Josef Weidner

Biography

1958 Born in Neustadt an der Waldnaab

1980 Studied architecture/urban planning in Nuremberg and Frankfurt/Main

1987 Graduated as a graduate engineer

2000 Further artistic training

2006 Freelance work in Mühlheim/Main

Josef Weidner has already exhibited in Ratingen, Mühlheim am Main, Neu-Isenburg, Dietzenbach, Maintal, Berlin, Salzburg. Baden-Baden, Mannheim, Frankfurt am Main, Krefeld, Venice and Turin.

He participated in various virtual exhibitions:

Florence, Barcelona, Paris, London and Tokyo.

Artist Statement

My inspiration develops from my own imagination, or from the perceived world of poetry, nature or simply from my surroundings. They are predominantly abstract and surreal works, visionary worlds depicting bizarre or unfathomable figures and landscapes or formations that arise from the subconscious and allow for interpretation. Sometimes, however, geometric or organic shapes, lines and colours appear in my paintings. Over time, a very personal style has developed. My abstract works are partly painted in oil or acrylic colours. The motifs are mainly environmental and natural impressions, which later develop intuitively as fantasy images. The artwork itself develops out of a painting process, i.e. first the mental framework and the construction, the division of the sheets is roughly determined. During the intimate painting process, the overall work of art then emerges and is later gradually refined.

The exhibited works of art are stimulating, painterly impressions, which have a very specific dynamic, their own open process of development. For me, artistic inspiration, expression and free creation are very important in the first place. Often several materials flow into a total work of art. The overall composition is in the foreground.

They invite the viewer on a voyage of discovery through his or her own imagination and thus provide space for completely new interpretations of the pictures.

Country Germany

Website josef-weidner.com