About
Artists Statement
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 painting at a young age until, like many before him; he was drawn into corporate life where a stratospheric rise saw him head-up some of the world’s largest tech firms.
He holds a BA in Philosophy from Saarland University, Germany and MBA from IMD in Switzerland. In 2015 Humm dropped out of corporate life to concentrate exclusively on his art. He studied at London’s Fine Art Studio and Florence’s Academy of Art.
Humm’s work has attracted considerable media attention with his first show making the front page of The Wall Street Journal.
He currently lives and works in north London with his partner, the photographer Daniele Mah.
Exhibitions
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
- Exclusive artist of the PURE Fair at Olympia – London 2016
Art Fairs
Publications