Nikolaus Reinecke

Nikolaus Reinecke is a contemporary figurative painter. He was born in Bremen, Germany and is currently living in Hildesheim (close to Hannover), Germany. For 16 years Reinecke has maintained his studio in Stammelbach-Speicher in Hildesheim. This is where special contemporary art arises. With a rough style, Reinecke paints larger-than-life portraits and nudes. Unlike other artists, he does not make a perfect copy of a photograph, he paints in front of the model. This captures a moment that arises during the encounter between the artist and the person portrayed. In times of high-definition cameras, that's exactly what we lack, the artist's involvement with our personality. Depending on the size of the painting, the artist and his counterparts spend between 8 and 30 hours in the studio.

*1959 in Bremen, Germany.

until 1987: Abitur (german general examination for university entrance), apprenticeship as carpenter, journeymanship, master examination.

1988 – 1992: he studied product design in Hildesheim and graduated as a graduate designer (FH).

since then: he freelances in furniture design, is a lecturer at the HAWK and University Hildesheim, and works as a freelance artist - Artistic development by attending nude and portrait courses.

since 1994 he is a lecturer for life drawing, sketching and furniture design at the university (HAWK) in Hildesheim.

since 1997 he had numerous singles and group exhibitions.

2001 - 2011 teacher for nude drawing at the Hildesheim Adult Education Center.

from 2002 he holds Weekend workshops for nude drawing, nude painting and portraiture, private lessons, also for children.

Spring 2003 Opening of the studio in Stammelbach-Speicher, Hildesheim.

from 2015 he is teaching for Painting at the University of Hildesheim.

single-exhibitions

1997 „Akt“, Bistro Butschies, Hildesheim
1999 „Kopf und Bauch“, Autoland Schirmer, Hildesheim
2001 Galerie auf Zeit (Brühl 31), Hildesheim
2001 Jeanne d`Art, Hamburg
2003 Siebarta, Überlingen (Bodensee)
2004 „Annäherungen“, Gallery in the Stammelbach-Speicher, Hildesheim
2004 Albert Schur, Orthopädieschuhmacher, Hildesheim
2006 „9 Tage“, Meetraum, Hildesheim
2006 „Menschen“, Tele-Atlas, Harsum (bei Hildesheim)
2008 Galerie auf Zeit (Brühl 31), Hildesheim
2008 Hofcafé, Hildesheim
2009 Galerie auf Zeit (Brühl 31), Hildesheim
2010 „Zwei Generationen“ (mit L. Reinecke), Gallery in the Stammelbach-Speicher, Hildesheim
2011 Galerie auf Zeit (Brühl 31), Hildesheim
2011 Glashaus, Derneburg (close to Hildesheim)
2013 Klinikum, Hildesheim
2015 Kanzlei Hammer Rechtsanwälte, Hildesheim (September)
2017 "Reinecke & Reinecke" (with L. Reinecke), Gallery Atrium (KV), Bremen
2018 "Intensive Begegnungen", Galerie im Stammelbach-Speicher, Hildesheim


groupexhibitions

since 1999 regular participation in the annual exhibitions of the BBK Hildesheim
1999 „Design vom Dorf“, Bad Zwischenahn ( close to Oldenburg)
2003 Gallery at Hirtenturm, Blankenheim (Eifel)
2004 „Design vom Dorf“, Bad Zwischenahn ( clos...