For most of my sculptures I use plywood. But I also occasionally use felt or acrylic glass. Sometimes I cover parts of the work with sheet metal or paint. My work is strongly constructive in its approach. Simple overlapping processes create complex shapes which give rise to visual surprises when viewed from different perspectives.

The general point of departure is a two-dimensional ground plan, projected into the third dimension. The resulting forms in these works are geometric in nature and are raised into three-dimensional space by layering, folding, rotation and sequential progression, thereby engendering e.g. a pyramid, a cone, a helix etc. Each ground plan comprises four forms of the same type, which in effect display an excerpt of a movement. The forms derive from four squares and four circles. Wherever a circle meets a square, the two penetrate each other and generate negatives, cut-outs, that continue into the surrounding space. In earlier realisations of this principle, the squares and the circles each lined up on straight axes; however, the later works permit the squares and circles to sometimes go different ways and relate to each other in ever varying constellations. In my newest work the focus is more on slow change in a single object.

SHORT C.V.

1976 began studies of painting at the Fachhochschule Cologne.
1984 completed her studies; thereafter active in Cologne as freelancer.
2006–2007 move to Santa Barbara


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1981 Lichtblicke, Art Society Emmerich-on-Rhine
1985 Federation of Visual Artists Cologne
1986 Wax Factory Cologne
1986 Institute of Art History Bonn
1988 Cologne Music University
1991 Municipal Theater Emmerich-on-Rhine
1991 Simultan Hall Cologne
1994 Goethe Institute Calcutta
2006 Federation of Visual Artists Cologne [with Luise Unger]
2007 gkg Society for Art and Design Bonn [with Reinhard Lättgen]
2011 Shiftings, LAAA Los Angeles
2011 Beyond Baroque Venice (Los Angeles)
2013 cellular drift Jane Deering Gallery Santa Barbara
2014 tectonic tilt, LAAA Los Angeles


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1980–1983
The Duesseldorf Art Exhibition
1983 Rhine Park Emmerich
1983 Lower Rhine Art Exhibition, Mercator Hall Duisburg
1984 Summerexhibition, Institute for Externel Relations Bonn
1984 Art Banner Event, Art Week Bonn
1984 Inaugurational Exhibition, Hennemann Gallery Bonn
1992 65th Anniversary of the GEDOK Society, Dresdner Bank Cologne
1995 Chitrakoot Gallery Calcutta
1998 KölnKunst, Kunsthalle Cologne
2004 Basell, Cologne
2011 SciArt, KITP, University of California Santa Barbara
2013 Gleaming Apollo LAAA Los Angeles
2014 Habitual, LAAA Los Angeles


PRIZES

1982 Art Prize, Rheinische Post, Duesseldorf
2004 Basell Art Prize, Cologne


Works acquired by the State of North-Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Cologne,
the City of Duesseldorf, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bonn