Tim Eitel\u2019s work combines figurative painting, a conceptual approach to discrete recordings of everyday actions, situations or objects inspired by his observations of contemporary life and art history.<\/p>\n
He studied at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig from 1997 to 2001 and was a Meistersch\u00fcler (Master Student) of Professor Arno Rink from 2001 through 2003. He has received a number of prestigious awards throughout his career, including the Landesgraduiertenstipendium, Saxonia, Germany (2002) and the Marion Ermer Preis (2003). Cofounder of the collective Galerie LIGA in Berlin, he was one of the leading protagonists of the New Leipzig School before gaining a reputation as one of the most important painters of his generation.<\/p>\n
He has participated in over fifty group exhibitions and twenty monographic exhibitions worldwide since 2000, including at the Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland (2004); Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri (2005); Kunsthalle T\u00fcbingen (2008); Rochester Art Center, Minnesota (2013); Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria (2013); and Kasteel Wijlre, Netherlands (2018); Museum der bildenden K\u00fcnste Leipzig, Germany (2019). Eitel\u2018s work is held in numerous important collections, including the Albertina, Vienna; ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ish\u00f8j, Denmark; Deutsche Bank Collection, Germany; Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum f\u00fcr Gegenwart, Berlin; Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden; and the Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Since four years, he teaches at Beaux-Arts de Paris.<\/p>\n
For the FIAC, Tim Eitel will present a new body of works created specifically for the occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6249,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-6206","expositions","type-expositions","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n