Draft:Thomas Riesner

Thomas Riesner (* 20. September 1971 in Leipzig) is a German painter whose works are associated with Outsider Art or Art Brut. In addition to acrylic and ink paintings, drypoint etching is one of his artistic mediums.

Life

Thomas Riesner, born in Leipzig in 1971, is a self-taught artist who has been intensively engaged with painting and graphic arts since 1990. His works are categorized as Outsider Art or Art Brut. His artistic media include acrylic and ink paintings as well as drypoint etching. His motifs are often dark, dealing with themes such as torture, death, murder, or illness, yet they nevertheless radiate an atmosphere of primal and spontaneous expression.

Riesner's artistic journey began in 1990 as part of art therapy in a hospital. Since then, he has been a member of the art group Durchblick eV in Leipzig. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in various galleries and museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig, the Museum of Outsider Art in Schleswig, and the Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster . Riesner has also received awards, including the Thieme Verlag cover design competition in 2007 and 2015. His works are represented in collections such as the OUTSIDER-Bildwelten Demirel in Wuppertal and the Eckhard Busch Foundation in Cologne .

Exhibition

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  Cataclysm ink, 2025
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  End times 2 ink, 2025
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  Glum ink, 2026
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  Inwardly ink, 2025
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  Swirl ink, 2025

Naturally cheerful, he has a way of sweeping those around him into a moment of carefree laughter. It bubbles out of him completely spontaneously and unexpectedly—the laughter just as much as his ideas for concrete visual motifs on paper and canvas. His expressive, intuitive painting style is reflected in his archaic-looking figures and visual elements. His paintings exude an atmosphere of authenticity and spontaneity, even though most of the motifs depict torture, death, murder, rape, illness, and ritual cruelty. Quellen:

Single Exhibitions (selection)

• 1994: “Das Boot”: Visions
• 1995: Parkkrankenhaus Leipzig: Operation
• 1996: Stötteritz Toy Box: Orkus
• 1997: Performance at the Walter Barth Clubhouse: Fear
• 1998: Mobile Meeting Place: Utopia
• 2000: “Insight” Gallery: Decade 1990–2000
• 2009: Psychosocial Community Center: Psychoma
• 2014: "Insight" Gallery: Perfection
• 2019: "Insight" Gallery: Anubis

Group-Exhibitions (selection)

• Art brut Biennale /Hengelo Niederlande
• "Galerie b2 "Leipzig,
• "Galerie Sonnensegel "Wien;
• "Museum der bildenden Künste" Leipzig,"
• "Hans-Prinzhorn-Klinik "Hemer;
• "Kunsthaus Kannen "Münster;
• "Laden für nichts" Leipzig;
• "alabama,sir" Leipzig,
• "Durchblick-Galerie" Leipzig,
• "Weißcube-Galerie" Leipzig,
• "Tapetenwerk" Leipzig, *
• "Kleine Galerie "Döbeln,
• DIN A [<] A und V Galerie " Leipzig.

Articel in Newspapers

• https://mail.yahoo.com/n/folders/1/messages/AACMGYFdLJrUBWke4Zl5O4v3Y1c/AACMGYFdLJrUBWke4Zl5O4v3Y1c:2?.src=ym&reason=unexpected_ymv&messagePreview=1
• https://outsiderartmagazine.blog/2021/06/21/featured-artist-thomas-riesner/
• https://www.weirdlitmag.com/artwork/thomas-riesner
• https://thievingmagpie.org/thomas-riesner-art/
• https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/thomas-riesner
• https://www.literaryheist.com/author/thomas-riesner/
• https://clubplumliteraryjournal.com/thomas-riesner/
• https://komplex-kulturmagazin.com/tag/thomas-riesner/
• https://www.art-transmitter.de/index.php?tp=20&nid=509
• https://dgbs.de/dgbs-kreativ/malerei-zeichnungen-collagen/galerie-thomas-riesner
• https://www.fineartpuertorico.com/

Seit 1990 intensive Beschäftigung mit Malerei und Grafik.Veröffentlichungen in ZEITSCHRIFTEN :

• "Psychosoziale Umschau",
• "Soziale Psychiatrie","
• "Infoblatt-Psychiatrie",
• "Brückenschlag",
• "Platanen-Blätter",
• "Kleines Stimmenhörerjournal"
• "Irren-Offensive,"
• "BayPE-Rundbrief",
• "MÜPE-RUNDBRIEF,"
• "Datt is IRRE,"
• "Köln-Kurier,"
• "Bpe Rundbrief,"
• "Treffpunkte",
• "LPEN-Nachrichten ,
• "Irrturm",
• "Papillon Life",
• "Bpe News",
• "Seelenlaute-Newsletter,
• "Kippe Leipzig",
• "Wörter im Wind ",
• "Zwielicht Bremen",
• "Der Bunte Spleen",
• "Klinke Münster",
• "Lautsprecher,"
• "FAPI-Nachrichten,"
• "Psychiatrische Praxis",
• "Psychiatrische Pflege Heute",
• "Seelenpresse",
• "Seelenlaute,"
• "LAUTBRIEFRUNDSPRECHER",
• "PRO MENTE SANA AKTUELL"(CH),
• "Kuckucksnest"(CH),
• "Kuckucksnest"(A),
• "Deviant"(NL),
• "Plusminus "(NL),
• "Asylum"(UK),
• "Tentacular Magazine"(UK),
• "JL INTERVIEWS"(IT),
• "Amalie"(DK),
• "Kontakt"(A),
• "Komplex -Kulturmagazin"(A),
• "Triplov.pt"(PT),
• "Outsider Art Magazine"(US),
• "Arkana Magazine"(US),
• "Fish Barrel Review"(US),
• "The Words Faire"(US)
• "The Spotlong Review"(US),
• "Bloodhoneylit"(US),
• "Manace Magazine"(US),
• "Artist Portfolio Magazine"(US),
• "The light Ekphrastic"(US),
• "ppagus journal"(US),
• "Rundelania"(US),
• "Moonday Magazine"(US),
• "Marrow Magazine"(US),
• "Weird Literary Magazine"(US),
• "Waxing&Waning A Literary Journal"(US),
• "In Parentheses"(US),
• "MockingHeart Review"(US),
• "Puppet Master Magazine"(US),
• "Barzakh Magazine"(US),
• "Masque&Spectacle Journal"(US),
• "Coalitionist Magazine"(US),
• "Synchronized Chaos" (US),
• "The Raw Art Review"(US ),
• "Oddball Magazine"(US),
• "Illustrated Worlds Magazine"(US),
• "The Argyle Literary"(US),
• "Wordgathering Magazine"(US),
• "Club Plum "(US),
• "Feral a journal of Poetry and Art"(US),
• "Ranger Magazine"(US),
• "The Thieving Magpie"(US),
• "Tay Mahal Review" (IND),
• "Highbrow Magazine"(US),
• "Inlandiajournal"(US),
• "Raw Vision"(UK),
• "Coffin Bell Journal"(US),
• "Wordpeace"(US),
• "Revista Egophobia"(RO),
• "Literary Heist"(CA), and in others Newspaper.

Books:"Psychiatrie in the DDR"

• "Christine Stumpe Mein Leben für die Kunst" https://www.durchblick-ev.de/kuenstler/
• "Christine Stumpe Kunst und Medizin"
• "The Best of Mad Swirl v 2021 and 23" "Valentina Seidel Eigen Brot ".

EINZELAUSTELLUNGEN: 1994 "Das Boot":

External links

• Kuenstlerpatenschafen(german)