About

 

Portrait of Julia Kalkbrenner

Photo by Frank Wiese

Julia Kalkbrenner is a contemporary oil painter. Born in Brussels (Belgium) to German parents, she spent her childhood years growing up in Germany and the United States. Julia graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1989, and moved back to Germany where she spent the following 22 years, first working as a commercial photographer before committing herself to full-time painting in 1993.

In 1998, a visit to the US South West marked the beginning of her deep love for this region. Thereafter followed many study periods in New Mexico, among these an Artist-in-Residency at the Gallery 408 in Carrizozo, NM.
Julia lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Europe and the United States.

 

Artist statement

Over the 30+ years that I have been painting, I’ve explored a very wide range of styles. This exploration is fueled by the continuous search for how to best express the world I perceive. Moving between impressionistic form and expressive gesture my work represents extracts of my reality, a reality nurtured by an inner dialog and endless studies of light, color, shape and composition.

 

Curriculum Vitae

1967 born in Brussels (Belgium)
1970 – 78 McLean, Virginia (USA)
1978-84 Bad Honnef (Germany)
1985-89  Rhode Island School of Design (USA)
1989 Graduated with BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design (USA)
1989 – 2013 Bad Honnef (Germany)
1994 – 2011  Associate Member of National Art Guild, Berufsverband Bildender Künstler (BBK), Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)
2013 – 2023 northern California (USA)
2024 – present New Mexico (USA)
 

 

Selected Exhibitions

2010 – Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt (Germany)
2009 – Management Engineers GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2006 – “Found Objects”, Gallery 408, Carrizozo New Mexico (USA)
2001 – DELTA MANAGEMENT Consultants GmbH, Frankfurt (Germany)
1998 – “WORKS”, Atelier am Rhein, Linz (Germany)
1996 – “Landschaften”, Gallerie “Idea & Art”, Bad Honnef (Germany)
1994 – “XYZ”, Galerie im Sternenhof, Bonn (Germany)
1992 – “Mexican Windows”, Künstlerkeller “Zur Kerze”, Bonn (Germany)

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 – Invitational Exhibition #8, Graton Gallery, Graton, California (USA)
2009 – Fördergemeinschaft Junge Kunst, Bad Honnef (Germany)
1997 – Kristallfabrik, Ahrbrück (Germany)
1993 – Ausbildungstätte Auswertiges Amt (Germany)
1991 – Postakademie, Bad Honnef (Germany)

 

Residencies

2006 – Gallery 408 Carrizozo, New Mexico (USA)

 

Gallery Representation

2017 – present    Gallery 408 Carrizozo, New Mexico (USA)