Dieter Mammel

Dieter Mammel (1965) over the years developed a special technique, he paints with ink on raw canvas which is made wet which makes the colour run out and branche whimsically. The images he paints are based on photographic examples. First, he used pictures from his own family album in the series Family works, which he later expanded with more general pictures from the 50’s and 60’s. These Familienbilder (Family Works), almost all painted with green ink, are familiar and confronting at the same time, reminding of both childhood happiness and drama.

The Family Works are followed by the series Magenta Lovers, Feeling Blue, Blueberry Cycle, Under Deep Water, Diva, Yellow, the Cyan Cycle and Transit.

In the TRANSIT series Dieter Mammel addresses the profound issues of out time of climate change, political unrest, war and migration. In the paintings he translates these seemingly uncontrollable forces into a human scale. Mammel himself knows the stories of his grandparents who had to flee across the Balkans to Germany at the end of World War II.

In the series he also refers indirectly to his own childhood, a boy playing on the beach or looking into the water in a moment of introspection and innocence that will inevitably disappear. Other images are more symbolic like the man wading through the water or explicit with refugees in a winter landscape or a monkey screeching out of anger and frustration.

www.dieter-mammel.de

1965 born in Reutlingen, Germany

education

1986-1991 Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Künste (graphic arts), Stuttgart, Germany
Hochschule der Künste (painting), Berlin, Germany
lives and works in Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany

solo exhibitions

2023 Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen Germany
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
2022 Meno Parkas Gallery – Kaunas, Lithuania
Galerie Hübner+Hübner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2020 Galerie Hübner+Hübner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Naxoshalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
artloft.berlin, Berlin, Germany
2019 Galerie Gerken, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Corona Unger, Bremen, Germany
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
2018 Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, Germany
Galerie Hübner+Hübner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2017 Galerie Gerken, Berlin, Germany
Cristine Janssen Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2016 Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galerie Hübner+Hübner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Bogert Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Corona Unger Galerie, Bremen, Germany
2015 C.A.M. Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Galerie Gerken, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
2014 Lisa Norris Gallery, London, UK
Dagmar Schmidla Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Hamburger Kunstprojekt, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Pairings, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Contemp, Agency for Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Hübner+Hübner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The Westin Grand Hotel, Berlin, Germany
2012 C.A.M Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Dagmar Schmidla Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011 Galerie Hamburger Kunstprojekt, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Hübner & Hübner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2010 Dagmar Schmidla Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Thanassis Frissiras Gallery, Athens, Greece
CAM Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey
Under Deep Water, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
Under Deep Water, Pera Museum Istanbul, Turkey
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
2009 Gallery Frissiras, Athens, Greece
Privacy, The Blueberry Cycle, Kunsthaus Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Privacy, The Blueberry Cycle, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany
Galerie Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Galerie Maurits vd Laar, Den Haag, NL
Goethe Institut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlijn, Germany
CAM Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, USA
2006 Thanassis Frissiras Gallery Athens, Greece
Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Hübner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galleri Franz Pedersen, Horsens, Denmark
2005 Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag, NL
Galerie Gerken, (mit Werner Pokorny), Berlin, Germany
Pinakotheek, Athens, Germany
2004 Galerie Hübner, (mit Werner Pok), Frankfurt, Germany
Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen, Germany
2003 Kunstmuseum, BonnGalerie Seitz & Partner, BerlinStiftung St.Matthäus, Kulturforum Berlin, Germany
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
2002 Galerie Maurits van de Laar, (with Hartmut Wilkening) , The Hague, NL
Galerie Schloß Mochental, Ehingen, Germany
2001 Galerie Seitz&Partner, BerlinChristopher Cutts Gallery, TorontoMonique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, USA
Galleria ScalArte, Verona
Galerie Insel, Stuttgart, Germany
2000 Oppert&Wellmann, Berlin,Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague (with Ed Pien), NL
1999 Galerie Nils Schoenholtz, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie 224, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, USA
Goldstrom Gallery, New York, USA
1998 Galerie Tilly Haderek, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Kunstverein Friedrichshaven, Friedrichshaven, Germany
Galerie Johannes Zielke, Berlin, Germany
1997 Hans-Thoma-Gesellschaft, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Germany
Galerie Johannes Zielke, Berlin, Germany
Kunsthalle Göteborg, Sweden
1996 Galerie Studio Ghiglione, Genova, Italy
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague (with Robine Clignett), NL
Goethe Institut, Rotterdam , NL
1995 ART FRANKFURT, one-man-showGalerie Tilly Haderek, Stuttgart, Germany
1994 Galerie Tilly Haderek, Stuttgart, Germany
Reuchlinhaus, Kunstverein Pforzheim, Germany
1993 Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany
Galerie Diferenca, Lissabon, Portugal
Goethe Institut, Porto, Potrtugal
1992 Albrecht-Dürer-Gesellschaft, Nürnberg, Germany
Villa Streccius, Städtische Galerie Landau, Germany
1991 Galerie Tilly Haderek, Stuttgart, Germany
1990 Universiteitsmuseum, Leningrad, USSR
1989 Galerie Schloss Mochental, Ehingen, Germany
1988 Galerie Michael Hasenclever, München, Germany

group exhibitions

2013 Contemporary Istanbul, C.A.M Gallery Istanbul, Turkey
Cutlog art fair, New York, USA
Drawing Cabinet, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Hübner+Hübner, Frankfurt / Main, Germany
Indirect Decision, Städt.Galerie Offenburg, Germany
Märkisches Museum Witten, Stadtmuseum Borken, Germany
Centre de la Gravure de l’image et imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium
2012 Stillleben, Galerie Hübner+Hübner, Frankfurt / Main, Germany
Studio + Kitchen =Laboratory of the Senses, Museum MARTA Herford, Germany
Strictly Private – Family, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Germany
Indirect Decisions, Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, Germany
Richard Haizmann Museum Niebüll, Germany
Eros & Thanatos, SpinnereiGalerien Leipzig, Germany
Figur/Figure, Galerie Hübner&Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
All Water, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
Art Karsruhe, Galerie Hübner&Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Contemporary Istanbul, C.A.M Gallery Istanbul, Turkey
Art Miami, Galerie Hübner&Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
2011 Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Hübner&Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Die Zeit Ist Jung, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
2010 Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Spieglein, Spieglein..,(with a.o. Johannes Grützke, Cornelia Schleime), Kunsthaus Potsdam, Germany
GermanyArt Fair 21, Germany
Galerie Dagmar Schmidla, Cologne, Germany
Daire hosts Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Galeri Daire Tophane, Istanbul, Turkey
Contemporary Istanbul 2010, Istanbul, Turkey
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL
2009 Von Liebeslust und Lebenslast, Schloss Corvey in Höxter, Germany
2008 Familienbilder, Kunstblock Frankfurt, Germany
Art Cologne, Galerie Hübner, Germany
Holzschnitte, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Das Portrait, Galerie Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Art Karlsuhe, Galerie Seitz & Partner, Germany
Art Cologne, Galerie Hübner, Germany
Begeben Sie sich, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Das Atelier, Galerie Hübner, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Hochdruckzone, Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, Germany
Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz, Germany
Frissiras Gallery, Art Athina, Athens, Greece
Open Mind, CAM Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 Scope New York, Galerie Hübner, New York, USA
Die coolste Show von Coolhausen (mit André Butzer und Anne Tismer), Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
Art Chicago, Galerie Hübner, USA
Cross the line, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
Auf eigene Art, Thomas-Mann-Haus, München ( mit Katharina Grosse, Thomas Florschuetz, O.C. Jenssen), Germany
Paskendstilling 2006 ( mit Per Kirkeby, Jean Rustin…) Galleri Franz Pedersen, Horsens, Denmark
Art Copenhagen, Galleri Franz Pedersen, Denmark
Art Cologne, Galerie Hübner, Germany
Scope London, Galerie Hübner, London, UK
Scope Miami, Galerie Hübner, Miami, USA
Die Zeichnung, Kunsthochebene, Berlin, Germany
1st shift 15 year anniversary Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands
Eloquent Papers, Galerie Kusseneers, Antwerp, Belgium
2005 Kunsthalle Brennabor, BrandenburgKunshaus PotsdamGalerie Gerken, Berlin, Germany
XIV.Internationale Grafiek-Triënnale Frechen, Germany
Contemporary European Painting Award, Frissiras Museum Athens, Greece
Art Frankfurt, Germany
Art Cologne, Germany
Die vier Elemente, Galerie Seitz&Partner, Berlin, Germany
Frisia Museum, Spanbroek, NL
2004 ARTiade Athene, Greece
Kahnweiler Preis, Rockenhausen, Germany
Direct Painting, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
2003 Interfaces Fukumitsu Art Museum Kyoto, Japan
Musée Pierre Noel, Saint-Diè-des-Vosges, France
Arthouse Tel Aviv, Israel
Sonic Self, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
50 aus 50, Hans-Thoma-Gesellschaft, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Germany
Galerie Hübner, Frankfurt, Germany
Art now ! Aktuelle Kunst in Berlin, KPM, Berlin, Germany
weiß zieht und gewinnt – Zeichnungen, Galerie Seitz & Partner, Germany
2002 PingPong, Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany
Premio Suzzara, Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, Suzzara, Italy
LANGE NACHT DER MUSEEN, Berlin, Germany
ART COLOGNE, Galerie Seitz und Partner, Cologne, Germany
ART FORUM, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2000 Neue Wege im Holzschnitt Kunstmuseum Reutlingen
Nachlese, Wewerka Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Zeichen setzen, Galerie Insel, Stuttgart
ART Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main
1999 Galerie Nils Schoenholtz, Hamburg
Reconzeptualisation of a vision, Goldstrom Gallery, New York, USA
International Art Fair for Contemporary Art, Zürich, CHStipendiaten der Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft Künstlerwerkstatt im Bahnhof Westend, Berlin, Germany
1998 Drawing exhibition, Celtenham, UK
Hotline, met Cornelia Schleime,
Goethe Institut, Krakau, Pl
Köpfe, Galerie Johannes Zielke, Berlin, Germany
Shoot me, Goldstrom Gallery New York, USA
1997 Werk op papier, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL
Fliegen, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, Germany
1996 Sehnsucht nach Italien-heute, Heidelberger Kunstverein
Lindenau Museum, Altenburg
Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Tammen & Busch, Berlin, Germany
1994 Otto Dix-Preis, Orangerie GeraFliessende Formen, Neckarwerke EsslingenWasser-Fotografie, Kunstverein Mainz
1993 Fragmente, Galerie am Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany
1992 Toleranzen, Kunstverein JenaEl Eco, Akademie der Künste, Berlijn
1991 Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Preis, Rockenhausen
Korrespondenzen, Kunstmuseum Boras
Berlinische Galerie im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Neue Darmstädter Sezession, Darmstadt
Otto Nagel Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1990 Art meets Science and Spirituality, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Große Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst München
1988 5. Nationale der Zeichnung, Augsburg
1987 Holz- und Linolschnitt nach 1945, Kunstmuseum Reutlingen
1986 Jugendpreis der Künstlergilde, Künstlerhaus Ulm
1985 Biennale des Friedens, Kunstverein Hamburg