Friedhard Meyer

Friedhard Meyer

The works by Friedhard Meyer derive their strength from the symbiosis of vitality and harmony. Fine strokes of colour cover the canvas in a staccato-like manner, releasing one colour while hiding another. The result is a dynamic rhythm, with colour being the main feature. Not only do the colours appear to be an artistic composition, but also a musical one. Just like tones and various sounds, each  stroke of colour strikes a visual as well as a musical chord. Friedhard Meyer does not resort to loud, stirring tones. He rather strives for concord and harmony. The colours of his works move and resonate at the same time. Initially, – as is common in Concrete Art – there is no relationship to real, representational depictions. Initially, Concrete Art does not endeavour anything. It does neither want to depict, nor abstract or lecture. It is only meant to bring the artist’s idea into being. In this context, it appears that Meyer’s spirit is revealed in his works, a spirit that is hardly tangible, and yet palpable. His works are only accountable to the volition and the idea of the artist. The works of Friedhard Meyer represent an unusual way of merging colours in peaceful harmony, without being languid or dull. Each colour resonates and merges with others like a melody. Friedhard Meyer’s technique also plays a key role in achieving this effect. When applying his so-called needle technique, a thin flat brush is placed on the canvas, with the result that the colours appear like needles, whereby needles are neither intended nor depicted. We can perceive the precise and deliberate manner in which colours are applied to the canvas. They appear like small cuts – without any connotation to violence. The meditative power of Friedhard Meyer’s works unfolds when we take time and devote our attention to them. Then we can see and hear the composition. Each of his paintings evokes a very special atmosphere and sentiment for us to indulge in. We will only recognise the nuances and precision of his works when we suppress everything else and fully concentrate on the underlying idea by the artist. Even though Concrete Art does not endeavour anything, this is in turn the very reason why it leads to new insights – sensually, emotionally and intellectually. The works by Friedhard Meyer therefore remind me of the happy union between heart and mind, put on canvas.

                                                                                                                                                                             Simon Oos – Art Historian

Curriculum Vitae

1940 – born in Nueremberg / Germany

1959 – Graduated High School

1960 / 1965 – Study at Technical University Munich

1966 / now – living in Bad Neustadt / Saale , Germany

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

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 2018 – Member of Parcus Gallery

Personal Exhibitions

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

International Participations

2006 — 15. Europ`ART Geneve , Switzerland

2007 — Gallery Thuillier , Paris , France

— Art Fair Stockholm, Sveden

— ARTEXPO New York, USA

2008 — Art Fair Shanghai, China

2010 — LDX-Gallery, Beijing, China

— Opera Gallery, Budapest, Ungary

2011– Art Taipei, Taiwan

2012– Art Palm Beach, Florida

— Art Taipei, Taiwan

2013 — Art Beijing, China

2014 – Art Innsbruck, Austria

2015 — Art Innsbruck, Austria

— Art Space Gallery, New York

2016– Colorida Art Gallery, Lisboa;

–Kitz-Art,,Kitzbuehel,Austria

2017 – Art Market Budapest

2018 — Young and Modern Art, Doha, Katar with

Gallery USIA.CO.UK

Literatur

— „Aquarellmalerei aus Nordbayern“, Stadtgeschichtl. Museen Nürnberg

— „Schöpfungslandschaften“,Eulen Verl.Freib.,1986

— „Faszination des Aquarells“, arte-factum-Verlag,

Nürnberg, 1988

— ATIM´S Top 60, ArtTour International

Publications, 2013

— „Internationale Kunst Heute“, IKH-Publishing,

Schorndorf, 2014, 2016, 2018

Internetpräsenz

–www.gallery-friedhard.de

—www.artoffer.com/friedhardmeyer

–http://friedhard-meyer.wix.com/home

Medienpräsenz

2010 – Ungarisch.Fernsehen, Ausstellung „European

Panorama”, Opera Gallery Budapest

2012 — 28.Okt. Bayerisches Fernsehen: Weiß Blau in

Bad Neustadt, Künstlerportr. Friedhard Meyer

Ausstellungen

2007 — Galerie Thuillier, Paris, Frankreich

— Art Fair Stockholm, Schweden

— Art Innsbruck, Österreich

— ARTEXPO New York , USA

2008 — Art Fair Shanghai, China

2009 — Galerie Bertrand Kass, Innsbruck, Österreich

2010 — Galerie Artodrome, Berlin/Beijing,

— Opera Gallery, Budapest, Ungarn

— LDX-Gallery, Beijing, China

2007-2010 Gemeinschaftsausstellungen mit der

Europäischen Gruppe „Colectivo Cillero“

in: Madrid, Baignes( Frankreich),

Albacete, Toledo, Hellin(Spanien),

2011 — Art Fair Taipei,Taiwan mit Galerie Artodrome

— LDX-Gallery, Beijing, China

— Die Farbe Weiß, Kreisgalerie Mellrichstadt

2012 — Art Palm Beach, Florida

— Art Fair Taipei, Taiwan

— Automatenmuseum Falaise, Frankreich,

Partnerschaftsausstellung

— Lissabon,Medina del Campo mit Colectivo C.

2013 — Art Beijing, China mit Galerie Artodrome

— Florence Design Week Exhibition, Florenz, It.

— Biennale of Chianciano, Italien

2014 – Art Innsbruck, Österreich

— Gallery Steiner, Wien, Österreich

— Die Farbe Weiß, Kunststation Kleinsassen

— Ancient Palaces, Varenna, Italien

— Jenseits der Worte, Kunstverein

Bad Neustadt

2015 — Art Innsbruck, Österreich

— Bank Schilling, Bad Neustadt

— Art Space Gallery, New York

2016 — Galerie M.Beck, Homburg/Saar

— Colorida Art Gallery, Lissabon

— ARTMUC, München

— Kunstgalerie KITZ-ART, Kitzbühel

2017 — Altes Amtshaus Bad Neustadt

— Art Market Budapest mit Gal. M.Beck

2018 — Young and Modern Art, Doha, Katar mit

Galerie USIA.CO.UK

— Spitäle, Würzburg, VKU-Einzelausstellung

— Franck-Haus, Marktheidenfeld, Einzelausst.

Kunstpreise und Auszeichnungen

2005 — Erster Preis des Palm Art Award, Art-Domain

Gallery, Leipzig,

2006 — Ehrendiplom, SEETAL-Wettbewerb, Kunst-

Forum-International, Schweiz

— Aufnahme in WHO´S WHO in VISUAL ART

für 2006-2007

2007 — Médaille d´Or, Internationale Ausstellung

M.C.A., Cannes-Azur, Frankreich

2008 — Aufnahme in WHO´S WHO in VISUAL ART

für 2008/2009, 2012/2013, 2014/2015

2010 – Diploma of Excellence, Art Now, Artoteque,

London.

2014 — Honorable Mention, 8. Art Contest, Artavita

2015 — Certificate of Excellence,16.Art Cont.Artavita

2016 — Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts

International´s “New Beginnings” 2016-2017

— Certificate of Excellence, Kitz Award, Kitz-

Art Galerie, Kitzbühel