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

The Hamptons Fine Art Fair, New York, July 2024
Inky Fingers Gallery, Hackney Wick, London, July 2024
Arts Depot, Barnet, London, December 2023
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington, February 2023
The Gallery and Stone, Fulham, London, August 2022
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington, July 2022
London Lighthouse Gallery, London, May 2022
Arbeit Studios, Palmers Green, April 2022
The Other Art Fair London, March 2023
Southgate Gallery London, 2022
Starfish Gallery, Palmers Green, London, February/March 2019
Lumi Art Gallery, Pimlico, London December 2018
Loughton Art Centre, London, September 2017
Mardleybury Gallery, Datchworth, Hertfordshire (2016)
Starfish Gallery, Palmers Green, London (2016)