Till Gerhard, mixed media on paper, 2007.
"Untitled", 2007. 30 x 21 cm.
Not examined out of the frame.
Loyal Gallery, Stockholm.
Till Gerhard was born in Hamburg, Germany. He studied at Muthesius Hochschule fur Kunst und Gestaltung, Kiel (1992–93) and the Hochschule fur angewandte Wissenschaften, FB Gestaltung Professor Dieter Glasmacher, Hamburg (1993–98).
Gerhard paints large-scale canvases of rural communities, but with an unsettling atmosphere. Images include a cabin in the woods or a skyline dotted with refineries. He uses delicate spills of colour and heavy brushwork, as well as drips, splashes and smears.
He has exhibited in shows including Ohne uns hatte man Beton at SKAMraum, Hamburg, Nerdism at Zeughaus, Hamburg and Ein Tag, Ein Raum, Ein Bild at Sebastien Fath Contemporary in Mannheim. Gerhard has shown at the San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art, Arndt & Partner in Zurich and Stellan Holm Gallery in New York.
He is represented by Stellan Holm [Gallery New York], Galleri K in Oslo and Ikon Ltd. in California.
Till Gerhard (born 1971 in Hamburg) is a North Germany-based artist who paints large-scale canvases of rural communities, but with a strange atmosphere. The visual space that the painter creates is beyond the rational and harmonious worlds and conveys a mysterious, unsettling mood. The experimental nature of his work reflects spiritual and mythological interests, including pagan rituals and Shamanism. His figures often turn their backs on the viewers, thereby marking the boundary between interior and exterior worlds. Gerhard’s pictorial world moves between figuration and abstraction. On closer inspection the depicted figures appear distorted or unfocussed, which underlines that his figurative motifs also contain remnants of abstraction.
Gerhard’s works are in the collection of Christen Sveaas Art Foundation, Kistefos; Frank Cohen, Wolverhampton; Saatchi Collection, London; Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg; Peter Hess, Hamburger Kunsthalle; Hall Collection, Derneburg; Hort Collection, New York; Jumex Collection, Mexico City; Julia Stoschek, Düsseldorf; Inelcom Collection, Madrid; Aby Rosen, New York; Richard Prince, Rensselaerville; Sir Paul McCartney, London
Solo exhibtions include Stellan Holm Gallery, New York; Michael Janssen Gallery, Köln & Berlin; Galleri K, Oslo; LOYAL Gallery, Malmö & Stockholm; The Goma, Madrid; Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad; Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
Group exhibtions include the Whitechapel Gallery London; MuBA Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing; Tripostal, Lille; Hamburger Kunsthalle; Kunsthalle Kiel; Dundee Contemporay Arts, Dundee; Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway.