Paul Schwer (German, b.1951) is a German installation artist and professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Münster in Germany. In the 1980s, Schwer studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Erwin Heerich, whose ideas about space and form greatly influenced Schwer’s work. Schwer uses unconventional materials, such as Plexiglas and polyester film, to create new perceptions of the interaction between light and space. He has held solo exhibitions in Germany at the Morsbroich Museum in Leverkusen in 2004, Kunsthalle Lingen in 2006, Imperial Abbey Kornelimünster at Aachen in 2008, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz in 2009, and Kunstverein / Kunsthalle Bremerhaven in 2011. In 2008, his work was included in the publication Paul Schwer – Orion, Installation, Plastik, Malerei, an illustrated catalogue of Schwer’s installation art. Schwer lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.