Franz Heigemeir
Painter | Sculptor

 

For several years I have been painting the night blooming cereus “Queen of the Night”, the flower that briefly blooms then wilts and dies in the still of the night unknown to most.

Fascinated by the night sky, by the secrets of the night, by the drama of this blossom’s life and death within the span of a few hours, I am now more than
ever compelled to explore the mystery of this phenomenon.

With my new series of paintings called “Night Visitors”, I want to share with the viewer those humble inquiries into the unknown, revelations culled from the night, the twilight and the far away.

 

Resume

• Graduate of the Kunstschule Augsburg, Germany
• Since 1976 active member of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
• Active member of the Arts Society of Kingston

Group exhibits:
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum ongoing since 1972
Arts Society of Kingston ongoing since 2006
Kingston Biennial Sculpture Exhibition 2001
SUNY New Paltz regional exhibit: In This Time and Place 1996
Albany Museum of History and Art 1976
National Academy of Design 1973, 1974 and 1975

One-man shows:
Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1987, 2009
Arts Society of Kingston, 2008
Cunneen-Hackett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY,  2006
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY  1989, 2005
Petrucci Gallery, Saugerties, NY  1989
Harvard Law Library, Cambridge, Mass.(Interpretive Calligraphy)  1988

Awards:
Two International Artist Magazine Awards in 2006 and 2008
The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum’s
    Sheila M. Bloodgood Award 2008
    The Robert Orsini Award 2008
    The Sally Jacobs/Phoebe Towbin Award  2006
    The WAAM Sculpture Prize  2001
    The Sidney Laufman Award  2001
    The Yasuo Kuniyoshi Award  1988
First Prize in Oil, Artists of Ulster County Open Exhibition  1989