Simon Halfmeyer

1999 – 2001 // Studied Fine Arts at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design Kiel

2000 – 2003 // Member of the producer gallery “Prima Kunst” e.V., Kiel

2001 – 2005 // Studied Fine Arts at HBK Braunschweig

2004 – 2005 // Master student under Raimund Kummer

2006 – 2008 // Founding member of the producer gallery “Cluster-Berlin”

2008 – 2014 // Artistic educational programs arranged by the Cultural Office of Düsseldorf at
various primary schools as part of the open all-day program (OGS)

2014 – 2019 // Artistic staff member at Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter near Bonn

since 02/2019 // Lecturer for Special Tasks at Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter near Bonn

since 03/2015 // Lead lecturer in the 1st year for the Painting Department at Alanus
University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter near Bonn

Solo exhibitions (selection) / Solo exhibitions (selection)

2023
Simon Halfmeyer and Irene Hardjanegara, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M.

2022
paper positions, Galerie Claudia Postel, Hamburg

2021
church, Wuppertal2020

2020
gründeln, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M.

2018
Joseph and Anna Fassbender Prize, Kunstverein Brühl

2017
Wall drawings, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M.
wall drawings, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover

2016
SIMPLIFY & CONDENSE, Kunstverein Ahlen (catalogue)
Expetopia, Galerie Postel, Hamburg

2015
rekorder, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M.

2014
layer on the wall, Galerie der Wasps Artists’ Studios, Glasgow
capture, with Heiko Räple, Kunstverein Virtuell-Visuell, Dorsten
Wall drawings, Galerie Postel, Hamburg

2011
construktion/ deconstruktion, with Verena Freyschmidt Galerie der Uni. Belgrad

2010
loop & relate, Museum Morsbroich, Graphic Collection, Leverkusen (catalogue)
on the run, Ausstellungshalle Hawerkamp, Münster

Group exhibitions (selection) / Group exhibitions (selection)
 

2024
50 Years, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf
WHAP4 Kirstin Arndt, Sebastian Wickeroth, Colin Penno, Simon Halfmeyer, O.H.A. 15 Projektraum, Düsseldorf
Neanderland ART 24, Museum Ratingen

2023
Art Exchange Exhibition, Dalian Art Galleries, China
VISIBLE, Kunstverein Ahlen
simon halfmeyer, ernst hesse, johannes raimann, SPACE-O, Düsseldorf
Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast

2020
from dawn till dusk // update, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover
STATE OF THE ART, Galerie Postel, Hamburg

2019
»Invited by …« Part One, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover
Kathrin Haaßengier – Simon Halfmeyer – Olaf Kreinsen, Galerie Claudia Postel, Hamburg

2018
The edition between system and storage, Kunstverein Ahlen
1 Artist – 1 Picture, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld
EINSNULLNULL, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover
Longing, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M.

2017
Wendy, Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, Münster
Lust for Form, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M.

2016
7th Biennale of Drawing, Kunstverein Eislingen (catalogue)
HALFMEYER/ RÄPPLE/ RICHTER, O.H.A. 15 PROJEKTRAUM, Düsseldorf

2015
a glimpse of… ,Galerie Postel, Hamburg
DOPPELKOPF, O.H.A. 15 PROJEKTRAUM, Düsseldorf

2014
Galerie Postel, Hamburg
Lust for Form, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M.
back from Glasgow, Atelier am Eck, Düsseldorf

2013
Drawing today! – The inner world of the outer world of the inner world, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover
15 Years of Young Art, Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg
EMPIRE STRATEGIES, Kunsthaus Erfurt

2012
Guest performance, Baustelle Schaustelle Düsseldorf/ Essen
Holiday Heart, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M.

2011
URGENT, Mischpoke e.V., Mönchengladbach
Three thousand three hundred and forty-eight and one night, Museum Folkwang Essen
SPACE FOLLOWS FUNCTION, Foyer, Düsseldorf

2010
LandscapeParie, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover
Steep in switch over, Kunstraum, Düsseldorf
Retourkutsche, MAERZ Künstlervereinigung, Linz, Austria
 

Collection/ Architectural Art / architectural art

2023
Competition entry, architectural art for the Federal Ministry of Finance Berlin, (2nd phase)

2021
Competition entry, architectural art for the Federal Environment Agency, Berlin
Competition entry, architectural art for Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

2019
3 wall drawings in private residence, Hannover

2018
Wall drawing in Marienhospital, Brühl
Wall drawing at the company icompetence, Hamburg

2016
Competition entry for the staircase of the Stiftung Niedersachsen “Stufen zur Kunst”
of Kunstverein Hannover

2015
Competition entry for the Fraunhofer Institute, Holzkirchen

2012
Private residence Gelsenkirchen, realized
Competition entry for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

2011
Competition entry for the tax office Herne/ Wanne-Eickel
Wall drawing in private residence, Cologne

2009
Collection “Art from NRW”, Kornelimünster

2006
Hense Collection (private collection)

www.simonhalfmeyer.com

2020
Simon Halfmeyer, ISBN: 978-3-00-065997-3

2017
Wall drawings, Kunstverein Ahlen/ Kerber Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-7356-0383-8

2010
Lob & Relate, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, ISBN: 978-3-925520-79-2

2007
Grown and Built, Kunsthaus Essen, ISBN: 978-3-939825-34-0

2006
Glashaus, Junge Kunst e.V. Wolfsburg ISBN: 3-88895-045-7

2018
Joseph and Anna Fassbender Prize, Brühl

2013
Project funding, Kunststiftung NRW

2012
Anna Lobner Glasgow/Düsseldorf Exchange

2011
Annual working scholarship from Stiftung Kunstfonds
Exhibition funding Goethe Institute Belgrade

2010
Solo exhibition funding, Kunststiftung NRW

2009
Graphic Arts Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Workshop scholarship, Braunschweig University of Art

2008
One-month working scholarship, Belgrade

2007
Rotary scholarship “Young Art in Essen”

2006
Annual scholarship from the State of Lower Saxony