Thomas Huber (artist)

Thomas Huber (born July 14, 1955, in Zurich) is a Swiss artist who lived and worked in Mettmann, Germany, and is currently resident in Berlin.[1]

Life and work

From 1977 to 1978 Huber studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel under Franz Fedier and in 1979 at the Royal College of Art, London. From 1980 to 1983 he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was a student of professor Fritz Schwegler.[2]

In 1992 he worked as a Temporary Director of the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, and from 1992 to 1999 he was a Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig.[3]

From 2000 to 2002 he was Chairman of the German Künstlerbund.[4]

Rather than showing realities in his work, Huber, like an architect, interweaves the picture space with design structures and allows motifs such as diamonds and squares to become a determining element of the work. Accompanying philosophical and poetic texts demonstrate that the picture space is seen as "a meaning space and the picture depth as profundity".[5]

The artist says about his work: "My pictures show spaces. You can see them but you can’t get to them; it is as if they are sealed behind clear glass. The picture is a promise that cannot be honoured, it is a wistful, sad thing."[6]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas". In Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  2. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  3. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  4. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  5. ↑ Kerber Verlag Bielefeld: Thomas Huber: Paintings
  6. ↑ Kerber Verlag Bielefeld: Thomas Huber
  7. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  8. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  9. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  10. ↑ Heitland Foundation: 2005: Thomas Huber

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