Dorit Lecke

I am an abstract painter. I also work in the medium of drawing and have been exploring the theme of intertwinements and rhizomes for several years. I am particularly interested in the connection to nature and the expression of energy and movement within abstraction. My large-scale black-and-white drawings, titled Bodylines, represent a very personal stance. These linear translations of body movements are reminiscent of hair as a symbol of female power and energy – large-scale rhizomes of motion. In other places, my drawings evoke erotic plants or tree roots. Using powerful lines as energetic fragments of a collective consciousness, I explore the potentials of abstraction. Utilizing ink, acrylic, charcoal, oil pastel, and mixed media, I create intertwinements that serve as emotional models, applied directly onto the paper. Sometimes these are merely accidental structures that I follow linearly. I act as a filter, translating the moment into lines. In this process, precise and concentrated workflows often contrast with highly intuitive imagery. I am on saatchi art in order to achieve a greater public visibility, to find serious collectors and potential buyers for my artworks. In my portfolio you'll find powerful abstract art, that in...

Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach
Diplomdesigner | Artist

Group shows
1994
Hochschule für Gestaltung | Offenbach
1994
Haus des Zentralverbandes der Deutschen Elektrohandwerke | Frankfurt am Main
1995
Sparkasse 1822 | Offenbach
1996
Morgen Fine Arts Galerie | Frankfurt am Main
1998
Kultureller Förderkreis | Dreieich Buchschlag
1999
Museum für Moderne Kunst „Save the day!“ | Frankfurt
2004
Atelier Frankfurt
2018
Künstlerhaus Meyenburg | Nordhausen
2018
Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung | Berlin
2024
Eisfabrik Offenbach
2024
Rush Hour | Kulturfestival | BBK Frankfurt | Hanauer Landstraße
2025
Konsum 163 | Art Prize Show 2025 | Pasinger Fabrik | München

Solo shows
1997
McCann Art Galery | Frankfurt am Main
1997
Ausstellungsraum Goop | Frankfurt am Main
1998
Zimmergalerie Schneider | Frankfurt am Main
1999
Bahn BKK | Frankfurt am Main

1999
Villa Massimo | Rome

2001
Kunstansichten Offenbach
2002
Kunstansichten Offenbach | Salon Brenner
2004
Exhibition Hall Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität | Frankfurt am Main

Working as artist and designer

2010
Foundation of the design agency silberpol
Private commissions | Drawing

2015
PurPur | Frankfurt am Main
2017
Privathaus Noreen von Schwanenflug | Frankfurt am Main