Hannes Dolde

Hannes Dolde (DWAR), born in Freiburg, has always been surrounded by various materials and a creative environment. In his work with graffiti and street art, the transition from figurative to concrete forms began – colors, surfaces and contrasts became more and more the focus of his interest. His communication design studies and the later work as a freelance designer provided many impressions in different fields of work and further pushed the focus towards reduction and composition. Hannes Dolde lives and works as an independent artist a freelance designer in Berlin.

Fascinated about paper, materials and surfaces, generally about handicraft and production techniques, but also the digital possibilities, Dolde develops a process of free association and strict planning.
In which he alternates between two- and three-dimensionality several times, applying both analogue and digital techniques.

In addition to influences from graffiti art, aspects of Japanese aesthetics, Russian constructivism and brutalism can be found, whereby the works themselves belong to the concrete art.

His objects create clear, sometimes complex, shape-accented forms. Dolde creates contrasts with different materials, their color and surface
and found his ...

Freiburger Grafik Schule, 2006
graphic / communication design
studied under
Ralf Hageman, Dirk Görtler, Laurens Jäger

self-taught

2018 Group show - Materials Hard + Soft #32 , Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX. US
2018 Art Fair - Berlin graphic days, Berlin, Ger
2018 Art Fair - Graphic days, Leipzig, Ger
2016 Art Fair - Berlin graphic days, Berlin, Ger
2013 Art Fair - Berlin graphic days, Berlin, Ger
2011 Solo show - Art bar "Baystübl", Berlin, Ger