Born 1964 Münster, Germany
Lived in South Afrika, Turkey, Canada and Brasil
Lives and works in Berlin
Exhibitions
2025
CONSTELLATIONS,, Kulturfabrik e.V., Hoyerswerda
2024
VfaKR, Verein für aktuelle Kunst Ruhrgebiet, Oberhausen
On Edge, w. C. Suerkemper, D. Nold, G. Gleiwitz, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen
2023
Speaking in Colours, w. Malerinnennetzwerk, Kunsthalle Memmingen, Memmingen
Random Spark, w. Stelios Karamanolis, Kunstraum Schauplatz, Vienna
Close Corners, cur. by Scott McCracken, Turps Gallery London, London
The dark side of the mood, (group) Kunsthalle Hilsbach, Hilsbach
Sugar & Spice No Fear of Painting, Skotty Gallery, Berlin
Get together, L`oiseau presente at BCMA Gallery, cur. by Anke Völk and Nicola Staeglich, Berlin
Sugar & Spice, No Fear of Painting, cur. by Bettina Weiß, Skotty Gallery, Berlin
2022
I thought I was an alien, PolarRaum, Hamburg
Fugenlos, City of Good, kur.m. E. Sonneck, Essen
A Faint Ground, Berlin/London artists, HilbertRaum, Berlin
KickLine, with MNW, Thaler Original Grafik Leipzig, Leipzig
2021
Circling the Square, Thames-Side Gallery, curated by Scott McCracken, London
Colour Context, with Elisabeth Sonneck, a.m., Polarraum Hamburg, Hamburg
2020
Séance Fiction, Kunstverein Familie Montez, curated by Eva Schwab, Frankfurt
Isolation Polarraum, curated by Enno Wallis, Hamburg
2019
Realms of Now, HilbertRaum Project Space Contemporary Art, with Eva Schwab, Berlin
21+, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, curated by Axel Huber, Wien
Voix, MalerinnenNetzwerk, Museum der Künste Leipzig, Kat.
Paint: The seen, the unseen and the imagined, Contemporary European Painting, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury, UK, Kat.
Bloße Landschaft, Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg, Kat.
2018
Ich glaube, Du musst mal wieder zum Frisör, Curated by Justine Otto/ C. Lorent, Gallery HilbertRaum, Berlin
AIM, Project Statement, Parallel Vienna, Wien
Die Jahrhundert-Bar (1920-2020) / The Century Bar (1920-2020) curated by A.
Tennigkeit/ K. Landa, Ventilator, Kreuzberg, Berlin
Zündung, Turps Gallery, London
Black Box, Kunsthalle Lüneburg
Painting XXL, Kunst Halle A1 und Gallery Leuenroth, Frankfurt
2017
Farbauftrag, curated by Jaqueline Krikl, Haus am Lützwplatz, Berlin, Kat.
Painting XX, curated by Enno Wallis, Kunsthalle Lüneburg, Lübg., Kat.
Under Influence, curated by Michaela K. Kühn, Galerie Dukan, Leipzig
2016
De Lirio-Raritätenladen VOL.1, Galerie BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt
Hitze im Herzen, Sand in den Augen, tete Galerie, Berlin
True Mirror, Space Commines Galerie, Paris
Blanke Teile, Schaufenster, Berlin
2015
Romeo Echo Alpha Lima, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Navigare Necesse Est, Schaufenster, Berlin
Into the Neon Light, Kreuzberg Pavilion Berlin
Kasablanka, Rumbalotte, Berlin
2014
Painting was a lady goes America, Wonderloch Kellerland, New York
Unknown Masterpieces, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin
Alte Sachlichkeit, Emotional Rescue Shows, Berlin
2013
Imaginäre Lösungen-In diesem Sinne 3, Munikat, München
Heike Kelter, René Luckhardt, Bettina Sellmann, Galerie Kollmeier, Essen
Imaginäre Lösungen, In diesem Sinne I, Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin
Painting forever, Keilrahmen, KW Kunstwerke Berlin, Berlin
Der Hermetische Raum Drei, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin
Time is Now, Gallery Funke, Berlin
2012
Solo: Everything that can be seen from a given Place, Gallery Stock, Berlin
Group Show, Gallery Villa Köppe, Berlin
Still, Valeria Heisenberg, Heike Kelter, Milena Vrtalova. Gallery Funke, Berlin
Painting was a Lady, Art Foundation Wien, Kreuzberg
Pavillon Berlin, Kassel
Painting was a Lady, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin
Artist Merchandising Art, Wonderlerloch Kellerland – Berlin, Wien, Paris
2011
Group Verbale 2, curated Herbert Fuchs, Palais Kabelwerk, Wien
La Vallee Partibulaire, curated Caro Bittermann, Berlin
Matinee/Soirée, Wonderloch Kellerland Gallery, Los Angeles
Monotonie – Melancholie, Glue Gallery, Berlin
Group Show, Gallery Villa Köppe, Berlin
2010
(Solo) Pole Position, Gallery Villa Köppe, Berlin
(Solo) Singular Objective, Gallery Seiler, München
Group Transcendenz Inc., Autocenter Gallery, Berlin
Schwarzgold, Schloss Beesenstedt, Halle
Kokolores, Galerie Seiler, Puerto Giesing, München
Berliner Zimmer, Wiener Art Foundation. Gallery Kugler, Wien
Objectives, Wonderloch Kellerland Gallery, Berlin
Best of Invites, Wonderloch Kellerland Gallery, Berlin
2009
Group The Dissolving Cube, Portman Gallery, London
Artgerecht am See, Schloß Torno,
Transzendenz Inc., Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Bob, Gallery Baque, Berlin
A4 Editions, Five Years Gallery, London
2008
Jerry Lee Lewis Night Forgotten Bar Project, Gal. Regierungsviertel, Berlin
Oil Prices Sky High, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station Gallery, Karlsruhe
Includes.. K.R-02 Gallery, Berlin
Autocenter Autocenter -art, Berlin
Nudes, finances and crises, Five Years Gallery, London
2007
Niveaualarm, Kunsthaus Insbruck, Insbruck
Kelter/Luckhardt Le nouveaux Paris Bar, Berlin
Return to forever Forever and a day büro, Berlin
Kapitalistischer Realismus, Vlasak contem., Berlin
Ballhaus, Gallery Ballhaus Ost, m. Hannah-M. Blencke
Viewing Club, Hats Plus, London
2006
Grand Narrative, Gallery Bergstübl, cur.b. Carrie Roseland
Viewing Club, Sezession Wichtelgasse Wien cur. b. Axel Huber
Viewing Club, Bonner Kunstverein
Statement
My Paintings: and How They Work
My paintings are the abstract result from developments of personal observations that strike me in nature, and in its light, as “moments”.
Nature is my underlying source of inspiration. I may be struck by a small field, the light on a rippling stream, some rocks, a canyon, a loch, or hills. These images often stay with me—sometimes for years—until I release them into a painting.
These moments of inspiration are rare and unpredictable. They can occur whilst travelling, in daily life, and especially in the unexpected.
Usually, it is the interplay of light and shadow that attracts me into a calm, still moment- a focus on a specific place in time, caught in the stillness of light.
Yet the transformation from real, experienced “moments” into another visual agent is neither a literal nor emotional reprint.
My geometric and colour-block language doesn’t relate directly to nature, or natural forms. It sidesteps these forms becoming a structure.
Either micro or macro, the structure is intuitive and invoked rather than verbatim copy. Thus, the paintings are detached from their source—not (replacements) ersatz representations of experience.
The works are instinctive combinations of their source, creating new spatial compositions and remake the original “moment” in a new form.
They are like illuminated mica: thin slivers of coloured crystal, sliding over one another. Within them lies the mathematics of nature, interwoven with human geometry—angular and crystalline, like coloured fragments in a turning kaleidoscope, full of possibility.
Each painting, with its defined edges, acts as a window. Within it, a geometric construction unfolds—eliminating any direct narrative into a new retinal experience, where colour is the defining element.
The chromatic shifts and interactions provide grounding while also maintaining an enigmatic resistance to literal interpretation.
Beyond perception through geometry and colour, I also aim to infuse the work with a sense of positivity. In doing so, I set myself two guiding directives.
One is to find solutions that create balance and stability within the composition.The other is to ensure that, within this balance, there remains the possibility of instability—a subtle tension, as if the painting might tip or shift. Both elements must coexist in the construction.
Just as this duality shapes the structure, the colours engage in mutual relationships. Sometimes one dominates. Often, two colours press against each other, sympathetic in tone and range. Others deliberately juxtapose in their spectrum, contrast and tone.
This is a delicate balancing act: with these elements fusing into a new, constructed whole.
For me, it is a redux – a transformation of the first original spark into
a unique, autonomous chromatic and spacial schema. Where the
“moment” is transmogrified into an abstract expansion.