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Artist Statement:
Without light there can be no
colour. Everything is defined
by colour and into her
paintings Wiebke Dreyer pours
her passion for colour and
light.
Growing up in northern
Europe as a very visual
person, Wiebke was always
powerfully aware of light and
its absence during the short
dark winter days.
Moving to Barcelona in 1994
she was first overwhelmed by
the brightness of
Mediterranean light and was
surprised that her fellow
students seemed indifferent to
the intensity of light and
colour. In that bright light
colours have to be intense,
strong to be noticed; so
unlike the pastel shades used
by the artists of northern
climes. It was this difference
that inspired Wiebke to start
exploring colour through
painting and she took initial
inspiration from Mediterranean
landscapes and architecture,
moving slowly towards
abstraction.
Influencing her some kind or
another during this way were
The Blue Rider artists, Paul
Klee, Frida Kahlo, Joan Miró,
Gerhard Richter and Miquel
Barceló, and writers
portraying their colourful
Latin American culture, such
as Isabel Allende and Gabriel
García Marquéz
During her MA Wiebke started
her first series “Colour and
Words” , exploring how
language and colour relate to
each other and how our ...
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Artist Galleries:
Broomhill Art
Lucy Fenton Gallery
Picassio Mio
Blink Red...
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Artist Reviews:
"Sussex Society" - Sussex Life
February 2005
"Auf den Wegen der bildenden
Kunst" - Elbe-jeetzel-Zeitung
26.2.2004
"Museum nun Atelier" - Kiebitz
25.2.2004
"Das Alte Zollhaus wird zum
Atelier" - Wendland Wegweiser
February 2004...
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Collections:
Corporate collection: Innovas
Gmbh, Hamburg
Private collections in Europe
and USA...
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Commissions:
City Museum Das Alte Zollhaus,
Hitzacker
Private comissions in
Europe...
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Exhibitions for Wiebke Dreyer:
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2011: Solo Show, the Islington Art Factory, London
2010: June & November: Open Studios, The Chocolate Factory N16,
London
2010: June: Summer Salon, The Islington Arts Factory, London
2010: March: The Spring Affordable Art Fair London,with Pascal
Allouard Contemporary Art Brussels,
2009: October & November: The Art of Peace General Exhibit & Arrigo
Musti Exhibition, The Dayton International Peace Museum, Ohio
2009: October: Collaboration with Sybille Gburek and Trio Voltaire,
Madame Lillies, Stoke Newington, London
2009: October: Référence Gallery NY, New York
2009: March: “Red Line”, Référence Gallerie, Paris
2008: November: Tallin Winter Exhibition, Tam Gallery, Tallinn
2008: November: Salon de l’art abordable with Réference Galerie,
Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2009: February: Charity art exhibition, Felsted, Essex
2008: November: Tallin Winter Exhibition group show, Tam Gallery, Tallinn
2008: November: Salon de l’art abordable with Réference Galerie, Carrousel du Louvre,
Paris
2008: July: Artist in Residence during 63. Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker, Kaiserhof
Galerie, Hitzacker,
2008: May: Untitled Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London
2008: January: Untitled Gallery at Adam´s Street Private Members Club, Strand, London
2007: October: “Environments”, an evening of art and live music, 110 Stoke Newington
Church St, London
2007: March& June & October: Untitled Gallery at Adam´s Street Private Club, Strand,
London
2007: March: The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair, Candids Art Trust,
Angel, London
2006: November: Art & Antiquity Fair, Hotel Lindtner, Hamburg
2006: November: “Untitled“ group show, Throgmoton Gallery, Bank, London
2006: September: From the Balkans to the Baltic“ groupshow, Bulgarian Embassy,
Kensington, London
2005: December: “Art in mind” group show, 81 Rivington Street, Hoxton, London
2005: November: Group show at Marziart Internationale Galerie, Hamburg
2004: December: “Out of the Blue” group show, Art at Five Gallery, Brighton
2004: February: Artist in Residence at the Güttler Music Festival, Das Alte Zollhaus,
Hitzacker
2002: May: Solo show, Broomhill Art Hotel, Devon
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