Heimo Zobernig

The work of Heimo Zobernig (b. 1958, Mauthen, Austria) spans an array of media, from architectural intervention and installation, through performance, film and video, to sculpture and painting. His practice across all these forms is connected by an interrogation of the formal language of modernism, at its most familiar in the tropes of the monochrome and the grid, yet also concerned with Constructivism, colour theory and geometric abstraction.

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2025

The book on the shelf, curated by Kaspar Müller

10 May - 23 August 2025

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2022

Heimo Zobernig

6 May - 25 June 2022

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2015

A Drawing Show

9 January - 21 February 2015

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2014

Heimo Zobernig

2 May - 28 June 2014

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2010

Heimo Zobernig

8 May - 26 June 2010

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2006

Heimo Zobernig

19 May - 8 July 2006

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2003

Heimo Zobernig

25 September - 15 November 2003

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Heimo Zobernig

Press
Heimo Zobernig

Publications
  • Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2017

    Gold paint, plywood, steel
    84 × 54 × 50 cm

    Since 2004, I collect variations, or paraphrases of the famous ”The Ant” chair by Arne Jacobsen, which he designed in 1951 for a canteen of a Danish company and which was continued in 1955 in the Series 7: Tubular steel legs and a seat made from form-moulded laminated veneer.
    Arne Jacobson uses a technique invented by Charles and Ray Eames through which plywood can be bent in three dimensions. To this day, these models have found countless modifications and imitations. Within its formal variations we can see prototypical figures of modern sculpture, as were introduced by Jean Arp or Henry Moore.
    In my studio, the chairs are restored - if needed - preprimed and finished with a gold varnish. On the one hand the colour gold takes a stand against the dogma of material truthfulness of modernity. On the other hand it serves as a statement on monochromy.
    My collection has now grown to over 50. I cut a rococo style around the edge of a few selected chairs.

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2017

    Bronze
    184 × 60 × 40 cm
    Edition: 7

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2016

    Bronze
    189 × 49 × 49 cm
    Edition: 7

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2016

    Bronze
    189 × 49 × 49 cm
    Edition: 7

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2011

    Mirror glass, steel, 5 chairs
    74 x 122,5 x 102,3 cm

    The table surface, made of champagne-colored mirror glass (Premium Rose Gold), has an irregular pentagonal shape that is scaled and mirrored to a floor plan of an existing entry room in a private museum. The frame of the table is welded from angle steel and has three legs.
    Attached are five white chairs, created for an ideal white room in an exhibition at the Kunstverein München in 1999.
    In 2021, the table was a central prop in an art film by Selma Doborac.

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2010

    Press board, MDF, plywood, acryl glass mirror
    250 × 80 × 64 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2010

    Press board, MDF, plywood, acryl glass mirror
    250 × 80 × 64 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2010

    Press board, MDF, plywood, acryl glass mirror
    250 × 80 × 64 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2006

    MDF, polyester figure, diverse materials
    187 × 85 × 67 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2006

    Diverse wooden materials
    262 × 72 × 54 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2006

    MDF (medium density fiberboard)
    202 × 80 × 28 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2006

    Videoblau Trevira Television CS, Styropor
    60 × 60 × 60 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2006

    Videoblau Trevira Television CS, Reis
    205 × 5 × 5 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2003

    Cardboard, wood
    108 × 60 × 40 cm
  • Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018

    Acrylic on canvas
    200 × 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018

    Acrylic on canvas
    200 × 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018

    Acrylic on canvas
    200 × 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018

    Acrylic on canvas
    200 × 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2017

    Acrylic on canvas
    200 x 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2017

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 × 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2017

    Acrylic on canvas
    70 × 70 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2017

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 × 100 cm

    Photo: Serge Hasenböhler

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2016

    Acrylic on canvas
    200 × 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled (shade), 2015

    Acrylic on canvas
    70 × 70 cm

    Photo: Serge Hasenböhler

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2015

    Acrylic on canvas
    40 × 80 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2015

    Acrylic on canvas
    150 x 150 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2014

    Acrylic on canvas
    200 x 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2014

    Acrylic, videored Trevira Television CS
    30 x 30 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2013

    Acrylic on canvas
    200 × 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2013

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 × 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled (FUCK PAINTING), 2013

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 × 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2012

    Acrylic on videored, greenbox Trevira Television CS
    40 x 40 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2012

    Acrylic on greenbox Trevira Television CS
    40 x 40 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2012

    Acrylic on videored Trevira Television CS
    200 x 200 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2009

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2009

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2009

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2009

    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2009

    Acrylic on bluebox, videoblue, videored, greenbox Trevira Television CS
    100 x 100 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1985

    Oil on canvas
    60 x 45 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1985

    Oil on canvas
    40 x 30 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1984

    Oil on canvas
    40 x 40 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1984

    Oil on canvas
    40 x 40 cm
  • Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2007

    Gouache on paper
    29,7 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1990

    Gouache on paper
    29,5 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1989

    Mixing technique on paper
    29,5 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1989

    Mixing technique on paper
    29,5 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1988

    Gouache on paper
    29,7 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1987

    Gouache on paper
    33,8 x 24 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1987

    Gouache on paper
    30,7 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1987

    Gouache on paper
    29,5 x 21,5 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1986

    Glue dot, gouache on paper
    29,5 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1986

    Gouache on paper
    29,5 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1986

    Mixing technique on paper
    29,5 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1986

    Glue dot, gouache on paper
    29,7 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1985

    Glue dot, gouache on paper
    29,5 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1985

    Gouache on paper
    29,7 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1984

    Mixing technique on paper
    29,5 x 21 cm

         Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 1982

    Gouache on paper
    29,7 x 21 cm
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