Lea Baecksteiner
Medium: Painting Studio Location: Departure Studios - Studio# 10 44-61 A 11th Street Phone: (617)858-9027 Email: lea.baecksteiner@gmail.com Website:: leabaecksteiner.com Artist Bio: Lea Baecksteiner Born on May 3rd 1983 in Basel, Switzerland Living in New York, USA Online Artsy.net Lea Baecksteiner on Artsy.net Artery NYC Lea Baecksteiner on Artery NYC Lost and Found on Artery NYC Exhibitions 2019 Lost and Found @ Artifact NYC www.artifactnyc.net 2018 Swans who die don't sing @ RED 2018 @ University Place Gallery www.cambridgeart.org/red-2018 2018 Little Lea @ Atelier Mehrblick www.atelier-mehrblick.ch 2018 Current Mood - A Selection @ Freepoint Hotel www.cambridgeart.org 2018 Current Mood Series @ Piano Craft Gallery www.pianocraftgallery.com 2017 Im Haus @ Atelier Mehrblick www.atelier-mehrblick.ch 2017 1340 Art Magazine @ Issue #5, Q3 2017, p.41 www.1340art.bigcartel.com 2016 18th Art International Zurich 2016 @ Kongresshaus Z??rich (Congress Hall) www.art-zurich.com 2015 Abschlussausstellung Fachstudium Malerei (diploma in painting exhibition) @ Galerie am Spalenberg www.galerie-am-spalenberg.com 2014 Abschlussausstellung Grundstudium (basic study exhibition) @ neueKUNSTschule www.neuekunstschule.ch 2008 Mighty Women @ Adecco IT art & network night 2005 digital + handmade co-exhibition with Imas Valentin @ Ajilon art exhibition Education 2015 Diploma in Painting & Illustration neueKUNSTschule Basel (newARTschool Basel, Switzerland) International art and painting school built upon the foundation of anthroposophy www.neuekunstschule.ch 2005 Certificate "Vorkurs fuer Gestaltung und Kunst" (preparatory class for design and art) Schule fuer Gestaltung Basel (school for design Basel, Switzerland) www.sfgbasel.ch/vorkurse-gestaltung-und-kunst Artist Statement: Lea Baecksteiner - Artist Statement My work is about the inner drama of being human. I seek to give form, shape, color, and life to this human drama through painting. My current collection is inspired by philosophy, poetry, and storytelling. When I read and dive into the realms of these authors and thinkers, I take it all in and wait for an inspirational spark, something that moves me. This could be a sentence, a word, or a feeling. In painting, I explore how to combine flats, drawing, pattern, and color, and how to paint allegorically without becoming illustrative. I try to be playful like Paul Klee and other great painters and artists. All images and text copyright Lea Baecksteiner