Mnemosyne Research Group; Alex Heil (1965)

Description

Axel Heil (Germany, 1965) is an artist, curator, writer and producer. He has studied painting in Karlsruhe, Paris and The Hague, as well as art history and ethnology in Heidelberg and Berlin. In 1999 he established fluid, a production platform for a wide range of activities. With fluid he produces monographs, artists’ books, and editions, as well as curating exhibitions on phenomenological aspects of artistic traditions and movements. Heil’s published essays range from Pablo Picasso to Asger Jorn, and Maurizio Cattelan to the young generation of artists. Since 2001 he has been Professor for Experimental Transfers at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe. Heil is also one of the co-founders of the Mnemosyne Research Group in Hamburg. Together with Roberto Ohrt, he realized the exhibition Aby Warburg – Mnemosyne Atlas at ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, in 2016.