Klaus Schweier
Beba Lindhorst
Klaus Schweier
Dream, time and eternity are, as variants of familiar physical quantities, the very human points of reference, in which Klaus Schweier finds and reinterprets the grand themes of mankind. The dream of flying, the creation myth, the cycle of coming to be and passing away, man as the hunter and the hunted, as an anthropomorphic or divinely inspired creature appear in his paintings in frank or associative tales. And he always follows new formal paths: He has developed new techniques in painting, drawing and etching, which allow him to paint on other bases than canvas. He has worked with reverse glass painting and mirror etching, and painted with Colanyl-colours which, depending on the admix of water, resemble oil-paints, tempera or watercolours. Schweier paints like a wizard. In successive phases of a painting, he also uses materials like tar, chalk and varnish. Moreover, he adds essences that aren’t easy to combine, like spirit, turpentine and shellac. Even in his early works, he employed innovative techniques to put ancient archaic forms and signs in a contemporary context. He has since perfected his methods and created a little universe, that tells us about the masks of existence, about myths and legends, about archetypal men in happy liaison with animals, with dogs, deer, birds, shoals of fish as well as plants, flowers and stars. It is always the whole that matters, the great antipodes of existence, life and death, heaven and hell, anxiety and joy.
Klaus Schweier was born in Heidenheim/Germany in 1956. From 1977 to 1983 he studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin (now University of the arts/UdK) under Professor Bergmann. After a period of study in Paris, he taught at the Hochschule der Künste from 1992 till 1994. Since then he has been living as a freelance artist in Berlin.
EXHIBITIONS
2022POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, Galerie Commeter
2021„Bright Days Ahead“ Galerie Commeter;
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, Galerie Commeter
2020„ganz leise kommt der Tag“ Galerie Commeter;
art Karlsruhe, Galerie Commeter
2019art Karlsruhe, Galerie Commeter;
Cologne Fine Art & Design, Galerie Commeter;
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, Galerie Commeter;
Galerie VIS’ART, Lyon
2018POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, Galerie Commeter;
art Karlsruhe, Galerie Commeter
2017“Reden ist Silber ...” Galerie Commeter
2016Galerie VIS’ART, Lyon
2015“Reise ins Eis”, MS EUROPA
2014“Wenn Gedanken reisen II”, MS EUROPA ;
“Wenn Gedanken reisen”, Galerie Commeter
2013“Menschen, Mythen, Glaubenswelten II“, MS EUROPA
2012“Der Tag teilt die Nacht”, Kunstverein Heidenheim;
“Menschen, Mythen, Glaubenswelten“ (with Wolfgang Peters), MS EUROPA
2011Galerie BMB, Amsterdam (with Ulrike Hochgrebe and Albert Merz);
“Menschen, Mythen, Steinkreise II” with Wolfgang Peters, MS EUROPA;
“Das kleine Universum”, Galerie Commeter
2010“Götterdämmerung I“ with Wolfgang Peters, MS EUROPA;
GEHAG – Forum, Berlin with Ulrich Pietzsch and Uwe Tabatt
2009“Menschen, Mythen, Steinkreise” with Wolfgang Peters, MS EUROPA
2008“Begegnung III” with Zoyt, Galerie am Zollwerk, Neuruppin;
Galerie Schilling Contemporary, Stuttgart
2007Galerie Commeter, Hamburg;
”Seh-Stunde“, MS EUROPA
2006GEHAG – Forum with Annette Hilbrecht and Frank Sanderink, Berlin
2005Galerie Commeter, Hamburg;
Galerie BMB with Liselott Schutt, Amsterdam
2004Galerie Ricarda Fox im Kardinal-Hengsbach-Haus, Essen;
EZG – Galerie, Frankfurt a. M.
2003Galerie Commeter, Hamburg;
Galerie BMB, Amsterdam
2002EZG – Galerie with Klaus Duschat, Frankfurt a. M.;
GEHAG – Forum with Annette Hilbrecht, Berlin;
Agens Consulting GmbH, Hamburg
2001Galerie Gut with Alex Gorodine, St. Moritz, Schweiz;
Galerie Commeter, Hamburg;
Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt a. M.;
Galerie BMB, Amsterdam
2000“Berührungen” (Catalog), Gutshaus Steglitz, Berlin;
“Visionen”, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frankfurt a. M.;
Galerie Klaus Lea with W. Reiser, München
1999Galerie Commeter, Hamburg;
Galerie Wosimsky, Gießen;
Galerie BMB, Amsterdam;
Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt a. M.
1998Galerie Thea Fischer-Reinhardt, Berlin
1997Galerie Commeter, Hamburg;
GEHAG – Forum with M. Esteban Cano, Berlin;
Galerie Wildeshausen, Wildeshausen;
Galerie BMB mit W. Vreeswijk, Amsterdam
1996Künstlerhaus Galerie, Göttingen;
Galerie Ricarda Fox with W. Vreeswijk and M. Esteban Cano, Essen;
Stadt- und Universitäts-Bibliothek with W. Reiser, Frankfurt a. M.;
Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt a. M.
Galerie Thea Fischer-Reinhardt, Berlin
1995Agens Consulting GmbH, Hamburg-Quickborn
Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt a. M.
1994Galerie T & A Edition, Berlin
Forumgalerie Bereiter Anger, München “Männer.Boxen.Runden” (with W. Reiser)
Galerie Thea Fischer-Reinhardt, Berlin
Galerie BMB, Amsterdam
Kunstförderung Steingass, Heidenheim (with Wolf Reiser)
Galerie für zeitgen. Kunst Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt a. M.
1993Galerie Eglau, Sylt
Forschungs- und Verwaltungszentrum Otis, Berlin (Catalog)
1992Galerie Thea Fischer-Reinhardt, Berlin
Obere Galerie Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (with P. Knapp and E. Paul) (Catalog)
1991Galerie Art und Ambiente, München
Galerie Noé, Berlin
1990Kunstbetrieb Dachau, Dachau
1989Die Pumpe, Berlin
Galerie Point, Hamburg
Galerie Noé, Berlin
1988Galerie am Rindermarkt, Zürich
1987Galerie Noé, Berlin
1986Galerie im Kaiserworth, Goslar (Catalog)
Galerie Zeitlupe, Heidenheim
Galerie Henz, Berlin (with E. Paul and A. Bockholdt)
