Balance of Material, Form, and Structure
In Heidi Gerullis’s work, chance and calculation go hand in hand. The essence of her work lies in the compositional diversity within the tension between strictly geometric arrangement and the partly random, partly deliberately contrasting arrangement of the individual elements. She deliberately juxtaposes order and chaos, the fundamental principles of creation, very much in the tradition of Arthur Schnitzler: “Order is something artificial. The natural is chaos.”
Thus, Heidi Gerullis opens up a dynamic playing field of spatial arrangements and dynamic fields on the painted plane. In her incisions, she applies acrylic paint, which she then breaks up with parallel chisel marks. She alternates between ordered sequences and opposing structures, confronts colors with one another, or reduces them to tone-on-tone families. Through the interplay of superimposed colors, a sense of space is evoked, sometimes of simple foreground and background, sometimes of a deep structural network.
Exhibitions (Selection)
2026
Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf
2025
Neuss, Schloss Reuschenberg
Donaueschingen, Museum ArtPlus
2022
Donaueschingen, Museum ArtPlus
2021
Galerie Fetzer, Sontheim
2020
Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart
2019
Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft. Freiburg im Breisgau
Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf
2018
Donaueschingen, Museum ArtPlus
6. Triennale der Skulptur, Bad Ragaz und Vaduz, Schweiz
2017
Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg
2014
Art Karlsruhe
Kunsttage Winningen
Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg
2013
Art Karlsruhe
Skulpturenpark Prinzengarten, Sigmaringen
2012
Art Karlsruhe
Galerie Linde Hollinger, Ladenburg
1996
Palais Universitaire, Straßburg, Frankreich
Galerie du Faison, Straßburg, Frankreich
Kunstmuseum Swiradow, Polen
Sammlung Blum, Hünfeld
1994
E-WERK, Freiburg im Breisgau
1993
Städtische Galerie Schwarzes Kloster, Freiburg im Breisgau
Heidi Gerullis studied under Professor Will at the Cologne Academy of Fine Arts from 1968 to 1973, followed by several periods abroad in London, Milan, and Florence. In Düsseldorf, she met her future husband, Reiner Seliger, and in 1980 they gave birth to their daughter, Violetta. Since 1980, Heidi Gerullis has lived and worked in Freiburg and Castello di Montefioralle, where she primarily focused on spatial installations. In 1994, she received the art prize “La Fondation des Prix Européens.” Her installation “Rochade 2” at the Palais Universitaire in Strasbourg was featured in a film of the same name produced by the television channel ARTE. Later, Heidi Gerullis developed a product design line in the field of creative jewelry with her own label and collaborated with international jewelry galleries. Since 2012, her focus has returned to her independent artistic practice.
