Josef Thalhofer

painter, artist
Born 1956 in Germany
After the Abitur admission at the university for architecture in Regensburg
Move to Munich / Bavaria
Intensive studies and travel in Europe, Africa and Asia
Member of the professional association of Fine Artists Lower Bavaria e.V.
Solo and group exhibitions
Presented in galleries and private collections
During my studies of architecture I was occupied with graphics and Painting. Later an intensive examination of painting developed. I am an unconventional painter, enthusiastic about new forms of abstraction and I am constantly searching for new means of expression. Through the multiple applications of paint, relief-like tensions arise and give my works an expressionistic character.
My free expressive painting has a lively interplay of reflections, Impulses and colors. In my mostly large-format works the process goes away from
figurative, but sometimes also reminiscent of the representational, without really formulating it. I would like to allow my paintings a variety of interpretations for the viewer. The viewer is invited to fill these contents with meaning, so that I and the viewer together have the sovereignty of interpretation over what is seen.

Study of architecture
Students with the artists:
Pavel Roucka (Prague, CZE)
Bernd Zimmer (Polling, GER)

Museum Deggendorf (GER)
Gallery+Atelier Alen, Munich (GER)
pragARTworks Gallery, Prague (CZE)
Practice Dr. Jürgen M. Roming, (GER)
Gallery in the lower castle, Bobingen (GER)