Uwe Henneken renders mystical landscapes as kaleidoscopic rest stops for odd wanderers just outside kingdoms forgotten or yet to be found. Known for his lush, seductive palettes and fairy tale imagery rendered in a style that is simultaneously cartoonish and Expressionist, the artist paints flower-strewn oak forests and mountainous landscapes that serve as his Romantic backdrops that veer towards psychedelic fantasy. Henneken is driven by his passion for spiritual expression and believes that we are all on a spiritual path. Emulating the archetype of the artist as the shaman, a being that serves through crossing thresholds to other realities and coming back with a vision to share with the people, Uwe Henneken creates ethereal compositions that serve as a reminder of humanity’s need for spiritual respite.
우베 헤네켄의 작업 속 환상적인 풍경들은 이미 오래 전 사람들의 발길이 끊긴 왕국의 밖에서 방랑하는 이들을 위한 휴식처이다. 작가는 현란한 색감의 팔레트로 동화(fairy tale)의 이미지를 만화적이면서도 표현주의적으로 구현하고, 오색 꽃이 가득한 참나무 숲과 광활한 산맥 등 낭만적이고 웅장한 배경을 통해 환각의 판타지로 관객을 이끈다. 작품을 통한 영적 표현에 초점을 맞추는 작가는 우리 모두가 영적인 길을 걸어가고 있다고 믿는다. 미지의 세계를 엿보고 그 비전을 다른 사람들과 공유하는 샤먼(shaman)과 같이, 우베 헤네켄의 몽환적인 작품은 인간의 영적 휴식에 대한 필요성을 상기시키는 역할을 한다고 볼 수 있다.
Born 1974 in Paderborn, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
1997 – 2002 Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and Berlin University of the Arts (Udk Berlin), class of Dorner and Hacker, Berlin, Germany
2009 – 2011 Professor at HfBK Hamburg (University of Fine Arts Hamburg)
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Pierre Knop & Uwe Henneken, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Meyerriegger, Berlin (Upcoming)
2022
- Stella Maris (with Pierre Knop), Eduardo Secci, Firenze
2021
- Caves & Volcanoes (with Jakob Steen), Bark Gallery, Berlin
2020
- Welcome back to where we are, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
2019
- Always Returning, Kunsthalle Giessen, Giessen
- Stomping Ground, Galerie Krobath, Vienna
2018
- Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
2017
- The teachings of the Transhistorical Flamingo, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
- Transhistorical Flamingo, Meyer Riegger, Berlin
2016
- We traveled so far, rodolphe janssen, Brussels
2014
- Eye away, to a rainbow deep inside, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
- Tropiques Tristes, Koffer, Berlin
2013
- Budenzauber (with Fabian Fobbe), Treppenhaus, Berlin
2012
- Rotation und Abrieb, Capitain Petzel, Berlin
- L.O.V.E. is in the Air (with Olivia Berckemeyer), Kunstverein Heppenheim, Heppenheim
- Ciao Nemi, Annarumma, Naples
- Wahrnehmungen im Dunkeln, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
2011
- Einäuglein Dreiäuglein Zweiäuglein, H2 Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst (organised by GfG Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst e.V.), Augsburg
- Nihilbilly, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
- Hope springs a kernel, The Breeder, Athens
- Europa endlich, Landesvertretung Niedersachsen, Berlin
- Camel Toe (with Rolf Dereich), Sorry we’re closed, Brussels
2010
- Stille Woche, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig
- Wüstung und Wüste, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
2009
- Semper Mi, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Nulltikulti, Galerie Haas AG, Zurich
2008
- Tiptoe to Tipperary, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- Légion Troublée, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
- Sohn und Erbe (outdoor sculpture), Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe
2007
- Hallo Hallöchen Hallo, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
- Vicerunt, Viderunt, Venerunt (with Stefan Rinck), The Breeder, Athens
- Imperium Schlemihlium, Frans-Hals-Museum / De Hallen, Haarlem
2006
- Imperium, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
- Schlemihlium, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
- In a foreign Land, in a foreign town, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
- Somewhere in Europe they wait, The Breeder, Athens
2005
- The Still Small Voice, RomaRomaRoma, Rome
2004
- Tausend Jahre sind ein Tag, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
- The Great in the Small, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
2003
- turn, turn, turn, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
- Thank You, Silence!, Kaiserpassage 21a, Karlsruhe
2000
- Corriger la fortune (with Gabriel Vormstein), Montparnasse, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
- After Dark, www.mepaintsme.com
- Be Like Water, My Friend, Another Place, New York
- Dissonanz, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2021
- Here Come The Suns, Bark Berlin Gallery, Berlin
- Tiger in a Tropical Storm, Lousie Alexander Gallery, Port Cervo
- Known Unknowns, Studio Archive Project, New York
- Decelleration, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
2020
- Kunst am Bau, Freiluftschau Berlin Rummelsburg, Berlin
- Zurück zur Erde, Laura Mars Gallery, Berlin
- room enough for former teasers, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
2019
- Come together, Meyer Riegger, Berlin
2018
- Preis der Böttcherstrasse, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
- Wanderlust, Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg
- Eros und Thanathos, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh
- NgoroNgoro II, Berlin
2017
- And Then They Were None, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
- Berlin Berlin, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin
- Summer Show, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm
- Sammlung Boros, Berlin
- #Infiniteflowersplusone, PLUS-ONE, Antwerp
- Monday is a Day Between Sunday and Tuesday, Tanya Leighton, Berlin
- Depuis le temps, Galerie Mezzanin, Geneva
2016
- Böse Clowns _reloaded, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen
- Hermann tritt schüchtern herein, Meyer Riegger, Berlin
2015
- Lava with Lothar Hempel, Appartement, Paris
- NGORONGORO, Artist Weekend, Berlin
- Gute Kunst? Wollen!, SØR Rusche Sammlung, Auf AEG, Nürnberg
- Black Bandits. #Lützow #Befreiungskriege #Napoleon #Waterloo, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
- New Paintings from Germany, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, Hong Kong;
- Vietmam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi
- Paperworlds. Kinder- und Jugendzeichnungen zeitgenössischer Künstler,
- Buchheim Museum, Bernried
- Give a man a mask and he will tell you the truth” (Oscar Wilde), Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
- Eden, Eden (curated by Timothée Chaillou), Galerie Torri, Paris
- German Promises (invited by Armin Böhm), Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam
2014
- Mensch und Maschine. Skulpturen am Rheinkilometer 529 (Skulpturen-Triennale Bingen 2014), Bingen
- Aus dem Fundus der botanischen Semantik, Cruise & Callas, Berlin
- Forever Young, Piasa, Paris
- Paperworlds. Kinder- und Jugendzeichnungen zeitgenössischer Künstler, Collectors Room Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin
- Salon, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin
- Im Dschungel, KVFM Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt
- Loitering with Intent. Achtzehn Positionen aktueller Malerei, Galerie Börgmann, Mönchengladbach
- Alles Schön und Gut? Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster
- Wahrheiten. Zeitgenössische Kunst im Dialog mit alten Meistern. Werke aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche Sammlung Oelde/Berlin, Bayer Kulturhaus, Leverkusen
- Véritables préludes flasques (pour un chien) 4/4: Mémoires d’un amnésique - !, Maison populaire, Montreuil
2013
- Jacob’s Ladder, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
- Cinque Garzoni II - Piccola Germania, Cinque Garzoni, Venice
- Schöne Landschaft – Bedrohte Natur, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück
- Landscapes (18722-2012), Galerie Haas AG, Zurich
- A drawing that illustrates my last show at Meyer Riegger Karlsruhe, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
- Landschaft nach 2000, Kunsthalle Osnabrück
- Die Wörter in den vier Ecken, Krobath, Berlin
- Traum & Realität, Aliseo Art Project, Gengenbach (in cooperation with Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin)
- Andreas Angelidakis. Group Mountain, The Breeder, Athens
2012
- Other Voices - Other Rooms, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen (in collaboration with Wentrup Gallery, Berlin)
- Alles Wasser, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- Art Foundation Mallorca Collection – Special Edition, CCA Andratx, Andratx
- Collaborations and Interventions, Nymphius Projekte at CCA Andratx, Andratx
- Eros und Thanatos. Zeitgenössische Kunst der SØR Rusche Sammlung im Dialog mit alten Meistern / Contemporary Art of the SØR Rusche Collection in Dialogue with Old Masters, Halle 12, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
- Grafisches Kabinett - Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen
- Artothek Oldenburg präsentiert Griffelkunst, Artothek Oldenburg, Oldenburg
- Hang On, Michael Fuchs Galerie, Berlin
2011
- Secret Societies. To Know, To Dare, To Will, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; CAPC musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux
- Zaaien & Wieden, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
- Berlin-Klondyke 2011, The ODD Gallery, Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, Dawson City
- From Berlin, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
- Train Fantôme, Criuse & Callas, Berlin
- Von Engeln & Bengeln, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau
- Captain Pamhile, Sammlung Harald Falckenberg Phoenix Hallen, Hamburg
- Hirschfaktor. “Die Kunst des Zitierens”, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
- White Colums. 1970-2011 / 40+ Years of Support for Artists (benefit auction), White Columns, New York
- Belvedere. Warum ist Landschaft schön? 24 aktuelle Ausblicke, Arp Museum Rolandseck, Remagen
- The Black Goddess, Autocenter, Berlin
- La Vallée Patibulaire (organised by Caroline Bittermann), Gustav-Müller-Str. 18, Berlin
- When love comes down...word becomes flesh, Cussler, Berlin
2010
- Schwarz, Märkisches Museum, Witten
- Passion Fruits picked from the Olbricht Collection, collectors room Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin
- Säen und Jäten. Volkskultur in der zeitgenössischen Kunst (curated by
- Nicole Fritz), Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany; Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Bar und Bild 3, Berlin
- Captain Pamphile, Haus der Kulturen, Waldkraiburg
- Night of the pawn, Halle 12, Spinnereigelände, Leipzig
- THE BERLIN BOX (curated by Friederike Nymphius), CCA Andratx, Andratx
- Hypernatural, Kunstcampus Heidstraße, Berlin
- Skulpturenpark Villa Schöningen, Potsdam
- Physical, Kunsthalle Autocenter, Berlin
2009
- Zeigen. Eine Audiotour, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
- Märchenwald. Schattenwelten und Fabelwesen, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
- Berlin2000, Pace Wildenstein, New York
- Warum ich kein Konservativer bin, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
- Fantastisch!, Städtische Galerie Pforzheim, Pforzheim
- Neuer Deutscher Eskapismus, Raufaser, Berlin
- Cargo (curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers), Kunsthalle Autocenter, Berlin
- Je est un autre, Meyer Riegger, Berlin
- Cinque Garzoni, Lido Pavilion, 53th Venice Biennial, Venice
- Captain Pamphile, Jet, Berlin
- Säen und Jäten. Volkskultur in der zeitgenössischen Kunst (curated by
- Nicole Fritz), Städtische Galerie Ravensburg, Ravensburg
- Armin Boehm, Olivia Berckemeyer, Uwe Henneken, Schickeria, Berlin
- Accrochage, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- Natur, Klaus Winichner, Berlin
- Europa, Schickeria, Berlin
- Cargo maifest, Münchener Opernfestspiele, Munich
2008
- Vertrautes Terrain – Collectors Choice, ZKM Museum für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
- Supernatural, Kunsthalle Andratx, Andratx
- Legend, Domaine de Chamarande, Chamaranden France
- Whole Lotta Love, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- The Krautcho Club / In and out of place, Projectspace 176, London
- Tell Tchaikovsky the news, Standard, Oslo
- Wert-Schätzung (curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers), Sammlung Sander, Berlin
- Techne, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
- Imaginary Realities: Constructed Worlds in Abstract and Figurative Painting, Max Wigram Gallery, London
- Berlin Bouquet, The Living Room, Amsterdam
- Harlekin und Roboter, Stadtmuseum Zweibrücken, Zweibrücken
- Berlin, ... – 2008, Kwadrat, Berlin
2007
- Like color in pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO USA
- Der Symbolismus und die Kunst der Gegenwart, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
- RAW. Among the Ruins, Marres Center for Contemporary Art, Maastricht
- Null Bock, Schickeria, Berlin
- Re-dis-play, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
- Unsere Affekte fliegen aus dem Bereich der menschlichen Wirklichkeit heraus (curated by Klaus Winichner), Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin
- Inky toy affinitas, CerealArt, Philadelphia
- Mario Testino: At Home, Yvon Lambert, New York
- Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, New York
2006
- Faster! Bigger! Better!, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
- A Public Private Mystery Tour (curated by Eva Maria Stadler), Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna
- Wir hätten das Land gern weit und rund und Sie..., Showroom, Berlin
- Zwei außer Rand und Band, MPPZ Mehrpersonenprivatzoo, Munich
- Zwei Nasen tanken Super, Hildebrand und Kwade, Berlin
- It is, what is it?, Andrew Kreps, New York
2005
- 36 x 27 x 10, White Cube, Palast der Republik, Berlin
- Wunschwelten, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
- Das neue Schwarz (with Anselm Reyle and Thomas Zipp), Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- The Addiction, Gagosian Gallery, Berlin
- Syzygy, Brett Shaheen Mod. & Contemporary, Cleveland
2004
- Gelegenheit und Reue, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
- About Painting, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY USA
- I feel mysterious today, The Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL USA
- La vie privée, Toasting Agency, Paris
- ... erklärender Expressionismus, 7. Stock, Dresden
2003
- deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt
- Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London
- Selected Paintings, MW projects, London
- Malerei, Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin
- Bis ans Ende der Welt, Kunstverein Konstanz, Konstanz; Arsenal HKMI, Mainz; Kunsthaus Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
- Hot, Blue & Righteous, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
- The White Show, Überbau, Düsseldorf
- There’s no land but the land (up there is just a sea of possibilities), Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
2002
- On the other hand you have different fingers, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
- Friede, Freude, Freiheit, Galerie Maschenmode, Berlin
- Viva November, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
- Event horizon, Lothringer 13, Munich
- Pleasing thoughts (curated by April Lamm), griedervonputtkamer Gmbh, Berlin
- Die Provinz lebt, Westwendischer Kunstverein, Gatow
2001
- Circles °5. Montana Sacra, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
- Der Wegelagerer, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
- Viva November, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
- Wandbilder, Jenny Rosemeyer, Berlin
2000
- Moon White Future, Hobby Pop Museum, Düsseldorf
- Corriger la fortune, Montparnasse, Berlin
- Macht der Freundschaft und Sympathie (curated by Wawa Tokarski), Montparnasse, Berlin
- Face the Black - Sammlung Thomas Zipp, Galerie Maschenmode, Berlin
- sans pouvoir l’arrêter, Galerie Rumfordstraße, Munich
- Genre Painting, G7, Berlin
- Vertreibung der Händler aus dem Tempel, Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin