Statement
My works emerge from the placement of a figure, set on colour-prepared grounds and woven into them through the painterly process. Through layering, superimposition, and the dissolution of contours, the figure shifts from the corporeal toward an open, atmospheric presence. Perception lies at the centre: figures become states that oscillate between presence and dissolution. Tempera on chalk ground and transparent wax layers create surfaces with distinctive depth and luminosity. Similarly, in my clay sculptures, which are painted with multiple layers of colour, material, pigment, and form all contribute to the atmospheric effect. In my artist books, image, text, and material merge into narrative and sensorial spaces. Across all media, visual and experiential spaces unfold in which figuration and abstraction interweave and fleeting, multilayered perception becomes possible.
Working Method, Technique
My working method is characterized by a process-oriented approach.
I rarely begin with a finished motif—instead, I develop images layer by layer, allowing for coincidence and then consciously working against it again. This shift between control and letting go is central to my practice.
Materiality plays an essential role: painting, drawing, mixed media, and book-art techniques flow into one another.
I am interested in how surfaces store stories—through overpainting, scratching, densification, and transparency, structures emerge that create a sense of temporal depth.
Many of my works move within the tension between figuration and abstraction. They revolve around themes such as inner experience, bodies of memory, transformation, and the unspoken.
Vita
Gerlind Hentze (born 1961 in Halle) is a visual artist who lives and works in Glienicke/Nordbahn (Brandenburg).
From 2019 to 2024 she studied at the Academy for Painting Berlin, completing her studies as a master student under Andreas Amrhein.
She received scholarships in 2022 from the Free Academy of Fine Arts Carinthia in Klagenfurt (Austria) and in 2015 at the international art days “Art Without Borders” in Reymontówka (Poland).
In 2016 she was awarded the 1st Prize for Painting in the European Cultural Competition of the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
In 2026, Gerlind Hentze will take on a teaching position at the Academy for Painting Berlin.
Since 2024, she has been a member of the Brandenburg Association of Visual Artists (BVBK) and GEDOK Berlin. Her works have been shown in numerous national and international exhibitions, nominated several times for art awards, and are represented in both public and private collections.
Exhibitions
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Year |
Title |
Institution |
Location |
G|E|D |
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2025 |
Members’ Exhibition 2025 |
Badischer Kunstverein |
Karlsruhe, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Angels |
a|e Gallery |
Potsdam, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
BAAM #10 |
Kühlhaus Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Winter Exhibition |
Stiftung Starke Löwenpalais |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Is Art Female? |
Kunstverein Coburg |
Coburg, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
artbook.berlin |
Kunstquartier Bethanien |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Forgetting and Memory / Composition |
GEDOK Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
The Sublime Essence of Light and Darkness |
XV Florence Biennale |
Florence, IT |
G |
|
2025 |
Connections to 200 Years of Contemporaneity |
Württembergischer Kunstverein |
Stuttgart, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Bridging Cultures |
Kühlhaus Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
New Additions |
GEDOK Gallery Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Dream – Reality – Artificial Worlds |
GEDOK Gallery Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Traces 2 |
GEDOK Gallery Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
ARTMUC Spring |
Art Fair |
Munich, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Welcome |
[M] Producers’ Gallery, BBK Brandenburg |
Potsdam, DE |
G |
|
2025 |
Spring Lets its Blue Ribbon… |
Kunsthalle Kempten |
Kempten, DE |
G |
|
2024 |
Stillness |
Galerie Salon Halit Art |
Berlin-Kreuzberg, DE |
D |
|
2024 |
Public Final Presentation |
Academy of Painting Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
E |
|
2024 |
artbook.berlin |
Kunstquartier Bethanien |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2024 |
Retrospect 12 of the Brandenburg Art Award |
Rathausgalerie Hoppegarten |
Hoppegarten, DE |
G |
|
2024 |
Metamorphosis |
Spandau Citadel |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2024 |
Beauties and Cuties |
Academy of Painting Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2023 |
Art in the Rotunda |
Deutsche Rentenversicherung |
Frankfurt (Oder), DE |
G |
|
2023 |
Women in Focus |
Rathaus-Galerie Glienicke/Nordbahn |
Glienicke/Nordbahn, DE |
G |
|
2023 |
Vision and Reality |
Academy of Painting Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2022 |
Public Master Admission Presentation |
Academy of Painting Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
E |
|
2022 |
BV Gallery of the Professional Association of Visual Artists |
BV Gallery |
Carinthia, AT |
G |
|
2020 |
Public Presentation of the Main Course |
Academy of Painting Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
E |
|
2019–2017 |
Various Group Exhibitions |
incl. Rathausgalerie Hoppegarten, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, FNK Berlin |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2017 |
Almost Silent |
Zimmer 16 / camera dell’arte |
Berlin, DE |
E |
|
2016–2012 |
Regional and International Group Exhibitions |
incl. Berlin, Oranienwerk Oranienburg, Jerez de la Frontera, Seville, Torremolinos, Kirchberg am Wagram, Masovia, Müllheim, Hohen Neuendorf |
DE / ES / AT / PL |
G |
|
2015 |
Length of Stay |
Bürgerhaus Alte Feuerwache |
Hennigsdorf, DE |
E |
|
2014 |
Long Night of the Studios |
Kunstzentrum Tegel Süd |
Berlin, DE |
G |
|
2009 |
Praterpleinair |
Galerie Parterre |
Berlin, DE |
G |
Awards and Nominations
2025 – ART
POWERS FUTURE / German Art Prize 2024/25, nomination (Category: Sculpture)
2024 – Nomination, Art Prize of the Association Arbeitskreis Spandauer Künstler, Berlin
2024 – Nomination, 2nd Hoppegarten Art Prize, Berlin
2024 / 2023 / 2022 – Nominations, ART A10 / Brandenburg Art Prize, Wildau
2016 – 1st Prize in Painting, European Cultural Competition, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Spain)
2014 – 1st Finalist in Watercolor, European Cultural Competition, Torremolinos
Fellowships
2022 – Free Academy of Fine Arts
Carinthia, Klagenfurt (Austria)
2015 – International Art Days “Art Without Borders,” Reymontówka (Poland)
Collections
Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social
Affairs
Municipality of Reymontówka (Poland)
Municipality of Glienicke/Nordbahn
Private collections (national & international)
Publications / Press
2025 – Art.Salon: “XV Florence Biennale – Quiet Elegance and Fragile Beauty”, October 15
2025 – Art.Salon: “Bridging Cultures – The Fleeting as Constant”, Berlin, September 9
2025 – Art.Salon: “Gerlind Hentze at ARTMUC – Metaphors of Life”, Munich, April 28
2025 – Art.Salon: “Three Exhibitions with Gerlind Hentze – Art Between the Visible and the Hidden”, March 19
2024 – Art.Salon: “Gerlind Hentze at artbook.berlin – In the Change of the Leaves”, November 18
2024 – Exhibition catalog Metamorphosis, Association Arbeitskreis Spandauer Künstler, Berlin
2024 – Final Catalog, Academy of Painting Berlin
Memberships
Since
2024 – Brandenburg Association of Visual Artists (BVBK)
Since 2024 – GEDOK Berlin
Since 2025 – Artists’ Association Dresden
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