Gabriele Aulehla
1963
born in Munich
1984 - 1988
Studied at the University of Applied Sciences for Design, Würzburg (Diploma)
1989 - 1994
Studied at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (Städelschule), Frankfurt am Main with Raimer Jochims, Isa Genzgen, Ludger Gerdes and Thomas Bayrle (master student)
1994
Studied at the Cooper Union in New York City (fine arts)
1995/2001
Studio residency New York, Brooklyn
2007
Guest lecturer at the Free Academy, Hanover
2011 – 2012
Lectureship at the Städelschule Academy of Fine Arts, Frankfurt am Main
since 2013
Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts, Frankfurt am Main
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2023
Slow motion, Frankfurt am Main Regional Tax Office
2021
Farblicht, Exhibition Hall 1A, Frankfurt am Main
2018
Painting, Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
2015
New Pictures, Appel Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
2013
bright days - dark days, Gallery in the Gallus Center, Frankfurt am Main
2011
Art in the gravel works, Ammerbuch
2009
Exhibition Hall 1a, Frankfurt am Main
2007
Gallery k9 contemporary art, Hanover
heimspiel, Frankfurt am Main
2005
Exhibition space wildwechsel, Frankfurt am Main
2004
Art staircase, Frankfurt am Main
2002
Exhibition room Schützenhof, Bad Ems
2001
Painting/Painting, Hilgemann Gallery, Berlin
2000
Gallery Hartwich, Sellin/Rügen
Gallery in the gate, Emmendingen/Freiburg
Kolster Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
1997
Mural on the Comtainer station, Cologne
IG Metall Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
1996
GOOP exhibition space, Frankfurt am Main
1995
studio closing, New York Brooklyn
1993
Halfmannshof artists' housing estate, Gelsenkirchen
1992
Forum 1822, Frankfurt am Main
1991
Producers Gallery, Munich
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024
The Restlessness of the Eye, Seeing (2), Atelier Frankfurt, Project Space
2023
See, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
2022
only striped, Gallery m50, Oberursel
50 years of daring young art, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt a.M.
Edith Stein, Stams Abbey Museum, Tyrol, Austria
2020
Lustwandel, Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
2019
Musterhaft, Exhibition Hall, Frankfurt am Main
Lustwandel, Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
2017
200 years of the Städelschule - 200 artists, Galerie perpétuel, Frankfurt am Main
On the inequality of the similar in art, Galerie Appel, Frankfurt am Main
2016
friendly footage, Gerisch Foundation, Neumünster
Accrochage, Appel Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
2015
Gallery Appel as guest 2015, Kunstverein, Bad Nauheim
2014
Artists in love, art ship, Rotterdam
UTA, Kunsthalle Weissensee, Berlin
2013
Painting today, Kunsthalle Rhein-Main, Offenbach
Artists in love, Süddeutscher Kunstverein, Reusten
Kunsthalle Weissensee, Berlin
2012
Family reunion, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
2010
On the subject of painting, AusstellungsHalle, Frankfurt am Main
2009
My Generation, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt am Main
2008
True Colors, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg
Rushing guests, works of art, Berlin
My Generation, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt am Main
2007
it takes something to make something - the Rausch Collection, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
On the Happiness of Unreason, Galerie Appel, Frankfurt am Main
2006
Exhibition Hall 1a, Frankfurt am Main
Exhibition space wildwechsel, Frankfurt am Main
2005
Gallery k9 contemporary art, Hanover
2004
Frankfurt abstract, Exhibition Hall 1a, Frankfurt am Main
2002
Favorite Pictures, Exhibition Hall 1a, Frankfurt am Main
1999
Family constellation, 2yk-Gallery, Kunstfabrik, Berlin
support on paper, Galerie Kolster, Frankfurt am Main
1998
Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems
Art Frankfurt, Aidsstiftung, Frankfurt am Main
1994
xxxxxx-change, Cooper Union, New York
1992
Class Jochims, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main
STIPENDIES
1996
Artists' Aid, Frankfurt am Main
1998
Scholarship at Balmoral Castle, Bad Ems
2000/2001
Working scholarship from the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art
2020
Working grant from the Hessian Cultural Foundation
In her paintings, Gabriele Aulehla (* 1963) combines crossed color gradients in arcs and waves. The former master student of Thomas Bayrle lays several translucent layers of paint on top of each other in a reduced color scheme, bright areas stand out like lights. As clear and precise as the proportions and colors are, the overall structure appears surprisingly animated. What is reminiscent of lights and shadows from a distance is revealed as the materiality of her painting when viewed up close.
For over two decades, the artist was known for her vertical color surfaces and gradients. About seven years ago, she began to intersect the color gradients, eventually also in the form of arcs and waves. Whereas previously the individual color values were her main focus, it is now the combination of a few colors in conjunction with movement that Gabriele Aulehla brings to the canvas in up to 100 layers. The inspiration for her paintings comes from concrete perceptions of nature, such as a chestnut tree in spring or the hue of a body of water, or from emotional experiences such as a particularly beautiful encounter or the death of someone close to her.
Even if she does not give her paintings titles so as not to restrict the freedom of viewing, the specific occasions can still be guessed at. What all her works have in common is a subtle irritation of vision that captivates the viewer in a peculiar way. This subjective pull is what makes her painting unique: in trying to fathom this effect by looking at it, one ends up in the heart of her painting. The modulation of the colors results in a spatial effect that leads from the completely abstract painting of the acrylic paint to representationally perceptible patterns. From close up, however, the brushstroke remains visible.
