Galería Ehrhardt Flórez

Artists

Helmut Dorner

Helmut Dorner "Pulso" 2025, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 190 cm

Helmut Dorner "Lost (One of my ghosts II)" 2025, acrylic on canvas, 156 x 186 cm

Helmut Dorner "Penélope II" 2025, acrylic on canvas, 190 x 146 cm

Helmut Dorner "Motion II" 2025, acrylic on canvas, 190 x 152 cm

Helmut Dorner "Space Y II" 2025, acrylic and lacquer on methacrylate, 77 x 45 x 7 cm

Helmut Dorner "Sägezahn" 2025, acrylic on wood, 90.5 x 28 cm

Helmut Dorner "Space Y I" 2025, acrylic and lacquer on methacrylate, 53 x 41 x 6 cm

Helmut Dorner "OWM II" 2025, acrylic on wood, 190 x 146 cm

Helmut Dorner "OWM I" 2025, acrylic and lacquer on methacrylate, 92 x 135.5 x 5.6 cm

Helmut Dorner, Grüner Keil (2021), acrylic on wood, 186,5 x 121 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Calculator II (2021), acrylic on wood, 49,4 x 34,7 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Calculator III (2021), acrylic on wood, 28 x 34 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Rot über Türkis (2019), acrylic on wood, 186,5 x 124,6 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Kopf (2019), acrylic on wood, 186 x 127,5 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Möhre (2019), acrylic on wood, 186,8 x 124,1 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Rote Baumfrucht (2019), acrylic on wood, 185,8 x 127,8 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Flowers light (2011), acrylic on wood, 184 x 125 cm.

Helmut Dorner, For the birds (2010), acrylic on wood, 184 x 125 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Lockflock (2009), lack on methacrylate, 106,3 x 82 x 6,5 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Jongl (2008), lack on methacrylate, 180 x 130 x 7 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Obst done sale (2008), lack on methacrylate, 240 x 170 x 7 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Neuseeland (2008), lack on methacrylate, 170 x 240 x 7 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Map Delft (2007), lack on methacrylate (diptych), 240 x 94 (each).

Helmut Dorner, Paravant (polyptych) (2007), lack on methacrylate, studio view.

Helmut Dorner, Strokes (Red) (2006), oil on canvas on wood, 48 x 40 x 6 cm.

Helmut Dorner, No Nose (2005), oil on canvas, 62 x 52 x 6 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Ping Peng (2005), lack and oil on methacrylate (diptych), 116 x 90 x 7 cm (each).

Helmut Dorner, Spring-open (2005), lack on methacrylate, 130 x 180 x 7 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Courbets Blumenkohl (2004), lack on methacrylate, 136 x 180 x 7 cm.

Helmut Dorner, Flüssig Korn (2004), lack on methacrylate, 145 x 240 x 7 cm.

Helmut Dorner, ¡Land! (2003), lack on methacrylate, 70 x 198 x 7 cm.

Biography

Helmut Dorner (Gegenbach, 1952) he lives and works in Karlsruhe. Dorner studied under Gerhard Richter at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1976 to 1982 and has been Professor of

Painting at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe since 1990. In the mid 1980s Helmut Dorner emerged as one of the most significant abstract painters of his generation, achieving widespread recognition through major solo and group shows worldwide, being also included in Jan Hoet’s influential Documenta IX in 1992.

The essence of Dorner’s work is a quest for a poetry of painting, a tension, a rhythm between colors and matter. The artist strives to bring painting back to its original aim: direct visual experience that leads to emotion and awakens the senses.

His solo exhibitions have been: “One of my ghosts”, Galería Ehrhardt Flórez (2026); “Neue Bilder”, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (2021); “Neue Arbeiten”, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (2019); Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (2017); ‘Flußstück mit Blumen’, Kadel Willborn, Karlsruhe (2014); ‘L I C H S T Ü C K E’, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg (2014); “Grosses Buch – Böse Blumen”, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (2011); ‘New Works’, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg (2010); ‘Helmut Dorner’, Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris (2009); ‘Helmut Dorner’, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin (2009); ‘Helmut Dorner – Little Bricks’, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (2008); “frisco fresco”, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (2008); ‘Helmut Dorner’, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid (2007); “Helmut Dorner: Malerei 1988-2005”, Kunstmuseum Winterthur; ‘Helmut Dorner’, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid (2007); Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop; Saarland-Museum, Saarbrücken (2006); Galerie Bärbel Grässlin ( 2006); Frac Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen (2005); “Le Tableau contemporain”, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain Strasbourg ( 2004); Galerie Bärbel Grässlin ( 2004); “NEUNNULLEN”, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (2001/02); FRAC d’Auvergne ( 2000); Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (1998); Max Gandolph-Bibliothek, Salzburg / Herbert von Karajan Centrum, Wien / Museum Moderner Kunst, Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna (1997/98); “Under the surface”, Mercer Union Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto / Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (1994); Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (1992); Kunsthalle Bern (1990); Galerie Grässlin-Ehrhardt (1987).

Among his group exhibitions are: “KUNSTAKADEMIE KARLSRUHE”, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (2015); “La Colección” CentroCentro Cibeles, Madrid (2015); “Nur hier – Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Ankäufe von 2007 bis 2011”, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (2013); “Babel”, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand (2010); “Papier”, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (2009/10); “The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian, Swiss Drawings from St. Louis Collections, 1946-2007”, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis (2008); “Plasticismes – Pràctiques abstractes avui”, Sala de Cultura “SA NOSTRA” Caixa de Balears, Palma ( 2008); “The Eighties: Topology”, Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto (2006/07); “FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER!”, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe (2006/07); “Garten Eden”, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (2004); “Pintura – Herbert Brandl, Helmut Dorner, Adrian Schiess” Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto / ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe (with Christopher Wool) / Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (2004); “Vom Eindruck zum Ausdruck – Grässlin Collection”, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (2001); “Zoom – Ansichten zur deutschen Gegenwartskunst, Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Würtemberg”, Galerie Landesbank Baden Würtemberg, Stuttgart / Kunsthalle zu Kiel (1999); “Dorner – Förg – Knoebel”, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin (1997); documenta IX, Kassel (1992); “Weitersehen”, Museum Haus Esters und Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld (1990); “Ars viva”, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Skulpturenmuseum Marl (1984/85).

His work is included in international collections such as: Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Stedelijk; Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Gante; Fonds Régionale d´art Contemporain (FRAC), Auvergne, Languedoc-Roussilon, Montpellier; Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg; or, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM), Luxemburgo and Kunsthalle Bern, Bern.