Works
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fluroescent acrylic paint, blacklight tube. 1 exemplar + 1 artist's proof, 110 × 145 × 8 cm
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blacklight and argon tubes, fluroacrylic paint. edition of 2, 145 × 13 × 6 cm
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argon tubes. 1 exemplar + 1 artist's proof, 184 × 90 × 25 cm
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argon and neon light circles. 1 exemplar + 1 artist's proof, 85 × 88 × 30 cm
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blacklight, wood base, gouache, fluroacrylic paint. edition of 3 + 1 artist's proof, 68 × 24 × 4 cm
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blacklight tubes, plexiglass box. 1 exemplar + 1 artist's proof, 113 × 93 × 12 cm
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blacklight, wood base, gouache, fluroacrylic paint. 1 exemplar + 1 artist's proof, 27 × 70 × 8 cm
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neon and argon light tubes. 1 exemplar + 1 artist's proof, 4 × 70 × 26 cm
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argon and neon light tubes. 1 exemplar + 1 artist's proof, 132 × 165 × 6.5 cm
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argon light circuit, neon light tube. unique, 118 × 190 × 7 cm
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argon tubes, gouache on wood. edition of 3, 68 × 26 × 4 cm
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neon and argon tubes. edition of 2, 52 × 515 × 12 cm
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argon light tube, acrylic glass, MDF wooden platform, 28 x 128 x 28 cm
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argon tube, acrylic glass, wooden plinth. edition of 3, 128 × 28 × 28 cm
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argon tube, acrylic glass, wooden plinth. 1 exemplar + 2 artist's proof, 128 × 28 × 28 cm
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argon and black light argon tube, acrylic glass. edition of 3, 26 × 128 × 10 cm
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argon and black light argon tube, acrylic glass, 26 × 70 × 11.5 cm
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black light tubes, fluorescent acrylic paint. edition of 3 + 1 artist's proof, 152 × 152 × 7 cm
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Black Horizon, 2023
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Pink Axis II, 2023
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All White III, 2023
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Circle Summit, 2022
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Blue Train (Micro Series), , 2024
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Black Light Organism, 2023
Exhibitions
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ZürichChristian Herdeg & Beat Zoderer: Double Treat10 April—10 May 2025
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ZürichChristian Herdeg: New Works18 January—2 March 2024
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FairsArt Brussels20 April—23 April 2023
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ZürichLICHT21 January—12 March 2022
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ZürichChristian Herdeg: Neon Delight21 November 2019—25 January 2020
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ZürichChristian Herdeg11 March—13 May 2017
Portrait

Christian Herdeg’s works oscillate between function and impression, using large-format coloured light fields and geometric basic forms to make the optical and physical properties of light a sensual experience.
Christian Herdeg is one of the pioneers of light art – for more than forty years he has been dealing with the different properties of light and brings the affinity for minimalism anchored in the medium into harmony with a unique colour poetry. In search of a new aesthetic, Herdeg stages light and colour in all their facets, parallels and contrasts. Herdeg skilfully counteracts the natural property of light to spread out, yes, he designs the light itself, locks it up and thus opens up new spaces for it.
The play with opposites and contradictions makes Christian Herdeg’s works striking and beguiling: When light can be experienced spatially, geometric reduction meets coloured poetry and materiality meets immateriality.
photo © Nina
Christian Herdeg’s works oscillate between function and impression, using large-format coloured light fields and geometric basic forms to make the optical and physical properties of light a sensual experience.
Christian Herdeg is one of the pioneers of light art – for more than forty years he has been dealing with the different properties of light and brings the affinity for minimalism anchored in the medium into harmony with a unique colour poetry. In search of a new aesthetic, Herdeg stages light and colour in all their facets, parallels and contrasts. Herdeg skilfully counteracts the natural property of light to spread out, yes, he designs the light itself, locks it up and thus opens up new spaces for it.
The play with opposites and contradictions makes Christian Herdeg’s works striking and beguiling: When light can be experienced spatially, geometric reduction meets coloured poetry and materiality meets immateriality.
photo © Nina Mann
Biography
Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland
Selected Solo Shows
"Christian Herdeg. Light form color", Galerie am Lindenplatz, Vaduz, Switzerland