1980- , Warendorf, Germany
I like to describe my art as somehow classic but with a twist. I really enjoy painting faces and figures realistically and in someway „oldschool“ but like to mix it with clashing colors, plants and flowers and geometric patterns. Rather than just reproducing something that can be seen in nature I like to improvise, mess it up, leave sections rough and unperfected and combine contradictory elements. I start my paintings with this spark of inspiration such as an interesting face, a nice color combination or an object I find appealing. It’s like this deeply felt urge to paint something. I approach the process of painting like a child’s play – I never know what the finished piece will look like and I rather go by trial and error than doing sketches beforehand. The best paintings to me are always the ones I get totally lost in and I can barely tell how I painted them or why – the whole process is almost like a spiritual experience.
I think I produce good work when I am in a total state of flow, when I get lost in the brushstrokes and the colors. It then feels like I am connected to a creative source that I just need to trust. The moment I step back and ask myself why I painted something I loose the magic and whenever I think too much, the painting gets stiff and looks somehow „wrong“ and staged.
So when it comes to „explaining“ my art and getting to the meaning of any of my paintings, I am just as blank as someone who sees the paintings for the first time. However I do reflect about life a lot when painting. I guess, creating something is just another form of thinking about things I wish to understand, such as purpose, meaning, time, timing and anything that is related to me as a human being.
| 2002-2007 | University of Applied Science Hamburg (HAW Hamburg), Department Design. Illustrationdesign with focus on painting, Diploma. |
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| 2000-2002 | Bildkunst Akademie Hamburg, Ausbildung Illustration/Communicationdesign. |
| 2019 | "Johanna Bath, neue Arbeiten", Part2Gallery, Düsseldorf |
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| 2019 | "Vanish into thin air", März Manufaktur, Paderborn |
| 2018 | "hold your breath - count to ten", Maxipark Hamm |
| 2017 | BTZ Bielefeld |
| 2016 | Hotel Traube Tonbach, Baiersbronn |
| 2016 | Schloßhotel Monrepos, Ludwigsburg |
| 2016 | "nexus", Stadtmuseum, Historisches Rathaus Warendorf |
| 2013 | "Hello Stranger", Stadthausgalerie, Hamm |
| 2020 | "the best of", Gustav-Lübke-Museum, Stadthausgalerie Hamm |
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| 2019 | The Other Art Fair Brooklyn, New York |
| 2018 | Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Alte Spedition, Gladbeck |
| 2017 | Roundtable Essen, ArtEssen Zeche Carl |
| 2017 | Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Alte Spedition, Gladbeck |
| 2017 | UFAM Ruhr, Rathausgalerie Essen |
| 2016 | Roundtable Essen, ArtEssen Zeche Carl |
| 2016 | Kunstroute - Le Tour Belgique, Köln |
| 2015 | Roundtable Essen, ArtEssen Zeche Carl |
| 2014 | Roundtable Essen, ArtEssen Zeche Carl |
