Artists
At artvariable, you’ll find not only works by Endy Hupperich and Thomas Richter, but also amazing pieces from other talented artists.
Endy Hupperich
(Kaufbeuren, 1967)
Lives and works in Morelos, Mexico.
2017
Lecturer at the CMA (Cuernavaca, Mexico)
2008 - 2014
Artistic Assistant to Prof. Markus Oehlen at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
2006 - 2013
Lecturer in Drawing and Creative Design at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design
2007 - today
Instructor for Painting at the Academy of Bad Reichenhall
2002 - 2004
Visiting Professor for Painting and Drawing at the Escuela Nacional de las Artes La Esmeralda (Mexico City, Mexico)
1997
Degree from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1996 - 1997
Master Student under Prof. Helmut Sturm
1993 - 1997
Assistant to Prof. Karl Imhof at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1990 - 1997
Studies in Painting and Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Awards:
2021
Art Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
2012
1st Prize, Art in Architecture – BMC TU Munich, State Building Authority Munich
2010
1st Prize, Art in Architecture – Quivid, Municipal Building Department Munich
2003
Art Prize of the City of Kaufbeuren
Works in Private and Public Collections:
Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich
Artothek – Municipal Collection, Munich
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO), Mexico
Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO), Oaxaca, Mexico
Hildegard Collection, Berlin
LfA Bank, Munich
Munich Re Art Collection, Munich
Exhibitions (Selection from 2012):
2024
Paisajes estrellados – bodegones revueltos, Galeria Karen Huber, CDMX, Mexico (S)
Bilder die die Welt vergeuden, Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm (S)
Horsing around, Galerie Lake, Oldenburg (S)
Sobre cómo poner el cuerpo, Galeria Karen Huber, CDMX, Mexico (G)
2023
Gelb ist das blaue vom Ei, Galerie Lake, Oldenburg (S)
2022
wild west 0,00, Galerie Lake, Oldenburg (S)
2021
Poche parole tanti fatti, residencia797, Guadalajara (S)
4th Bienal Arte Lumen, Museum de la Ciudad, Mexico City, Mexico (G)
Rien ne va plus avec muse, Galerie Karen Huber, Mexico City, Mexico (S)
Luz! blau, rot e capelli grassi, Galerie Lake, Oldenburg (G)
2020
The Artist Columned Hall, STOA169 Foundation, Polling, Germany (G)
don’t get 2 close 2 my fantasy, Galerie Karen Huber, Mexico City, Mexico (G)
2019
Latitud Morelos Contemporáneo, MMAC Museo Juan Soriano, Cuernavaca, Mexico (G)
Fünf Finger für Terpentin, Kunsthalle Cloppenburg, Cloppenburg, Germany (S)
2018
UN LITRO Y DOS EN LA ESQUINA, Galerie Karen Huber, Mexico City, Mexico (S)
Pintura Reactiva, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico (G)
Nix für unmut, Galerie Lake, Oldenburg (S)
2017
LOS BIGOTES DE TUTTO VIVALDI, Galerie Salón Malafama, Mexico City, Mexico (S)
Landschaften, Freundschaften, Liebschaften, Galerie Lake, Oldenburg (S)
5 Finger für Terpentin, Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm (S)
2016
was Ihr wollt!, Galerie Ralf Lake, Oldenburg (S)
Lieber Maler male Dir, Association for Contemporary Art, Flensburg (S)
2015
5 dedos para trementina, Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños MUPO, Oaxaca, Mexico (S)
2014
Endy Hupperich – Das Retrospicktief, Galerie Ralf Lake, Oldenburg (S)
Elsewhere, Museo Kallmann, Ismaning (G)
In jeder Sprache heißt das Gleiche anders, with L. Herrera, Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf (S)
34 Perspectives on the Present, Swabian Gallery at the Oberschönenfeld Museum (S)
2013
Kleine grosse Frau, van de Loo Projekte, Munich (S)
milki guey, with Lorena Herrera, Weltraum Gallery, Munich (G)
nichts ohne mit, Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm (S)
34.5 Perspectives on the Present, Kunstverein Wetzlar (S)
Biennale “October Salon 2013”, Belgrade, Serbia (G)
2012
Perlen vor Napoli, Galerie Jahn, Heilbronn (S)
Strong Beer Every Day – your skin feels okay, Galerie Royal, Munich (S)
Annual Editions, Kunstverein München, Munich (G)
Salute dentale, Galerie Artoxin and van de Loo Projekte, Munich (S)
(S) – Solo Exhibitions
(G) – Group Exhibitions
Remix, Regroup, Resample:
The Iconic Turntable
Since the early 1990s, the term “iconic turn” — later, and perhaps more fittingly, called the “pictorial turn” — has been widely discussed in the humanities and social sciences. The idea (in linguistic analogy but conceptual opposition to the earlier “linguistic turn”) is that our understanding of the world — indeed, human thought itself — is not necessarily structured through language, but just as much, if not more, through images. (The downside of this “iconic turn” are the cultural pessimists warning of an apocalyptic flood of images, a maelstrom of visuals, signs, and logos in which truth, clarity, and legibility might ultimately drown...)
Images as independent, autonomous, and self-contained forms of existence — not needing to be translated into language or serving merely as indicators or symbols of something else: anyone familiar with the evolution of visual art since the dawn of modernism will recognize this perspective not as something new, but as a fundamental principle of that very development. (Accordingly, contemporary art could only respond with a calm shrug — if not outright boredom — to such “epiphanies” from its observers...). Endy Hupperich’s works thoughtfully and subtly explore these ideas — a way of thinking in images, in a world made of images. What might at first glance recall Pop Art or postmodern quotation may, in fact, be better understood as painted media theory, or even media ontology: a mapping of the world, a mapping of the space that images create — including the often-overlooked space between them. Consequently, in Hupperich’s practice, the traditional single panel painting — self-contained and complete in itself — plays a decreasing role, while the notion of *interpicturality* (so to speak), the dialogue and mutual referencing between images within a larger context, becomes ever more central. Motifs and visual fragments — all drawn from the empirical world of images surrounding Hupperich (as one of us, among us, with us) — reappear in new contexts and experimental arrangements. They do not form continuous narratives, but rather a network of intersecting, overlapping, surfacing and submerging similarities. It is, after all, the viewer’s task to reconstruct these connections — this *theoria* — into a coherent whole.
Not only do the conventional boundaries of the single image blur here, but also those between genres, media, and techniques: “classical” painting, drawing, spray work and stencil, collage, individually presented *objets trouvés*, wall painting, enlarged and rasterized photocopies, frames and passe-partouts, flat works and sculptural elements — all communicate, contrast, collide, and comment on one another with equal liveliness. The constantly migrating, transforming, de- and recontextualized image fragments they contain are just as dynamic. In Hupperich’s installations of recent years, these tendencies and strategies come fully into focus — revealing how deeply and seriously his work engages with reflection on images (“the main actors on the stage of cognition” — Sigrid Weigel), not merely with painting itself. And yet, paradoxically, it is precisely through these multi-media, non-hierarchical, exuberant iconotopes that one realizes what an astonishingly skillful and versatile painter Endy Hupperich truly is.
by Peter T. Lenhart, 2008.
Thomas Richter
(Brandenburg, 1967)
Lives an works in Kinsau, Oberbayern.
www.thr-design.com | www.thomas-richter.com
After finishing high school, I studied in Dresden and then worked in various fields. Since 2004, I have been living in Bavaria. In 2005, I finally started my own business as a web designer and graphic artist with a small advertising agency.
Over the years, I developed a love for photography. I find it endlessly fascinating what can be expressed through photos, how moments can be captured, and how memories can be preserved forever.
Other Interests
Traveling is not just a hobby for me, but a passion that has accompanied me since my youth. With my backpack, I have explored the world (including Morocco, Peru, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Greece, France, Romania, Slovakia, and Austria) and collected unforgettable experiences. Every country I visited not only offered new perspectives but also allowed me to experience the diversity of cultures and the warmth of people up close.
In recent years, I have mainly traveled through South Tyrol and France with my children and wife. Every journey has enriched me and taught me valuable lessons about life, people, and the world.
When I’m not traveling, I find balance through cycling and jogging. These activities often spark new ideas, insights, and thoughts that I like to develop further.
Peter Mayr, aka Petrmayr
(Peiting, 1967)
Lives and works Peiting, Oberbayern.
www.petrmayr.de | www.graficum.art
Education
1985 - 1987
Apprenticeship as a Turner / Commercial training, BAS Schongau
1988 - 1990
University of Applied Sciences for Art & Design, Hannover / Prof. Peter Tuma, Prof. Ulrich Baehr
1990 - 1994
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich / Prof. Jürgen Reipka
2010
Advanced / Master's studies in Communication & Design Strategies, FH Faculty of Design, Augsburg
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1992
Hajos Scholarship, Hungary
1993
Started working as a freelance artist
1995
Scholarship Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin
1996
5th Swabian Art Prize, Kreissparkasse Augsburg
1996
Publication: Catalog “works”
1996
Started series “Christmas Cards”, Edition Flop, annually since 1996
1996
Work stay in Delaware, N.Y., USA
1997
Initiator of the exhibition "Daily Bread", Schongau
1998
Publication: Catalog petrmayr, 96-98
1998
Studio in Peiting
1998
Art and Culture Prize, Kreissparkasse Schongau
1998
Work stays in N.Y., Vermont, USA
1999
Scholarship of Heiliggeist-Spital Foundation, Schongau
1999
Catalog "BÜ 131-project", DASA, Ottobrunn/Munich
2000
Work stays in N.Y., Florence
2000
Catalog “sukzessives”, 2000
2001
Doteky Grannary, Klenova, Klatovy, Czech Republic
2001
Work stays in N.Y., Tokyo
2002
Expanded studio KHA, Peiting
2002
Guest Scholarship, Villa Romana, Florence
2005
Set up screen printing workshop
2005 - 2007
Instructor, Reichenhaller Academy for Life Drawing
2005 - 2007
Workshops for people with disabilities, Herzogsägmühle, Peiting
2006
Curator of the exhibition "momllek, the World of Konrad Müller", Peiting
2007
Lecturer (Etching) at University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg
2008 - 2012
Technical staff (Workshop management) at University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg
2009
Work stay in N.Y.
2009
Phantom Project
2009 - now
Creative Trainer at Art & Business Stollsteiner, Cologne
2010
Master studies in Communication and Design Strategies, Augsburg
2010
Teaching at high school, Marktoberdorf
2010 - 2013
Montessori School, Peißenberg
2011
Purchase of former company building / studio setup with printing workshop, Peiting
2012
Specialist teacher for drawing / lettering / art history at State Vocational School for Woodcarving, Oberammergau
2014
1st class, Pavilion Oberammergau, "Trophies of Happiness – you’ve got the money, we’ve got the gravel" with Endy Hupperich
2014
Galerie Artoxin, Munich
2015
Catalog “methopodics” Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
2015
Solo exhibition “methopodics”, Galerie Artoxin, Munich
2015
slick, Paris Artissima, Turin
2016
Art in Architecture installation, Raiffeisenbank Peiting, Galerie Artoxin, Munich
2017
"Closed Society", Galerie Lake in Oldenburg, Art Fair in Weilheim, Galerie Artoxin in Munich
2018
Global4paper, Stadtmuseum Seggendorf, Annual Exhibition Artoxin, Munich, Serial Market - multiples
2019
Production STOA169, Polling
2019
Founded GRAFICUM, private school / studio seminars for visual arts
2020
Production "STOA169", Polling, IAPMA
2021
Global4paper5, Deggendorf, Serial Market - multiples No. 2
2022
The Small Format, Diessen
2023
PUR, Galerie St. Ottilien, "What hangs doesn’t disturb while vacuuming" – with Endy Hupperich and Andreas Pinkow
2024
Wall design at Nietzsche Museum, Naumburg, "Money is the raw material"; Pigeon Tower, Diessen a.A. "What hangs doesn’t disturb while vacuuming", GRAFICUM, Peiting
Exhibitions:
Since 1990, in Hanover, Berlin, Frankfurt, Augsburg, Munich, Hamburg, Oldenburg, Aschaffenburg, Vienna, New York, Toronto, Rome, Paris, Florence, Hungary, Czechia, and many other locations.
Gallery representations:
Berlin weekly, Stefanie Seidl Gallery, Berlin | www.berlin-weekly.com
Kettner Kunstvermittlung, Augsburg | www.kunstraum-kettner.de
gallery Artoxin, Munich | www.artoxin.de
Acquisitions / Collections (Selection):
Achenbach Consulting, Düsseldorf
AXA Insurance Co, N.Y.
Boston Consulting Group, Munich
Boehringer Ingelheim
DaimlerChrysler Wilmington, Delaware
Daimler-Benz North America Corporation, New York
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, Munich
German Council, N.Y.
Hi-Com, Berlin
Hoerbiger-Origa International, Schongau
Hamberger Kanzlei, Munich
M. Michalke, Munich
Mercedes-Benz, Munich
Nordstern Insurance Co. of America, N.Y.
Nuffer & Partner GmbH, Munich
Page, Arbitrio & Resen, N.Y.
Pathological Institute, Ravensburg
Owen & Mandolfo Associate, N.Y.
Nietzsche Museum, Naumburg
Raiffeisenbank Peiting
Municipality of Peiting
Kreissparkasse Augsburg
Kreissparkasse Schongau
Gabriella von Scheven, Berlin
Tax Consulting Company GmbH, Schongau
Timotheus Pohl, N.Y.
Transatlantic Consulting, Basking Ridge, New Jersey
EXXON, N.Y.
EHG Elektroholding GmbH, Frankfurt
UPM-Kymmene, Schongau
Kaffee Braun, Aschaffenburg
Ruf Immobilien, Schongau
Numerous private collections, e.g., in N.Y., Cape Town, Toronto, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich
