Dominika Block

Born in Gdansk, grew up in Germany, studied in Austria, likes to travel. My curriculum vitae underlines my open-minded nature. My art is guided by an interest in and receptivity to a variety of stories. In my painting I convey moods and thus initiate the process of feeling, sensing and dreaming.

It is an inner consequence of my work to look for new possibilities of subjective expression. In my work, abstraction and representation are not mutually exclusive, but enrich and reinforce each other.

Life is made up of adventure, great emotions and philosophy. I love "to give things a soul", "to get to the bottom of things", to think about them, to move them back creatively and to recombine them. All of this happens before the painting process, in the painting process itself I strive for thoughtlessness. I love direct experimentation, I want to surrender to painting, enjoy the moment of painting. This results in a liveliness on the screen paired with narrative moments.

My work is a mirror of my alertness and my very own will to express. Full of desire and urge, I rush forward undeterred in painting. My search for creative forms of expression takes the viewer on a journey of the pictorial and suggests liveliness, open-mindedness, ...

studied applied Arts in Vienna,Austria, Universität für angewandte Kunst

several single and group exhibitions in Germany, Austria, UK, Italy