Susanne Herbold
Köln | Cologne
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MessageSusanne Herbold develops large-scale abstract paintings through an open, not fully controllable process. Her work evolves between intuitive gesture and deliberate reduction, creating layered image spaces that remain intentionally unresolved and open to perception.
Her works have been presented in international exhibitions including New York, Miami, Barcelona, Berlin and Florence and are held in private collections. A significant step in her recent development is The Seed of Love (2025), created for the XV Florence Biennale.
She lives and works in Cologne and Mallorca.
Statement
My paintings begin without a fixed composition. I work in an open process in which layering, interruption and reduction guide the development of the image.
I build up areas, remove them again and reconsider decisions. Color, transparency and spatial tension structure the surface while keeping it in motion. I am not interested in representing something specific. Instead, I try to create a situation in which perception can shift and remain open.
Painting, for me, is a way of making a moment visible — a state of becoming before form settles into certainty.