Svenja Deininger

Svenja Deininger is an Austrian abstract painter known for her minimalist and geometric compositions.

Biography of Svenja Deininger

Svenja Deininger was born in 1974. Between 2000 and 2003, Svenja Deininger pursued her artistic education at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany under the guidance of Professor Albert Oehlen. Before that, from 1996 to 2000, she also studied at Kunstakademie Münster in Germany, where Professor Timm Ulrichs served as her mentor.

Here are some selected solo exhibitions by Svenja Deininger: Milano, Italy, Schiavo Zoppelli Gallery: Quotes (2022); New York, NY, Marianne Boesky Gallery: Svenja Deininger: In Between, Repeated (2021); Vienna, Austria, Galerie Martin Janda: Svenja Deininger: Today, One Month Ago (2020); Reggio Emilia, Italy, Collezione Maramotti: Svenja Deininger: Two Thoughts (2020); New York, NY, Boesky Gallery: Crescendo (2018); Milan, Italy, Federica Schiavo Gallery: Svenja Deininger: Second Sentence (2017); Omaha, NE, Joslyn Art Museum: Svenja Deininger (2017); Vienna, Austria, Galerie Martin Janda: Svenja Deininger (2017), among others.

Deininger received several prestigious awards and recognitions, including Artist in Residency, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium (2012); Staatsstipendium des bmukk, Vienna, Austria (2012); Strabag Award, Vienna, Austria (2012); Studio Programm CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain (2011); Georg Eisler-Preis der Bank Austria, Vienna, Austria (2010), among others.

In 2017, Deininger was honored as the recipient of the Recognition of Art by Women award.

Svenja Deininger's Art Style

In her artistic process, Deininger starts by applying layers of base coats along with a single abstract form, which can take the shape of a shadow or evoke a memory. This enchanting progression unfolds almost magically, with brushstrokes and gestural styles often absent, allowing the art to manifest organically. 

The resulting intimate abstractions consistently display the intensity that a painting can achieve within a larger space, with its edges being the only clue to how it was created and the atmosphere it conveys.

The captivating abstract paintings by Svenja Deininger reveal fields of serene colors, ranging from beige and turquoise to soft gray and straw yellow. These tranquil hues are artfully divided by meandering lines of black or gold, adding a beguiling charm to her artistic creations.

In the exhibition "Second Chances First Impressions," the artworks feature globular or flat landscape-like shapes, surfaces, and distinct stripes, which are deliberately abstracted and fragmented. These elements appear to float like enigmatic pieces of a metaphysical puzzle within the gallery space, especially evident in the larger untitled works. Notably, one piece in the exhibition is constructed in such a way that it incorporates the gallery wall itself as an integral part of its intriguing and elusive narrative.