Angela Dierks

People’s internal worlds have always intrigued me which drove me to re-train as a counsellor/psychotherapist in my early 40s. Having originally studied literature, I was interested in looking at different forms of expression – beyond language – for several years. The exploration of internal landscapes and emotional processes carried over for me in my practice as a mixed media, abstract artist. The world of therapy opened up a deeper exploration of instinctive and deeply personal processes that painting helped me to access. Concurrently, producing art became my own form of therapy. In my therapeutic work I discuss emotional states; in my art I aim to translate emotions into abstract, poetic, visual markers on canvas.
The starting point is most often colour; I start with a particular palette in mind that most adequately relates to my current state of mind. My work is process-driven leaving room for chance and error. Rather than specific imagery, the work develops through movement and gesture on the canvas. I let the painting guide my brushstrokes, splashes and marks on the canvas surface. Much like the human psyche my work is layered with thinner and thicker washes of colour. The painting process itself is soothing and frequently ca...

King's College, University of London, BA Honours German.
St Cross College, University of Oxford, MA European Literature
London Metropolitan University, MA Counselling

Current and Past Exhibitions:

2025

Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Winter Show, 6 December – 31 January 2026

Artsnug Gallery, WalthamstowStories #3|In Colour, 1-31 November 2025

Tarpey Gallery, Derby, Open 2025, 30 August – 6 October 2025

Tarpey Gallery, Derby, Refresh 25 – Selected Artists, February-April 2025

2024

Nearly Home, Digital Art Show Madrid, October 2024

Art Gotham, New York City, Sept – November 2024

Hamptons Fine Art Fair, USA, July 2024

Tarpey Gallery, Derby, Open 25, Group Show, July/August 2024

Inky Finger Gallery, ‘Fiesta’ Group show, July 2024

Tarpey Gallery, Derby, Refresh 24 – Selected Artists, February/March 2024

GSA Capital, London, February – July 2024

2023

The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, March 2023

Potter Clarkson LLP, Nottingham, March – May 2023

Dugdale Centre, Enfield, April 2023

Arbeit Studios, Palmers Green, April 2023

London Lighthouse Gallery, London City Island, May 2023

Tarpey Gallery, Derby, July/August 2023

The Gallery Green and Stone, Fulham, August 2023

Arbeit Studios, Palmers Green, August 2023 (Solo Show)

Mundipharma, Cambridge – August – October 2023

Artsdepot, Finchley, December 2023- February 2024