ABOUT Nele Ouwens' oilpaintings drift between realism, magic realism and surrealism and evolve from an eclectic process of collecting and combining references. She creates motives using different sources including her own observations, dreams, family history as well as impulses from culture and art. Her subjects include vast landscapes, human figures and objects, and through carefully combining these she creates striking moods. Many works like e.g. those containing figures from the back allow for identification and speculation at the same time. Her works contain notions of the sublime in landscapes, of solitude and contemplation in depicting the human figure and of quirkiness and mystery in her combinations of subjects. Nele Ouwens lives and works in Berlin.
BIO 1981 born in Duisburg, Germany 2006 M.A. in Liberal Arts, Ruhr Univeristy, Bochum, Germany 2015 co-founder BERLIN BLUE art 2017 member of GEDOK association
EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS 2018 Roots, Gedok Galerie, Berlin Germany 2017 BB17, BERLIN BLUE art, Berlin Germany 2017 Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.), Essen, Germany 2017 Castles in the air/Luftschlösser, Schloss Lekow, Poland 2017 Neuaufnahmen, Gedok Galerie, Berlin Germany 2016 Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.), Essen, Germany 2016 XXS, Group Show, BERLIN BLUE art, Berlin, Germany 2016 Far Off Art Fair, Cologne, Germany 2015 XXS, Group Show, BERLIN BLUE art, Berlin, Germany 2015 If Yesterday Were Today, Group Show, Bel Canto Gallery Barga, Italy / BERLIN BLUE art, Berlin, Germany / Apiary Studios, London, UK 2014 Emerging Artists, Group Show, The Ballery, Berlin, Germany 2013 Identify, Group Show, Cellar Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2013 Macht Kunst, Group Show, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany 2013 Anonyme Zeichner, Group Show, Kunstverein Tiergarten/Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany 2012 Jahresausstellung, Group Show, Kunsthalle Weissensee, European Creative Center, Berlin, Germany 2011 Unterwegs, Solo Show, Jugendherberge an der Weser, Bremen, Germany 2010 WerderReise, Solo Show mit Delia Nordhaus, Weserterrassen, Bremen, Germany 2009 Von ganzem Herzen, Solo Show, Frauenmuseum, Bremen, Germany 2008 Kaufhaus Kunst, Bremen, Germany 2007 Kaufhaus Kunst, Bremen, Germany 2006 St-Vinzenz Galerie, Solo Show, Dinslaken, Germany 2006 Filmstills, Solo Show, Orlando, Bochum, Germany