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"Respect, equality, multiculturalism and togetherness, fuelled by creativity and passion – these are the values I and my art stand for"

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Artist Statement

My works are characterized by emotionality and originality, my style and technique are organic and natural. I preferably paint on perforated aluminium plate, using a filler that fractures over time, creating rather spatial and lively looking compositions. I concern a lot about the transitory things in life – materialism in general but more importantly the immaterial like moments, emotions and feelings. 

From blank to covered, empty to full, clean to dirty, fresh to rotten, new to broken to repaired, happy to sad, relaxed to angry, love to hate, young to old – life is defined by transitions, hence everything in life is transitory. If these transitions are perceived as positive or negative depends on the perspective of the observer – Relativity.

However, I believe that despite all relativity and transitory character of life, it is vital to focus on the here and now, never losing certain values out of sight. This is what my art aims to express.

My recent works, mainly female appearances, emphasize the importance of equality and the beauty of multiculturalism. Recent national and global events have shown a serious lack of pro-multicultural behaviour. I believe that art as a traditional medium, especially in the modern media jungle, is a gateway to symbolize important values. Respect, equality, multiculturalism and togetherness, fuelled by creativity and passion – these are the values I and my art stand for.

Biography

Born in 1967 in Hamburg, Katja Nordmeyer lives and works in her hometown.

Even as a child, she was enthusiastic about art and painting.

Her father was an amateur painter and was interested in painters like Paul Gauguin and Franz Marc.

 

Katja Nordmeyer's career initially took her into the world of fashion, but painting never left her, and she always felt that painting was what she was destined to do.

This was followed by studies with the artist Lothar Schulz-Goldap, who was himself a student of Prof. Fritz Mackensen, co-founder of the Worpswede Artists' Association and director of the University of Applied Sciences in Bremen.

Katja thus has proper training in portrait and landscape painting, which characterise her early work.

 

Her interest in people's emotions prompted her to take additional training in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) in 2013.

The fascination that the basic emotions such as joy, surprise, fear, anger, disgust, sadness, and contempt are cross-cultural according to research by Paul Ekman (an American anthropologist and psychologist) prompts her to paint people of different origins & nationalities, thus showing the connectedness of all people.

She has developed her own style inspired by Pop Art, with which she creates expressive compositions, preferably portraits.

She uses a special putty, which is applied to perforated aluminum sheeting or canvas for her motifs, and develops cracks of different sizes after some time. These cracks symbolise the transience of the motifs and have relief-like and individual characteristics. The technique is reminiscent of the fresco technique, but here the recessed perforated sheets make the works appear even more three-dimensional.

 

She addresses the transience of beauty, emotions, and moments that live on in her paintings.

The chosen motifs and colours, combined with the unusual material and the special painting technique, leave a deep impression of passion and emotion on the viewer.

 

Katja Nordmeyer is internationally represented as an artist. She captures the spirit of the times with her impressive and individual art.

Exhibitions & Galleries

2025 - Biennale Florence

2024 - Gallery Pop Street WineBank Hamburg

 

2024 - Gallery Pop Street Hamburg

2023 - Art Miami Aqua

2023 - INCorporating art fair Hamburg

2023 - Discovery Art Fair - Cologne

2022 - Discovery Art Fair - Frankfurt - Gallery Minrath

2022 - INCorporating art fair Hamburg

2022 - Discovery Art Fair - Cologne

2021 - Discovery Art Fair - Virtual

2021 - Artbox Project World 1.0  - Schweiz

2021 - Artsy

2020 - Discovery Art Fair - Virtual

2020 - Anna's Art Affair - Helgoland 

2020 - Popkiss Artland & Social - Schleswig

2020 - Azaro Art Space - Hamburg

2020 - Arte Gallery - Hamburg

2019 - Gallery Pop Street - Hamburg

2019 - Arte Gallery - Art Sylt

2019 - Pop Kiss Art Exhibition

2019 - Artbox Projekts Miami 2.0

2018 - Ars Mundi 

2018 - Gallery Port 1 - Opening Hamburg

2018 - Group Exhibition ARTBOX/Projects New York 1.0

2018 - Group Exhibition Gallery Ewa Helena - Hamburg

2018 - Gallery HMH Mallorca - Port d'Andratx

2018 - Group Exhibition - Factory of the Arts Hamburg

2017 - Art Wave Kappich & Piel - Hamburg

2017 - Summer of Art - Hamburg

 

2017 - Art Show - Hannover

2015 - Gallery Deichstraße - Hamburg

2013 - Gallery KuRa - Hamburg

2012 - Boat Museum "Rickmer Rickmers" - Hamburg

2011 - Art Wave Kappich & Piel - Hamburg

2010 - Baltic Sea Gallery - Hamburg

2009 - Fiscal Ministry Hamburg - "Kunst im Gange"

2008 - Stilwerk Hamburg

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