Linda Hemmersbach (b. Cologne, Germany) is based in the Dark Peak, England.
Contact: linda.hemmersbach@gmail.com
Exhibitions
Upcoming:
April 2024: Flatland, The FG Gallery, Cheshire
June 2024: Holding Time, Duo Show with Ruth Murray, The ARB, Cambridge
2024
Outside In, Set, West Ealing, London, curated by Anna Lytridou
The Very Hours Pass Unnoticed, Warbling Collective, London
Scenius, Group show at Oceans Apart Gallery, curated by David Auborn
2023
Today Projects Preston, Duo Show with Lauren Emily Wilson
Seeing Remains, Oceans Apart Gallery
A Generous Space 3, Huddersfield Art Gallery
Holding Time (Duo show with Ruth Murray), Rogue Project Space, Manchester
2022
Windowpane (curated by Alex Crocker), Oceans Apart, Salford
Fayre Share Fayre (A Modest Show), The Whitworth, Manchester
Tender Stems, Painting Writing (A Modest Show), Manchester
Colours, The Stone Space, London
Thought Forms, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Bankley: 30 Years of Artist Led, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
Round the Corner, Down the Stairs, Painting Writing @ PS Mirabel, Manchester
2021
Glasscloud Winter Salon, Camden People's Theatre, London
Close to Home, JGM Gallery, London
2020
Painters Showing Paintings (Online)
The Continuous Image, Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford
Talking Sense, The Portico Library, Manchester
2019
Paint, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Deep Time (Collaboration with James Field), The Old Bank Residency, NOMA, Manchester
Glasscloud Gallery Fundraiser, The Tin Cafe, London
Vein (Solo), Cass Art, Manchester
2018
PaintLounge, Sluice Exchange, Kuehlhaus Berlin
Tonstichlandschaft II, Das Blaue Pferd, Brandenburg, Germany
Nightswimming, LLE @ Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales
Scenius curated by Catflap, Bunker Gallery, Manchester
BLANK LIONS, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
P1: Filling Station, She'll Project Space, Ski, Norway
A Tale of Two Cities (Manchester to Leeds), Basement Arts Project, Leeds
Places I want to be, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Diptych, Triptych, Polyptych, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2017
Tonstichlandschaft(Solo), Das Blaue Pferd, Brandenburg, Germany
Small World, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Echo Chamber, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
Menzel's Foot (Curated by Magnus Quaife), PS Mirabel, Manchester
Shaping the Void ll, Tannery Projects, London
Paper, Transformed, Arc Centre Gallery, Stockport
Mono, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2016
Tracing Paper, Paper Gallery, Manchester
Excuse Me While I'm Changing, Rogue Project Space, Manchester
The Manchester Contemporary (with Lisa Denyer & Mali Morris), Paper Gallery Stand
Shaping the Void (with Fiona Grady & Hannah Luxton), Bankley Gallery, Manchester
John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Spectrum, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Duplicit, Snetha, Athens, Greece
Process, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
Zarakes Residency Final Show, Evia, Greece
Migrate, Cross Street Arts, Wigan
Anonyme Zeichner, Stadt und Industriemuseum Rüsselsheim, Germany
2015
Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Geyso20, Braunschweig, Germany
Anonymous Drawings, artQ13, Rome, Italy
Bankley Open 2015, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
Shelf Life, PS Mirabel, Manchester
Anonyme Zeichner, Kunstverein Tiergarten/Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
Painted Surface, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
On Silent Mode, Project Four, Vienna, Austria
So Many Constellations, Mayors Parlour Gallery, Bow, London
Deep East Winter, Mayors Parlour Gallery, Bow, London
Linda Hemmersbach Showcase(Solo), Footfall Art, Bermondsey, London
2014
Stick ‘em up, Husk Gallery, London, UK
It’s very quiet here, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
New Paintings(Solo), The Trelex Residency, Switzerland
Form/Entformt(Solo), 86b Greenfield Road, London
2013
First Come First Served, Lion&Lamb Gallery, Hoxton, London
Loopart13, Creekside Studios, Deptford, London
2012
Drawing Open, One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden
The International Drawing Project, Pr1 Gallery, Preston
2011
Double the Vision My Eyes Do See, The Three Stags, London
2010
Tarradiddle, Art Space East, London
I Swore I Sore, The Nunnery, London
Education
2005-2008 BA Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins
2009-2010 MA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Art
Curation
2022
Thought Forms, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2020
The Continuous Image (with Wendy McLean), Oceans Apart Gallery, Manchester
2018
BLANK LIONS (with Katrin Hanusch, Jack Vickridge & Isobel Wohl), Bankley Gallery
2017
Shaping the Void II, Tannery Projects, London (with Hannah Luxton & Fiona Grady)
Echo Chamber and Play, Bankley Gallery (with Mike Slater)
2016
Process (with Mike Slater), and Shaping the Void (with Fiona Grady & Hannah Luxton), Bankley Gallery
2015
So Many Constellations (with Nicholas Jones), Mayors Parlour Gallery, London
Residencies
2018
Galleri Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Das Blaue Pferd, Brandenburg, Germany
2017
Das Blaue Pferd, Brandenburg, Germany
Zarakes, Evia, Greece
2016
Zarakes Residency, Evia, Greece
2015
Gamli Skoli Nordanbal, Hrisey, Iceland
2014
The Bothy Project, Isle of Eigg, Scotland
The Trelex Residency, Switzerland
Grants / Awards
2020
Freelands Foundation Emergency Grant
2019
Contemporary British Painting Prize Longlist
Selected for PS Mirabel Painting Prize, Manchester
2018
PaintLounge, Sluice Exchange Berlin
(Exhibition and weekend of panel discussions funded by the Arts Council)
2016
John Moores Painting Prize (selected for exhibition)
Marmite Prize for Painting Longlist
TRACING Paper Mentoring Scheme , Paper Gallery
2015
Bankley Open 2015 (shortlisted)
2014
Artist Grant, The Eaton Fund
2008
Cecil Collins Memorial Drawing Award
2006
British Art Medal Society Medal Project XIII, Thomas Fattorini Grand Second Prize
Links
Vein
Horst & Edeltraut Interview
BLANK LIONS
Basement Arts Project
Traction Magazine
Shaping the Void : a-n review
Shaping the Void
Tracing Paper
Excuse Me While I Am Changing
A-n: Tracing Paper
Duplicit
Artsy
Paper & Poetry
John Moores
Paper Gallery
365 Artists/ 365 Days
The Bothy Project
The Trelex Residency