Kurt Herrmann

Kurt Herrmann born 1972, Lock Haven, USA is a painter from the mountains of Pennsylvania whose practice covers both figurative and abstract genres but above all, he is a colourist at heart. Two of Kurt’s recent shows were featured in Time Out Chicago and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Kurt continues to exhibit around the world but although his exhibition schedule is increasingly international, Kurt’s rural Pennsylvanian roots continue to influence his work.

Artist Statement

“Colour does not need to represent anything other than itself. It is universal yet nothing is more personal. And that’s how I present these paintings. I’m distilling something that struck me, but the interpretations and feelings they provoke in others can be infinite

In my Colour Bomb Series I want the paintings to radiate across the room but to also whisper quietly beside you.
I want big sound and silence. Many of my shapes, forms and colors have been extracted from the mountains of Pennsylvania where I live and work, but I also sample bits and pieces of memories and places I’ve never been. There are trunks of trees, winter skies, deer legs, the pink from a summer watermelon and Greek islands I’ve always wanted to see – these are some of the sparks that start a painting but they are not the whole story.

I’m very aware of the fact that even if a painting was initially inspired by something exotic, or an extremely personal event on the other side of the planet, all my work is filtered through my studio in the hills of Appalachia. The colours, silence, space, seasons, landscape, even the rednecks impact everything I make. It’s inescapable” – Kurt Herrmann.

Artist CV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 Drunk on Water, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Australia
2021 Appalachian Bebop, Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, T
2020 Neon Mountain Aarwun Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2020 Online Appalachian Lockdown Watercolors, Octavia Art Gallery, LA, USA
2019 Blue Eyed Shark James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2019 New Color Bombs Anala Art, Sydney, Australia
2019 Bandits, Bears and Dirty Bombs, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Australia
2018 The Kiwi Suite, Color Bombs at 12 Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2017 Solo Show Sidewinder Gallery, Chicago, USA
2017 Colour Bombs, Anala Art, Sydney, Australia
2016 The Fruit of Sugar Valley, Firecat Projects Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 Hot Feet, Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2014 Siberian Street Scenes, Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, TX
2014 Blockheads, Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, TX
2013 Solo Show, Wagner College, Long Island, NY
2012 Solo show, Station Gallery, Lock Haven, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Untitled. 2022, traffic jam galleries, Sydney Australia
2020 Unplugged, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2020 Atomic Color, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
2019 Vivid Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2019 The Other Art Fair – Sydney, Australia
2019 Color Me12 Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2018 Auckland Art Fair –12 Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2018 Moving Targets, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2018 Five Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2017 Boogie Street 2 person show with Johnny Romeo, Penny Contemporary, Hobart, Australia
2017 Group Show , Sidewinder Gallery, Chicago, USA
2017 Group Show – 12 Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2016 Group show – Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2014 3 Person Show – Firecat Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Group Show, Yard Dog Gallery at Firecat Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 4 Person show – Art Association of Harrisburg, PA
2012 Highwire Gallery Group Show – Alumni, Philadelphia, PA
2012 From Life, Group show, Converge Gallery, Williamsport, PA
2012 Gwanghwamoon International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea

Untitled. 2022

Kurt Herrmann, Delia Vilhelm, Polly Hollyoak, Carmen Hui, Nanou Dupuis, Vanessa Encarnacao, Oliver Cain, Annika Lee, Allira Henderson, Rocket, Tulika Das, Elena Bijelic, Jie Ye (Sophia) Li, Madi Whyte

Untitled. is an annual tjg initiative that focuses on celebrating the works of guest artists foreign to our gallery space. Curated from local, interstate and international artists all at varying stages of their artistic journeys.