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Austrian artist Martin C. Herbst pushes the limits of traditional painting. Most of his delicately executed paintings expand to the third dimension without denying their two-dimensional origin. His artistic career has been shaped by his lifelong interest in the human face and figure and by the question how to transform a portrait of a certain individual into a transpersonal and touching artwork. He understands (portrait) painting as a search for universal validity that is somehow larger than life.
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MARTIN C. HERBST
 
Born 1965, Salzburg, Austria
 
 
 
EDUCATION 

1989         
Magister Artium, Class of Painting, Hochschule Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
 
 
 
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2022

BEGE Galerien Ulm, Germany (upcoming)

2020  
      
MCH,
Galeria Contrast, Barcelona, Spain
                 
Martin C. Herbst- Revisted
, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                
Das Archiv der Blicke, Kunsthaus Köflach, Austria

Friktion - Martin C. Herbst und Levente Herman, Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest


2019    
     
Essence
, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

2018       
  
Focus August, Le Royer, Montreal, Québec, Canada
              
Hidden Treasures,
Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv

2017      
    
Positions, BEGE Galerien, Ulm, Germany

2015          

WUNDERKAMMER, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
                  
Martijn van Wenen
, Wanrooij Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2014         

Take My Eyes, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
             
 Afterimage
, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami, USA
 
2013          

Der Schöne Schein; GPL contemporary, Vienna, Austria

                
Martin C. Herbst, Boloix Fine Arts, Ketchum, ID, USA

2012         

Strange Days, Jacob Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica

Vom Sein und Schein der Welt, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

2011         

Metamorphosis, Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon


Precious, Mark Hachem Gallery, Paris, France
 
2010          

Traces
, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Garden of Delights ,Fischerplatzgalerie, Ulm, Germany


Metamorphosen, T-40 Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2009         

Most Már Dereng, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary


Ariodante, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2007         

Speculum-Spectaculum, MITO, Barcelona, Spain


Das Archiv der Blicke – Paintings on Aluminium, Fischerplatzgalerie, Ulm, Germany


The Presence of Memory/az emlékezet jelene, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
 

Inspired (by), Leonhard Ruethmueller Contemporary, Basel, Switzerland

2006         

Pontormo
, Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere, Graz, Austria
 
2005
         

Angelus und Pomona, Rudolf Budja Galerie / Angelus, Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere, Vienna, Austria
 
2003         

Faces – Surfaces, Artmosphere Vienna, Austria
 
 
 
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

 
2021 

VOLTA, Basel, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany


2020      

91_-DIVOC, Zemack Gallery Tel Aviv, Israel

Time to watch, Galeria Contrast, Barcelona, Spain

Art Wynwood, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA

Art Wynwood, with Wanrooij Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

Art Karlsruhe, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

 2019         

Art Miami, with Zemack Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

Art Miami, with Wanrooij Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

CONTEXT Miami, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA

Summer Exhibition, Boloix Fine Arts, Ketchum, ID, USA

French Salon, Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
Fresh Paint, Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
KunstRAI Amsterdam, with Wanrooij Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Art Central Hong Kong, with Zemack Gallery, Hong Kong, CHN

Art Karlsruhe, with Christian Marx Galerie, Rheinstetten, Germany
 
Palm Beach Modern & Contemporary, with ZK Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, USA
 
Another Dream, Zemack Galllery, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
The Power of Portrait, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

Art Palm Beach, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Palm Beach, FL, USA

2018           

AAF Hamburg, with Wanrooij Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

Art Miami, with Wanrooij Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Miami, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA

Art Miami, with Zemack Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

SOFA Chicago, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Chicago, IL, USA

AAF Amsterdam, with Wanrooij Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Art Toronto, with Zemack Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Positions Berlin, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Summer Show, Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Fresh Paint, Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
KunstRAI Amsterdam, with Wanrooij Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Art Central Hong Kong, with Zemack Gallery, Hong Kong, CHN

French Salon, Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
Art Boca Raton, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Boca Raton, FL, USA

AAF Brussels, with Wanrooij Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

AAF London, with Wanrooij Gallery, London, UK

Art Stage Singapore, with Zemack Gallery, Singapore

The Art of Portrait, Boloix Fine Arts, Ketchum, ID, USA

Metall 3, Pforzheim Galerie, Pforzheim, Germany

Art Palm Beach, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Palm Beach, FL, USA

2017          

Art Miami, with Wanrooij Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Miami, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA

Positions Berlin, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Berlin, Germany
 
A Cup of Sugar, Exhibit A, Corning, NY, USA
 
Art New York, with Wanrooij Gallery, New York, NY, USA
 
Einfach GroßARTig, BEGE Galerien, Ulm, Germany
 
AAF London, with Wanrooij Gallery, London, UK
 
Art Palm Springs, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Palm Springs, CA, USA

Art Karlsruhe, with Die Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2016           

Art Miami, with Wanrooij Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
 
Art Miami, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Miami, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA

Art Toronto, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

AAF Amsterdam, with Wanrooij Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Summer Collective, Le Royer, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Summer Group Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece

Half a Pound of Art, störpunkt, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Munich, Germany

2015            

Varfok Gallery´s 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
 
Várfok 25  – a selection from 25 private contemporary art collections,  Várnegyed Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Up with Diversity!, Juan Ruiz Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

Here’s Looking Back at You: Images of Woman, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, USA

Eleven Years, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Binghamton, NY, USA Summer Exhibition, Boloix Fine Arts, Ketchum, ID, USA  

Summer Collective, Galerie LeRoyer, Montreal, Canada Summer, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Palm Springs, CA, USA

Affordable Art Fair Brussels, with Wanrooij Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Affordable Art Fair London, with Wanrooij Gallery, London, UK

Art Karlsruhe, with Fischerplatzgalerie, Karlsruhe, Germany

Art New York, with Wanrooij Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Art Silicon Valley, with Wanrooij Gallery, San Mateo, CA, USA
 
Art Fair Cologne, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Art Market Budapest, with Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

CONTEXT Art Miami, with Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Miami, with Jacob Karpio Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

2014                    

Opening Amsterdam 2014, Wanrooij Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 
30 Jahre Fischerplatzgalerie, Fischerplatzgalerie Ulm, Germany

Realisme 14 (Amsterdam), Wanrooij Gallery, Arnheim, The Netherlands

Art Wynwood, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Miami, FL, USA and  Wanrooij Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 
Affordable Art Fair New York, with Wanrooij Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, with Wanrooij Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 
SCOPE Miami, with Wanrooij Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Miami, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

Art Toronto, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, with Wanrooij Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

2013                    

Winter Solstice Painting Extravaganza, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Body Variances, Five European Sculptors, CAP-Exhibition Space Kuwait, Shuwaikh, Kuwait

GrauRand, Kunst Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna, Austria
 
Diving Lines, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
 
Collective Exhibition, Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
 
Winter group show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
 
Realisme 13 (Amsterdam), Wanrooij Gallery, Arnheim, The Netherlands

Art the Warehouse, with Wanrooij Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Art Wynwood, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

Art 2013, with Wanrooij Gallery, Utrecht, The Netherlands

 SCOPE Basel, with Wanrooij Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

Art Miami, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

2012                  

Beyond Bling, The Artist as Jeweler, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Halali: Die Jagd nach dem Zeitgenössischen, GPL Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

schwarzweiß weißschwarz, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany

Summer Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Kontrazstok vonzásában / attracted by contrasts, REÖK, Szeged, Hungary

WinterARTigkeiten, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany

The Armory Show, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Art Palm Beach, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Palm Beach, FL, USA

India Art Fair, with Mauger Modern Art, New Delhi, India

Art Wynwood, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Basel, with Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel, Switzerland

FIA Caracas, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela

ARTBO, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Bogota, Columbia

Art Miami, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Miami, FL, USA
SCOPE Miami, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

Art Miami Christopher Cutts Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

Art Market Budapest, with Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary 2011       

Figurative Kunst aus Österreich, Die Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany

Bakers Dozen, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

 TWENTY – FIVE, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
 
7th Anniversary, T-40, Düsseldorf, Germany

SommerARTigkeiten, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany

Jacob Karpio Who, Jacob Karpio Galeria, San José, Costa Rica

No borders – Appeal to Heaven, Dvorac Sec Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic

Epilogue, Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
 
Art Palm Beach, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Palm Beach, FL, USA

London Art Fair, with Mauger Modern, London, UK
SCOPE New York, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, New York, NY

SCOPE New York, with Mauger Modern, New York, NY Art Chicago, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Chicago, IL

FIA Caracas, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela

SCOPE Basel, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Basel, Switzerland
 
SCOPE Basel, with Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel, Switzerland KIAF, withMauger Modern, Seoul, Korea

Art Toronto (sculpturfield), Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Kunst Zürich, with Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland

Istanbul Contemporary with, Regis Krampf Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey   

Art Miami, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Miami, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Miami, FL, USA
 
 2010                  

Crescendo, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
 
Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe,  MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

Neue und Etablierte Positionen, GPL Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

Miami International Fair, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Miami, FL

Art Karlsruhe, with Fischerplatzgalerie, Rheinstetten, Germany

Art Chicago, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Chicago, IL

FIA Caracas, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela

SCOPE Basel, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Basel, Switzerland

SCOPE Basel, with Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
 
ARTBO, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Bogota, Columbia ARTBO, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Bogota, Columbia

Art Toronto, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
 
Kunst Zürich, with Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland

Istanbul Contemporary, with Regis Krampf Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

SCOPE Miami, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Miami, with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

Art Miami, with Juan Ruiz Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

2009                  

The Beautiful Painting Show, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
 
5th Anniversary, T-40 Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
 
Los Angeles Art Show, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Los Angeles, CA, USA

SCOPE New York, with Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Chicago Art Fair, with Mike Weiss Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
SCOPE Basel, with Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel, Switzerland

SCOPE Basel, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Basel, Switzerland

Art Vilnius, with Várfok Galéria, Vilnius, Lithuania

Arte Santander, with MITO, Santander, Spain

Art Bodensee, with Fischerplatz Galerie, Dornbirn, Austria

ARTBO, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Bogota, Columbia

Budapest Art Fair, with Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

2008                  

Phobea, with Galerie Bailly Contemporain, Paris, France

SPUR projects, Portola Valley, CA, USA

Five Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
 
MIS-EN ABYME (KÉP A KÉPBEN), Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
 
Ganz schön ART-ig: LECKERBISSEN III, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany
 
Summer Jam, T-40 Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

Art Madrid, with MITO, Madrid, Spain

Art Karlsruhe, with Fischerplatzgalerie, Ulm, Germany

SCOPE New York, with Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Art Brussels, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Brussels, Belgium

SCOPE Basel, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Basel, Switzerland

Balelatina Basel, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Basel, Switzerland
 
SCOPE Basel, with Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Basel, Switzerland

SCOPE Hamptons, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, East Hampton, NY, USA

ARTBO, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Bogota, Columbia

SCOPE London, with MITO, London, UK
 
Art International Zürich, with Fischerplatz Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland

Galerie Bailly Contemporain Show Off , Paris

Kunst Zürich, with Galerie von Braunbehrens, Zürich, Switzerland Budapest

Art Fair, with Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

SCOPE Miami, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Miami, FL, USA

SCOPE Miami, with Mike Weiss Gallery , Miami, FL, USA

2007                  

Art Miami, with Leonhard Ruethmueller Contemporary, Miami, FL, USA

palmbeach3, with Leonhard Ruethmueller Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
 
Schwarzweiß- Weißschwarz, Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm, Germany

Art Karlsruhe, with Fischerplatzgalerie, Rheinstetten, Germany

real-irreal, Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

Malerei der Gegenwart: Zurück zur Figur, KunstHausWien, Vienna, Austria

Life as a Legend - Marilyn Monroe, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, USA Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa, USA
 
KIAF, with Galerie von Braunbehrens, Seoul, South Korea
 
Art Moscow, with Leonhard Ruethmueller Contemporary, Moscow, Russia

arteBA, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Buenos Aires, Argentina

SCOPE Basel, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Basel, Switzerland

ARTBO, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Bogota, Columbia

modern 07, with Leonhard Ruethmueller Contemporary, Munich, Germany

selection 07, with Leonhard Ruethmueller Contemporary, Moscow, Russia

ART.FAIR 21, with Fischerplatz Galerie, Cologne, Germany

Cologne Fine Art, with Várfok Galéria, Cologne, Germany

arte Lisboa, with MITO, Lisbon, Portugal

Art Fair Budapest, with Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
 
Art Basel Miami Beach, with Jacob Karpio Galeria, Miami, FL, USA 2006        

CAP-I-CUA, MITO, Barcelona, Spain

AMADEUS – MADEUSA, Rudolf Budja Galerie/ Artmosphere Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Life as a Legend - Marilyn Monroe, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL, USA

Art Miami, with Rudolf Budja Galerie/ Artmosphere Wien, Miami, FL, USA

palmbeach3, with Rudolf Budja Galerie/ Artmosphere Wien, West Palm Beach, FL, USA

10th International Art Fair Moscow, with Rudolf Budja Galerie/ Artmosphere Wien, Moscow, Russia
 
Art Fair Cologne, with Leonhard Ruethmueller Contemporary, Cologne, Germany

Plug - Contemporary Art Fair, with Várfok Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

2005                  

Beauty, with Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
 
Wiesionen - Zeitkunst, Galerie Kulterer/Schloß Wolfsberg, Austria,

Galleria Juris and Perl, Venice, Italy

Marilyn, Una Vida de Leyenda, Claustro de Exposiciones del Palacio Provincial de Cádiz; Centro Cultural de la Villa Madrid, Madrid, Spain

2004                 

Love, Rudolf Budja Galerie / Artmosphere Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
 
Marilyn, Una Vida de Leyenda, Reales Atarazanes de Valencia, Valencia Spain;

Vakko Beyoglu Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2003        
            
The Last Supper, Artmosphere Vienna, Vienna, Austria
   
Marilyn, The Life of a Legend, County Hall Gallery, Galerie Levi, Hamburg, Germany

2001                    

Ich Tarzan – Du felix Austria?, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
 

publications (selected):


mercury | Martin C. Herbst, Austria 2021

99 Faces, M. C Herbst, Austria, 2007

Cap-I-Cua, published by MITO, Barcelona, 2006


speculum-spectaculum, published by MITO, Barcelona, 2006

angelus, published by Rudolph Budja Galerie / Artmosphere, Vienna 2005

Faces, published by Artmosphere, Vienna 2003

M.C. Herbst, published by Galerie Gerlich, Salzburg 1996



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  • ARTWORKS
    • PORTFOLIO
    • HIDDEN TREASURES >
      • CONCEPT hidden treasures
    • SPHERES >
      • CONCEPT spheres
    • BAROCCO >
      • CONCEPT barocco
      • RELATED barocco
    • RE-RENAISSANCE >
      • CONCEPT Re-Renaissance
    • WAVES >
      • CONCEPT WAVES
    • BRAIN >
      • CONCEPT brain
    • PAINTER'S FATE >
      • CONCEPT painter's fate
    • ON FLAT SURFACES >
      • MORE FLAT WORKS
    • GARDEN OF DELIGHTS >
      • CONCEPT garden of delights
    • PERSEUS >
      • CONCEPT Perseus
    • MOON >
      • CONCEPT moon
    • PERFECT FACE >
      • CONCEPT perfect face
  • VIDEOS
    • MAKING MERCURY
  • ABOUT
    • ABOUT more text
  • CONTACT