DENISE SCHELLMANN

As an artist I explore the smallest building blocks of life.

I draw the invisible, under the influence of my critical engagement with crystals and cells as a pharmaceutical chemist. They oscillate between order and chaos – between space and in-between-space.

From this synthesis of my scientific experiences with spontaneous, intuitive feeling during the process of creation, I develop a unique formal language that is both powerfully expressive and playfully delicate.
In lending them my creative, multimedia appreciation, I grant to elementary particles and microcosmic structures a specific identity and history – just as Cy Twombly gives expression to classical myths in his works.

My work is defined by complex, unplanned and never-corrected creative processes.  The characteristic dynamics of my drawings reflect the dialectic between art and science that has defined my life story.
I describe myself as a cartographer of my own intuitive processes: when the tool, the crayon, the needle or the camera take over, then everything becomes a drawing.
My diverse corpus of work can be experienced as graphic work, print, sculpture, installations, performance and video art.