Renate Kohl Art

The artist was born in Frankfurt/Main (Germany), but spent most of her life in Brussels (Belgium) where she studied Schilderkunst at the RHoK Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Brussel with Pol Verzwijver, Marc Vanderleenen, Oxana Taran, Lieve van Tienen and Jan Verbruggen. Since 2020 she is based in Berlin. In 2023, she joined the association of female artists, Gedok.

 

After graduating, she got her first studio at the Flemish artists' association w-o-l-k-e and found out that working with many layers of acrylic paint and collage may stand for the process of painting itself, building up a history of the image. It can be wiped out or painted over, scraped off or scratched to expose deeper layers. Parts can be protected by tape, so that they remain untouched by actions, fate, and trauma. There are random effects such as drops, splashes, and impurities as well as intended interventions ranging from bold compositions to large-scale overlays. This approach corresponds to the emergence of memory from perception, its emotionally oriented interpretation, and its use in the sense of ritualized remembrance or even indoctrination. The viewer is invited to identify and interpret layer by layer, like an archaeologist. For Renate Kohl, painting has become a means of exploring the world. Since settling down in Berlin in 2020, she holds a workplace in the Kreativ-Fabrik in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.