Carolin Winkler

Born in 1990, I grew up in Germany, Austria, and the UK. I attended art college in Vienna, then completed a BA in Fine Art from the University of Aberystwyth, in Wales. I now live in England, on the edge of the very chalky Chiltern Hills, working out of my home studio.

Statement

Many of my drawings and paintings fall somewhere between the representational and the abstract. What particularly interests me then, is the process of visually expressing the juncture between outward and inward-looking perception, both being inextricably intertwined. Usually beginning with a physical point of reference, the focus shifts to formal composition, and to fantasy. At their best, they are a record of my most joyful moments, listening to music and letting inspiration and imagination steer the course.

With regard to the colour grid paintings, the intent has been more focused on achieving a sense of time and place, evoked by time- and place-specific colour palettes. I view them predominantly as little, decorative gems.

I have also, in the last few years, begun a series of breath-directed drawings. I work from left to right, top to bottom, across a piece of paper in a rhythm of continuous, predetermined, binary marks. When I am breathing i...

Exhibitions
2019: Group Exhibition: Spirit of Place, Red Dot Gallery, Holt (UK)
2015: Final Year Exhibition, Aberystwyth School of Art (UK)
2014: Group Exhibition, The Tree House, Aberystwyth (UK)
2014: Group Exhibition, Old College, Aberystwyth (UK)
2013: Group Exhibition, Old College, Aberystwyth (UK)
2011: Group Exhibition, Das WUK, Vienna (AT)

Artwork in Public Collections:
Aberystwyth University

Awards
2013 - Frances Williams Art Prize