Barbara Kroll
For Barbara Kroll art is not just pure aesthetics, but also the telling of stories that she expresses with her creative voice. The themes of violence, fear, injury, and isolation deeply affect her. She tries to transfer these emotions onto the canvas while preserving their authenticity, which comes from an understanding of their meaning. She lives and work in Maintal, near Frankfurt in Main/Germany. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan.
Awards & Distinctions: Long/shortlisted/finalist artists at the Palm Award, National Portrait Gallery: BP Portrait Award, Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize, Charly Smith Prize (Anthology), Derwent Art Prize, Luxembourg Art Prize.2. Prize in Painting of the International Contemporary Art Competition MiamiFIRST AWARD for PAINTING on PAPER, Osten Biennal of Drawing Skopje, Macedonia
Exhibitions:
Derwent Art Prize 2016, Trowbridge Town Hall/Great Britain• “My Sex, My Self” - Women Artists Exploring Sexuality and Sensuality Through Self Portraits, Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre, London/Great Britain• Künstler der Remise, Hanau/Germany• „About the faces of women“ ("Über die Gesichter der Frauen"), Remise Galerie, Hanau• "Woman's view on femininity" ("Frauensicht auf Weiblichkeit"), 21. Hanauer Frauenwoche, Hanau• „Uferzonen“, Kutschenwerkstatt, Gelsenkirchen/Germany• 12. Internationale Künstlersymposium, Atelier an der Donau, Ybbs/Austria• „Behind the sketch“ ( „Hinter der Skizze“), Galerie espace38, Biel/Switzerland• „Safrin +Kroll“, Gutshaus Steglitz, Berlin/Germany• „short story“, Galleri Korinth, Faaborg/Denmark• „Behind the sketch“ ( „Hinter der Skizze“), Historisches Rathaus Hochstadt, Maintal/Germany• Multiply by Sharing IX, Werkplaats K, Kerkrede/Netherlands•BarbaraKrollund Susumo Ohira, 10 dence gallery, Dordrecht/Netherlands• Joint exhibition with Melanie Delgado, Richard Treater, Tom Romeo and Laurie Sheridan, Green Kill Gallery, Kingston/USA• BBK Gallery, Frankfurt am Main/Germany• “Place”, Gallery Morning, Kyoto/Japan Wall Projects, Monroe/Scotland, Great Britain Global Art Paper 3, Villa Dahlbusch and carriage workshop, Gelsenkirchen, joint exhibition with Andrew Crane, Edward Syty, Anneke Balvert Joint exhibition with Tom Romeo, Eric Archer and Robert Tomlison, Green Kill Gallery, Kingston/USA
