Education
1976 - 1982
Staatliche Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf, Germany
In the mid 1980s Helmut Dorner emerged as one of the most significant abstract painters of his generation, achieving widespread recognition through major solo and group shows worldwide. Dorner has exhibited with the eponymous Konrad Fischer Galerie since 1988 and was included in the influential Documenta IX in 1992. The essence of Dorner’s work is a quest for a poetry of painting, a tension, a rhythm between colors and matter that result in feeling. The artist strives to bring painting back to its original aim: direct visual experience that leads to emotion and awakens the senses. Dorner suggests a visual experience, an experiment based not on chance, but on the infinite movement of thought.
Helmut Dorner (b. 1952, Gengenbach-Baden, Germany) lives and works in Karlsruhe. Dorner studied under Gerhard Richter at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1976 to 1982 and has been Professor of Painting at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe since 1990. He was the subject of solo museum exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Winterthur (2006), Josef Albers Museum (2006), Saarland Museum (2006), Carré d'Art - Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes (1991) and Kunsthalle Bern (1990).
Helmut Dorner, Circus II, 2020, acrylic on wood, 163.8 x 126 cm
Staatliche Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf, Germany
Professor at Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hans Thoma Preis
Prix Eliette von Karajan
Kunstfond Bonn
BDI Kunstpreis
Neue Bilder, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Strandgut, De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Zwischen Tor und Torschrei, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg
Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Kadel Willborn, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Kadel Willborn, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
Christian Stein, Milan, Italy
Galerie Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris, France
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
Retrospective Helmut Dorner, Malerei 1988-2005, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland; Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany; Saarland Museum, Saarbrucken, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-les-Rouen, France
Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Nelson, Paris, France
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Neunnullen, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankurt am Main, Germany
Aquarelles and paintings, De 11Lijnen, Oldenburg, Germany
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
Kleiner, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Spectrum, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Segmentos, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Broken Knee, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY, US
New Paintings, Galerie Nelson, Paris, France
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Herbert von Karajan Centrum, Vienna, Austria
Aquarelle, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, US
Galerie Nelson, Paris, France
Helmut Dorner. Under The surface, Mercer Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; Brooke Alexander, New York, NY, USA
Dessins sur papier, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Travaux sur papier, Galerie Samia Saouma, Paris, France
Carré d'Art, Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes, France
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
Krefelder Kunstmuseum, Krefeld, Germany
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Nelson, Lyon, France
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galerie Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Raum für Malerei, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
Galerie Philippe Casini, Paris, France
Kunst-und-Museumverein, Wuppertal, Germany
Dessins, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Carré d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes
Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
Krefelder Kunstmuseum, Krefeld
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art, Luxembourg
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City
Centre Cultural La Caixa de Pensiones, Barcelona
Arco Fundacion, Madrid
Museum Reina Sofia, Madrid
Museum Winterthur, Winterthur
Helmut Dorner, Spinnennest, 2021, acrylic on wood, 186.2 x 127.7 cm
Helmut Dorner, Bridge Chestnut, 2021, acrylic on wood, 186.3 x 125 cm
Helmut Dorner, Blasinstrument, 2020, acrylic on wood, 186.6 x 127.9 cm
Helmut Dorner, Großes Blatt im Garten, 2020, acrylic on wood, 186.1 x 127.8 cm
Helmut Dorner, Fasces, 2011, acrylic on wood, 170 x 126 cm
Helmut Dorner, Little Man Sleeping, 2011, acrylic on wood, 126 x 170 cm
Helmut Dorner