen, Museum Ludwig Forum (Aachen), Ulmer Museum, Museum für Neue Kunst (Freiburg), Sammlung des Bundes (Bonn), Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt)
Percent for Art:
ceiling painting, Rathaus Ludwigsburg
ceiling painting, "Drei Könige", Basel
lives and works in Basel
born in Baden-Baden
studies at Düsseldorf Arts Academy under Fritz Schwegler and Dieter Krieg
master pupil under Dieter Krieg
Kiefer-Hablitzel Award, Bern
Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
support booth, art cologne
Roy-Lichtenstein-Award, Bonn
atelier in Brooklyn, New York, USA
award of the advisory board of the Mannheimer Kunstverein
atelier in Miami, Florida, USA
professorship at Braunschweig University of Art
Galerie Klaus Littmann
Galerie manus presse
"Malerei 2000", Hamburg "Die Kugel", Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden
ceiling painting, Rathaus Ludwigsburg (Percent for Art)
Galerie Haus Schneider, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe
Galerie Delta, Rotterdam
"Landvermesser", Mannheimer Kunstverein (catalogue)
Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart (catalogue)
"Pittura", Castello di Rivara, Turin, I (catalogue)
"Satanarium", Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden
"4 Hüppi" Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg (catalogue)
Galerie Hübner, Frankfurt
Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
Ludwig Forum, Aachen (with Tamara Grcic)
Der Laden, Berlin (with Thaddäus Hüppi)
"Von Menschen und Tieren", Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (catalogue)
"4 Hüppi", Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland (catalogue)
Galerie manus presse, Stuttgart (catalogue)
Galleria Fabjbasaglia, Rimini (catalogue)
Galerie Haus Schneider, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe (catalogue)
"Szenenwechsel XIV", MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main
Galerie Thomas Rehbein, Cologne
Gerhard Hofmann, Neustadt/Weinstraße
"paarweise", Ulmer Museum (catalogue)
Mannheimer Kunstverein (catalogue)
Galerie Henze und Ketterer, Bern, Switzerland
"Bleistiftzeichnungen II", Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne
"Mito Moto", Reggio Emilia, I (catalogue)
"Kellnerinnen", Galerie manus presse, Stuttgart
Kammermuseum Otto Jägerberg, Baden-Baden
"portraitartig", Galerie Thomas Rehbein "Landschaftsräume", Sammlung Deutsche Bank (catalogue)
Galerie Michael Cosar, Düsseldorf
Littmann Kulturprojekte, Basel
showroom, Münster (catalogue)
Galerie Liliana Maniero, Roma
"desire", Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal (catalogue)
Galleria d´Arte Moderna, Bologna, curated by Peter Weiermair (catalogue)
"5 Herren", Galerie Klinkhammer und Metzner, Düsseldorf
Galerie Haus Schneider, Ettlingen/Karlsruhe
"Kellnerinnen", Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg (catalogue)
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach (with Thaddäus Hüppi)
Galerie mauns presse, Stuttgart (with Thaddäus Hüppi)
wbd, Berlin
manus presse, Stuttgart
"Herbarium der Blicke", Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (catalogue)
"Colorado", Galerie Klinkhammer und Metzner, Düsseldorf
"Das Unheimliche in der Malerei", Städtische Galerie, Delmenhorst (catalogue)
"Straßenbilder", Basel, Littmann Kulturprojekte (catalogue)
"paarweise", Institut für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg
"Punktleuchten", Littmann Kulturprojekte (catalogue)
room project for "Littmann Kulturprojekte" with Klaus Burkhardt
Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Großhaus collection
"Stadtkünstler Baden-Baden 2005", Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst Baden-Baden
Museum Gottorf, Schleswig, Großhaus collection
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach
"Neue Malerei", Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
"Classen Preferente", Galeria Graca Brandao, Porto
"11+1", Galerie Haus Schneider, Karlsruhe
Kennzeichen D / Sammlung Tedden, Galerie of the city of Remscheid
"Liebe.Love.Paare" Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg
"Die Kunst zu sammeln", Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Garten Eden, Kunsthalle Emden
Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, with Andrea Lehmann
Bilder, Kunsthalle Lingen
Schloss Fachsenfeld, Aalen
Auswahl Johannes Hüppi, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden
"Tier" Galerie Bischoff, Lahr
"International Drawing Exhibition" Se-Jong museum of culture, Seoul
"Die unsichtbare Hand", Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst
Galerie Levy, Berlin
Gallery Godo, Seoul
Museum Burda "Die Bilder tun was mit mir...", Baden-Baden (catalogue)
"Kammermusik", Littmann Kulturprojekte, Basel
Institut Rheinumschlag, with Felix Droese and Jörg Wagner
Galerie Levy, Hamburg (catalogue)
cor Galerie, Zürich
Museum Bochum, "Bildvertrauen", Jaeschke collection
Godo Gallery, Seoul
Spinnerei Leipzig, Sammlung Thomas Rusche
Museum Emden, "Künstlerkinder"
Museum Frieder Burda, "Menschenbilder"