Henning Eichinger
Born in 1959 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Lives in Reutlingen, Germany.
1980–1985 Studied Visual Communication at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund, with a focus on Painting, Illustration, and Graphic Design.
Graduated in 1985. Since 1985, has worked as a freelance artist.
1997–2025 Professor of Drawing and Painting at Reutlingen University, teaching in the Bachelor’s degree program in Textile and Fashion Design and the Master’s degree program in Design (Fine Art Conception).
Prizes, Grants and Stipends
2014 iAIR Residency, RMIT University, School of Art, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Lecture Prize of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Lecture Prize of Reutlingen University
2012 iAIR Residency RMIT University, School of Art, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Southern Cross University Artists‘ Book Award, NSW, Australia
2005 International Visiting Artist, Megalo print studio and Australian National University,
Canberra, Australia
1999 1st Prize in the art competition Hello My Heart, Wilhelm-Fabry-Museum, Hilden, Germany
1996 Residency at Klasen Foundation, Vaestervik, Sweden
1990 Grant of the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1986 3rd Prize in The Artist‘s View on New Technologies, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Germany
1982 Stipend Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn, Germany
Collections
Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt; Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin; Museum of Modern
Art, Kaliningrad, Russia; Emschertalmuseum, Herne; Marburger
Universitätsmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte; Städtisches
Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen; City of Dortmund; Örebro läns
museum, Sweden; Ministry for cultural affairs, Kiel; M. K. Čiurlionis
National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania; Museum Folkwang, Essen;
EMR, Herford; Sparkasse Herford; Signal Iduna Group, Hamburg;
Douglas Holding AG, Hagen; Megalo Access Arts Inc., Canberra, Australia;
German Embassy, Canberra, Australia; Wilhelm-Fabry-Museum, Hilden,
Gratianus Stiftung, Reutlingen, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin.