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PETRA DZIERZON
Lives and works in Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany
http://person.yasni.de/petra+dzierzon+1167887
I began with silk painting. Quality and singularity were (Gert Mattenklott) and Cultural History (Martin Scharfe) in
my focus. It was like launching a ship with a flag flying Marburg/Lahn (obtaining my MA on 9 July 1992), I added
proudly in the wind which said: Made in Berlin. Through to my knowledge by travelling to exhibitions all over the
my painting I narrate a story that is timeless and universal. world, but most of all by learning from my gallerist Will
The forms and colours are not just from nature, but also Yaya (Barcelona/New York). When observing my pictures,
from street art. Combinations and layering transform my archive records and sculptural works (trays, painted boxes,
acrylic and oil paintings into poetic fragments. The print serviette designs) I draw the connection to my own life
on glass on display here becomes the common thread for story and see myself tangled in magical legends (the
presenting biographical elements. My live-in studio is in Suhrkamp author Wolfgang Koeppen). I create images that
Schöneberg. I am enchanted by the rhythm of the light as are written for the digital universe. Every image is like the
if through music. After studying Literature and Aesthetics page of a book in a numbered and limited edition.
388 BOAT WITH FLAG, OBJET TROUVEE 11, 8X17,5 IN. | 30X44,7 CM.