Anna Fiegen

The themes of my paintings are built environments or architectural details. During the research phase I photograph these objects to use as a  conceptual sketch. On the basis of these photos, I develop compositional drawings, usually applying several levels of abstraction. This is the foundation of my painting process.

Within my work I reduce the urban space to contain only monolithic architecture in front of a wide horizon. The sculptural role of architecture in a landscape allows me to focus on the two central aspects of my paintings: color and light.

Within the strict framework of the composition I grant myself more freedom to experiment with the painting process. Abstract and gestural areas alternate between each other, complement each other and affect the composition of the painting. I experiment with the materiality of oil colors in different states – liquid or pastose. The surfaces vary between solid and dispersing.

 Currently I am researching distinct architectural styles in post-war modernism and the so-called „Brutalism“.  The overlay of utopian concepts, reality and ruin creates a field of tension for my painting.

• Website
• www.annafiegen.de
• Instagram
• @anna_fiegen

• Education 
• 2001 - 2011 - Kunstakademie Münster - Münster - DE
• 2011 Meisterschülerin -Kunstakademie Münster - Münster - DE
• Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
• 2019 Randzone - Kunstraum GASAG - Berlin - DE
• 2018 Utopia War Gestern - Galerie Art-Eck - Solingen-Gräfrath - DE
• 2014 Transit - Evelyn Drewes Galerie - Hamburg - DE
• 2013 Unverortet - Kleine Galerie - Eberswalde - DE
• 2013 um die Ecke - Galerie ArtEck - Solingen-Gräfrath - DE
• 2013 Entschleunigung - Evelyn Drewes Galerie - Hamburg - DE
• 2012 Noch Nicht Mehr - Evelyn Drewes Galerie - Berlin - DE
• 2010 Irgendwann - Kunstverein Dülmen - Dülmen - DE
• 2009 Landscapes - Evelyn Drewes Galerie - Hamburg - DE
• Group Exhibitions (Selected)
• 2019 40 in 40 - Kleine Galerie - Eberswalde at Museum Eberswalde - DE
• 2019 Querbeet 8 - Kunstmix Galerie im Schnoor - Bremen - DE
• 2019 Painting, Painting, Painting - Raum Vollreinigung - Berlin - DE
• 2019 von Steinen und Beton - Galerie Z22 - Berlin - DE
• 2019 Deep Surface, Winterrundgang - Spinnerei - Leipzig - DE
• 2018 Transformation by Enter Art Foundation - Bunker K101 - Cologne - DE
• 2018 Archipelago - Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt - Reinbeckhallen - Berlin - DE
• 2018 Querbeet 7 - Kunstmix Galerie im Schnoor - Bremen - DE
• 2017 10 Jahre - Kunstverein Neukölln - Berlin - DE
• 2017 Kunst in der Region - DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst - Hörstel - DE
• 2017 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (AIMPE) - Tokushima - JP
• 2017 Concrete Dance - Kunstvoll Gallery - Hamburg - DE
• 2017 HAPPILAND, a country not far from utopia - SCOTTY Project Space - Berlin - DE
• 2016 Betreten der Grünfläche auf eigene Gefahr - Galerie Hoffmann - Rheda-Wiedenbrück - DE
• 2016 DUST - Schillerpalais Neukölln - Berlin - DE
• 2016 Radierung - Galerie Schneeberger - Münster - DE
• 2016 Collective Identity - Greskewitz Kleinitz Galerie - Hamburg - DE
• 2015 Weiterreichung - Kunstverein Neukölln - Berlin - DE
• 2014 Notausgang am Horizont, 8. Bremer Kunstfrühling - BBK Bremen - DE
• 2013 Zeichen Setzen - Grafik Museum Stiftung Schreiner - Bad Steben - DE
• 2012 Malerei 12 - Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen at Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen - Gelsenkirchen - DE
• 2012 (dis)PLACEMENTS - Hamburg - DE
• 2011 Was ist denn hier los? - Galerie Vero Linzmeier - Berlin - DE
• 2010 Picture Slam - Evelyn Drewes Galerie - Hamburg - DE
• 2009 Gedanken Gebäude - Kulturbahnhof Eller - Düsseldorf - DE
• 2009 Förderpreis of Kunstakademie Münster (shortlist) - Münster - DE
• 2008 Kunst in der Region - DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst - Hörstel - DE
• 2007 Malerei 07 - Kunstverein Siegen at Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen - DE
• Residencies
• 2008 Sommeratelier (including solo exhibition) - Kunstverein Greven - Greven - DE
• Fellowships
• 2018 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt - Berlin - DE