Helmut Koller
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WORKS
Helmut Koller | STAG ON WHITE | 2012 | Gicléedruck auf Aquarell (Limitierte Auflage) | 76 x 127 cm
Helmut Koller | Blue Tiger | 2014 | Acryl auf Leinen | 120 x 200 cm
Helmut Koller | Orange Hare (nach Albrecht Dürer) | 2018 | Mixed Media | 200 x 160 cm
Helmut Koller | ORANGE LION ON YELLOW | 2011 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 122 x 198 cm
Helmut Koller | Purple Monkey on Red | 2016 | Acryl auf Leinen |140 x 140 cm
Helmut Koller | Purple Owl On White | 2017 | Acryl auf Leinen | 100 x 100 cm
Helmut Koller | Jaguar On Black | 2018 | Acryl auf Leinen | 122 x 198 cm
Helmut Koller | BLUE TIGER ON BLACK | 2012 | Gicléedruck auf Aquarell (Limitierte Auflage) | 61 x 61 cm
Helmut Koller | GREEN TIGER ON RED | 2011 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 122 x 122 cm
Helmut Koller | STAG ON YELLOW-GREEN | 2019 | Acryl auf Leinen | 91,5 x 121 cm
Helmut Koller | WHITE ROOSTER ON WHITE | 2011 | Gicléedruck auf Aquarell (Limitierte Auflage) | 61 x 98 cm
Helmut Koller | ZEBRA IN RED & WHITE ON BLUE | 2010 | Gicléedruck auf Aquarell (Limitierte Auflage) | 91,5 x 106,7 cm
ARTIST
Helmut Koller
#KOLLERISM – hyperrealistic New Pop Art
Helmut Koller is best known for his colorful and expressive images of animals, which now enjoy prestige and recognition throughout Europe, America, Asia and Africa.
After successfully completing his training as a photographer, Helmut Koller worked as an official photographer for the Vienna State Opera.
For seven years he photographed celebrities such as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf Nurejev. During this time, Helmut Koller created his first book, WOMEN OVER 30, which was followed by two more books: ELEKTRA, about the film production of the Richard Strauss opera, and OPERA LIVE.
In 1982 the artist moved to the USA. In 1987, with the collection of paintings Homage to Egon Schiele, the transition from photography to painting took place. The artist first turned to historical portraits of Native Americans.
Since the beginning of 1997 Koller has been working on a color-intensive animal series. In the summer of 1998, the first exhibition with the new works took place at the Suppan Gallery in Vienna. Following this, the Galleria di Sorrento at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas presented the hyper-realistic New Pop animal painting in 1999.
Until 2017, Galerie Dumonteil in Paris, Shanghai and New York represented Koller’s artworks and exhibited his paintings at international art fairs.
Meanwhile, the bright vibrant and colorful animal series appeals to collectors around the world.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Hartberg, Austria
1970 – 1973
Trained as a photographer in Hartberg and Graz, Austria
1974 – 1981
Official photographer of the Vienna State Opera in Austria
1980 – 1984
“FLIGHT OF FANCY”, “Perceived Movement”, series of impressionists to abstract ballet photographs, exhibited in Austria, Monte Carlo and New York City
1982
OPERA LIVE – The Vienna State Opera, “Book published by Edition S, Austrian State Printing Office., Text by Dr. Peter Dusek. Photography & layout concept by Helmut Koller
1982
Relocation to Palm Beach, Florida
1982 – 1988
Fashion photography for STYLE & MENSTYLE, German publication
HOMAGE TO EGON SCHIELE, beginning of a five-year mixed media project
1990
First dedication of figurative painting in acrylic on canvas
1992 – 1997
Beginning of a series of portraits of historical Indians
Exhibitions in the USA and Europe
1993 – 1994
WE THE PEOPLE, a series of flag paintings in mixed media
1997
Beginning of a series of animal paintings
1999
Founded Palm Street Art Studios, an art district in West Palm Beach
First exhibition of Pop Animal paintings in the U.S. at Galleria di Sorrento, Las Vegas
2001
“MEMORY”, special art object for a charity organization (American Red Cross)
2002
Participation in an art exhibition by Polo America , to promote the sport of polo
2004 – 2017
Collaboration with Dumonteil Gallery
Since 2018
Helmut Koller Studio, collaboration with art dealer Franck Laverdin.
Lives and works in Palm Beach, Florida and Vienna, Austria
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010s
2019
Fritz Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, US
2018
Austrian Embassy, Moscow, Russia
House of Architects of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Bentley, Moscow, Russia
2016
Dumonteil Gallery, New York City, US
2015
Dumonteil Gallery, New York City, US
2014
Dumonteil Gallery, New York City, US
2013
Dumonteil Gallery, Shanghai, China
2012
Dumonteil Gallery, New York City, US
2000s
2006
Serendipity Fine Arts, Palm Beach Florida, US
2005
Serendipity Fine Arts, Palm Beach Florida, US
2004
Soho Arts South, Palm Beach, Florida, US
2003
Soho Arts South, Palm Beach, Florida, US
2002
Soho Arts South, Palm Beach, Florida, US
2001
Soho Arts South, Palm Beach, Florida, US
1990s
1998
Galerie Suppan, Wien, Österreich
Guggenheim Collection Art Gallery ,Miami, Florida, US
1980s
1981
Gallery of Art & Design, Monte Carlo, Monacco
1970s
1979
BMW Museum, München, Deutschland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Contemorary Figurative Animal Movement, Dumonteil Galerie Shanghai, CHINA
2009
Festwochen Austellung, Rudolf Budja Gallery, Salzburg, AUSTRIA
2006
From Private Walls, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL, US
2004
The Palm Beach 5, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL, US
2003
Palm Street Art Studios Exhibit 2002, West Palm Beach, FL, US
2002
Soho Arts South, Palm Beach, FL, US
Palm Street Art Studios Exhibit 2002, West Palm Beach, FL, US
2001
Soho Arts South, Palm Beach, FL, US
Shared Visions Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, US
2000
Palm Street Art Studio Exhibition 2000, West Palm Beach, FL, US
1999
Galleria di Sorrento, Las Vegas, NV, US