Vera Christians
go@verachristians.eu
+351 919 925 846
+49 173 8664 863
Born in Germany, I studied Art History and Drama at the LMU in Munich and Fine Arts at the academies of Trier and Bad Reichenhall.
Exhibitions at many municipal and art galleries, art fairs and museums in Europe, mainly in Germany and Portugal, but also in Italy, France, Monaco and Hungary.
My work is best described as abstract expressionism, influenced mainly by female artists of the American Abstract Expressionism like Elaine de Kooning and Joan Mitchell, but also by the abundance of colours in the Algarve – and colour is my main subject.
My more figurative work is inspired by the marine fauna, mainly fish and lobsters, often incorporating different mediums, acrylics and crayons, charcoal, fabric and lace.
As a member of AAN since 2012, my work has concerned itself in recent years with environmental issues, like pollution, overfishing, endangered species, etc…
With AAN we have worked out projects with these topics and turned them into very successful exhibitions, shown in many of the Algarve’s important municipal galleries and museums, like Portimão and Faro.
I live and work in Germany and Portugal.
EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS (Selecção)
2018 | Treasures of the Sea, (Tesouros do Mar), Museu de Portimão |
Colour migrations 2018, WuBa Galerie, Wuppertal, Alemanha | |
2016 | New true colours, Galerie k49, Colónia, Alemanha |
Colour migrations, galeRIO, Ferragudo (catálogo) | |
2015 | My lobsters, Galeria Arte Algarve 2, Ferragudo |
2014 | Farbe bekennen, Casa das Artes ’thalhaus’, Wiesbaden, Alemanha |
2013 | Colour rhapsodies, Galerie Günter Macho, Düsseldorf, Alemanha |
2012 | True colours, Galerie ART im TAL, Wuppertal, Alemanha |
True colours, LOOXX* Magazin, Düsseldorf, Alemanha |
EXPOSIÇÕES COLETIVAS (Selecção)
2024 | Cor é Vida, Centro Cultural de Lagos |
Artistas pela esperança, Galeria Municipal Santo António, Monchique | |
2023 | Art Expo Algarve, Portimão |
2022 | Metamorfoses, Museu Municipal de Sintra |
Artistas pela esperança, Museu Regional de Faro | |
Artistas pela esperança, Centro Cultural António Aleixo, Vila Real de S.A. | |
2019 | Transformações na natureza II, Centro Cultural de Lagos (catálogo) |
Denizens of the Deep, Galeria BAMART, Albufeira | |
Transparências e Migrações, Museu de Traje, São Brás de Alportel | |
2018 | Transformações na Natureza II- da Memória à Vanguarda |
Transformações na Natureza II- da Memória à Vanguarda | |
2017 | Eis-nos, Museu Regional de Faro |
WERKART, Galeria Manufact, Colónia, Alemanha | |
2016 | Transformações na Natureza, Centro Cultural A.A., Vila Real Antônio |
2015 | Farbe, Licht und Gegenlicht‘, Banco Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal, (catálogo) |
ARTE NO AR / ART IN THE AIR, 50 ANOS AEROPRTO DE FARO (catálogo) | |
2014 | Da Terra e do Mar, Museu de Portimão |
ART MONACO, Forum Grimaldi, Monte Carlo |