BJÖRN WIEDEMANN

Artist Statement

Art is subjective. Personal. Explorative. Transformative. Introspective.

Keywords that stand for me and my art. This description embodies less a dogma than a living and constantly self-challenging reality. I am free in my art.

My painting, characterized by introspection and continuous development, found a turning point in 2021 in the confrontation with personal challenges and accompanied by many years of severe depression. In this phase of my life around 2021, I not only found an anchor in art, but also a compass. It serves me as a quiet but powerful language to translate inner thoughts and emotions into expressive colors and forms.

My experimental approach avoids the restricted path of traditional styles. I choose the free path of non-objective art, in which I break barriers and channel subconscious sensations into abstract compositions. The process of creating a work is not only an artistic one, but also an introspective one. What begins with a rough idea or color concept is soon taken over by the unpredictability of the moment, chance and my own intuition.

My tools of choice – from traditional brushes to custom-built instruments – are as varied as the techniques I use. My works are not only representations, but also dialogs. Each painting is both a personal reflection and an invitation to the viewer to lose themselves in the web of colors and textures, to recognize their own stories and embark on a journey of self-discovery and interpretation.

In art, I find a balance between freedom and structure, between planned intention and random inspiration. This constant dance of contrasts allows me to approach my own emotional landscape layer by layer, brushstroke by brushstroke, and follow a path of healing and constant evolution.

For me, art has no fixed goal, but is an endless, dynamic process. It is a guide through the complex labyrinth of life, a constant search for harmony and balance, acceptance and inner peace. It is this relentless search that makes my art both powerful and universal, an echo of the human experience that resonates in every viewer.

My artistic influences are works by Gerhard Richter, Pierre Soulages, Mark Rothko and Franz Kline.