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Hartmut Austen鈥檚 abstract paintings and drawings are rooted in the real but emphasize structure, tactility and the visceral over representation. Austen studied painting and drawing with H.J. Diehl at Hochschule der K眉nste (University of the Arts) in Berlin. His first arrival in the United States was marked by a 1998 group exhibition titled "VOID" at Unfinished gallery in Williamsburg, New York. He has since exhibited widely in the United States and Germany, including solo shows at Good Weather Gallery in Arkansas, The Butchers Daughter Gallery in Detroit, Paul Kotula Projects in Ferndale, and group exhibitions at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Galerie Lisi H盲mmerle in Bregenz, The Waiting Room in Minneapolis, Galerie Eva Bracke in Berlin and Three Walls in Chicago.

As a member of the Telegraph Art Collective, he has worked and exhibited with artists of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. He also initiated or co-organized projects such as 鈥淏erlin Calling鈥�, (2016, University of Minnesota), 鈥淓vening at the Colony presents:鈥� (2012/13, Grant Wood Colony, Iowa City), 鈥淣o town 鈥� beyond the wall鈥� (2012, Wayne State University, Detroit), and co-edited 鈥淒etroit: Telegraph鈥�, a literary and visual arts journal published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2007).