Exploring the intersections of digital media and painting, Vienna-based artist André Hemer creates dreamy, atmospheric compositions that resemble portals to the sky. Hemer uses scanners and digital photography to capture objects such as flowers en plein air against blue and pink skies, archiving changes in light. For “Troposphere,” he then combined these images, which were taken all over the world, and printed them onto canvases. Hemer used these layered images as the backgrounds of his paintings.

The flat, digital quality of the sky and floral backdrop contrasts with the thickly applied paint and expressive brushwork, pulling the eye across the surface. This sense of movement is heightened by the subtle blurring effect created through the process of scanning. With florals, iridescent skies that resemble rich silk, and tondo canvases reminiscent of ceiling frescoes, Hemer’s work appears simultaneously contemporary, Renaissance, and Rococo. It’s hard not to imagine the foot of a Jean-Honoré Fragonard figure swinging into Hemer’s ethereal compositions.
— Annabel Keenan
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-must-see-new-york-art-week-2023

Troposphere (solo), Hollis Taggart Contemporary, New York
Hollis Taggart is pleased to present Troposphere, the Vienna-based artist André Hemer’s second solo show with the gallery. Continuing his ongoing engagement with nature, the nine new canvases and new video work in the exhibition reflect the artist’s deep study of the sky as well as his fascination with documenting light. New to this body of work is Hemer’s experimentation with oval-shaped canvases, which, combined with his masterful fusion of digital media and painting, create a stunning portal-like effect of bursting open his iridescent compositions of glowing sunset colors to the viewer. Troposphere will be on view on the second floor of Hollis Taggart from May 11 through June 24, 2023, with an opening reception on Thursday, May 11, from 5-8PM.
https://www.hollistaggart.com/exhibitions/176-andre-hemer-troposphere/

Absence (curated by Felicity Milburn), Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, NZ
In art, absence implies loss, exclusion, transformation and more – it’s the unspoken subject in some of the Gallery’s most intriguing works. This selection from the collection presents well-known paintings by renowned Aotearoa New Zealand artists such as Rita Angus, Ralph Hotere, Colin McCahon and Petrus van der Velden alongside an array of more recent works by Claudia Kogachi, Dane Mitchell, Kazu Nakagawa and Conor Clarke. Ranging across a wide spectrum that includes the mournful and the mischievous, the monumental and the hardly-there-at-all, Absence invites viewers to fill in the gaps.
https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/absence

Where the Wild Roses Grow, Schloss Görne, Germany
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery is proud to present Where The Wild Roses Grow, their third summer exhibition at Schloss Görne, Germany. Each year, the gallery invites established and emerging artists from within and beyond their roster to exhibit their works within the dramatic setting of an 18th-century castle and amid the sprawling gardens.

https://kristinhjellegjerde.com/exhibitions/350/overview/

Group presentation with Yavuz Gallery (Singapore/Sydney)
https://www.artbasel.com/hong-kong

Group presentation (Yavuz Gallery), Art SG, Singapore, SG
Yavuz Gallery is pleased to participate in the inaugural edition of ART SG. The gallery’s booth will feature new and critical works by leading artists from the gallery’s programme including:
Abdul Abdullah, Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Choy Ka Fai, Ayka Go, Kawayan de Guia, André Hemer, Mehwish Iqbal, Guido Maestri, Alvin Ong, Nicholas Ong, Patricia Piccinini, Tom Polo, Pinaree, Sanpitak, Jason Wee, Mark Whalen, Grace Wright
https://artsg.com/

Hyper-Abandonment (solo), Gow Langsford Gallery, NZ
https://www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz/exhibitions/hyper-abandonment?id=18385&eid=

Phenomena (solo), LUIS DE JESUS LOS ANGELES
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is very pleased to announce ANDRÉ HEMER: Phenomena, an exhibition of paintings, photographs, and video on view in Gallery 2 from September 17 through October 29, 2022. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 17, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.

https://www.luisdejesus.com/exhibitions/andre-hemer3

Group presentation with Yavuz Gallery, Westbund Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Yavuz Gallery is pleased to return to West Bund Art & Design with a key selection of Asia-Pacific artists from the gallery’s programme. Featuring: Abdul Abdullah, Ayka Go, André Hemer, Yeo Kaa, Guido Maestri, Alvin Ong, Nicholas Ong, Tom Polo, Mark Whalen, and Grace Wright.
http://www.westbundshanghai.com/

Serotonin!, Futures Gallery, Melbourne, AU
FUTURES is excited to present Serotonin!, a high-voltage group exhibition featuring painting, sculpture, photography and installation by Australian and American artists.
/with: Anita Cummins, Renee Cosgrave, Eric Demetriou, Ethan Greenbaum, Matthew Harris, André Hemer, Claire Lambe, Nick Mullaly, Jake Preval, Kiki Smith, Darren Sylvester
https://futuresgallery.com.au/exhibitions/serotonin

Scenes from an Infinite Sky (solo), Melbourne Art Fair w/ Yavuz Gallery

https://artcollector.net.au/art-collector-x-maf-2022-yavuz-gallery/

NFTism (curated by Kenny Schachter), Institut, London
Institut, the first art world-led platform for NFTs, is proud to present NFTism: No Fear in Trying – curated by Kenny Schachter – physically at Unit London and virtually via Arium from 10- 25 September, 2021. The exhibition brings together 100 artists including XCOPY, Rewind Collective, Marco Brambilla, Krista Kim, Olive Allen, Vhils and IX Shells.
https://ocula.com/art-galleries/unit-london/exhibitions/nftism/

< soft glow > (with Anne Vieux), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
Private View: Wednesday 21st of July 6:30 – 9pm, London (London Bridge)
Thick gestures of paint in seductive shades of pink and red call to mind the shimmering petals of flowers blooming while on other canvases, abstract lines and forms writhe in mesmerising psychedelic patterns. Through their distinct artistic practices, André Hemer and Anne Vieux are both interested in exploring processes of rematerialisation whereby physical materials are translated into digital forms and then back into three-dimensional objects. , their joint exhibition at Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery, presents a captivating series of new works that make reference to the digital sublime, in which beauty arises through a sense of uncanny or imperfection. Harnessing technological tools alongside physical gestures and the ethereal qualities of light, both artists create a sense of suspended movement that beguiles the viewer’s perception while drawing attention to the layered materiality of each image.

https://kristinhjellegjerde.com/exhibitions/215/overview/
https://www.annevieux.com/

Look Again: A Survey of Contemporary Painting, Hollis Taggart, Southport, CT
Look Again includes gallery artists William Buchina, Leah Guadagnoli, André Hemer, Kenichi Hoshine, Dana James, John Knuth, and Bill Scott, as well as Elizabeth Cooper, Bethany Czarnecki, Hiroya Kurata, Suchitra Mattai, Matt Phillips, and Devin Troy Strother
https://www.hollistaggart.com/exhibitions/102-look-again-a-survey-of-contemporary-painting/

Facing the Sun, Schloss Görne, Germany
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery is proud to announce the opening of its fifth gallery space at Schloss Görne, Germany with a large-scale summer exhibition that will fill the historic buildings and surrounding gardens with diverse artworks by 37 artists. Aptly entitled Facing the Sun, the show celebrates the gallery’s continued global expansion and looks forward to a more optimistic future
https://kristinhjellegjerde.com

Group presentation with Yavuz Gallery (Singapore/Sydney)
https://www.artbasel.com/hong-kong

CADAF Paris (curated by Studio As We Are), Digtial Art Month (Paris France)
https://www.cadaf.art/

OVR presentation with Yavuz Gallery (Singapore/Sydney)
https://www.artbasel.com/hong-kong

Hollis Taggart Contemporary, New York. Opening October 8th.
https://www.hollistaggart.com//

LUIS DE JESUS LOS ANGELES
Online viewing room featuring new paintings, video and sculpture. Physical viewing available by appointment.
https://viewingroom.luisdejesus.com/viewing-room/andre-hemer#tab-1:thumbnails

Yavuz Gallery, Sydney
Featuring artists: Abdul Abdullah, Dean Cross, Marina Cruz, André Hemer, Mella Jaarsma, Yeo Kaa, Danie Mellor, Alvin Ong, Ruben Pang, Fiona Pardington, Pinaree Sanpitak, Manit Sriwanichpoom, Rodel Tapaya
https://yavuzgallery.com/

‘Between Light and Memory: André Hemer’s Images Cast by the Sun’ by Sharmini Aphrodite can now be read at Contemporary HUM

Welcome to my brand new website developed by 360 Design Inc, NYC.

Currently in residence at The Studios at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, USA. An end of residence open studio will take place on January 25th.
https://massmoca.org/

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Exhibiting in Booth C01 alongside:
Debra Dawes, Guy Maestri, Julian Meagher, Caroline Rothwell
https://taipeidangdai.com/

Three-person presentation with Knox Martin and Leah Guadagnoli presented by Hollis Taggart, New York. HT Contemporary | Booth C22. VIP and Press preview on December 3rd.

https://untitledartfairs.com/miami-beach

Published by Painting Diary (Christchurch, New Zealand & Vienna, Austria) with support from Yavuz Gallery (Singapore & Sydney) and Gow Langsford Gallery (Auckland). 
First publication launch at Yavuz Gallery, Singapore on November 23rd, with a second New Zealand launch at the Auckland Art Fair in 2020.

paintingdiary.com/publications

Yavuz Gallery, Singapore. Preview November 22nd, with an artist talk on November 23rd.

https://yavuzgallery.com

Exhibiting in a group show presented by Yavuz Gallery (Singapore & Sydney)

https://sydneycontemporary.com.au/

A two-person exhibition alongside Sinta Tantra at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin.

https://kristinhjellegjerde.com

Three-person presentation presented by Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London & Berlin)

https://www.artbrussels.com/en/

Published by Painting Diary (Vienna/Christchurch)

Designed by Studio Büttner, Berlin with text contributions by Will Gresson, Aude Launay, Sotiris Sotiriou, and André Hemer. 
ISBN: 978-0-473-45242-1.

Forthcoming launch events at Gow Langsford Gallery (Auckland) and COMA Gallery (Sydney)

paintingdiary.com/publications

Published by Painting Diary (Vienna/Christchurch)
Designed by Studio Büttner, Berlin with text contributions by Will Gresson, Aude Launay, Sotiris Sotiriou, and André Hemer
ISBN: 978-0-473-45242-1
Forthcoming launch events at Gow Langsford Gallery (Auckland) and COMA Gallery (Sydney)
paintingdiary.com/publications

Group presentations with Yavuz Galley, Singapore
art021.org/en/

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz

Hollis Taggart, New York, Curated by Paul Efstathiou. Featuring: Marcel Dzama, Brenda Goodman, William Buchina, Elizabeth Cooper, Corydon Cowansage, Hiroya Kurata, John Knuth, Matt Mignanelli, Matt Phillips, Esther Ruiz, Eric Shaw, and Devin Troy Strother. – hollistaggart.com

Group presentations with Yavuz Galley, Singapore & Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland –
sydneycontemporary.com.au

Unit London, UK, Group show with: Ry David Bradley, Philip Colbert, Marc Gumpinger, Joshua Hagler, Michael Staniak, Tom Price and Konrad Wyrebek – theunitldn.com

Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
kristinhjellegjerde.com

Volta Basel (with Yavuz Gallery, Singapore), Basel
voltashow.com

COMA Gallery, Sydney
comagallery.com

Hong Kong
www.artbasel.com/hong-kong

Mexico City
www.material-fair.com

LUIS DE JESUS LOS ANGELES
Artist Reception: Saturday, January 6th, 6 to 8 pm
www.luisdejesus.com/
Media:
Art & Cake LA Review
Artnet: Must See LA
Galerie Magazine Article

untitledartfairs.com/miami-beach

iscp-nyc.org/

International Studio & Curatorial Program, NYC
iscp-nyc.org/

sydneycontemporary.com.au/

Yavuz Gallery, Singapore
yavuzgallery.com/exhibitions/irl/

(group show with Ry David Bradley, Catherine Clayton-Smith, Biljana Jancic, Celine Struger) Te Uru Contemporary, Auckland
www.teuru.org.nz

City Gallery Wellington
www.citygallery.org.nz

Bartley & Company, Wellington
www.bartleyandcompanyart.co.nz/

Published by Naives and Visionaries, Berlin
Including: Cornelia Baltes, Ry David Bradley, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Kate Groobey, Celia Hempton, David Ostrowski, Michael Pybus, Josh Reames, Travess Smalley, Kate Steciw, Guy Yanai and many more
Available now at: http://www.naivesandvisionaries.com/
Official launches at The Composing Rooms (Berlin) and Chalk Horse Gallery (Sydney)

A new editiorial written by Jodie Dalgleish on The Contemporary Hum.
http://www.contemporaryhum.com/a-material-direction

Luis De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
www.luisdejesus.com
Accompanied by a publication with a text by Domenico de Chirico
Link to press release
Link to article
Vernissage 6-8pm Saturday, November 5th. Artist talk at 5pm.

Sydney College of Arts Galleries, Sydney

Includes a 6-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York, USA (2017)
www.iscp-nyc.org/

CODE Art Fair, Copenhagen
www.codeartfair.dk

Image: André Hemer, Big Node #50. Acrylic, oil and pigment on canvas, 120 x 90cm. Courtesy Tristian Koenig Gallery

Palmer Art Projects, Sydney (presented by Tristian Koenig Gallery)
With: Samson Martin, Ry David Bradley, Andre Hemer, Benjamin Barretto, Jia Xin Nong

Gow Langsford Gallery (Auckland)
www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz

with Yavuz Gallery (Singapore)
www.artbasel.com/

Image: André Hemer, Big Node #30. Acrylic and pigment on canvas, 120 x 90cm. Courtesy Yavuz Gallery

Yavuz Gallery, Singapore, Australia
Curated by Owen Craven
Featured artists: Andre Hemer, Anna Kristensen, Brook Andrew, Danie Mellor, Daniel Shipp, David Noonan, Euan Macleod, Joan Ross, Lindy Lee, Lucas Grogan, Penny Byrne, Steve Lopes, Tamara Dean
www.yavuzgallery.com/

(curated by Zhonghao Chen)
triple-major, Shanghai, China
Current and Forthcoming

Tristian Koenig Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
www.tristiankoenig.com

Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
Private View: 19 November, 6:30 – 9:00 PM
www.kristinhjellegjerde.com

Image: André Hemer, A Hot Mess #7 (2015). Acrylic and pigment on canvas, 183.5 x 137.5cm

www.villa-lena.it

Pataka Museum, New Zealand
www.pataka.org.nz

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz

Galerie Fatiha Selam, Paris, France
www.fatihaselam.fr

(with Darcey Bella Arnold & Ry David Bradley)
Tristian Koenig Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.

I am now officially represented in New Zealand by Gow Langsford Gallery.
Future exhibitions include Sydney Contemporary 2015, and a solo exhibition in early 2016.
Gallery contact information is available through my contact page, or visit the gallery website here.

Group exhibition including Ryan McGinley, Scott Gardiner, Michael Staniak.
Palmer Art Projects, Sydney, Australia in associated with VS, NYC.

Bartley and Company Art, Wellington, New Zealand.

with Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney, Booth E5.

Image: ‘Big Node #4’, 2015, Acrylic and pigment on canvas, 558 x 406mm

Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Image: ‘New Representation’, 2015, Acrylic and pigment on canvas, 1835 x 1375mm

with Beers Contemporary, London

Critical Intent, curated by Gary Sangster and Fan Lin
Guangzhou Art Center, Guangzhou, China

(including Ryan Mosley, Tomory Dodge, Tonje Moe, James Ryan, Dejan Dukic, Kate Groobey, Emma Tablot)
Private View: Thursday 27 November 2014
Beers Contemporary, London

Related press/links:

• • Guardian
  • http://100paintersoftomorrow.com/
  • Architectural Digest

Preview: Thursday 6 November 2014
Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Launch event at Christies, Kings Street, London

Finalist- Grace Cossington Smith Art– Selected by Janet Laurence and Nicholas Tsoutas
Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Cover Image: Andre Hemer ‘New Smart Object #64, 2013, acrylic and pigment, 350mm by 280mm. Private Collection, Australia.

I am excited to officially announce that I have been selected for the forthcoming Thames and Hudson publication ‘100 Painters of Tomorrow’ to be release in late September 2014.

From the press release:

100 Painters of Tomorrow is the culmination of a major new project to find
the most exciting, up-and-coming painters at work today. This major
publication introduces and presents the work of a global cast of painters
selected by an international panel featuring some of the most prominent
names in contemporary art, and offers an intelligent snapshot of the best
new talent in painting from across the world.

100 Painters of Tomorrow features high-quality reproductions of each artist’s
work plus short exploratory texts by author Kurt Beers – often including
biographical detail and quotations from the artists themselves – that provide
a personal insight into their thinking and their creative practice. Complete
with resources including a global listing of further artists to watch, this is
the definitive book on the outstanding painters of the future.

The selection panel comprised the painter Cecily Brown, curators Tony
Godfrey, Yuko Hasegawa and Gregor Muir, Director of the ICA (who
has also written the Introduction), writer-critics Suzanne Hudson, Barry
Schwabsky and Philip Tinari, writer/editor Jacky Klein, collector Valeria
Napoleone and Kurt Beers.

Related exhibitions:
Beware Wet Paint (24 September – 16 November 2014), ICA, London
Beware Wet Paint (Part 2) 28 October 2014 – 28 February 2015 (Fondazione Sandretto Re
Rebaudengo, Turin. Italy)
100 Painters of Tomorrow, Beers Contemporary, 28 November 2014-17 January 2015.

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Utopian Days (curated by Martin Schulze and Hailey Grenet)
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany

Bartley and Company Art, Wellington, New Zealand

Publication: in ‘Art and Internet’
Black Dog Publishing, August 2013
Paperback, 240 pages, 300 b/w and colour ills, 280 x 230 mm
ISBN 9781907317989

w/Bartley and Company Gallery
Carriage Works, Sydney, Australia
http://sydneycontemporary.com.au/

New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
Wellington, New Zealand

Chalkhorse Gallery, Sydney, Australia
For more information follow this link

Andre Hemer NEW SMART OBJECTS -Installation View

Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

“Basically, you go to the root of memory, and it’s all about interaction with found documents – look at how you acquire language. You mirror the environment around you. That’s what sampling does – it’s a process of recall that changes memory as you recall it.”—DJ Spooky

The works created in Hot Wallpapers began with a downloaded set of wallpapers taken from a popular tablet device released in 2012 . Designed to be used as an official preloaded wallpaper set for a Google Nexus 7 Tablet, these default images have become widely shared and recognisable; an aesthetic shared as part of a collective memory.

For more information follow this link

‘Combining painting with a range of secondary outputs, André Hemer’s many-dimensioned installation for the Rolling Maul exhibition series plays with ideas of distance, deletion and dislocation. Hemer makes particular reference to Cass by Rita Angus, a well-known work from Christchurch Art Gallery’s collection, which was voted New Zealand’s Greatest Painting in a 2006 poll. Images of Cass abound throughout the real and virtual worlds, ranging from high-quality, ‘legitimate’ reproductions to cropped, blurred and otherwise corrupted versions. Sampling freely from conventional and new media sources, and adding his own interpretations to the mix, Hemer emphasises the sense of separation these endlessly multiplied facsimiles create, relating it to the physical inaccessibility of Cass itself, currently stored within the earthquake-closed Christchurch Art Gallery building.’

The Rolling Maul series is a Christchurch Art Gallery Outer Spaces project, supported by Creative New Zealand.