Mongi Higgs was born in 1963 in Reutlingen, Germany, and grew up in Upper Bavaria. Recognized early for his artistic talent, he was admitted to the Academy of Graphic Arts in Munich, where he completed his studies successfully.

Following a stay abroad in Caracas, Venezuela, Higgs worked for several years as a creative director in renowned German advertising agencies before founding his own communications consultancy. This background continues to inform his artistic practice, particularly in his engagement with visual strategies, narrative structures, and social constructs.

Since 2009, he has fully returned to painting, with works shown in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. 

He further developed his artistic position in the environment of Markus Lüpertz, from which he consciously departed early on in order to establish an independent visual language.

At the core of his work stands the human figure — not as an ideal, but as a fragile and contradictory existence. Characters such as Helga or Meryth function as archetypes navigating between autonomy and social conditioning.

Higgs lives and works in Munich and Brandenburg.

2026

 

EINE SIZILIANISCHE ANGELEGENHEIT – SOLO OHNE MAFIA

konsum163-contemporary, München, Deutschland

 

GROUP SHOW

Galerie Reitz, Zürich, Schweiz

 

GROUP SHOW

art Karlsruhe, mit konsum163 contemporary, Karlsruhe, Deutschland

 

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2025

 

PAPER POSITIONS VIENNA

präsentiert von konsum163, Wien, Österreich

 

CAR

Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Deutschland

 

WILDE MISCHUNG 5

Pasinger Fabrik, München, Deutschland

 

OBERSCHWEINBACH IM AUGUST UND ANDERE MYTHEN

konsum163 – contemporary art gallery, München, Deutschland

 

ART KARLSRUHE 2025 – GROUP EXHIBITION

mit konsum163 – contemporary, Karlsruhe, Deutschland

 

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2024

 

ONE

konsum163 – contemporary art gallery, München, Deutschland

 

VIER FREUNDE FLEISCHESSER

konsum163 – contemporary art gallery, München, Deutschland

 

NEUNZWO4

konsum163 – contemporary art gallery, München, Deutschland

 

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2023

 

WILDE MISCHUNG EINS

konsum163 – contemporary art gallery, München, Deutschland

 

BEYOND PARADISE

konsum163 – contemporary art gallery, Orangerie, München, Deutschland

 

L’ARTE TEDESCA E BIONDA

Galerie Tibaldi & konsum163 – contemporary art gallery, Rom, Italien

 

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2022

 

THIRTEEN / DREIZEHN

ArtSpace München, München, Deutschland

 

ZUFALL ODER MUSE

Orangerie München, München, Deutschland

 

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2021

 

BEIM ERSTEN MAL IST ES AM BESTEN

Galerie konsum163 – modern art gallery, München, Deutschland

 

ZWÖLF – KURZ DAVOR UND KURZ DANACH

Galerie konsum163 – modern art gallery, München, Deutschland

 

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2020

 

SOUS VIDE – IMAGINE VOL. 2

Kunstraum Dreieich, Dreieich, Deutschland

 

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2016

 

THE SWIMDRUNKONAUTS

Son Bernadinet Campus, Mallorca, Spanien

 

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2015

 

THE MELKMAYERS AT HOME

Villa Planck, Cala Murada, Mallorca, Spanien

 

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2009

 

BLUNA – WELCOME TO NIVEA LAND

Galerie Litfaß, München, Deutschland