Anja Wuelfing

Anja Wülfing, based in Cologne, Germany, is an artist whose work revolves around the exploration of contrasts and oppositions. Her creative drive stems from the duality within her artistic vision: one side deeply rooted in the traditional aesthetics of Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassicism, and the other drawn to the freedom of abstraction.

Wülfing’s art seamlessly blends these opposing forces, where figuration meets abstraction, and tradition intertwines with modernity. She achieves this through her unique approach to materials and techniques, stitching together fine and coarse canvas and using a mix of media. Classic elements are rendered in oil, while abstract components are brought to life with acrylics, pencils, and markers. This fusion of different textures and methods creates a harmonious unity out of seemingly disparate elements.

In her compositions, Wülfing plays with contrasts such as light and dark, dynamic and static, strict and playful, crowded and empty. Yet, she carefully balances these opposing forces, ensuring that neither dominates but rather enhances the other. The styles may seem to compete for attention, but in the end, they coexist in a mutually enriching dialogue.

Her painting process is precise and methodica...

I have the following educational or professional training:
- Technical college for design (in Cologne), completion of technical diploma
- Apprenticeship in the K + K advertising agency, Photographer Udo Klein in Cologne,
completion apprenticeship certificate as communication designer
- Studies at the Art Center College of Design Europe (La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland), Degree Bachelor of Fine Arts

After my training I worked as a communication designer in various advertising agencies. After a few years I became self-employed and founded the design company »Planet Pixel« (now Weigelstein). Here I mainly did editorial and graphic design for the music and fashion industry. For a few years now I‘ve shifted my focus to painting.

2015, Charlotte Trossbach und Anja Wülfing, Galerie Krips, Cologne, Germany
2015, Gruppe 69, Atelierzentrum Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
2015, I eyegenartige Kunsttage, Galerie Eyegenart, Cologne, Germany
2016, Gruppe 69 2. Werkschau, Atelierzentrum Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
2016, Kunstsommer, Galerie Eyegenart, Cologne, Germany
2017, Gruppe 69 #3/Werkschau, Atelierzentrum Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
2017, II Kunstsommer, Galerie Eyegenart, Cologne, Germany
2017, art Troisdorf, Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Troisdorf, Germany
2017, III eyegenartige Kunsttage, Galerie Eyegenart, Cologne, Germany
2018, Gruppe 69 #4/Werkschau, Atelierzentrum Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
2018, III Kunstsommer, Galerie Eyegenart, Cologne, Germany
2018, IV eyegenartige Kunsttage, Galerie Eyegenart, Cologne, Germany
2019, Gruppe 69 #5/Werkschau, Atelierzentrum Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany
2019, V eyegenartige Kunsttage, Galerie Eyegenart, Cologne, Germany
2021, Fresh Perspectives: Pt. 1, Online Exhibition, London Paint Club, London, UK
2021, Kunstroute 2021, The Stage Galerie, Cologne Germany
2021, Anja Wülfing »Sehr geehrte Damen und Herrscher«, Fritz Böhme Galerie, Cologne Germany
2021, »Das Glück dieser Erde...«, Galerie am Dom, Bad Soden, Germany
2021, Groupexh...