GARY SCHLINGHEIDER GERMANY, b. 1983
Positioned between painting and sculpture, the work draws on color, line, and spatial reduction to convert form into a perceptual event.
Gary Schlingheider’s practice explores the fertile threshold between painting and sculpture. Focusing on color and form, he creates large-scale works defined by opaque, saturated hues and a reduced geometric vocabulary. Drawing on the legacy of artists such as Ellsworth Kelly and Frank Stella, he develops a visual language in which pictorial surface and sculptural presence increasingly converge.
In his sculptural works, Schlingheider abstracts everyday forms into clear, elementary structures that are activated by their relationship to space. Positioned on the floor, against the wall, or in layered constellations, these works function almost like three-dimensional drawings, shaped by balance, perception, and spatial tension.
Born in 1983 in Detmold, Gary Schlingheider lives and works in Berlin and Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany. He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts as a master student of Christine Streuli, and also worked with Pia Fries and Gregory Cumins. His work has received several awards, including the Loth Sculpture Prize at Art Karlsruhe and the Diffring Prize for Sculpture. Since 2023, he has been teaching at the Berlin University of the Arts in the department Work in Space.
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Gary SchlingheiderBLACK PAINTING SMALL82 x 62cm -
Gary SchlingheiderBLACKPINKBEIGE132 x 107cm
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Gary SchlingheiderBUMBLEBEE160x140cm
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Gary SchlingheiderDroopy100 x 180 x 10 cm
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Gary SchlingheiderGreen Machine200 x 170cm
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Gary SchlingheiderMajestic80x65cm
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Gary SchlingheiderMajestic80x65cm
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Gary SchlingheiderPink Painting170x130cm
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Gary SchlingheiderPINK PAINTING SMALL82 x 62 cm
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Gary SchlingheiderRita191 x 151 x 10 cm
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Gary SchlingheiderThe blast200 x 170 cm
Through color and form, the work unfolds as a spatial experience, blurring the boundary between painting and sculpture.
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INSIDE OUT
IVAN LARDSCHNEIDER - GARY SCHLINGHEIDER - JOHANN ALEXIS 25 Apr - 30 May 2025Inside Out brings together three artists — Ivan Lardschneider, Gary Schlingheider, and Johann Alexis — who turn that question into form. Through sculpture, abstraction, and material reduction, they explore the...Read more -
INTERTWINED
GARY SCHLINGHEIDER - ENRICO BACH 13 Feb - 20 Apr 2025Through their distinct practices, they examine the interplay between different artistic disciplines, historical references, and formal elements, creating works that are deeply engaging and conceptually rich. Enrico Bach’s medium- to...Read more
2020 — Won the Loth Sculpture Prize at art KARLSRUHE, a major recognition for contemporary sculpture in Germany.
2021 — Received the Manfred Fuchs Prize, strengthening his institutional profile in Germany.
2023 — Began teaching at the Universität der Künste Berlin in the field of Arbeit im Raum, extending his practice into an academic context.
2025 — Installed Multi Part Pieces on the MNAHA Sculpture Trail in Luxembourg, supported by the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art and the City of Luxembourg.