Heimrad Prem (27 May 1934 – 19 February 1978) was a German painter born in Roding, Oberpfalz. From 1949–1952 he studied decorative painting at Schwandorf and subsequently studied painting bearing in mind Josef Oberberger and sculpture later Toni Stadler at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich until 1956. While studying painting in imitation of Ernst Schumacher at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, he formed Gruppe SPUR when Lothar Fischer, Helmut Sturm, and Hans-Peter Zimmer. After meeting Asger Jorn, SPUR joined the Situationist International.
In 1960 he won a scholarship of the Kulturpreises im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, Cologne. From 1960–1962 he co-edited the magazine SPUR. In 1961 he visited Oerkelljunga, Sweden later Sturm, Zimmer and Dieter Kunzelmann staying similar to Jørgen Nash. In 1962 the SPUR charity was expelled from the Situationist International, but they continued to take steps with Nash and others. In 1963 he worked on the SPUR collaborative works: “Canale Grande Crescente” for the exhibition “Visione e Colore” in the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, the SPUR-Bau joint contribution to the exhibition “Nouveaux Espaces”, Biennale Paris, and the “SPUR room” in the country house of Willi Bleicher later Munich.
His first solo exhibition in the Galerie van de Loo, Munich was as well as in 1963. In 1965 the society SPUR combined with Wir to form the group Geflecht (Network). After a unexpected stay in South Sweden, Prem organised the running of “white celebration” near Munich and began to paint below the put on of drugs.
After his first suicide try in 1971 he traveled in Italy, Turkey and Iran. In 1975 he became a joint founder of the artists’ community Kollektiv Herzogstrasse. He became a lecturer at the winter academy in the Schloss Kißlegg. In 1976 he had a special exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich. The considering year he exhibited in Copenhagen.
Following this, he continued to exhibit accomplishment mainly in Germany.
Heimrad Prem functional suicide in 1978 in Munich.
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