Albert Hien has been represented by the Walter Storms Galerie in Munich for more than 40 years and is being shown in his 15th solo exhibition.
During this time, he has created numerous site-specific environments and sculptures for large companies or public spaces, most recently with a 17-meter-high interior design for a historic clock tower in Munich. In recent years, Hien has mainly worked with light and neon and is currently being honored with a survey exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Celle with the Robert Simon Collection.

Albert Hien was represented twice at the documenta in Kassel with large sculptural works (documenta VII and VIII). In 1985 he took part in the German contribution to the São Paulo Biennial, curated by Armin Zweite. Major museum exhibitions have been held at the Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, the Josef-Haubrich Kunsthalle in Cologne, the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich, which has several works by Hien in its collection.

education

since 2001
Professorship at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
1997-2001
Professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig
1975-81
Studies, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich

selected solo exhibitions

2024
Movimenti, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich
2023
Papalapap (edition/presentation of prints), Kunsthaus ARTES, Hanover
2018
Scultura Poetica. Werke 1982-1990, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich
2016
Papalapap (sculptures and light objects), Walter Storms Galerie, Munich
2014
Retrospective 5 Jahre Schellingstraße 48, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich
2006
Ortobotanico, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim a. d. Brenz
1995-97
Planetarium (spatial installation), Kunstmuseum Celle and traveling exhibition
1990
German Pavilion EXPO 92 Sevilla
1991
Edition Grotteschi, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich

selected group exhibitions

2022-23
Fantasy of Light, Galerie Braunbehrens, Stuttgart
2017
Signal – Lichtkunst aus der Sammlung Robert Simon, Kunstmuseum Celle
2015
Lichtungen, Internationales Lichtkunstfestival, Römer- & Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
2013
Scheinwerfer – European Light Art, Kunstmuseum Celle
Ceci n’est pas une Lampe… , Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
2000
ZeitRäume, Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
2009
Leuchtzeichen, Kunstmuseum Celle
2006
KunstLichtTore Bochum, Kunstmuseum Bochum
2005
De Kunst van TL (Tube Luminescent), Centre for International Light Art, Eindhoven
1987
documenta 8, Kassel
1985
Biennale of São Paulo, German contribution (curated by Armin Zweite)
1982
documenta 7, Kassel