Dirk Behrens

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Dirk Behrens (born September 1, 1954 in Bremerhaven ) is a contemporary painter and graphic artist who became famous in the Elbe-Weser triangle .

biography

Dirk Behrens was born in Bremerhaven in 1954 and spent his childhood in nearby Spaden . Between 1975 and 1982 he studied painting and graphics at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig and history at the Technical University of Braunschweig . From 1983 to 1986 Behrens was a teacher at the Harsefeld secondary school .

Behrens has been a freelance painter since 1993. He has been using his studio in Issendorf since 2000.

Artistic creation

Behrens mainly paints with acrylic and oil on paper or canvas, sometimes combined with ink, pastel or colored pencil. His subjects range from the abstract representation of crowds to free experiments with color to the almost representational representation of landscapes.

"Anyone who observes from the beginning the freelance work of the increasingly successful and at the same time modest artist, which began in 1993, is delighted to see how he evidently breaks free from figurative and objective constraints without any effort." - Sigrid Quäker in Stader Tageblatt, January 30, 2002

The artist's more recent projects include a. a series of images inspired by postcards and already exhibited at the Hanseatic Day 2007 in Lippstadt and in the KunstRaum Hüll (near Drochtersen ), and the recording of landscapes using a self-made projection device, which was carried out in 2005 at an anniversary celebration in the Rüstjer Forest (near Deinste ) and in 2007 was used in the castle park of Evenburg in Leer .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection):

  • 1999: "art is created" (5-week painting campaign and exhibition in the natural history museum Natureum Niederelbe )
  • 2001: "Littoral Art", Kehdingen Art Association
  • 2002: Schwedenspeicher Museum Stade
  • 2003: House Rissen , Hamburg
  • 2005: Project "The forest for the trees"
  • 2007: “Landscapes à la carte”, KunstRaum Hüll

Awards and grants

  • 1993: Winning the second prize in the Europe-wide graphics competition "Art Logistics" organized by the Bundesverband Logistik e. V., Bremen
  • 1995: First Emden Art Prize
  • 1997: Art Prize of the Dr. Marlene Trentwedel Foundation, Bremervörde
  • 2002: Seminar grant at Haus Rissen , Hamburg
  • 2003: Symposium of the Oder-Spree district in Schöneiche near Berlin

Works

  • Neuenwalde Monastery: on the history of the former nunnery and today's Neuenwalde women's monastery , Bremische Ritterschaft (ed.), Stade: 1993

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personal data
SURNAME Behrens, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremerhaven