Franziska Dörfel - Artist Statement

My name is Franziska Dörfel, I am a contemporary artist from Germany. I was born in Rostock in East Germany in 1982. After graduating from high school and my training in wood carving in Thuringia, I began my studys for art & philosophy at the University of Greifswald. During my studies I decided to become a professional artist and began my painting studies at the University of art Burg Giebichenstein in Halle/Saale. Since then awakened my fascination to the art of the old masters and the simultaneous interest in abstract and contemporary art.

In my studio I have been working intensively on the fascination of exploring the boundaries between abstraction and figurative painting and the development of my artistic expression.

The starting point of my work is the informal painting in oil on canvas.

In the gesture application of colour on the canvas I create a stage for my themes. In its creation, the canvas is an open space that develops and changes through the process of feeling the existing abstract colour spaces. My artistic research is on the superposition, densification and transparency of colour. Sometimes pastos or glazed she strengthens my picture themes, which I work out layer by layer.

My works deal with the duality of human being and with the deeper, often contradictory complexity of our existence. My painting is the visualisation of inner worlds. They show different levels of inner spaces that move between consciousness and subconscious, trying to understand man with his emotions and entanglements, the core of his actions. I realise again and again that the relationship with ourselves and our environment is more intense than we think.

Picturesquely I refer to an old master approach. But deliberately break through it with contemporary elements and disturbing factors and thereby create tension. This tension is the focus of my work.

I understand the high degree of encryption in my work as a way to put viewing habits to the test and to encourage thinking beyond that.

I have participated in regional exhibitions and my works can be found in private collections within Germany. Now I decided to participate in international tenders to make my artistic path more visible.