Tina Oelker

Tina Oelker, born 1973 in Westphalia, is a German artist, based in Hamburg. Her ability to create things from within and to simply dare to do so already characterized her in her youth. Detached from family and other norms, she is constantly reinventing herself and experimenting in various disciplines. Her galleries "Durchgang“ and "Hafentor7“ were her first large and public projects. With the launch of "1000 Hasen" (Hares) Tina gained greater attention. She completed the 1000 originals at the end of 2014 and has been painting abstractly ever since. Both the variety of her hares and her entire repertoire of the last 30 years result in a painting that is entirely her own. She creates a series of vital and powerful paintings in interaction with poetry, prose, concepts and current happenings. The artist often takes up her works again and integrates them into ongoing processes. This results in entire work complexes that she consciously creates and assigns independently of linear time sequences. The artist is often in self-experimentation. As with method acting, Tina captures the themes layer by layer. She then renders them in her abstract way to reveal their authenticity.