Horst Bartnig (*1936 in Militsch/Silesia) studied at the Fachschule für angewandte Kunst in Magdeburg. He received various national und international Awards like the Hannah-Höch-Prize of the Berlinische Galerie in 2001.

Since the mid 1960s he works with the clear instruments of Concrete Art: intense colors and simple, geometrical shapes are key components of his work. Horst Bartnig is one of the most important representatives of concrete art in Germany today.

Horst Barting lives in Berlin.

EDUCATION

1954-57 Fachschule für angewandte Kunst Magdeburg / Technical College for applied Arts, Magdeburg

EXHIBITIONS
2019
konkret, Galerie Zeisler, Berlin
2018
Horst Bartnig, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Berlin
2016
bewegung – veränderung – form,  gräfe art.concept, Berlin
2016-2017
Horst Bartnig_Konkret Arbeiten aus den Jahren 1960-2016, Achim Freyer- Stiftung, Berlin

AWARDS

1993 Will-Grohmann-Prize

2001 Hannah-Höch-Prize

COLLECTIONS

Architektur Galerie Berlin, Berlin

Forum Konkrete Kunst, Erfurt

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (GfZK), Leipzig

Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich

Stredoslovenská galéria, Banská Bystrica

HORST BARTNIG: Frühe Computergrafiken, DAM Berlin, October 31 – December 19, 2020

COMPUTER-GRAFIK 1984, DAM Berlin, January 19 – March 17, 2018

AESTHETICA, DAM Berlin, May 29 – August 1, 2015