Harry Drewes lives and works in Hamburg and came about photography and drawing to painting. He studied physics and worked in a larger Hamburg based corporation. His special subjects were optics and color recognition. In 2008 he began private painting studies with Ute Reichel in Hamburg and on the island of Sylt. A year later he joined the artist group "Nordlichter unterwegs" (Northern Lights underway). Since 2011 he focused on painting and exhibited periodically in and around Hamburg. His pictures are painted with acrylic on canvas and open space between reality and imagination. He loves motifs with harbor corners, as well as natural landscapes and flowers. The colors themselves play a major role for him. Various fine brush strokes build interwoven areas of interacting colors, giving something shimmering to the paintings. In his current works he explores the space between realism and abstraction and uses color patches to create images which the viewers themselves can compose into landscapes. (Photo: Tomas Keilbach)
2016 | Free painting workshop with Johann Nußbächer (Summer academy in Norden, Eastern Frisia, Germany) |
2015 | Painting workshop "In the footsteps of Cézanne" with Ute Reichel in Séguret, Provence, France |
2014 | Lithograph printing workshop with Linda Peters (Summer academy in Norden, Eastern Frisia, Germany) |
2013 | Besides painting study of color theories and philosophy of color |
since 2011 | Retired physicist, more time for painting |
2009 | Entry into the artists group "Nordlichter unterwegs" (Northern Lights underway) |
since 2008 | Studying painting with Ute Reichel (Hamburg, Ahrensburg, Sylt) |
1986 - 2011 | Research and Development at Hauni Maschinenbau in Hamburg (later at the subsidiary Hauni Primary) Special fields: optics and color recognition, numerous patents |
1980 - 1985 | Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research (WKI) in Braunschweig |
1979 | Civilian Service and member of "Work Group against Nuclear Power" in Braunschweig |
1970 - 1978 | Studying physics at the Technical University of Braunschweig (Diplom certificate) |
1957 - 1969 | School in Bremerhaven, favorite subjects arts and math |
1951 | born in Bremerhaven |
2023 | Solo exhibition with the theme "Light in Painting", in the community hall of the Epiphanien Church in Hamburg |
2020 | Group exhibition "Pastel - Acrylic - Collage", Annual exhibition in the painting studio of Ute Reichel on "Allmende Wulfsdorf" near Hamburg (Flyer Annual Exhibition) |
2019 | Joint exhibition "From earthly landscapes and distant worlds - art meets physics" together with Rose Demant in the Gallery Kunstraum Farmsen in Hamburg (Flyer Kunstraum) |
Joint exhibition "Clouds, sea and more" together with Josephine v. Oettingen in the Forum Alstertal in Hamburg (Exhibition Forum Alstertal) | |
2018 | Group exhibition "Christmas exhibition – New works of the painting group" in the painting studio of Ute Reichel on "Allmende Wulfsdorf" near Hamburg (Flyer invitation of the painting studio) |
2017 | Solo Exhibition "Landscape and coast" at the Restaurant "BEI UNS" in Hamburg (Flyer Hamburg 2017) |
2016 | Joint exhibition "Paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolor" in the Town Hall of Ammersbek near Hamburg (Flyer Ammersbek) |
Group exhibition "Himmel und Mehr" (Skies and More) in the painting studio of Ute Reichel on "Allmende Wulfsdorf" near Hamburg (Flyer Skies and More) | |
2015 | Joint exhibition "Experiment with figure and landscape" with Heike Dittrich and Ursel Wiesen-Klomp at the City Library Husum (Flyer Husum) |
Solo Exhibition at the Portuguese Restaurant "BEI UNS" in Hamburg within the scope of an exhibition cycle opened by Thomas Liebing and Eva Peters (Flyer Hamburg) | |
2014 | Group exhibition with the topic "Our View on Allmende" at the Allmende in Ahrensburg near Hamburg (Invitation) |
Exhibition at the Online Gallery of Eva Peters until 2017 | |
2012 - 2014 | Three solo exhibitions at the Portuguese Restaurant "BEI UNS" in Hamburg (Summer 2012, Spring 2013 and Spring 2014) |
2009 | Exhibition of the artists group "Nordlichter unterwegs" (Northern Lights underway): Stadtgalerie "Alte Post" Westerland/Sylt (Exhibition catalog) |
Group exhibition at "Haus der Natur" (House of Nature) in Ahrensburg near Hamburg |
2019 | "Seeing Colors - The human color perception", presentation and guided tour through the exhibition "Art meets Physics" together with Prof. Peter Möller in the Gallery Kunstraum Farmsen in Hamburg |
Contribution "The polar lights from the point of view of physics and painting" in the MINTarium Hamburg on the main topic "Art meets physics" by Prof. Peter Möller, HAW Hamburg | |
2015 | "Seeing Colors - The colors in Physics and Painting", a presentation in the course "Frauen informieren sich" at the Hamburger Volkshochschule (Adult education center in Hamburg Farmsen) |
2014 | Workshop "Farben sehen" (Seeing Colors) at the annual convention of Individual Psychology "Kunst und Psyche" (Art and Psyche) in Berlin together with Dr. Isolde de Vries |
2020 | Corona - Zahlen richtig verstehen - Was lernen wir für die Zukunft? Peter Möller und Harry Drewes, Verlag Dr. Köster, Berlin |
1981 | westermann schülerwissen ökologie 1 - Mensch und Umwelt, Harry Drewes und Gerhard Kroeger, Georg Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig |