Sophie Mangelsen
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Sophie Mangelsen

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Biography

Painting to smooth jazz rhythms, Sophie Mangelsen creates her own and typical gestural abstractions with constant visual interest of subtle minimalism and jazzy elegance. 

Mangelsen's informal art appeals to introspection and evokes a both inner and outer dialogue with the viewer. 

Mind? Psyche? Consciousness? 
Through her artwork, Sophie Mangelsen depicts the poles of human existence and perception, including the unconscious. She interprets and appeals to introspection. 

Here, perception is deconstructed, reduced to the essential and the fragments reassembled. Harmony and disharmony, balance and imbalance - inner landscapes of the complexity of the mind. As an artist and psychologist inspired by that plurality, her work reflects an impulsive yet tranquil sense of being as well as conscious and unconscious paths of mind in a contemporary informal art style. 

Characteristic are the tensions between light and shadow and a return to organic, feminine forms.  As in inner landscapes, the works depict feelings at a certain point in time and emphasize their contrasts. 
Through the plurality between shadow and euphoria, her informal style is directed towards an impulsive search for meaning, striving for peace. 

The reading of the works lies in our gaze, nourished by what comes from within and what meets us from the outside. 

"I dismantle my perception, reduce it to the essential and reassemble the fragments. Harmony and disharmony, balance and imbalance - alternating baths of alert minds. In complementary nuances of white, the tensions between light and shadow are characteristic, as are structures suggesting my return to clear forms and elements. My interest focuses on the search which lies beyond our journey to material. Like internal landscapes, my picture depicts emotions at a certain point in time and highlights their contrasts.“ 

Sophie Mangelsen, from Berlin, studied at the Université Paris VIII and the University of Leipzig and found her form of expression in painting already in her youth - in 2005 she won the Federal Prize at the 50th European Competition in Art. 

Having lived, painted and studied in Berlin, Paris and Leipzig, her paintings have been shown at international exhibitions throughout Europe and most recently China. The values of painting led her to experimenting with various techniques and material and evolving throughout her artistic career. Dedicated to the exploration and the freedom of the abstract form, she employs bold forms of colour and process to create. 

Her current works are all in high quality acrylic technique on canvas and wooden stretched frames, carefully protected by special varnish, also in bigger formats. 

The artist lives in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg and on the island Usedom.

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Painting, Jazz On, Sophie Mangelsen

Jazz On

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$631

Print, Invincible summer III, Sophie Mangelsen

Invincible summer III

Sophie Mangelsen

Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$345

Painting, La légèreté III, Sophie Mangelsen

La légèreté III

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 150 x 110 x 2.2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.9 inch

$1,667

Painting, Le rêve, Sophie Mangelsen

Le rêve

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,548

Painting, Meet me in my garden, Sophie Mangelsen

Meet me in my garden

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$941

Painting, Perfect Day, Sophie Mangelsen

Perfect Day

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$857 $771

Painting, Easy breeze, Sophie Mangelsen

Easy breeze

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 80 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$821 $739

Painting, Contemporary Minimalism, Sophie Mangelsen

Contemporary Minimalism

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 115 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

$702

Painting, Rays Of A Morning Light, Sophie Mangelsen

Rays Of A Morning Light

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 120 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch

$1,488 $1,339

Painting, Whispers under the pear tree, Sophie Mangelsen

Whispers under the pear tree

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 140 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch

$1,655

Painting, Subjective - XII, Sophie Mangelsen

Subjective - XII

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

$691

Painting, Berlin november, Sophie Mangelsen

Berlin november

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

$655

Painting, Tales We Carry, Sophie Mangelsen

Tales We Carry

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 120 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch

$3,453

Painting, INNER GARDEN - II, Sophie Mangelsen

INNER GARDEN - II

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$1,131

Painting, Kreuzberg Blues No. 2, Sophie Mangelsen

Kreuzberg Blues No. 2

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$964

Painting, Contemporary twenties - III, Sophie Mangelsen

Contemporary twenties - III

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.9 inch

$1,024

Painting, Spree Waves, Sophie Mangelsen

Spree Waves

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,167 $1,050

Print, Invincible summer III, Sophie Mangelsen

Invincible summer III

Sophie Mangelsen

Print - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$345

Painting, ORI, Sophie Mangelsen

ORI

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$464

Painting, Contemporary twenties - VI, Sophie Mangelsen

Contemporary twenties - VI

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$536 $482

Painting, Aéré, Sophie Mangelsen

Aéré

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$167

Painting, An autumn composition, Sophie Mangelsen

An autumn composition

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$274 $246

Painting, Contemporary twenties - V, Sophie Mangelsen

Contemporary twenties - V

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$536 $482

Painting, Contemporary twenties - IV, Sophie Mangelsen

Contemporary twenties - IV

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$500 $450

Painting, Subjective - XIV, Sophie Mangelsen

Subjective - XIV

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$548

Painting, Kreuzberg Blues No. 5, Sophie Mangelsen

Kreuzberg Blues No. 5

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$417

Painting, Blues' note, Sophie Mangelsen

Blues' note

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

$298

Painting, Kreuzberg blues, Sophie Mangelsen

Kreuzberg blues

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Autumn Timeless, Sophie Mangelsen

Autumn Timeless

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Summer on my mind, Sophie Mangelsen

Summer on my mind

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Contempoorary twenties, Sophie Mangelsen

Contempoorary twenties

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Loving couple, Sophie Mangelsen

Loving couple

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Sunday feeling on a wednesday, Sophie Mangelsen

Sunday feeling on a wednesday

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Five, Sophie Mangelsen

Five

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Subjective - VIII, Sophie Mangelsen

Subjective - VIII

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch

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Painting, Printemps, Sophie Mangelsen

Printemps

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Kreuzberg monochrome, Sophie Mangelsen

Kreuzberg monochrome

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Sunday feeling on a monday II, Sophie Mangelsen

Sunday feeling on a monday II

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Sunday feeling on a tuesday, Sophie Mangelsen

Sunday feeling on a tuesday

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, La Légèreté (The Lightness), Sophie Mangelsen

La Légèreté (The Lightness)

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Subjective - X, Sophie Mangelsen

Subjective - X

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch

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Painting, Bathing at Night, Sophie Mangelsen

Bathing at Night

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Rouge, Sophie Mangelsen

Rouge

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, An die Hoffnung / To Hope, Sophie Mangelsen

An die Hoffnung / To Hope

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Inner garden, Sophie Mangelsen

Inner garden

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Terracotta - II, Sophie Mangelsen

Terracotta - II

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Jaipur, Sophie Mangelsen

Jaipur

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Subjective - VI, Sophie Mangelsen

Subjective - VI

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2.2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch

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Painting, La légèreté II, Sophie Mangelsen

La légèreté II

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, SOIRÉE VIN ROUGE, Sophie Mangelsen

SOIRÉE VIN ROUGE

Sophie Mangelsen

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

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