Joe Brockerhoff
Joe Brockerhoff, born 1952 in Leipzig, is one of the world-leading airbrush-artists. In his huge artwork he deals with digital art, sculptures, photography and cartoons. Brockerhoff has studied philosophy at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf and additional painting and sculpturing at the Staatliche Kunstakademie as master-student of Joseph Beuys.
Style
In colourfull visualisations, in transition of realism to surrealism, Brockerhoff is working on his most important themes of human beeings: lust, passion and peace.
Prizes and support
Joe Brockerhoff got multiple international prizes, among others in Germany, the Emirates and Japan, where his paintings were exhibited in museums, institutions and government-buildings. The Goethe-institute and Artforum Culture Foundation, but also companies like Hotels Intercontinental and Lufthansa had supported his activities world-wide.
Projects and exhibitions
1984 Art Space / New York, 1988 Hiroden Friedensbahn - Hiroshima / Japan, 1990 Kunstmuseum Duesseldorf - contemporary artists , 1995 Town Gallery Rose Garden - Kobe / Japan - strukturelle Sprühbilder, 1998 Opernpalais unter den Linden - Berlin - East meets West Live- monumental painting, 1999 Internet Art Festival Amsterdam - Artworks in Flash - selected computer artists, 2000 National Gallery Malaysia - Sounds and Visions - Live Performance, 2001 East-asia Society Tokyo - Tokyo / Japan - paintings and music, 2002 Oxy Gallery Osaka, 2004 Kashiba contemporary Art Museum, 2007 participation of the ArtistsFair ExtraHart - Cologne.
Artist friends
Achim Duchow, Fujio Akai, Stefan Runge, Michael (Mike) Jansen, Yoshiyuki Kakedo, Soulis Moustakides, Wolfgang Schäfer, David Fried, Tom-Aaron Hawk, Heinz Zolper and more
Sources
- [http://www.brockerhoff.com]/ Artists website
- and catalogues