Philipp Humm

Philipp Humm’s transition from entrepreneur to artist and ‘ironic-narrator’ of modern life has been less than orthodox. His art traverses societal norms and directly questions human nature and what lies ahead as we blindly pursue technological advancement with sometimes shocking alacrity.

Humm’s influences are strongly underpinned by a broad remit of German culture that includes everyone from Goethe to Heidegger, Wagner to Rammstein as well as the work of Egon Schiele and the Blue Riders art movement.

Primarily a painter and sculptor, he also works with a variety of art-forms including film, digital photography and literature to broaden the narrative. Recognising the transformative nature of art, he is keen to democratise the rarefied universe in which it exists today.

A strong advocate in the ‘craftsman-artist’, Humm is rigorous in his ideal that every piece of work carries his personal creative mark. The author and art critic Edward Lucie Smith described Humm’s style as Pop-Expressionism. Adding ‘‘He stages increasingly surreal settings. His colours are vivid, his edges sharp.’’

Humm’s work has been exhibited extensively across the US and Europe.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Saarbrücken, Germany in 1959, Humm began paintin...

BA in Philosophy from Saarland University, Germany
MBA from IMD in Switzerland
London’s Fine Art Studio
Florence’s Academy of Art

MUSEUMS

Metropolitan Gallery – Art Museum of Nevada – Las Vegas – USA 2018

GALLERIES

Solo – Dadiani Fine Arts, London 2019
Saphira & Ventura Gallery, New York 2019
Saphira & Ventura gallery, New York 2018
Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi – Its Liquid competition – Venice 2017
Sunny Art Centre Art Prize (sculpture) – London 2017
Gallery Sans Titre – Potsdam/Germany 2017
Solo event – Luxury Law Summit – London 2017
Solo event – Mark Hix – London 2017
Solo event – Rolls Royce – London 2017
Solo – CNB Gallery – London 2017
Solo event – Saatchi Gallery with Wallpaper/Rossana – London 2017
Solo – Riflemaker Gallery – London 2016
Werkhallen Gallery – Remagen – Germany 2016
Walton Fine Arts Gallery – London 2016
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize – London 2016
Broadway Art Festival – Little Buckland – UK 2016
Best International Creatives 2016 – Art Quench Gallery.com – USA 2016