HELMUT KOLLER
Helmut Koller (b. 1954) is an Austrian-born artist and photographer well known for his colorful, bold and festive paintings of animals, which are collected throughout the world. After Koller completed his training as a photographer, he became the official photographer for the Vienna State Opera, capturing legends such as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf Nureyev. He has published several books of his work, including Opera Live. In the 1980s, Koller came to America and transitioned from photography to painting. Since 1987, Koller has been creating “super-realistic colorful pop” animal paintings and he has received numerous awards for his work. His paintings are currently exhibited in the United States, Europe, Russia and Asia. Koller lives and works in Palm Beach, Florida and Vienna, Austria.
#KOLLERISM
KOLLERISM is defined by the realistic representation of the form and the abstraction of colors.
Helmut Koller
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Gallery 444, San Francisco – first West Coast solo exhibition
2019 Frank Laverdin Gallery, Park Ave. New York City
2018 Embassy of Austria, Moscow, Russia
House of Architects of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Bentley, Moscow, Russia
2014, 2015, 2016 Galerie Dumonteil, New York City
2013 Galerie Dumonteil, Shanghai, China
2012 Galerie Dumonteil, New York City
2006 Serendipity Fine Arts, Palm Beach Florida
2005 Serendipity Fine Arts, Palm Beach Florida
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Soho Arts South, Palm Beach, Florida
1998 Galerie Suppan, Vienna, Austria
1994 Scarlett's Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992 Galerie Strommer, Vienna, Austria
1991 Galerie Henrik Steger, Stuttgart, Germany
1990 Schloss Neulengbach, Neulengbach, Austria
1989 Avanian Awards Gallery, New York, New York
1988 Guggenheim Collection Art Gallery ,Miami, FL
1981 Gallery of Art & Design, Monte Carlo, Monaco
1979 BMW Museum, Munich, Germany
Helmut Koller in New York 2022
Helmut Koller's 2019 Exhibition
Kollervision Article on artnet
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