Michael Growe

Painter Michael Growe was born in Warburg in 1960. In 1995, Karl-Heinrich Müller suggested that he set up a studio in one of the three hangars at Rake­ten­sta­tion Hombroich. Georg Schmidt also moved into this hall at the same time. Michael Growe’s main focus is on the physi­cality of painting. His plinth-less bodies of colour expand this physi­cality into real space, sometimes even serving as furniture and regularly exploring what the medium of painting can achieve in this day and age. His works are also imbued with subtle irony at times. Michael Growe is involved in many events at Hombroich, including orga­ni­sing the guest artist programme and coll­ec­tion exhi­bi­tions. He also initiated the Wachhaus series and was instru­mental for many years in the inter­ac­tion with the free art scene in China.

Michael Growe studied at Kunst­aka­demie Düssel­dorf and held many exhi­bi­tions in Europe and China. He also lectured at numerous German and inter­na­tional educa­tional estab­lish­ments, including the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and Shanghai.

Further infor­ma­tion at michaelgrowe.de