Malte Renz

Studio U4

Painting

Artist Statement 

I work with colors and surfaces. 

In mixed media of egg tempera and oil on chalk or acrylic grounded canvas and wood, I use colors in points, lines and planes. For me, trying and probing different media is essential for the process of painting and essential for painting itself. Alternating between painting and different print techniques such as monotype, lithograph, aquatint and etching, I develop series of figures, heads, animals, and landscapes. The motives are derived from daily life experiences, i.e., waiting people at the bus stop, animals from the farm I worked on, landscapes of the area I grew up in. 

Education     

2003                           Academy Letter (Diploma)        

1997-2003                  Fine Arts/ Painting with Prof. Markus Lüpertz at Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, Germany

Awards and Fellowships

Nov 2020-                  Artist in Residence at CASP (Cubberley Artist Studio Program), Palo Alto, CA, USA

Dec 2007-April 2008  Guest Fellowship/ Artist in Residence at Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart, Germany 

2003                           Travel Award, German Academic Scholarship Foundation: 4-month stay in Rome, Italy

2002                           Master Pupil of Prof. Markus Lüpertz at Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, Germany

Recent Works 

Aquatint and gum arabic; 19.8 x 14.5 cm; 2020

Egg tempera and oil on canvas; 62 x 44 cm; 2020

Aquatint; 19.8 x 14.5 cm; 2020

Egg tempera and oil on canvas; 62 x 44 cm; 2020

Contact Malte

Website

www.malterenz.com

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