Tina Berendsohn

My process of painting is about allowing the subconscious to express. I tend to seek the raw and instinctive path. The human figure with its gestures, human emotion and relationships is my strongest inspiration. Working as a dancer and therapist refined my perception of physical expression, sensing the emotion and the potential behind movements and gestures. I also draw a lot of inspiration from nature.

Painting for me is both about consciously using technique as well as losing control in the course of creating. I am drawn to expressive physicality, strong colors, lots of layering and abstraction while mixing techniques and styles to create a work that springs from the inner necessity to be open for the moment.

In my search for authentic expression I am beginning to understand that the essence of painting is found within the unsaid, abstract and unplanned while working consciously with realistic elements, as well as composition and color.

born in Hamburg, Germany, raised in Spain and northern Germany
painter and performance artist
2015 - 2018 fine art studies at FIU Free International University in Hamburg, Germany. FIU was founded by masterstudents of Joseph Beuys
2017-2018 art program with Markus Lüpertz at ADBK Kolbermoor
2017-2019 masterclass with Jens Hasenberg

August 2019: FRESH LEGS BERLIN international group exhibition at Inselgalerie/Berlin March 2019: Hanseart Lübeck/Germany
February 2019: ARTE GENOVA/Italy
January 2019: group exhibition w/ TNTArtcolab at XPON ART Gallery Hamburg/Germany December 2018: Solo Exhibition at Die Bedürfnisanstalt Hamburg/Germany
November 2018: group exhibition at XPON ART Gallery Hamburg/Germany July 2018 group exhibition Zhou B Art center CHICAGO, USA
Oktober 2016: Solo Exhibition at Entwurf Direkt, Hamburg/Germany
2017 & 2016: Various Group exhibitions