Wiebke Dreyer Biography

Hamburg born emerging German artist Wiebke Dreyer creates luminous and vibrant abstract works, combining elements of light and shadow. Her time spent on the Mediterranean has notably influenced her works. The city of Barcelona inspired her to explore her use of color and to incorporate elements of its striking architecture.

In the artist’s own words: ”Without light there can be no colour. Everything is defined by colour and into my paintings I pour my passion for colour and light.

The base of my paintings is a combination of a childhood in Northern Germany with long dark winters and the significant time spent studying in Barcelona, with all the power and impact of Mediterranean light. It was there that I started my work about colour and light.

Travelling to Morocco introduced the use of texture to my artistic practice. Sand and pigments are at the heart of the “desert paintings” and the following “earth series”, drawn from the experiences of some time spent in the Sahara desert and afterwards from walks in my local park, whose paths show resemblance to the sandy surfaces of the desert.

Contrasting those natural colours are the artificial and strong colours of my latest “stage paintings”, inspired by my time as artist in residence of a music festival in Germany and a lot of time at the Royal Opera, London, after a newly discovered passion for opera, especially Wagner.”

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006
- Art & Antiquity Fair, Hotel Lindtner, Hamburg
- The Islington Contemporary Art Fair, Candids Arts Trust Galleries, London
- “Theatre Alive!”, Maynard Leigh Gallery, London
- “From the Balkan to the Baltics”, Bulgarian Embassy, Kensington, London

2005
- “Art in Mind”, La Viande Gallery, Hoxton, London
- “Challenge the Nail”, Salon des Arts, Kensington, London
- The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair, Candids Art Trust, London
- Group show at Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hamburg.

2004
- Art Fair at Olympia, London
- Artist in Residence at the Güttler Music Festival, Das Alte Zollhaus, Hitzacker
- Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London
- The Chocolate Factory, London
- Great Expectation Gallery, London
- “My World”, Waterloo Gallery, London
- “Out of the Blue”, Art at Five Gallery, Brighton
- “On the Wall” Art Fair, Olympia, London

2003
- Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London
- Cafe Galery Open, London
- “Fusion”, Gallery 47, Bloomsbury, London
- Gallery 47, London
- Central Office of Siemens, Nuremberg

2002
- The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
- Arcola Theatre, London
- The Cafe Gallery Projects
- Broomhill Art Hotel, Devon

2000
- First Annual Open Studios, The Chocolate Factory, Wood Green, London
- Solo show, Innovas Gmbh, Hamburg

1998
- “The Image of Memory”, 9th Barcelona Spring of Photography, The Elizalde House, Barcelona
- “Contacts”, Art Gallery of Josep Bages, El Prat de Llobegrat