Dust
Artist’s Statement
'The common thread in my work is the return to the origin of nature, back to the symbiosis left by man. I depict the state of affairs after the apocalypse, or from a new sort of Big Bang, from which arises new life. I paint micro-macro-cosmos games with single and multi-cellular organisms'.
Biography
David Stegmann (* 1982 in Freiburg im Breisgau) creates spaces. Impressive, deep landscapes open up in front of the viewer’s eyes, sometimes applied in free glazing technique with a broad brushstroke, sometimes in detailed cloud formations that condense over the wide horizon. He paints landscapes as imposing forces of nature, untouched and far from civilization. And he creates a cosmos of expressive abstractions that seem like an analogy of nature’s creative process. They form with great dynamic in free space, seem to rear up, literally explode, or float.
Already as a child, he painted and drew, and as a teenager, he came in contact with street art for the first time. He himself was one of its representatives, coining his own distinctive style under the name dust, invited to exhibitions, and awarded public contracts for large-format murals. It was characteristic of his works that he also accented them by using drawn elements, with webs of lines and contours in his painting, and gave his creations a particular deep-space effect through certain techniques. The formal liberties associated with street art, its stylistic devices, and technical finesse have entered his artistic repertoire.
Since 2015/16, David Stegmann has been developing new motifs, partly landscape-inspired, partly abstract, combined with a new colourfulness, executed with painting spatula and brush, in oil and acrylic. He makes use of the entire spectrum of painting and drawing techniques that he has acquired in the many years of his artistic work, and which seem to emancipate themselves from any objectivity and iconicity in his most recent paintings. His artistic style is unique, and in it hides the secret of the brilliant spatiality that characterizes all his works. All is nascent, involved in an ongoing dynamic, subject to constant change.
Source: davidstegmann.deExhibitions
„KUNSTWINTER2022“, Group Exhibition
Galerie K (Staufen/ GER)
Exhibition: 12.02.2022 – 27.03.2022
Opening reception: 11.02.2021 | 7:00 pm
„David Stegmann – Mammut Zahn der Zeit“, Solo Exhibition
Galerie K (Staufen/ GER)
Exhibition: 28.05.2022 – 10.07.2022
Opening reception: 27.05.2022 | 7:00 pm
„David Stegmann“, Solo Exhibition || postponed
Köppe Contemporary (Berlin/ GER)
Exhibition: TBA
„Armin Goehringer – David Stegmann“, Duo Exhibition || postponed
Galerie Hrobsky (Vienna/ AUT)
Exhibition: TBA
„TBA“, Solo Exhibition || postponed
Galerie BV (Klagenfurt/ AUT)
Exhibition: TBA
EXHIBITIONS
“Amélie Ducommun – David Stegmann”, Exhibition
Galerie K (Barcelona/ESP)
Exhibition: 27.09.2019 – 17.11.2019
Opening reception: 26.09.2019 | 7:30 pm
“Stegmann – Mundinger”, Exhibition
Galerie K (Staufen/GER)
Exhibition: 21.09.2019 – 17.11.2019
Opening reception: 20.09.2019 ab 7:00 pm
“TBA”, Solo Exhibition
Morat Institut (Freiburg/ GER)
Exhibition: TBA
SOLO SHOWS
2019 “One Artist Show artKARLSRUHE”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie K (Karlsruhe/GER)
2018 “Xaver Sedelmeier || David Stegmann”, Duo Exhibition, Galerie Strzelski (Stuttgart/ GER)
2018 “Stegmann – Malerei”, Solo Exhibition, Kunstverein (Schopfheim/GER)
2018 “One Artist Show artKARLSRUHE”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie K (Karlsruhe/GER)
2017 “Stegmann”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie K (Staufen/ GER)
2016 “Atom Heart Brother”, Duo Exhibition, Galerie Strzelski (Stuttgart/ GER)
2015 “YOU KNOW WE KNOW”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Strzelski (Stuttgart/ GER)
2015 “NATURE STRIKES BACK”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Hugo45 (Braunschweig/ GER)
2014 “Station to Station”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2014 “The Journey”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie HUGO45 (Braunschweig/ GER)
2014 “Concrete Jungle”, Duo Exhibition, Galerie Merkle (Stuttgart / GER)
2013 “Organic 45″, Solo Exhibition, Galerie HUGO45 (Braunschweig/ GER)
2012 “dust – Dark Maya“, Solo Exhibition, 44309 StreetartGallery (Dortmund/ GER)
2012 “DUST”, Solo Exhibition, Artlane Galerie (Klagenfurt/ AUT)
2010 “Natur in Gefahr”, Solo Exhibition, Kulturgalerie Kesselhaus (Lahr/ GER)
2009 “Darkdust“, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2009 “Surreal Minds“, Solo Exhibition, Myplasticheart Gallery (New York/ USA)
2009 “Exclusive AlterEGO_Concrete.“, Myplasticheart Gallery, NYCC (New York/ USA)
2009 “RUN VIE VS INOPERABLE Gallery”, Duo Exhibition, Inoperable Gallery (Vienna/ AUT)
2008 “dust Impressions”, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2007 “dust meets Sorg”, Solo Exhibition, Sorg (Freiburg/ GER)
2007 “dust enter HAUSNUMMER 12”, Solo Exhibition (Pforzheim/ GER)
GROUP SHOWS
2018 “KUNSTSOMMER”, Group Exhibition, Galerie K (Staufen/ GER)
2017 “KUNSTSOMMER”, Group Exhibition, Galerie K (Staufen/ GER)
2016 “Wer suchet der findet”, Group Exhibition, Galerie art333 (Zuerich/ CH)
2016 “Who Will Stop The Rain”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Gabriela Domeisen (Baden/ CH)
2016 “Friedensstifter”, Group Exihibition, Städtisches Museum (Aschersleben/ GER)
2015 “klein im format – groß in der wirkung”, Group Exhibition, Galerie art333 (Zuerich/ CH)
2015 “Die Kunst ist Spitze”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Strzelski (Stuttgart/ GER)
2015 “Hallenkunst XXL”, Group Exihibition, antiform e.V. (Koenigswinter/ GER)
2015 “Varietas”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Mauritiushof (Bad Zurzach/ CH)
2015 “Be a Whistleblower for Peace”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Yaam (Berlin/ GER)
2015 “Stroke Art Fair”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Munich/ GER)
2015 “urban art333” , Group Exhibition, Galerie art333 (Zuerich/ CH)
2015 “ON THE RUN”, Group Exhibition, Galerie HUGO45 (Braunschweig/ GER)
2014 “Alle Jahre Wieder”, Group Exhibition, Galerie HUGO45 (Braunschweig/ GER)
2014 “Blooom Art Fair 2014”, Group Exhibition, Pretty Portal Galerie (Cologne/ GER)
2014 “#Conturbanaries Art Fair 2014”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal, Stattbad Wedding (Berlin/ GER)
2014 “Around the World in 80 Toys”, Group Exhibition, Espionage Gallery (Adelaide/ AUS)
2013 “Gift Wrapped”, Group Exhibition, Clutter Gallery (New York/ USA)
2013 “Dreissig mal Dreissig”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Merkle (Stuttgart/ GER)
2013 “Skate and Enjoy”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal(Duesseldorf/ GER)
2013 “kunstinvasion”, Group Exhibition, E-Werk (Freiburg/ GER)
2013 “Stroke Art Fair”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal + IYF Galerie (Munich/ GER)
2013 “IN YOUR FACE!”, Group Exhibition, Kunsthalle F6zehn (Augsburg/ GER)
2013 “QiQi Custom Show”, Group Exhibition, Creo Design, ToyCon UK (London/ UK)
2013 “15 Jahre Galerie Merkle”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Merkle (Stuttgart/ GER)
2013 “Urban Expo”, Group Exhibition, Pretty Portal Galerie (Düsseldorf/ GER)
2014 “Alle Jahre Wieder”, Group Exhibition, Galerie HUGO45 (Braunschweig/ GER)
2014 “Blooom Art Fair 2014”, Group Exhibition, Pretty Portal Galerie (Cologne/ GER)
2014 “#Conturbanaries Art Fair 2014”, Group Show, Pretty Portal Galerie, Stattbad Wedding (Berlin/ GER)
2014 “Around the World in 80 Toys”, Group Exhibition, Espionage Gallery (Adelaide/ AUS)
2013 “Gift Wrapped”, Group Exhibition, Clutter Gallery (New York/ USA)
2013 “Dreissig mal Dreissig”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Merkle (Stuttgart/ GER)
2013 “Skate and Enjoy”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2013 “kunstinvasion”, Group Exhibition, E-Werk Freiburg (Freiburg/ GER)
2013 “Stroke Art Fair”, Group Exhibition, Pretty Portal Galerie + IYF Galerie (Munich/ GER)
2013 “IN YOUR FACE!”, Group Exhibition, Kunsthalle F6zehn (Augsburg/ GER)
2013 “QiQi Custom Show”, Group Exhibition, ToyCon UK (London/ UK)
2013 “15 Jahre Galerie Merkle”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Merkle (Stuttgart/ GER)
2013 “Urban Expo”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2012 “All City Style“, Group Exhibition, Sold Out Gallery (Bochum/ GER)
2012 “NEW POP ART”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Richter & Masset (Munich/ GER)
2012 “The Toy2r BuneeQ Show“, Group Exhibition, Galerie Chrom (Bochum/ GER)
2012 “DROP“, Group Exhibition by PBK9 (Lausanne/ CH)
2012 “Dudebox Launch Exhibition“, Group Exhibition, Village Underground (London/ UK)
2012 “Drawings & Illustrations”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2011 “Urban Expo”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2011 “ART Basel Miami Beach”, Group Exhibition, Art Whino Gallery (Miami/ USA)
2011 “SNCC”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Itinerrance (Paris/ FR)
2011 “Urban Art – The New Contemporary Art”, Group Exhibition, Kunstverein Freiburg (Freiburg/ GER)
2011 “The Art of glory”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Artlane (Klagenfurt/ AUT)
2011 “Wasser Facetten eines Elements”, Group Exhibition, Messmer Foundation (Riegel/ GER)
2011 “SNCC”, Group exhibition, Museumsquartier (Vienna/ AUT)
2011 “G40”, Group Exhibition, Art Whino Gallery (Washington D.C./ USA)
2011 “From Dusk Till Dawn”, Group Exhibition, Aliseo Art Project (Gengenbach/ GER)
2011 “Three Angles”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2011 „Mini Tea Tour 2011“: Forbidden Planet (London/ UK), DRAGATOMI (Sacramento/ USA), SIXXA (Vienna/ AUS), 43° Gallery (Berlin/ GER)
2011 “Eastpak Artist Series”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Ruttkowski 68 (Cologne/ GER)
2011 “Style needs no Color // dust x Eastpak”, livepainting Bread & Butter (Berlin/ GER)
2011 “Jouwe Custom Show”, Group Exhibition, Outlandstore Gallery (Amsterdam/ NL)
2010 “The Almighty Dunny Show”, Group Exhibition, Genuine Artikle(New York/ USA)
2010 “URBAN EXPO”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2010 “SNNC – Schwarz auf Weiss Tour 2010” & “Eastpak artist series”, Group Exhibition, Art Fair (Cologne/ GER)
2010 “Custom Tea Tour + Chari’Tea Auction”, Kidrobot Store (London/ UK)
2010 “Jouwe Custom Show”, Group Exhibition, Galerie Zimmermann & Heitmann (Düsseldorf/ GER)
2010 “Jouwe Custom Show”, Group Exhibition, Arty Farty Artspace (Cologne/ GER)
2010 “The Amos showtime tour” among others: Galerie Parzelle 403 (Basel/ CH),
Arty Farty Artspace (Cologne/ GER), Helmet Gallery (Munich/ GER)
2010 “Colab Gallery”, Group Exhibition (Weil am Rhein/ GER)
2010 “Stroke.02”, Group Exhibition by Nuthouse Gallery + Intoxicated Demons Gallery (Munich/ GER)
2010 “The Juguete Custom Show”, Group Exhibition (Santiago de Chile/ CHL)
2010 “DROP – A Black and White Urban Graphic Art Exhibition”, Group Exhibition (Lausanne/ CH)
2010 “hatch – oversized and underprized round two”, Group Exhibition (Cologne/ GER)
2010 “Keep Smiling, Loser!”, Group Exhibition by INK-A-ZOID & SUPERPLAN (Berlin/ GER)
2010 „Custom tea tour“ among others: East Gallery (London/ UK), University (Birmingham City/ UK),
Forbidden Planet (Bristol/ UK)
2010 “SNNC – Schwarz auf Weiss Tour” among others: Altes Arresthaus (Mayen/Koblenz/ GER),
Stroke.02 (München/ GER), Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2010 “G40 – The Summit”, Group Exhibition, Art Whino Gallery (St. Arlington / USA)
2009 ” ALL EYES ON ART“, Group Exhibition (Freiburg/ GER)
2009 “Art Basel Miami”, Group Exhibition, Art Whino Gallery (Miami/ USA)
2009 “Old skoolin for the children”, Group Exhibition, Art Whino Gallery (Washington D.C./ USA)
2009 “Rollie custom Show”, Group Exhibition, Tenacious Toys (NYC/ USA)
2009 “Schwarz auf Weiß”, Nacht der Museen, Gallery Giesela (Koblenz/ GER)
2009 “Invasion Kulturtage”, Group Exhibition, Invasion Kulturtage (Freiburg/ GER)
2009 “Kool Killer“ Group Exhibition, Kunstraum Winterthur (Winterthur/ CH)
2009 “Gallery JENZEN”, Group Exhibition presented by Intoxicated Demons Gallery (Aalborg/ DK)
2009 “Kunst im Tresor“, Group Exhibition, Intoxicated Demons (Munich/ GER)
2009 “MAYDAY – World Politics“, Group Exhibition, Art Whino Gallery(Washington D.C./ USA)
2009 “Threesome“, Group Exhibition, Galerie Nice/Nice (Hanover/ GER)
2009 “DRUXS & Friends“, Group Exhibition (Freiburg/ GER)
2009 “Bandeschiff Wien“, Group Exhibition (Vienna/ AUT)
2009 “DropLap Grand Openning“, Group Exhibition (Brescia/ IT)
2008 “PrettyPortal Allstars“, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2008 “lIustrative 2008“, Group Exhibition (Zürich/ CH)
2008 “RAS Customize Session“, Group Exhibition, Galerie Pretty Portal (Duesseldorf/ GER)
2008 “Werke aus dem Hinterstübchen“, Group Exhibition (Freiburg/ GER)
2008 “All City Style Exhibition“, Group Exhibition, Colab Gallery (Weil am Rhein/ GER)
2008 “TeddyTrooper Customize Exhibitions“ Group Exhibition, Colab Gallery (Weil am Rhein/ GER)
2008 “HANG EM HIGH“, Group Exhibition (Freiburg/ GER)
2008 “Urban Night Roma”, Live performance @ Urban Night (Rome/ IT)
2008 “Inked Souls“, Group Exhibition, Gallery Art Whino & TAGÜR (Washington D.C./ USA)
2008 “URBAN SIGNS 2008“, Group Exhibition, Nuthouse Gallery (Karlsruhe/ GER)
2008 “ARTIG“, Group Exhibition, Galerie Artstübli (Bale/ CH)
2008 “Circolo degli Artisti”, Group Exhibition, Circolo degli Artisti (Rome/ IT)
2007 “White Session”, Invited to the first official White Session (Cologne/ GER)
2007 Group Exhibition, Goethe Institut (Freiburg/ GER)
2006 “First Presentation of the Designtoys RAS”, Frei.Stil (Freiburg/ GER)
2006 “360degrees Arround Art“, Group Exhibition (Freiburg/ GER)
2006 “Inaugural Exhibition“, Group Exhibition, Galerie Wildwuchs (Freiburg/ GER)
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