I would like to present works from three ongoing series, “Signs”, “Gestalt” and “Reminiscence”. All series have in common the forming, uncovering, and exploring structures, understood in the broadest sense, and this constitutes my overriding process and theme. The title “Gestalt” indicates that what is depicted in the pictures is the external appearance of an inner meaning that is created by the associations of the respective viewer. The relationship between sensually perceptible reality, namely the structure depicted in the picture and the mental inner conceptions triggered by the observation, are decisive; both are in a reciprocal relationship. The works in the Gestalt series can therefore also be understood metaphorically, as an attempt to appropriate the world. “Signs” (Zack 1) bring to the fore my interest in the possibility for painting to function as its own hybrid language. In the work presented, the organizing principle is my use of symbols and signs, often resembling signs used in daily life. Without a destination, these signs become purely visual elements and function in the service of the painted passages. The paintings of the “Reminiscence” series are connected to my installation “Little House” which is about childhood, memories and identity.
Awards / Competitions selected 2020/21 Royal West of England Academy 168 Annual Open Exhibition, selected, Bristol, U.K. "Taming of the Demons" Internationale Sommerakademie Venedig, Italy 2019 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, U.K., shortlisted 2018 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, U.K., shortlisted 2017 Royal West of England Academy 165t Annual Open Exhibition, selected, Bristol, U.K. 2016 Royal West of England Academy 164th Open Exhibition, preselected 2015 Secret Art Prize, Category “Mixed Media”, London, U.K. Selected Group Exhibitions 2023 CAFA+ Members, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, U.S. 2022 Member Miniatures; Big ART in Small Packages, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, USA Limitless 2022, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, Canada, juried show Kirsten Keagli Show Off, Kirsten Keagli Art Consulting, Zurich, Switzerland Christmas Exhibition, LDXArtodrome Gallery Europe MoCA LI Museum of Contemporary Arts Long Island MoCA L.I.,ghts, USA 2021 Artworks from the Twilight, Moon Art Hamburg curated by Dr. B. Aust- Wegemund, Germany Senlis Sacred Art Festival, Senlis, France Neue Zeichen setzen, LDXArtodrome Gallery Europe, Berlin Abstract Aestetics, The FLUX Review, curated by Lisa Gray, London CAFA+ Members, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, U.S. 2020 Royal West of England Academy 168 Annual Open Exhibition, selected, Bristol, U.K. "Taming of the Demons" Internationale Sommerakademie Venedig, Italy Christmas Exhibition, LDXArtodrome Gallery Europe, Berlin MoCA LI Museum of Contemporary Arts Long Island MoCA L.I.,ghts Night Visions Gallery, U.S. Gallery Weekend- Art Treasures, LDXArtodrome Gallery Europe, Berlin, Germany Green Oasis Charity Exhibition, Museum Lueneburg, Germany Member Miniatures; Big ART in Small Packages, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, U.S. 2019 PERSONAL STRUCTURES, European Cultural Centre,Palazzo Bembo. Palazzo Mora and Giardini Marinaressa, 58. Venice Art Biennale, Italy Small Works Exhibit, juried show by Lemonade Stand Gallery, TSKW Sanger Gallery Key West Florida, U.S. International Open Juried Online Exhibition, Society of Canadian Artists FLUX Exhibition, National Army Museum London. U.K., curated by Lisa Gray 2018 The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, featured by Art Below, Los Angeles, U.S. New Stories, Galerie Esfandiary, Lueneburg, Germany 3rd Art The Other Annual Artist`s Choice Exhibition August 2018, Fusion Art Gallery, U.S., juried show Small Treasures, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, Nova Scotia, Canada, curated by Ray Cronin Art Below Summer Show, Herrick Gallery, London, U.K., curated by Ben Moore 12 x 12 - Art work inspired by the LP Record Jacket, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, Long Island, U.S., curated by Beth Giacummo FLUX EXHIBITION, Chelsea College of Arts, London, U.K., curated by Lisa Gray Roy`s People Art Fair 2018, London, U.K. The Other Art Fair, featured by Art Below, London, U.K. 2017 Royal West of England Academy 165t Annual Open Exhibition,selected, Bristol, U.K. Art Below Los Angeles and Sur Le Mur Gallery, Los Angeles,CA, U.S., juried show 3rd Annual Colorful Abstractions Art ExhibitionNovember 2017, Fusion Art Gallery,U.S., juried show Dystopia, Patchogue Arts Council, Patchogue, Long Island, U.S., curated by John Cino& Beth Giacummo Kabinett, Galerie 64, Bremen, Germany Et Tu, Art Brute, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, U.S. Roy`s People Art Fair 2017, London, U.K. 4 th Annual Abstract Catalyt Exhibition,Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR.,U.S, juried show Limitless 2017, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, Canada, juried show Still Life, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery, Newkirk, OK, curated by Caryl Morgan ARTMUC with Folly & Muse (Germany), Munich, Germany Immersion,Aderhold/Winbury, Heinrich Heine Haus, Lueneburg, Germany, curated by C.Althusmann Art Madrid with Galleria Unique (Italy), Spain Affordable Art Fair Milan, with Folly & Muse (Germany), Milan, Italy 2016 Luxembourg Art Fair with Galleria Unique(Italy), Luxembourg St-Art ,Foire Europeenne D`Art Contemporain with Galleria Unique(Italy), Strasbourg, France Paratissima Torino with Galleria Unique(Italy), Torino, Italy Royal West of England Academy 164th Open Exhibition, preselected 3 rd Annual Abstract Catalyst Exhibition, juried show,Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR.,U.S. Nexus, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ, U.S. curated by Virginia Fabbri Butera, Ph.D., U.S. Scope Basel with Alessandro Berni Gallery (Italy & U.S.), Basel, Switzerland Small Works Exhibit, juried show, Lemonade Stand Gallery, Key West Florida, U.S. Clio Art Fair, Chelsea New York, NY Art Madrid with Galleria Unique (Italy), Spain Art Innsbruck with Galleria Unique (Italy), Austria 2015 A Single Grain Of Rice, Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, with Folly & Muse (U.K.) Affordable Art Fair London Battersea, with Folly & Muse, London U.K. Moniker Projects London with Folly & Muse, London, U.K. Group Exhibition of Winners “Secret Art Prize”, Curious Duke Gallery, London U.K. Affordable Art Fair New York, with Galleria Ca` D`Oro, Rom-Miami-NYC Berliner Liste, with Galleria Unique (Italy), Germany IAM Pocket Sized, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY curated by Rhonda Cooper Future and Behind, (Un)contemporary Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy Liverpool Contemporary with Folly & Muse U.K. Select Art Fair NYC with Alessandro Berni Gallery, New York, NY Art Innsbruck, with Galleria Unique (Italy), Austria Clio Art Fair, Rogue Space Chelsea, New York, NY 2014 Summer Residency Program Open Studio, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Berliner Liste, with Galerie im Zieglerhof, Germany 2013 International Summeracademy Venice (Italy) curated by Wolf Werdigier, Austria Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, with Galerie im Zieglerhof, Germany Selected Solo Exhibitions 2022 Alles gut!? Heinrich- Heine-House,Lueneburg,Germany 2020 Potzblitz, Nissis Kunstkantine, Hamburg, Germany 2019 Conception and Structure, Heinrich- Heine-House,Lueneburg,Germany 2016 The Space Between, Galerie 64, Bremen, Germany The Motherboard Project, Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France Signs Part II,Galerie im Zieglerhof, Lueneburg, Germany, curated by Eric Sutphin Multiplicity, Galleria Alessandro Berni, Perugia, Italy 2015 Villingili Open Studio, Shangri-La`s Resort & Spa Villingili (Artist in Residence Program),Maldives Signs Part I, Galerie im Zieglerhof, Lueneburg, Germany, curated by Eric Sutphin 2014 Korn (Kernel), Galerie im Zieglerhof, Lueneburg, Germany Null Komma Null, Rogue Space Chelsea , New York, NY , curated by Eric Sutphin 2013 Zwischen den Seiten, (Between the Pages), Ratsbuecherei Lueneburg, Germany 2012 Struktur schafft Identitaet (Structure Creates Identity), Aerztehaus Hannover, Germany Space For Art, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Netherlands Der Lauf der Farbe (The Course of Color), Kulturverein Bienenbuettel, Germany 2011 Spontanitaet schafft Struktur (Spontaneity Creates Structure), Heinrich- Heine-House,Lueneburg,Germany Step Two, Projekthaus Hamburg, Germany Education & Residencies 2015 Artist in Residence at the Shangri-La`s Villingili Resort & Spa Maldives 2014 Summer Residency Program, School of Visual Arts New York, NY, U.S. 2013 International Summer Academy Venice, Italy, Prof. Wolf Werdigier 2011 Freie Akademie der bildenden Kuenste Essen Germany, Summer Course, Prof. P. 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