Thomas Lehnigk

A Sculptor with a Passion for Steel, Stone, and Bronze

A stable interest in drawing and painting and later also in handling with steel, stone and wood has attended Thomas Lehnigk since his childhood. So his ambition to create art awoke and has grown with big urge. At first he mainly designed chairs and other furniture, especially made of steel which he anyway prefers and never conceals. Meanwhile his objects serve a higher, own claim: form-finding for an idea, a message of his mental consideration of socio relevant topics. He favors creating a plain aesthetic, space-oriented emblematic purpose or the capturing of the human and animal body.

thomas lehnigk entwurf philosophen
On the one side, his aim is to cause thought-provoking impulses in view of the mankind’s acting, which endangers ourselves and our nature. On the other side he wants to create sculptures and objects which are able to approve being in it´s beauty. This intent succeeded impressingly in his steel objects which he designed for the natural space outside and which involve light and fire in a very effective way.

But also Thomas Lehnigk’s sensitive and frugal elaborated visual metamorphoses made of bog-iron-stone (a stone that arised in Mecklenburg in the ice age) or the african yellow-wood-stone show his sculptural talents, which he released in a very remarkable way and in a short time.

Ulrich Rudolph – Art theorist

Biography, Thomas Lehnigk

1967born in Ludwigslust
1983award winner in Drawing – Schwerin
1984secondary school diploma (Realschulabschluss)
1987vocational qualification and employment as a communications technician
1989vocational qualification and employment as an electrical installer
1994advanced technical college diploma and employment as a graphic designer
1998start of freelance artistic career
2003co-founder of the artist group CON3
2004accepted as a sculptor into the BBK – Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania
2009Art Prize of the Barlach City of Güstrow
2018expansion of the studio into KUNST WERK KUMMER – KWK
2021Ludwig Reinhard Cultural Prize
thomas lehnigk fleesensee symposium iIneu
thomas lehnigk bildhauer kuenstler

My Artistic Journey

I have been engaged in art and design for over 20 years. Through painting and photography, I found my way to one of the most fascinating materials for me: steel.
Over the past years, I have designed and hand-forged a wide variety of furniture and accessories.

In the field of sculpture, stone and bronze soon joined steel. Alongside traditional sandstone and limestone, I discovered bog iron ore – a material of chemical-biological origin. Its organic structure continues to present an inspiring challenge for me, unlike conventional stones.

Those who wish to visit me at my studio will find me at a former brickyard in the small village of Kummer, near Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg.

Exhibitions, Thomas Lehnigk

Exhibitions to Date (Selection)

UNICEF Frankfurt
Lake Starnberg – Munich
Sculptors’ Meeting – Reinbek
Stockwerk – Munich
EMPORIUM – Berlin
Long Night of Museums – Berlin
Kunsthaus – Wenigsen
Galerie Zandi – Berlin
Schleswig-Holstein-Haus – Schwerin
Galerie Prager Salon – Nuremberg/Hof
Galerie Burg – Fehmarn
Galerie PZG – Munich
Design Fair – Hamburg
Art in the Volkspark – Netherlands
Gertrudenkapelle – Barlachstadt Güstrow
Wollhalle – Barlachstadt Güstrow
Galerie – Am Kamp Teterow
Museum – Schloss Clemenswerth
Art Fair – Berliner Liste
Galerei Hegemann – Munich
Museum – Neustadt/Glewe
Hotel Delser – Verona/Italien
Museum – Grabow
Galerie Mertenshof – Rheda-Wiedenbrück
Art Museum – Schwaan
Technical Museum – Wismar

Art in Public Spaces:

“Beim Adler“ – Dargun
“Goethes Kinder“ – Ludwigslust
“Kummera“ – Kummer
“Gebrochene“ – Schwerin
“Alte Mühle” – Barlachstadt Güstrow
“Mecklenburger Stier” – Museum Hagenow
„Schmied beim Feuer schweißen“ – Museum Wismar

thomas lehnigk ausstellung andreas pasternack