Georg Herold has been one of the defining figures of German contemporary art since the 1980s. He first gained recognition for his distinctive and often ironic visual language, in which he employs everyday materials such as roof battens, bricks, or banknotes, translating them into conceptual and sculptural contexts. His work moves fluidly between painting, sculpture, and installation, reflecting – often with subversive humor – on questions of value, authorship, and social order. Combining formal rigor with playful provocation, Herold has established a singular position within the international art world.

Major solo exhibitions have been dedicated to his work at institutions including Kunstmuseum Bonn; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; Kunstverein Hannover; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Kunsthalle Zürich and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Herold has also participated in important international group exhibitions such as documenta IX in Kassel, Skulptur Projekte Münster, and the 52nd Biennale di Venezia. Presentations at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Tate Liverpool; the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the New Orleans Museum of Art attest to the broad international reception of his work.

Herold’s works are held in numerous major public collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate, London. In Germany, his work is represented in prominent collections such as Sammlung Brandhorst, Munich; the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; the Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg; and Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.