Amelie von Wulffen
Driven by a desire to reference Germany’s dark past and to illuminate the feelings of guilt felt by her parents generation Amelie Von Wulffen creates witty and comedic scenes commenting on these often delicate subjects. With work that does not shy away from her country’s heinous past, stylistically she references artists such as Francisco Goya and Franz Defregger to conflate past and present, urban and rural, outlandish and pragmatic worlds, and personal history with political history. Von Wulffen’s work often follows the principles of technical painting and collage, mixing still lifes, portraiture, and landscapes to explore all types of expression and memories.
Von Wulffen has shared her work in a number of solo exhibitions at galleries such as Studio Voltaire in London, Galerie Barbara Weiss in Berlin, Gio Macroni Gallery in Milan, and Greene Naftali Gallery in New York. Additionally she has participated in various group shows at institutions including Metro Pictures in New York, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain in Geneva, Merano Arte in Merano, Italy, Freedman Fitzpatrick in Los Angeles, and High Art in Paris along with many others. She has been awarded the Ruthen Baumgarte Prize by Kunststiftung Ruth Baumgarte, Ars Viva Prize by Culture of the …
Driven by a desire to reference Germany’s dark past and to illuminate the feelings of guilt felt by her parents generation Amelie Von Wulffen creates witty and comedic scenes commenting on these often delicate subjects. With work that does not shy away from her country’s heinous past, stylistically she references artists such as Francisco Goya and Franz Defregger to conflate past and present, urban and rural, outlandish and pragmatic worlds, and personal history with political history. Von Wulffen’s work often follows the principles of technical painting and collage, mixing still lifes, portraiture, and landscapes to explore all types of expression and memories.
Von Wulffen has shared her work in a number of solo exhibitions at galleries such as Studio Voltaire in London, Galerie Barbara Weiss in Berlin, Gio Macroni Gallery in Milan, and Greene Naftali Gallery in New York. Additionally she has participated in various group shows at institutions including Metro Pictures in New York, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain in Geneva, Merano Arte in Merano, Italy, Freedman Fitzpatrick in Los Angeles, and High Art in Paris along with many others. She has been awarded the Ruthen Baumgarte Prize by Kunststiftung Ruth Baumgarte, Ars Viva Prize by Culture of the German Economy, and the Villa Romana Prize in Florence. Her work can be found at public collections at the Center Pompidou in Paris, The Hammer Museum, Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the State Museums of Berlin.
