Herbert Wetterauer

Herbert Wetterauer (born 21 April 1957 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a German painter, sculptor and author. He is known for his paintings in ink and life-sized figures made of paperboard, for which he developed his own technique.

Wetterauer studied German Language at the University of Karlsruhe and Fine Arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe. For many years he was busy as a journalist, writing primary art critics.

2009 his first novel named “Stromness” appeared by Schardt Verlag Oldenburg, 2013 his second novel "Du sollst nicht vertrauen".

Exhibitions (Selection)

 * 2011: Presentation by the United Artists of Karlsruhe
 * 2008: One-Man-Show at the official art-shop-window of the City of Karlsruhe
 * 2001: Künstlerhaus-Gallery Karlsruhe
 * 1995: Art-Collection Westermann, City-Gallery of Rastatt
 * 1993: First Biennale for Material- and Textile-Art, Bayreuth and Manchester
 * 1990: First price in the poster-competition, 4th Karlsruher Art-Mass
 * 1983: One-Man-Show at the State Art Museum Baden-Baden
 * 1983: One-Man-Show at Gallery forum rotart

Publications (Selection)

 * Consumption-Christmas, pferscha Nr. 3, Graz 1974
 * The Mechanic of Cartoon-Drawings, Journal of Art Nr. 5, 1975
 * Katchina, Ketchup-Magazine Nr. 2, 1981
 * KiK-Magazine Nr. 9 - 70, 1980-1983


 * The March of the Art-History, Artist Nr. 38, 1999
 * Stromness, Schardt Verlag, Oldenburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89841-487-6
 * The White Dog (Short story) in Neues Karlsruher Lesebuch, Info Verlag, Karlsruhe, 2010, ISBN 978-3-88190-589-3
 * Du sollst nicht vertrauen, E-Book, 2013