Lutz Bleidorn
Lutz Bleidorn's artwork is largely inspired by the surroundings of his home town Rendsburg in Schleswig-Holstein. In his paintings, he collects and sorts scenic impressions, striking architecture, but also memories of childhood events and dreams. In doing so, he walks the fine line between reason and emotion, between construction and intuition, reflecting the existential dualism of today's individual. With his unique visual language, Lutz Bleidorn is one of the outstanding artists of his generation.
curriculum vitae
| 1973 | born in Rendsburg / Schleswig-Holstein |
| 1996-2000 | education as an illustration designer at the Bildkunst Akademie, Hamburg |
| first intensive study of painting under Martin Conrad | |
| 2003-2009 | studied painting / graphics under Elke Hopfe, Wolfram Haensch and Peter Bömmels at the Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK) |
| 2009 | Diploma at the HfBK Dresden |
| 2009-2011 | master student supervised by Elke Hopfe at the HfBK Dresden |
| 2010 | member of Kuenstlerbund Dresden e.V. and Bundesverband bildender Kuenstlerinnen und Kuenstler (BBK) (Federal Association of Visual Artists) |
| 2011 | »Hegenbarth Scholarship« from the Dresden Stiftung Kunst und Kultur (Foundation for art and culture) sponsored by Ostsaechsische Sparkasse Dresden |
| 2015 | since then teaching assignments and mentoring at the HfBK Dresden, assistant to Christian Macketanz |
| 2020 | member of the BBK Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein |
| radio show »Echo Licht« on kulturhelden.radio | |
| 2021 | artist in Residence at »Kunstraum 10« of Nordkolleg, Rendsburg |
| lives and works in Rendsburg |
Lutz Bleidorn's pictorial worlds are neither ideal or idealized landscapes nor impressionistic snapshots or narratives, but carefully condensed reflections of things seen and remembered. The loving, but never glorified view of the well-known that surrounds us every day, merges familiarity with distance, warmth with coolness, intimacy with a grand prospectus, creating sometimes brokenly romantic, sometimes festive, sometimes enigmatic visions of home.
Lutz Bleidorn. Morgenstimmung und Nachtgespenster, Katalog zur Ausstellung, Dresden: Galerie Himmel 2021
Everything we can sense is real. And behind rational reality, there is an infinite number of other wonderful worlds in all possible colors. If I can grasp this appeal, my world becomes bigger and richer. If I, as an observer, take part in such a rich work of art, the magic also spreads to me. A small piece of infinite beauty, made visible in the picture or made audible in music.
Lutz Bleidorn. Echo Licht, auszugshafte Texte der Radiosendung ?Echo Licht?, 2020
further exhibitions
| 2002 | Carmen Oberst Kunstraum, Hamburg (catalogue) |
| 2003 | Kunststaette Bossard, Jesteburg (catalogue) (participation) |
| 2005 | Photo.Kunst.Raum, Hamburg |
| 2006 | Freiraum 05, Dresden (participation) |
| 2009 | Galerie Treibhaus, Dresden (participation) |
| Galerie Beyer, Dresden (participation) | |
| Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (HfBK): Diplomausstellung (catalogue) (participation) | |
| 2010 | Art Karlsruhe (Galerie Beyer, Dresden) |
| 2011 | Jenaer Kunstverein e.V., Jena: Symposium and exhibition (catalogue) (participation) |
| 2012 | Städtische Galerie Dresden, Project Space: »Winner of the Hegenbarth Scholarship« (with Stefan Krauth) |
| Villa Eschebach, Dresden (participation) | |
| Galerie DD Contemporary, Duesseldorf | |
| 2013 | Kunsthandel Hubertus Hoffschild, Luebeck |
| Galerie Doebele, Dresden (participation) | |
| Art Karlsruhe (Galerie Doebele, Dresden) | |
| 2014 | Galerie im Ratswall, Bitterfeld-Wolfen |
| Galerie Emila Filly, Usti nad Laben, Czech Republic (participation) | |
| 2015 | Einnehmerhaus, Kunstverein Freital e.V., Freital |
| Staedtische Galerie Dresden (participation) | |
| Kunsthandel Hubertus Hoffschild, Lübeck (participation) | |
| Galerie Irrgang, Berlin | |
| 2016 | Galerie Doebele, Dresden |
| Kunsthandel Hubertus Hoffschild, Luebeck (participation) | |
| 2017 | Saechsische Landesaerztekammer, Dresden |
| Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig (participation) | |
| 2018 | GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden (participation) |
| 2019 | GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden |
| Villa Marie, Dresden (participation) | |
| 2020 | Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig (participation) |
| Staedtische Galerie Dresden, Dresden (participation) | |
| Kunsthaus Muellers, Rendsburg (participation) | |
| 2021 | GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden (catalogue) |
| 2023 | Galerie Wellemeyer, Plau am See (with Eric Keller) |
| 2024 | GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden |
