curriculum vitae
| 1974 | born in Hamburg |
| 1999-2001 | Studies in art at the Muthesius Hochschule Kiel |
| 2000-2003 | Member of the producers’ gallery „Prima Kunst“ e.V., Kiel |
| 2001-2005 | Studies in art at the Academy of fine arts, HBK Braunschweig |
| 2004/05 | Student in Master class of Professor Raimund Kummer |
| 2006-2008 |
Active member of the Gallery Cluster, producers gallery, Berlin |
| since 2008 | lives and works in Düsseldorf |
| 2014-2019 | Artistic Assistant at the Faculty of Visual Arts, Department of Painting at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences |
| 2019- | University Teacher at the Faculty of Visual Arts, Department of Painting at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences |
| 2015- | Since the sommer semester 2015 University-Lecturer in the 1st year of the Faculty of fine arts at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter near Bonn. |
| 2021 | Professorship for free drawing, Gießen University, Institute for Art Education, List place 2 |
| 2021-2022 |
Lectuer at the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund in the field of design, architecture course |
| 2022 |
Spring semester, Lectuer at the University, School of Design, Pforzheim |
| 2023- |
Lectureship in art education, University of Bielefeld |
Grants & Scholarships
| 2018 | Joseph und Anna Fassbender Prize of the City of Brühl |
| 2013 | Project funding, Kunststiftung NRW |
| 2012 | Anna Lobner Glasgow/Düsseldorf Exchange |
| 2011 | Exhibition support Goethe Institut, Belgrade, Serbia Stipend of the Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn |
| 2010 | Exhibition support, Kunststiftung NRW |
| 2009 | Graphic price of the Federal State of North Rhine - Westphalia Workshop Scholarship School of Art Braunschweig |
| 2008 | A one-month study in Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2007 | Rotary Club stipend „Junge Kunst in Essen“ |
| 2006 | Annual stipend of the federal region of Lower Saxony |
Solo exhibitions
| 2023 |
beyond the line, Simon Halfmeyer und Irene Hardjanegara, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 2022 |
5. Soirée der Stiftung Zukunft Evangelisch Vohwinkel paper positions, Galerie Claudia Postel, Hamburg |
| 2020 | gründeln, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 2018 | Joseph und Anna Fassbender Preis, Kunstverein Brühl |
| 2017 |
Wandzeichnungen, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 2016 |
SIMPLIFY & CONDENSE, Kunstverein Ahlen (Catalogue) |
| 2014 | layer on the wall, Gallery of the Wasps Artists’ Studios, Glasgow, Scotland Virtuell-Visuell, Kunstverein Dorsten Wandzeichnungen, Gallery Postel, Hamburg |
| 2011 | construktion/ deconstruktion, mit V. Freyschmidt Galerie of the University Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2010 | loop & relate, Museum Morsbroich, Grafische Sammlung, Leverkusen (Catalogue) on the run, Ausstellungshalle Am Hawerkamp, Münster |
| 2008 | Galerie at the FLU, University of Art Belgrade, Serbia cobweb hotel, Kunstverein St. Pauli e.V., Hamburg twisted space, with Thomas Woll, Baustelle Schaustelle Essen |
| 2007 | Gewachsenes und Gebautes, Kunsthaus Essen (Catalogue) Apure, Kommunale Galerie Charlottenburg - Wilmersdorf von Berlin Toutes Directions, with Thomas Woll, Cluster Berlin |
| 2006 | Opening exhibition of the stipend „Junge Kunst in Essen“ Kunsthaus Essen Kigelia, Cluster Berlin Glashaus, Junge Kunst e.V. Wolfsburg (Catalogue) |
| 2004 | Insolvenz, Foyer für junge Kunst, Braunschweig |
Group exhibitions (Selection)
| 2024 |
Neanderland ART 24, Museum Ratingen Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf |
| 2023 | Art Exchange Exhibition, Dalian Art Galleries, China |
| simon halfmeyer, ernst hesse, johannes raimann, SPACE-O, Düsseldorf | |
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Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast |
| 2020 |
from dawn till dusk // update, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover |
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STATE OF THE ART, Galerie Postel, Hamburg |
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| 2019 |
»Invited by …« Part One, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover |
| 2018 |
Die Auflage zwischen Anlage und Ablage, Kunstverein Ahlen |
| 2017 | Wendy, Aussetllungshalle am Hawerkamp, Münster |
| 2016 | 7. Biennale der Zeichnung, Kunstverein Eislingen (Katalog) HALFMEYER/ RÄPPLE/ RICHTER, O.H.A. 15 PROJEKTRAUM, Düsseldorf |
| 2015 | DOPPELKOPF, O.H.A. 15 PROJEKTRAUM, Düsseldorf a glimpse of... ,Galerie Postel, Hamburg |
| 2014 | Gallery Postel, Hamburg Gallery Arte Giani, Frankfurt am Main back from…, Galerie am Eck, Düsseldorf |
| 2013 | Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg EMPIRE STRATEGIES, Kunsthaus Erfurt |
| 2012 | Gastspiel, Baustelle Schaustelle Düsseldorf/ Essen Holiday Heart, Galerie Arte Giani, Frankfurt |
| 2011 | Dreitausenddreihundertachtundvierzig und eine Nacht, Museum Folkwang Essen RAUM FOLLOWS FUNKTION, Foyer, Düsseldorf EILT SEHR, Mischpoke e.V., Mönchengladbach |
| 2010 | LandschaftsParie, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover Steep in switch over, Kunstraum, Düsseldorf Retourkutsche, MAERZ Artists Association, Linz, Austria |
| 2009 | Die Nominierten, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (Catalogue) INTERSPACE, Galerie p 13, Heidelberg (Catalogue) Ausgezeichnet! Der Grafikpreis NRW 2009, Reichspartei Kornelimünster, Aachen Jahresgabenausstellung, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld PATTERNS IN NATURE, Städtische Galerie, Neunkirchen (Catalogue) back from…, Galerie am Eck, Düsseldorf PATTERNS IN NATURE, Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 2007 | Linien, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden finish, ehem. Autohaus Tschernitz, Karlsruhe Beyond the line, HBK Braunschweig (Catalogue) Drawing I, Galerie Gillian Morris, Berlin Statement, Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Frankfurt a. M. Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen |
| 2006 | Vorabzug, Cluster, Berlin Alice and me, Cluster, Berlin Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Braunschweig |
| 2005 | Plattform #2, Kunstverein Hannover Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Braunschweig Landgang / Product art, Munster (Catalogue) Jungs gegen Mädchen, HBK Braunschweig |
| 2004 | Provide it, Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg arte joven alemán, Ausstellung der HBK Braunschweig in Mexiko City |
| 2002 | frei machen, Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Kunstverein, Glückstadt (Catalogue) Prima Kunst, Produzentengalerie Prima Kunst, Kiel |
| 2001 | transport of language, Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich Gottfried Brockmann Preis 01, Stadtgalerie, Kiel (Catalogue) |
Individual Catalogues
| 2020 | Simon Halfmeyer, ISBN 978-3-00-065997-3 |
| 2017 | Wall drawings, Kunstverein Ahlen/ Kerber Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-7356-0383-8 |
| 2010 | Lob & Relate, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, ISBN: 978-3-925520-79-2 |
| 2007 | Gewachsenes und Gebautes, Kunsthaus Essen, ISBN: 978-3-939825-34-0 |
| 2006 | Glashaus, Junge Kunst e.V. Wolfsburg ISBN: 3-88895-045-7 |
Selections and Art in architecture
| 2023 | Competition entry, art in architecture for the Federal Ministry of Finance Berlin, (2nd phase) |
| 2021 | competition entry, art in architecture for the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich Competition entry, art in architecture for the Federal Environment Agency, Berlin |
| 2019 | 3 Wall drawings in a Privathouse, Hannover |
| 2018 | Wall drawing in the Marienhospital, Brühl Wall drawing in the company icompetence, Hamburg |
| 2016 | Competition entry for the stairwell of the Foundation Lower Saxony „Stages for art“ the Kunstverein Hannover |
| 2015 | Competition entry for the Fraunhofer Institut, Holzkirchen |
| 2012 | Private house, Gelsenkirchen, realized Competition entry for the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz |
| 2011 | Competition entry for Tax Office Herne/ Wanne-Eickel Wall drwaing in a private house, Cologne |
| 2009 | Collection Art of NRW Kornelimünster |