Friedhard Meyer @ artavita

Friedhard Meyer

Location: Germany

Friedhard Meyer
www.gallery-friedhard.de, www.artoffer.com/friedhardmeyer, www.colectivocillero.com

Curriculum Vitae
1940 born in Nueremberg / Germany
1959 Graduated High School
1960 – 1965 Study at Technical University Munich
1967 Begin of Painting Activities
1971 – 1973 Artistic Education by Altschäffel in Schweinfurt
since 1974 Art Information Trips to France, Spain, Italy, USA, Israel, China, India
2002 Design of the Citizen Medal for the Municipality of the Town of
Bad Neustadt
since 2006 member of the European artist group “Colectivo Cillero”
since 1966 living in Bad Neustadt / Saale , Germany

Personal Exhibitions
Augsburg , Bad Neustadt , Bamberg , Berlin , Erlangen , Essen , Karlsruhe , Luxembourg , Munich , Nueremberg , Regensburg , Stuttgart , Wuerzburg

Membership
-- Artist Association „Form und Farbe e.V.“ , Bamberg
-- „Kunstverein“ Bad Neustadt
-- European artist group „Colectivo Cillero“

Public Purchasing
-- „Bezirksamt“ Berlin / Neukölln
-- Siemens AG Bad Neustadt
-- „Kulturkreis“ Siemens Berlin
-- „Bayerische Beamten Versicherungen“ Munich

Literature
-- „Aquarellmalerei aus Norbayern“ , Historical Museums Nueremberg
-- „Schöpfungslandschaften“, Eulen Verlag , Friburg , 1986
-- „Faszination des Aquarells“ , arte-factum-Verlag , Nueremberg , 1988
-- „Indirekte Malerei“ , Palette Verlagsgesellschaft mbH , Koblenz , 2005

International Participations
-- Grand Prix International de Prestige M.C.A. de Cannes-Azur 2006 and 2007 , France
-- 15. Europ`ART Geneve 2006 , Switzerland
-- Art Fair Salzburg 2006 , Austria
-- Art Fair Reggio Emilia , 2006 and 2009, Italy
-- Gallery Thuillier , Paris 2007 , France
-- Art Fair Stockholm 2007 , Sveden
-- Art Innsbruck 2007 , Austria
-- ARTEXPO New York 2007 , USA
-- Art Fair Shanghai 2008, China with gallery Artodrome, Berlin
-- LDX-Gallery, Beijing 2010, China
-- Group exhibitions with “Colectivo Cillero” 2007-2011 in: Madrid, Baignes, Albacete,
Toledo, Hellin, Covilha, Bad Neustadt, Sintra
-- Opera Gallery, Budapest 2010, Ungary
-- Art Taipei 2011, Taiwan
-- LDX-Gallery, Beijing 2011, China
-- Art Palm Beach 2012, Florida
-- Art Taipei 2012, Taiwan

Awards
-- First Price of the Palm Art Award 2005 , Art-Domain Gallery , Leipzig , Germany
-- Médaille d`Argent , Exposition Internationale , M.C.A. , Cannes-Azur 2006 , France
-- Médaille d` Or , Exposition Internationale , M.C.A. , Cannes-Azur 2007 , France
-- Diplom of Honour , SEETAL-Competition 2006 , Kunst-Forum-International, Switzerland
-- Diploma of Excellence, Art Now 2010, Artoteque, London

Portfolio:

The Colour White

Metamorphosis through „The Colour White“

Friedhard Meyer actually in his paintings is working with Veiling Techniques. He discovered the colour White as the noblest and most elegant method of veiling the subjects of his paintings. White is able to cover up or to unveil what lies beneath. Thus Friedhard Meyer has complete control over the things he would like to reveal openly and those he prefers hidden away in the deeper layers of paint. He moves between methods that veil things through abstraction and others that make them visible through representation.
In these paintings a colourful basis is gradually erased by White, until only a little of the colour is visible ( sometimes more, sometimes less ).
The colours particularly are shining behind the White.
The nobless of White is shown.
This process is that of a metamorphosis through “The Colour White”.
It is going along with the change from a colourful lively abstract or figurative prepainting to a more harmonious and calm perception in the
end phase of the veiling process through White.
This method often transforms the painting into a poetic, dreamy and mysterious world that still foreshadows the things behind.
For the observer it is exciting to discover the hidden worlds behind the White.

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