Norbert Bisky

Norbert Bisky (b. 1970 in Leipzig, Germany) lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Andalusia, Spain. He studied at the Berlin and Madrid University of the Arts and is one of the most successful representatives of contemporary figurative painting. The artist translates personal experiences of terror, journeys to Brazil, and influences from the media world into color-intensive scenes of beauty, sexuality, violence, and destruction. In Germany, Norbert Bisky is one of the most renowned painters of his generation.

His works have been shown in many international solo and group exhibitions, amongst others in the G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany(2021), Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (2017); in Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany (2017); in the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (2016); in the Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany (2010, 2014); in Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany (2015, 2020); in Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Germany (2003); in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel (2012); in Maison Rouge Paris, France (2011), and at the Beijing Biennial, China (2005). His works are amongst others part of the following public collections: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany; Sammlung Deutsche Bank Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA; Le FNAC Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, France; Hall Art Foundation, USA. Also, Norbert Bisky was a visiting professor at the Geneva Art Academy HEAD from 2008 to 2010 and at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Braunschweig from 2016 to 2018. In 2013 he created the stage design for the performance "Masse" for the Berlin State Ballet