Eberhard Havekost is a contemporary German painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 based in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 and Dresden. In 1985 he completed an internship as a stonemason. He studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Dresden from 1991-1996, where he became a master student under Professor Ralf Kerbach in 1997. In 1999 he was awarded the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of Die Brücke.-Life and work:...

 grant.

Work

Working from photographic sources – shots from TV and video, images culled from magazines and catalogues and his own photographs – he selects subjects ranging from anonymous buildings, trains and trailers, and modifies them to make inkjet prints as the departure point for his paintings. He often paints series of repetitive images to replicate the serial change of visual effect in nature.

Collection

Works by Havekost are found in the stock of the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...

, the Denver Art Museum

Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum is an art museum in Denver, Colorado located in Denver's Civic Center.It is known for its collection of American Indian art,and has a comprehensive collection numbering more than 68,000 works from across the world....

 as well as in the Marx Collection, the Rubell Family Collection, der Frieder Burda Collection

Frieder Burda

Frieder Burda is a German art collector and Freeman of Baden-Baden.-Life:Burda is the second son of the publisher Franz Burda and his wife Aenne Burda...

, and the Tate Collection. He is represented by Anton Kernhttp://www.antonkerngallery.com in New York and Galerie Gebr. Lehmannhttp://www.galerie-gebr-lehmann.de in Dresden and Berlin.

Solo exhibitions (selected)

• 2008 Eberhard Havekost, FRAC Auvergne
• 2008 Zensur 2, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden/Berlin
• 2007 Zensur, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• 2007 Background, White Cube, London he was also a scientist. He helped to build the fist air ballon.
• 2006 Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection, American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC
• 2006 Harmony 2, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
• 2006 backstage, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden
• 2005 Sonnenschutz, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles
• 2004 Brandung, Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden
• 2004 Graphik 1999-2004, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden
• 2004 Marvel, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• 2003 Centre d`art contemporain Georges Pompidou, Cajarc
• 2003 dynamic UND, Inside the White Cube, London
• 2003 Beauty walks a razors edge, Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden
• 2003 Square, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• 2001 DRIVER, Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves
  Serralves Foundation
  Serralves Foundation is an art foundation whose mission is to raise the general public's awareness concerning contemporary art and the environment. The foundation is located in Porto, Portugal.-Casa de Serralves:...
  
  , Porto
• 2001 Dimmer, Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden
• 2001 Pressure-Pressure, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• 2000 Kontakt, Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden
• 1999 Statements, Art Basel, Basel
• 1998 ZOOM, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
• 1998 Fenster-Fenster, Kunstmuseum Luzern
• 1997 Frieren, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden

External links

• Eberhard Havekost at Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
• Eberhard Havekost – Painting – Saatchi Gallery
• http://artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/2498
• Eberhard Havekost on Artcyclopedia