Biography
Harding Meyer (b. 1964, Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a German-Brazilian painter who was raised in Brazil, Geneva and the German-French border region near Strasbourg.
From 1987 to 1993, he studied painting at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Karlsruhe
under Max Kaminski and Helmut Dorner. During the years, the academy fostered an intense dialogue between figurative and abstract painting. This environment played a formative role in the development of his own painterly language.
Meyer began exploring the human face in the late 1980s while working across both figurative and abstract painting. From the mid-1990s onward, large-scale heads emerged as the central subject of his work. Throughout this development abstraction remained an essential element of his approach to painting.
Meyer's work has been exhibited internationally in museums, galleries and public institutions and is held in private and public collections. It has been documented in numerous publications and exhibition catalogues, including the monograph Harding Meyer, edited by David Galloway and published by Kerber Verlag.
He lives near Karlsruhe, Germany.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026
"Almost Familiar"
Galerie Wolfgang Jahn, München
2025
"presence" Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
2024
"Momento", Peter Frey Gallery, Verona
2023
"Audience" Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
"being faced" Galerie Frey, Salzburg
2022
"Eye to Eye" Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto
"moving curtains" Galerie Frey, Wien
2021
"known unknowns" Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
"Im Angesicht" Galerie Frey, Salzburg
2020
"New works" Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
2019
"Harding Meyer" Galerie Jahn Landshut
"gegenüber" Galerie Frey, Wien
2018
“recent paintings” Galerie Frey, Salzburg
“humanize” Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
“Omnsicence” Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto
2017
“BLINK”, Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin
“liaison pittoresque” Galerie Frey, Wien
2016
“the others” Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
2015
“Archaeology of the Face” Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto
2014
“new works” Galerie Frey, Wien
"recent paintings” Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
2013
“paintings” Galerie Ilka Klose, Würzburg
“eye to eye” KATARA Doha, Qatar
2012
“likeness” Galerie Frey, Salzburg
”features” GALERIE VOSS, Düsseldorf
“eye to eye” GALERIE ROSS+ROSS, Stuttgart
2011
“to be a real vision”, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
“AUF AUGENHÖHE”, Galerie Frey, Wien
”humanise” Kunstverein Emsdetten
”new faces”, Galerie Lausberg, Toronto
2010
Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner, Berlin
2009
“blind date”, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
Solo at Volta6, Basel Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner
2008
“New Portraits” Galerie Lausberg, Toronto
“about face” Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner
”First View”, Gallerie Verrengia, Salerno
2007
“in sight” Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
”straight faced” Galerie Frey, Wien
”Let´s face it !” Galerie Lausberg Toronto
2006
“Surface” Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner,Berlin
Roberta Lietti Arte Contemporanea, Como
2005
“in-direct” Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
2004
“Bildstörung” Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
2003
“Heads”, James Coleman Gallery, London
.
2002
“Tête à tête”, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
”Harding Meyer, Malerei”, Galerie Jahn, Landshut
2001
“headhunter”, Kunstraum 34, Stuttgart
2000
”TV-Paintings”, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
”Malerei” Kunstverein Karlsruhe
1995
Debütentenausstellung Kunstakademie Karlsruhe
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Zeit für Kontraste
Stefan Hoenerloh, Harding Meyer, Yongtak Choi
Galerie Ilka Klose, Würzburg
From head to toe
The body in the Würth Collection
Art Forum Würth, Capena
ARQUETIPAS
The female image in the Würth collection
Museo Würth, La Roja
Bildstörung
Über visuelle Irritationen und die Ästhetik des fehlerhaften in der Kunst
Nödok on Tour
"The Face as Medium and Reflection:
The Biometric Rebellion"
Museo ALL, Valparaiso,Chile
2025
"The Face as Medium and Reflection:
The Biometric Rebellion"
Museo ALL, Valparaiso,Chile
2023
40 Jahre Kunstverein Emsdetten
2022
Kunst, Leben, Leidenschaft - 10 Jahre Museum Angerlehner Die Sammlungsschau
Museum Angerlehner, Thalheim bei Wels
10 Jahre Galerie Frey, Salzburg
J+1 Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner, Berlin
"Entrückt" Galerie Jahn, Landshut
2020-2021
DE LA CABEZA A LOS PIES,
FIGURA HUMANA EN LA COLECCIÓN WÜRTH/
FROM HEAD TO TOE,
HUMAN IMAGES IN THE FOCUS OF THE WÜRTH COLLECTION
Museo Würth, LaRoja
2019
"Von Kopf bis Fuss"
Menschenbilder im Fokus der Sammlung Würth
Forum Kunst Rorschach
2018
“touch me” Biennale, Strasbourg
“Blickkontakt” Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
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Till Freiwald, Andreas Lau, Harding Meyer
Galerie Jahn, Landshut
2017
“de la tete aux pieds”
Musée Würth France Erstein
“Sin limites ” Arte al limite, Santiago, Chile
“Vivid dimensions” Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto
“Real summertime” Galerie Frey, Wien
2016
“Auf Augenhöhe” Galerie Frey, Salzburg
2014
“even better than the real thing” Galerie Frey, Salzburg
“AtrrACTION” Punto sull`Arte, Varese, Italy
“art in progress” Galerie Frey, Vienna
2013
Dismantling Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin
Boys n Girls Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
2012
Von Kopf bis Fuß. Porträts und Menschenbilder in der Sammlung Würth
Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall
“Nervous Women” Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent (Belgien)
“FACE TO FACE" with Sandra Ackermann, Till Freiwald, Davide Larocca.
NEUE GALERIE GLADBECK
“FEATURES” with Till Freiwald, Andreas Lau and
Gabi Trinkaus.
Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner, Berlin
“PREVIEW” Galerie Frey, Salzburg
2011
”Upstairs Downstairs” , Galerie Lausberg, Toronto
”Shadows of the Bright” , Berlin Art Projects-Showroom
2009
“bildschön” Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
2008
“Love”, Palazzo Ducale, Genua
2007
“Nuovo Realismi”, 58. Premio Michetti, Palazzo San
Domenico, Museo Michetti
2005
“Auftakt”, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
2004
“Face to face”, Galerie Judith Walker,
Weizelsdorf/Rosental
2003
“Impact” Galerie Assiociative Européene de la Photographie et de la vidéo, Strassbourg
”Pintura”, Mario Sequeira Gallery, Braga
”Baby Gang”, Spirale Arte, Milano
Galleria Roberta Lietti, Como
2002
“Wahrnehmung des Anderen”, Galerie für
zeitgenössische Kunst, Krefeld
2001
“Love you always” Galerie Damasquine & Aeroplastics, Brüssel
”Self and the Other”, Galerie Christa Burger, München
Galerie Jahn, Landshut
2000
“Impact”, Galerie Assiociative Européene de la
Photographie et de la Vidéo, Strassbourg
Participation in international artfairs since 2001
Art Brussels, Belgium
Arte Fiera Bologna, Italy
Art Frankfurt, Germany
Art Basel Miami, USA
Art Cologne, Germany
TIAF Toronto, Canada
Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Artissima,Turin, Italy
Art Moscow, Russia
Art Central, Hongkong
Viennafair, Austria
Cornice International Art Fair, Venice, Italy
Voltashow, Basel, Switzerland
Volta New York, USA
Preview, Berlin, Germany
Docksartfair, Lyon, France.
Miarte, Milano, Italy
Art Chicago-NEXT, USA
SWAB, Barcelona, Spain
YEAR-07, London, UK
artfair21, Cologne, Germany
Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands
the-solo-project, Basel, Switzerland
Art Miami, USA
Art Wynwood, USA
Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey
Kunst Zürich, Switzerland
Art Karlsruhe
Art Week Luxembourg