Elmar
Hempel
(Switzerland)
(瑞士)
Elmar Hempel, born in Ulm in 1965 and based in Bern, grew up in an artistic environment shaped by his father, the painter and art educator Frank Hempel. Early exposure to watercolor, lithography, and linocut was followed by training as a decorator and work across several crafts. His engagement with the Kunstwerkstatt Waldau later became an important setting for sustained artistic development and exchange.
Hempel works primarily in abstraction, with a strong affinity to Art Brut. His paintings and mixed-media works combine expressive fields of colour, spontaneous marks, figurative fragments, and dynamic structures. Material, gesture, and emotional intensity are closely connected, allowing inner tensions and personal experience to enter the image directly. For Hempel, painting functions as both self-reflection and an open encounter with the viewer.
Selected exhibitions include in Helvetica at Galerie Atelier Herenplaats in Rotterdam (2023), the international group show A Letter from a Friend at Bacio Collective in Bern (2024), and the international museum exhibition Reflections and Resonances at the Schlossmuseen Greiz (2025). In 2025, he also presented a solo exhibition during the Bachwochen Thun in Switzerland.
埃尔马·亨佩尔（Elmar Hempel）1965年出生于乌尔姆，现居伯尔尼，他在父亲——画家兼艺术教育家弗兰克·亨佩尔（Frank Hempel）的熏陶下，成长于一个充满艺术氛围的环境中。早年接触水彩画、石版画和亚麻油版画后，他接受了装饰师的培训，并涉足多个手工艺领域。后来，他与瓦尔道艺术工坊（Kunstwerkstatt Waldau）的接触，成为其持续艺术发展和交流的重要平台。
亨佩尔主要从事抽象艺术创作，对“原始艺术”（Art Brut）有着深厚的共鸣。他的绘画和混合媒介作品融合了富有表现力的色彩块面、即兴笔触、具象碎片以及充满动感的结构。材质、笔触与情感强度紧密相连，使内在张力和个人体验得以直接融入画面。对亨佩尔而言，绘画既是自我反思，也是与观者之间开放的对话。
精选展览包括：在鹿特丹赫伦普拉茨画廊（Galerie Atelier Herenplaats）举办的“Helvetica”展（2023年）、在伯尔尼巴乔集体（Bacio Collective）举办的国际群展“来自朋友的一封信”（2024年），以及在格赖茨城堡博物馆（Schlossmuseen Greiz）举办的国际博物馆展览“反思与共鸣”（2025年）。2025年，他还曾在瑞士图恩巴赫音乐周（Bachwochen Thun）期间举办过个展。
