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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 Exhibitions:
2007: March: Untilted Gallery
at Adams 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, ...
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Artist Galleries:
Broomhill Art
Lucy Fenton Gallery
Picassio Mio
Blink Red...
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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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Reviews for Wiebke Dreyer:
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"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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