Artist Statement:
As a counterpoint to reality, my artistic work is completely free of rules, regulations and routine. The freedom of my work is both a challenge and a motivation for me to create something new and unique. This urge to create is also the reason why I paint abstractly. After a few years of classic representational painting, my work gradually became more abstract. I found that working without templates and specifications was much more engaging for me - experimenting and trying out, exploring the canvas, material und composition. In the meantime, I have been working exclusively abstractly in an informal way for well over a decade. Even today, when I start a new work, I am still inspired by the thought that absolutely anything is possible on this canvas!
The starting point for a new work is usually undetermined thematically but arises from a mood. Moods, desires or ideas are nothing more than reactions to the world I live in and what I experience. Giving in to it, reacting and acting spontaneously is my form of processing. Often a painting itself, a certain detail in a painting or even a color mixture is the starting point for one of the following paintings.
My process is all about the painting itself, its expression, its shape, the feelings it evokes.
It's a mixture of fast, intuitive and spontaneous painting and considered steps. Colors, surfaces, lines, brushstrokes and material gradually condense into an overall composition. I particularly like working on large formats because I can get involved with my whole body - you could also call it a dance with or on the canvas. The energy that arises during this creative process can be seen and felt in the finished work; the application of paint, the brushwork and pictorial rhythm. My works are powerful, have an energetic charisma and almost tangible dynamics.
Exhibitions:
04-2024 | Los Angeles (US), The Other Art Fair
02-2024 | Mainz, Institut Francais, "Abstraction Bleue"
11-2023 | Des Moines (US), Moberg Gallery, "20th Anniversary Exhibition"
11-2023 | Frankfurt, Discovery Art Fair
07-2023 | Des Moines (US), Moberg Gallery, "Contemporary Abstraction 2023"
12-2022 | Des Moines (US), Moberg Gallery, "Winter Group Show"
11-2022 | Frankfurt, Discovery Art Fair (presented by ARP Galerie)
09-2022 | New York (US), Affordable Art Fair (presented by Ideel Art)
05-2022 | Des Moines (US), Moberg Gallery, "Contemporary Abstraction: Collaging Space and Color"
11-2021 | Frankfurt, Discovery Art Fair (presented by ARP Gallery)
09-2021 | Southampton, NY (US), Hamptons Fine Art Fair (presented by Moberg Gallery)
08-2021 | Des Moines (US), Moberg Gallery, "Summer Group Show 2021"
01-2021 | Des Moines (US), Moberg Gallery, "Contemporary Woman Paint: Abstract Expressions"
11-2020 | Frankfurt, Discovery Art Fair (presented by HLP Galerie)
07-2020 | Leeds (UK), Left Bank Leeds, "Leeds Summer Group Show 2020"
11-2019 | Hamburg, Affordable Art Fair (presented by Galerie Folly & Muse)
11-2019 | Frankfurt, Discovery Art Fair (presented by HLP Galerie and Galerie Folly & Muse)
10-2019 | London (UK), The Other Art Fair
09-2019 | Des Moines (US), Moberg Gallery, "Kicking Abstract & Taking Names - Women Painters"
04-2019 | Cologne, Discovery Art Fair (presented by Galerie Arp)
03-2019 | Hanau, Arp Gallery, "EYE CANDY"
11.2018 | Frankfurt, Discovery Art Fair (presented by HLP Galerie and Galerie ARP)
03.2018 | London, The Other Art Fair
03.2018 | Brussels, Affordable Art Fair (via Folly & Muse Gallery)
02.2018 | Stuttgart, ARTe 2018
01.2017 | Stuttgart, ARTe 2017
04.2016 | Cologne, Kölner Liste (via HLP Galerie)
04.2016 | Bad Reichenhall, Presentation of Masterclass Prof. Adam Jankowski
11.2015 | Bonn, Kunstmesse.25, Women's museum Bonn
09.2015 | Cologne, Art.Fair2015 (via HLP Gallery)
06.2015 | Pulheim, art´pu:l - Fair for contemporary art
05.2015 | Oberhausen, Lohnhalle Niehbuhrg, "After Work Vol. 2"
10.2014 | Köln, ART.FAIR 2014
06.2014 | Weißenburg (Bayern), Kunstschranne, artprice-finalists
Artist Tags:
abstract, abstract expressionism, germany, frankfurt, nature, colorful
