CORINNE VOGEL

Biography

Born 1983 in Basel, Switzerland
Lives and works in Thun, Switzerland
2016: Master en Produccion Artistica, Facultat Belles Arts Sant Carles - Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
2008 Diploma in Teaching Arts and Music, Pädagogische Hochschule Bern, CH

Artist Statement

"Simplicity and chaos, inner and outer world, stillness and motion are constant pillars of exploration in my working process. My abstract works are mostly shaped by the mountainous surroundings here. The pure and unpolished experience in raw nature. I think they are in a way an exploration of my true self because they are connected to moments in solitude. I am primarily interested in finding good forms and lines in relation to colors and haptic texture. What I am seeking is mark-making tactility, breath, dynamics, color. Qualities such as softness versus crudity and immediacy, that’s what I try to find.

Normally I start painting without making sketches. I often have an inner image of the colours I am going to prepare and then I start. Usually, the first phase of the painting is fast, getting slower and really slow during the painting process. Sometimes a painting hangs a few weeks in my studio until I decide to rework it.

Experimenting with materials but also with techniques I find is very stimulating for my working practice. As a painter you have to act very courageous. Painting actually trains you in not being inherent because painting is about destruction and reconstruction. When I paint I have to make sure to hold the balance between mental knowledge and passionate intuitive knowledge – it’s like being empty in the making and analytical in the observation."

- Corinne Vogel

Exhibitions

Solo shows:

2021: "Only her eyes spoke", Gallery Atelier Worb, Worb, CH

2020: "Soloshows", Network of Arts, Luzern, CH

2016: "Silent Form", La Fabrica de Hielo, Valencia, ES

Group shows:

2021: "Skateboarding x Art", CURARE, Circylar Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2021: "THE ERA OF CHANGE", a curated selection of 58 artists, The Visionary Projects, virtual exhibition, NYC, USA

2021: "Points of View", ZContemporary, Hamburg, Germany

2021: "Fast Forward", ZContemporary, Hamburg, Germany

2019: Kunstraum SATELLIT, 3 women show, Thun, CH