Albrecht Behmel

German Contemporary Art by Albrecht Behmel - Abstract 8

2017

Albrecht Behmel is a German artist born in 1971 who lives and works in Freudenstadt, Germany. Albrecht is a best-selling writer and winner of the German National Academy of Arts Award Albrecht got his Master of Arts and other degrees in philosophy and history at Heidelberg University and Humboldt University of Berlin. Since 2012 his colorful paintings were shown in the Empire State Building New York, during the film festival in Cannes, France, Houses of Parliament Potsdam, Germany, and the Federal Presidential Palace in Berlin, Schloss Bellevue. In 2018 he was the featured artist of DMEXCO, Cologne, and of The Taste of Contemporary during Art Basel, Miami. Other exhibitions were in London, Paris, Vienna, Los Angeles, Glasgow, Hamburg, Moscow, Ulm and Manila. Upcoming shows (2025 / 2026) are in Jerusalem, Salzburg, Munich and Lviv, Ukraine. Albrecht supports the International Red Cross, Caritas, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Israel, and his local church in the Black Forest. His work has been featured on national TV, print and radio: GF Luxury Magazine, Creativ Magazine, Feine Adressen, Family Office Magazine, Art and Museum, Portraymag. His work appeared on ARD, arte, RTL, Deutschlandfunk, UTB, Weltbild, Provobis, TeNeues, and several others. Albrecht is married, has three children and therefore enjoys cooking. Perhaps best known for The Magic of the Swarms, a highly recognisable and unique painting style through which Albrecht tells stories on canvas about iconic works of art, geometry, myths and music, landscapes, the Bible - and sometimes just random old things. His art ist about the beauty of details and the connection between contents. Think of his paintings as frozen movies or church windows that tell stories everybody can understand. They speak to the expert, the child and the superficial guest in a hurry alike.