Sieglinde Dlabal

I am a self-taught artist. I am interested in fairy tales and ancient myths. I explore displacement, identity construction, layers of history and memory. 
 I enjoy working with images from dreams and nightmares. 

Presently I work on the ‘From Line to Colour’ project - where I explore the pleasure of colour and line, moving into surrealist automatism which is surprisingly structured when focussing on dreams.

Recent work: “Floating Islands”. Refugees and displaced people become 'floating islands' in our time - cut off from what they knew and loved.

"Longing for HomeS Project" consists of' a collection of photo and poetry' books on the subject of where is my ‘Home’.
In nine publications combining painting, drawing and writing I explore my own feelings of ‘belonging’ within three European countries.

I also write poetry, feminist romantic novels and utopian -distopian texts

I often move between art forms.
You can find my novels and art books here:


I am a trained sociologist with a research PhD

Research MA + research PhD, TU Berlin, Germany
Feminist studies, Irish studies, minorities.

Selection of exhibitions
2016, Dec Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Part of 'Palimpsest' in the Old Chocolate Factory


2015, 30 May - 17 June
 Walthamstow Arts Trail, London E17
 Dictionary of Favourite words 


2015, 29 June 7 August
Leytonstone Arts Trail London
All you read is love (favourite word)


2015, 10 August - 18 Sept
London, Olympia 
Mokka East, View Tube


2014, summer, Solo exhibition
“Healing the Angel of History” Project
part of the Chelsea Fringe Festival, London (with Satellite Letchworth Garden City)


2013, 24 May to 9 June 
Solo exhibition
‘Rooted uprooted’

Solo exhibition Letchworth Garden City
, part of the Chelsea Fringe Festival London, (with Satellite Letchworth Garden Cit)
‘walk in Paradise’ performance


2012 summer
 Happening: "Dreaming and waking up" An interactive project in Letchworth Garden City (at the henge)



2011, 5 - 27 October, Letchworth Garden City 
Arts Centre LGC 
open exhibition


2009 
Waltham Forest, part of the ‘Tales from the Forest‘ Walthamstow London


2008 1- 14 November
Urban Jungle. Trees for Cities exhibition, East London Print Makers, Lord Mayor Building, London

2007, 2009, 2010 regular participation in group exhibitions in East London (Walthamstow, Llo...