Volker Mayr

What's the purpose of composers creating music? And what's the intention of poets writing poems? Painter Volker Mayr wishes his paintings can inspire people and create emotions. In addition, he wants to create images that capture the imaginations of viewers in their minds and hearts. Ever since childhood, he learned how to make emotions through colors and forms from his grandfather, the German artist Otto Gloßmann. And it has allowed him to let his impressions of nature express themselves in his paintings. Later, from roughly 1985, his non-figurative painting began to move towards abstract expressionism.
Volker's works arise from all the senses and emotions; they are sensual, unpremeditated, and full of a playful love for enigmatic details. Multiple and vibrant relationships between colors and surface textures are created by layers that form transparent views, bold and expressive, emotional and spontaneous. His dreams tend to be colorful but non-figurative. Thus, Volker's paintings follow his dreams. For instance, his WAA International Gold Award-Winning work “Fiesta” was a significant step in his progress to dream-inspired paintings, showing surprising details and hints of hidden secrets. Also, his recent painting "Grace Under Pr...

Painting taught by his grandfather, the German artist Otto Gloßmann. Additional to the profession as artist Volker worked as radio-journalist in Berlin

University history, journalism, politics, Master of Arts.

Many Exhibitions since 40 years. The latest

2022 Galeria Azur Berlin "Convergence"
2022 Red Dot Miami (Art Basel Week)
• 2020 ADAF Annual Dutch Art Fair Amsterdam
• 2019 Art Innsbruck, Art Expo New York, Kitz Art Galerie Kitzbühel
• 2018 Gallery Steiner Wien, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery New York
2017 London King's Road Chelsea Old Town Hall