Beyond the sea no. 2523, 2023

Anita Kaufmann  

I'm working as a professional freelance artist since 2003. 
In 2009 I changed my life and moved onto a sailing yacht with my husband and two kids. An incredible adventure began: 6 years, 30.000 nm / 55.000 km, 28 countries. Storms, waves, transatlantic passages, the almost incomprehensible size of the Pacific, weeks with no land in sight, isolated islands... but also vibrant cities like Sydney, Panama City and New York, where we anchored in the Hudson river in front of the skyline of Manhattan for months. I spent one and a half year in French-Polynesia and got familiar with the Polynesian culture: Don't rush, take your time, live the moment. 
Today I'm living and working in the wonderful medieval city Regensburg (world heritage) on an island in the river Danube.

Education:

Self-taught Artist,
further education:
Kunstakademie Bad Reichenhall - Germany
The University of Sydney - Australia

Awards & Distinctions:

2020 Octopus Energy Climate Change Prize - Nomination - Royal Academy of Arts - London

Exhibitions:

2020 Royal Academy of Arts - London - Exhibition Eco-Visionaries

2018 Aqua Art Miami - Miami Beach, FL 33139 - represented by Van Gogh Arts Gallery

2018 Discovery Art Fair / Frankfurt, represented by VanGoghArtGallery - Madrid

2018 Decembre Exhibition VanGoghArtGallery - Madrid / ESP

2018 March Exhibition "Woman in Transit" Eclectic Gallery - London / Notting Hill UK

Artistic Influences:

During the years on the sea I got inspired by the different cultures and people I met, as a result my work changed from abstract art to human faces. But sometimes I'm going back to my roots for abstract work. Mainly in elegant black & white, sometimes with colored accents, sometimes with silver/copper/gold leaves technique.

Tags:

Portrait, black and white, large, abstract, minimalism, set of 3, framed, texture, offwhite, acrylic painting.