HERBERT HAMAK

*1952 in Unterfranken/Germany. Lives and works in Hammelburg/Germany

solo exhibitions

2009
Schnütgen, Köln

2008
Museo dell’Archiginnasio, Bologna, Italy
Sebastian Guinness gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
Schnütgen, Köln

2007
Oltre, Galleria Civica G. Segantini, Arco, Italy
Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy
… e ricomincio da tre, Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
Palazzo della Ragione, Verona: Il Settimo Splendore, la modernità della malinconia,

2006
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany: Full House- Geschichte einer Sammlung
Geukens & De Vil Contemporary Art, Knokke-Zoute, Belgio/Belgium
galerie | christian roellin, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2005
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy: Je ne regrette rien
L’Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux/ Côte d’Azur, France :Utopie réalisée
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Studio Visconti, Milan, Italy
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan

2003
Studio Visconti, Milan, Italy
Installation on the facade of the Cattedrale di Atri, (TE)
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
Christopher Grimes, L.A., USA

2002
Christopher Grimes Gallery, L.A., USA
Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan
Galerie Springer & Winckler, Köln: Skulptur

2001
Studio La Città, Verona, Italy
Galerie Tanit, Brussels, Belgium: Windows
Kenyi Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Studio La Città, Verona, Italy

2000
Christopher Grimes Gallery, L.A., USA
Kenyi Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany

1999
Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Two-person-show, Christopher Grimes Gallery, L.A., USA
Kenyi Taki Gallery, Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan

1998
Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1997
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris, France
Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

1996
Wurtembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany; De Beyerd Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Breda, Belgium (cat.)
Sergio Tossi, Prato, Italy
Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany

1995
Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris
Galerie Tanit, Munich

1994
Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy (cat.)

1993
Galerie van Damme, Antwerp, Belgium
Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, Italy

1992
Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (cat.), Germany
Galerie Tanja Rumpft, Haarlem, Netherlands

1991
Galerie Ryszard Varisella, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main (organised by MoMA, Frankfurt), Germany
Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany

1990
Galerie Ryszard Varisella, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie Daniel Newburg, New York

1986
Galerie Ryszard Varisella, Nuremberg, Germany

1984
Im Klapperhof 33, Cologne, Germany

1981
Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn, Germany

group exhibitions

2009
galerie|christian roellin, g27, Zurich: Herbert Hamak – Tim Ayres

2007
galerie | christian roellin, St. Gallen, Switzerland: Collection – Selection

2005
galerie | christian roellin, St. Gallen, Switzerland: The Dazzling Show, curated by Rolf Ricke

2004
Gallery N. Von Bartha, London: Reflex the Brain Closer Then the Eye
Palazzo Libera, Villa Lagarina, Mantova, Italy: Storie di colore
Portalakis Collection, Athens, Greece: Postimpact
Ch. Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA: 25th Anniversary, The L.A. Years
Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany: Die Neue Kunsthalle III
Fortezza del Mare, Isola Palmaria, Porto Venere: Italy Lucidamente
Cas Pellers, Binissalem, Majorca: Artseasons
Kunstverein Schloss Plon, Germany: Weg zur abstraction,
Chateau de Mouans, Mouans – Sartoux: France Nouvelle Simplicité, Espace del l’Art Concrete
Schloss Pluschow, Mecklenburg / Vorpommern, Germany: Farbe und Licht
Mouans – Ssartoux, France

2003
Gallerie Xippas, Paris, France Blanc de Blanc
Galerie Xippas, Athens, Greece
Perpetuum Mobile, Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany

2002
Presentation of Paintings at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum/ Krefeld Art Museum, Krefeld Germany
Studio La Città, Verona, Italy: Intermezzo

2001
Confederazione Nazionale Coltivatore Diretti, Rome: Italy Figure astratte
Fondazione Bevillaqua La Masa, Venice, Italy: Materia-Niente
Galerie Tanja Rumpff, Haarlem: between you and me (with Wilhelm Mundt and Paul Goede),

bibliography

1995
Boris Brollo, Herbert Hamak, Juliet Art Magazine, February March
Katharina Hegewisch, Das Eigenleben der Farbe, Hypo Art

1994
Naomi Smolik, Herbert Hamak, Artforum, September

1991
Jeanne Siegel, Herbert Hamak, Tema Celeste, March/April