Works
  • etching depicting geometric shapes forming surrealistic figurations
    Volker Hüller
    Life Is Too Short, 2022
    Watercolor, shellack, and oil-based ink on paper, framed
    215 x 177 x 7.3 cm | 84 3/4 x 69 3/4 x 2 7/8 in
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  • surrealistic image of a hand in the foreground and a blue face in the background
    Volker Hüller
    Red Hand, 2022
    Oil, varnish silk, and paper on canvas
    27.3 x 17.8 cm | 10 3/4 x 7 in
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  • image depicting a centaur standing in an abstracted landscape next to a humanoid figure that is laying on the ground, arms crossed
    Volker Hüller
    Desire-sire, 2022
    Oil, varnish silk, and paper on canvas
    17.8 x 27.6 cm | 7 x 10 7/8 in
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  • surrealistic image of a head and leaf against a green background and cloudy sky
    Volker Hüller
    Cypress, 2022
    Oil, varnish silk, and paper on canvas
    35.6 x 28.3 cm | 14 x 11 1/8 in
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  • Volker Hüller, Fool at the pool, 2021
    Volker Hüller
    Fool at the pool, 2021
    Oil, straw, marble dust and ceramics on canvas
    182 x 147 x 5 cm | 71 5/8 x 57 7/8 x 2 in
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  • mixed media work depicting interconnected organic shapes
    Volker Hüller
    Lines of Booty and Grace, 2022
    Oil and mixed media on canvas
    228.6 x 177.8 cm | 90 x 70 in
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  • Volker Hüller, Untitled, 2021
    Volker Hüller
    Untitled, 2021
    Oil, ceramic and mixed media collage on canvas
    132 x 107 cm | 52 x 42 1/8 in
  • Volker Hüller, Grande Bellezza, 2021
    Volker Hüller
    Grande Bellezza, 2021
    Oil, straw, marble dust and ceramics on canvas
    111.5 x 86.5 x 3.5 cm | 43 7/8 x 34 1/8 x 1 3/8 in
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  • Volker Hüller, American Psycho, 2021
    Volker Hüller
    American Psycho, 2021
    Oil and acrylic on canvas with artist's frame
    87.5 x 72.5 x 4 cm | 34 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
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Biography

Volker Hüller’s fragmented compositions speak to the mental spaces between dreams, delirium, and daily life. Figures are woven into the environment of the background creating an interplay between Hüller’s subjects and the features of the worlds they inhabit. Hüller integrates a succession of historical styles in both his paintings and etchings, but his works most distinctly possesses affinities to Expressionism, Cubism, and other strands of modernist exploration. 

The artist pays careful attention to the balance between color, textural detail and unrestrained figuration, experimenting with different media to pin down a particular mood or essence. While some works have a mystical quality, others veer into a darker territory inclined towards absurdity rather than moralization. Hüller’s work surveys ways of depicting the artist, positioned in a mystical dystopia, forming part of heterogeneous narratives that link the fantastical to the mundane. Delicate lines score his compositions, creating an unsteady balance between chaos and harmony, highlighting a shared sense of vulnerability. 

Volker Hüller (b. 1976 in Forchheim, DE) currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY (US). He studied under the late Norbert Schwontkowski (1949-2013) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg (DE), graduating in 2008. Selected exhibitions include L.I.T.S., GRIMM, New York (US); Wasteland, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (DE); Birds, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY (US); Bon Voyage, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); Paradise Inn, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Tonics, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY (US); Volley, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (DE); L.I.T.S. Homo Naledi, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); Volker Hüller, 11R Gallery, New York, NY (US); Volker Hüller, Timothy Taylor, London (UK); Volker Hüller, curated by Anna-Catherina Gebbers, Salon 94, New York, NY (US). Hüller has participated in group exhibitions at the following venues: GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Museum Weserburg für Moderne Kunst, Bremen (DE); Kunsthal Kade, Amersfoort (NL); Saatchi Gallery, London (UK); and the Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg (DE). Hüller’s work is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (US); Saatchi Gallery, London (UK) and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (IL), as well as many private collections. 

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