Karlheinz Bux

Karlheinz Bux (born 1952 in Ulm, West Germany) is a German artist concentrating on drawing and sculpture works.

Career The central pictorial theme of Karlheinz Bux's artistic practice is the line. Clarity, complexity and emblematic quality define his sculptures and mural reliefs which are made out of steel, bronze and wood. His drawings are executed on transparent materials such as glass and polymer foils, with photographic templates constituting the basis of his glass and foil works, that are altered by superimposition and linear treatment. Thereby, a multi-layered image reality is created, that allows numerous interpretations from the viewer, with the exploration of the peripheral areas of reality being central to his artistic practice.

Karlheinz Bux started his artistic career at State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe (1972–1977). Various scholarships brought him to Paris (1986/87 and 1992) and Basel (2004/05). He created art-in-architecture projects among others in the cities of Radolfzell (1995, mural relief, steel 780/110/5 cm) and in Karlsruhe (2005, Lineamento Verticale, steel sculpture, 18m height). At the invitation of Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, he and the artist Michaela Kölmel produced a room installation dedicated to the topic of light (Multimediale 2, 1991). As visiting professor, Karlheinz Bux taught drawing at the University of Pforzheim (1994–95) and principles of design at University of Mainz (2007–08). His works can be found in many notable European museums and private collections, among others at Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and the Würth Collection.

Works

Solo exhibitions 2018 - Linie, Galerie Rottloff Karlsruhe 2018 - FUX, Luis Leu Karlsruhe (w. Sabine Funke) 2018 - über Linie..., Städtische Galerie Tuttlingen 2017 - Museum für aktuelle Kunst - Sammlung Hurrle Durbach (w. R.Nepita) 2016 - Tiefe Gründe, Galerie Rottloff Karlsruhe 2014 - Schläfer, Galerie Rottloff Karlsruhe 2010 - Der Radar des Zeichners, Kunstverein Rastatt 2005 - Ississippi, Fondation Bartels Basel 1992 - Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden 1985 - studio f, Ulm 1984 - Institut Unzeit, Berlin 1978 - Ulmer Museum (Studio), Ulm 1977 - Werkstatt Galerie, Vienna

Group exhibitions 2019 - die erde und ihre schraffur im prioritätenstreit, Kunstverein Pforzheim 2018 - Vertikal, GKG Bonn 2011 - Waldeslust, Kunsthalle Würth Schwäbisch Hall 2008 - Modelle – Materialisierung von Konzepten, Deutscher Künstlerbund Berlin 2004 - Kunst seit 1960, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe 2001 - Retour de Paris, Schloss Solitude Stuttgart 1996 - Zeichnen, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg 1993 - Kunst der Neunziger Jahre, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe 1991 - MultiMediale 2, ZKM Karlsruhe 1987 - Divergences-Convergences, Goethe Institute Paris und Lyon

Publications Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg (ed.), Was bleibt, Freiburg, 2015 Kei Müller-Jensen, Schläfer, Galerie Rottloff, Karlsruhe, 2014 Fondation Bartels (ed.), Der Fluss unbekümmert, Basel, 2014 Kunsthalle Würth (ed.), Waldeslust, Schwäbisch Hall, 2011 Michael Hübl, Der Radar des Zeichners, Karlsruhe, 2011 Karlheinz Bux (ed.), Lineamento Verticale, Karlsruhe, 2006 Fondation Bartels (ed.), Ississippi – Baselzeichnungen, Basel, 2005 Staatliche Kunsthalle (ed.), Kunst seit 1960, Karlsruhe, 2004 Dirk Teuber, Werke im öffentlichen Raum, Karlsruhe, 1996 Dirk Teuber, Skulptur-Zeichnung, Galerie Rottloff, Karlsruhe, 1995 Nike Bätzner, Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden-Baden, 1992 Michael Hübl, Rauminstallation/Waschstände, MultiMediale 2, Karlsruhe, 1992 ZKM (ed.), MultiMediale 2, Karlsruhe, 1991 Goethe Institut (ed.), Divergences-Convergences, Paris, 1986 Thomas Wulffen, Kunstforum International, Band 77/78, 1985