ARTBOX.PROJECT New York 1.0 Brigitte Kratochwill

Austrian Artist, Brigitte Kratochwill was a Music, Art, and German Language teacher in Salzburg until 1999. She led art projects for various institutions and became Headmistress of the Secondary Modern School Bürmoos, Salzburg (1999-2013). Kratochwill actively exhibits since 1988 in Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Luxembourg and South Africa including at the Galerie Artroom 21, Galerie Merikon, Galerie Artlet, BOS - Berlin Open Studio, Galerie M Beck, Art.Fair Köln, Luxembourg Art Week, ART Innsbruck, Luxembourg Art Fair, Galerie der Zülow Gruppe, Galerie ARTtime, ART MARKET Budapest, Galleria Spazio Libero 8, Galleria Merlino, Galleria Mentano, and Klebelsberg Cultural Center ,,Concentration - contemplation - metamorphosis traces of life - tracing a life In recent years these were the themes of my painting that kept coming back to me. When I paint I embark on a journey into my subconscious. I integrate sensory experiences into the painting process. What emerges is a confrontation with something like a reflection of my soul. Much gets rejected, altered. Letting go of cherished aspects in a pictures plays a major role. These overpaintings allow an intended multilayered quality to evolve, a search for what is essential, a process of reduction, of coming to rest. I employ my individual capacities to express truthfulness, coherence, visual authenticity." By applying many layers, Brigitte Kratochwill achieves the surface structure which she envisions. She intentionally overpaints finished parts of the picture to get to the essence. That which is hidden underneath, in a certain way always stays noticeable.