About

About

Born 1964 Münster, Germany
Lived in South Afrika, Turkey, Canada and Brasil
Lives and works in Berlin

Presented in Catalogues

2019
Voix, MalerinnenNetzwerk, Museum der Künste Leipzig, 2019 Paint: The seen, the unseen and the imagined. Contemporary European Painting, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK Bloße Landschaft, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg
2017
Farbauftrag, curated by Jaqueline Krikl, Haus am Lützwplatz, Berlin Painting XX, curated by Enno Wallis, Kunsthalle Lüneburg, Lübg.
2013
Painting forever, Keilrahmen, KW Kunstwerke Berlin, Berlin

Written by Heike Kelter

„Zeichnen heisst Sehen. Mit dem flächigen Sehen zum dreidimensionalen Zeichnen“.
Heike Kelter, 2017, HAUPT Verlag, Bern, Switzerland.
„Lieblingszeichnungen: Kinder lernen zeichnen mit dem flächigen Sehen“
Heike Kelter, 2017, HAUPT Verlag, Bern, Switzerland.

Statement

My painting are intuitive constructions of colour and space.

I see my paintings as “windows”, that enlighten and stimulate the viewer.

As windows, they look out into a painted layered environment, while bringing in light, colour and retinal pleasure. There is positive outlook in making the paintings: to find solutions that balance (to have stability), while at the same time to have possibilities of unbalance (to be able to topple) within the construction.

This dual construction is one component which sits beside the “colours”. As the construction works on two levels, so the colours
have mutual relationships. Often two colours buffering up to each other yet sympathetic in range and tones.

For these paintings to work – it is a delicate balancing act.

Shows

2024
VfaKR, Verein für aktuelle Kunst Ruhrgebiet, Oberhausen
On Edge, w. C. Suerkemper, D. Nold, G. Gleiwitz, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen
2023
Speaking in Colours, w. Malerinnennetzwerk, Kunsthalle Memmingen, Memmingen
Random Spark, w. Stelios Karamanolis, Kunstraum Schauplatz, Vienna
Close Corners, cur. by Scott McCracken, Turps Gallery London, London
The dark side of the mood, (group) Kunsthalle Hilsbach, Hilsbach
Sugar & Spice No Fear of Painting, Skotty Gallery, Berlin
Get together, L`oiseau presente at BCMA Gallery, cur. by Anke Völk and Nicola Staeglich, Berlin
Sugar & Spice, No Fear of Painting, cur. by Bettina Weiß, Skotty Gallery, Berlin
2022
I thought I was an alien, PolarRaum, Hamburg
Fugenlos, City of Good, kur.m. E. Sonneck, Essen
A Faint Ground, Berlin/London artists, HilbertRaum, Berlin
KickLine, with MNW, Thaler Original Grafik Leipzig, Leipzig
2021
Circling the Square, Thames-Side Gallery, curated by Scott McCracken, London
Colour Context, with Elisabeth Sonneck, a.m., Polarraum Hamburg, Hamburg
2020
Séance Fiction, Kunstverein Familie Montez, curated by Eva Schwab, Frankfurt
Isolation Polarraum, curated by Enno Wallis, Hamburg
2019
Realms of Now, HilbertRaum Project Space Contemporary Art, with Eva Schwab, Berlin
21+, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, curated by Axel Huber, Wien
Voix, MalerinnenNetzwerk, Museum der Künste Leipzig, Kat.
Paint: The seen, the unseen and the imagined, Contemporary European Painting, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK, Kat.
Bloße Landschaft, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg, Kat.
2018
Ich glaube, Du musst mal wieder zum Frisör, Curated by Justine Otto/ C. Lorent, Gallery HilbertRaum, Berlin
AIM, Project Statement, Parallel Vienna, Wien
Die Jahrhundert-Bar (1920-2020) / The Century Bar (1920-2020) curated by A. Tennigkeit/ K. Landa, Ventilator, Kreuzberg, Berlin
Zündung, Turps Gallery, London
Black Box, Kunsthalle Lüneburg
Painting XXL, Kunst Halle A1 und Gallery Leuenroth, Frankfurt
2017
Farbauftrag, curated by Jaqueline Krikl, Haus am Lützwplatz, Berlin, Kat.
Painting XX, curated by Enno Wallis, Kunsthalle Lüneburg, Lübg., Kat.
Under Influence, curated by Michaela K. Kühn, Galerie Dukan, Leipzig
2016
De Lirio-Raritätenladen VOL.1, Galerie BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt
Hitze im Herzen, Sand in den Augen, tete Galerie, Berlin
True Mirror, Space Commines Galerie, Paris
Blanke Teile, Schaufenster, Berlin
2015
Romeo Echo Alpha Lima, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Navigare Necesse Est, Schaufenster, Berlin
Into the Neon Light, Kreuzberg Pavilion Berlin
Kasablanka, Rumbalotte, Berlin
2014
Painting was a lady goes America, Wonderloch Kellerland, New York
Unknown Masterpieces, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin
Alte Sachlichkeit, Emotional Rescue Shows, Berlin
2013
Imaginäre Lösungen-In diesem Sinne 3, Munikat, München
Heike Kelter, René Luckhardt, Bettina Sellmann, Galerie Kollmeier, Essen
Imaginäre Lösungen, In diesem Sinne I, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin
Painting forever, Keilrahmen, KW Kunstwerke Berlin, Berlin
Der Hermetische Raum Drei, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin
Time is Now, Gallery Funke, Berlin
2012
Solo: Everything that can be seen from a given Place, Gallery Stock, Berlin
Group Show, Gallery Villa Köppe, Berlin
Still, Valeria Heisenberg, Heike Kelter, Milena Vrtalova. Gallery Funke, Berlin
Painting was a Lady, Art Foundation Wien, Kreuzberg Pavillon Berlin, Kassel
Painting was a Lady, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin
Artist Merchandising Art, Wonderlerloch Kellerland – Berlin, Wien, Paris
2011
Group Verbale 2, curated Herbert Fuchs, Palais Kabelwerk, Wien
La Vallee Partibulaire, curated Caro Bittermann, Berlin
Matinee/Soirée, Wonderloch Kellerland Gallery, Los Angeles
Monotonie – Melancholie, Glue Gallery, Berlin
Group Show, Gallery Villa Köppe, Berlin
2010
(Solo) Pole Position, Gallery Villa Köppe, Berlin
(Solo) Singular Objective, Gallery Seiler, München
Group Transcendenz Inc., Autocenter Gallery, Berlin
Schwarzgold, Schloss Beesenstedt, Halle
Kokolores, Galerie Seiler, Puerto Giesing, München
Berliner Zimmer, Wiener Art Foundation. Gallery Kugler, Wien
Objectives, Wonderloch Kellerland Gallery, Berlin
Best of Invites, Wonderloch Kellerland Gallery, Berlin
2009
Group The Dissolving Cube, Portman Gallery, London
Artgerecht am See, Schloß Torno, Torno
Transzendenz Inc., Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Bob, Gallery Baque, Berlin
A4 Editions, Five Years Gallery, London
2008
Jerry Lee Lewis Night Forgotten Bar Project, Gal. Regierungsviertel, Berlin
Oil Prices Sky High, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station Gallery, Karlsruhe
Includes.. K.R-02 Gallery, Berlin
Autocenter Autocenter -art, Berlin
Nudes, finances and crises, Five Years Gallery, London
2007
Niveaualarm, Kunsthaus Insbruck, Insbruck
Kelter/Luckhardt Le nouveaux Paris Bar, Berlin
Return to forever Forever and a day büro, Berlin
Kapitalistischer Realismus, Vlasak contem., Berlin Ballhaus, Gallery Ballhaus Ost, m. Hannah-M. Blencke
Viewing Club, Hats Plus, London
2006
Grand Narrative, Gallery Bergstübl, cur.b. Carrie Roseland
Viewing Club, Sezession Wichtelgasse Wien cur. b. Axel Huber
Viewing Club, Bonner Kunstverein

Installation views