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Overview"In my paintings, which are largely characterized by landscape, I consider my view of a world full of tensions while these hold the world together. I pursue a nature that consists of all the elements that surround us, as well as us humans."
Leipzig-based visual artist, Raffael Bader, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Germany, in 2019. He grew up in South Germany but traveled around in his youth. The change of location, which is also reflected in his longer stays abroad (Australia, Asia, and Latin America, among others), has a decisive influence on his work. Bader’s paintings deal with his view of a world full of tensions, while these tensions hold our world together. In 2020 he began exhibiting internationally, including in Switzerland and the USA. In 2020 he received the "Denkzeit" grant from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, and in 2021 he received a work scholarship from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn.
The artist writes: "I understand my painting as an open process, so I do not seek perfection, which would seem like the end of potential. Thus, I have realized that the possibility of imperfection leads me to an abstract way of working, where I can focus on the essentials and create works that invite the viewer to resonate with their own experience and inner state. In the process of creating an image, I look for what presents itself to me as the core elements of nature. I find this in landscapes and their colors, shapes, and lines, which awaken our longings while simultaneously containing the subtle presence of danger. Images emerge that originate from reality. However, not the one that is currently being experienced, but the reality that forms in me over time, manifesting itself in my paintings. The forms found move between strong abstraction and familiar structures.
Most of the paintings start with "notes," which are small, simple drawings that arise intuitively, then I decide whether I want to paint them. When I begin with these drawings, the painting quickly takes on a life of its own. I paint with oil paint and oil pencils on canvas. I use a medium that makes the oil paint water-miscible so that I can create very thin watery layers as well as thicker ones. In conjunction with the oil pencils, I can create different textures. It is important to me that the canvas does not appear completely covered in paint. I also work with different techniques on paper."
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Works
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A First Pale Summer Day, 2024 -
Blue Hour at the Lake, 2024
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Clear Stream in the Canyon, 2024
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Late Over the Trees, 2024
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Morning Mist, 2024
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Only Friendly Ghosts II, 2024
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Silent Floating Gleam, 2024
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Traveling Swiftly Together, 2024
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While Darkness Falls Asleep, 2024
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Wafting in the Sky, 2023 - 2024
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A Major Pink Cloud, 2023
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It Rests to Calm, 2023
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Nearby Rustling, 2023
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Red Boulder Ahead, 2023
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Through the Clutter, 2023
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Biography
EDUCATION
2009Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts (HGB), Leipzig, Germany. (Under the supervision of Prof. Ingo Meller)
Diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts (HGB), Leipzig, Germany.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
- Yiri Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, “TBD”
2024
- Enari Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, “Luminous Floating”
- Galerie Philipp Anders, Leipzig, “Enigmatic Stream”
- Alzueta Gallery Sèneca, Barcelona, Spain, “T-10 Project”
2023
- Contemporary Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, “Walk in Sizzling Air”
2022
- BWG Gallery, London, UK, “Roam Inaccessible Paths”
2021
- Rocket Science, Brooklyn, NY, USA, “Stormy Skies.”
2020- S1, Leipzig, Germany, “von hier aus sichtbar”
2019- Acht-Zwei, Leipzig, Germany “umfasste linien”
- Galerie Potemka, Leipzig, Germany, “geworden”
2018
- Ocka, Leipzig, Germany, “verlorenes bleibt”,
2016
- Ocka, Leipzig, Germany, “erinnere dich!”
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Rhodes Gallery, London, UK, “UPLANDS”
- Informality Gallery, London, UK, “antidote”
- Mini Gallery, Almere, Netherlands, “To Build a Home”
- BEERS at Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom, “The Landscape, Reimagined”
- Colstoun Art, Haddington, Scotland, “Resident I”
- Informality Gallery at Spinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, “Ember”
2023
- Delphian Gallery, Ligné, France, “Papier”
- Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona - Madrid, Spain, “New Landscapes”
- Enari Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, “Internal Encounters”
- Outset Gallery, Galway, Irelands, “Lost & Found”
- Galleria Annarumma, Naples, Italy, “ABSTRACTA”
- Movement, Hamamatsu, Japan, “All of the world we can see, or Umwelt”
2022
- ZFK, Leipzig, Germany, “Silky Lights”
- Blue Shop Cottage, London, United Kingdom, “Work On Paper 4” (online)
- Galerie Droste, KPM Berlin, Berlin, Germany, “Chronicles 4”
2021
- Blue Shop Cottage, London, United Kingdom, “Work On Paper 3” (online)
- Museum der bildenden Künste (MDBK), Leipzig, Germany, “Im Flutlicht”
- homerwares, London, United Kingdom, “home” (online)
- artespace, München, Germany, “The Colours of Spring” (online)
- Art City Works, London, UK, “In a New Light “ (online)
- Halle C01 Tapetenwerk, Leipzig, Germany, “Geschichtete Verortung”
- Brushes with Greatness, London, UK, “Into the Cosmere”
- Studi0, Switzerland, “2D” (online)
2020
- Studi0, St. Moritz, Switzerland, “Becoming Habits: Chapter One”
- Marram, “Resonant Strangeness” (online)
- raus.project and neu.form, Würzburg, Germany, “raus.project Vol. 5”
- A WAY Gallery, “The NOW” (online)
2019- KUB Galerie, Leipzig, Germany, “transform”
- Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany, “Diplomaustellung”
2018
- AKKU/ KV Gästezimmer e.V. , Stuttgart, Germany, “when two become one:
2017
- Gallery AdBK, Nürnberg, Germany, “Leipzig Transfer”
2016- Erfrischungsraum, Luzern, Switzerland, “Maifrische”
GRANTS
2021
Work scholarship, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2020
DENKZEIT, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Germany
SELF-PUBLISHED SOLO PUBLICATIONS
2024
Raffael Bader: Walk in Sizzling Air, 22 x 16,5cm, edition: 150
2022
Raffael Bader: ’22, 22.5 x 17 cm, edition: 100
2021
Raffael Bader: On Two Islands, 22 x 16,5 cm, edition: 100
2020
Raffael Bader: Traveling Museum Attendant, 19 x 12,5 cm, edition: 100
EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
2024
Raffael Bader: Luminous Floating, edition: 250, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced for Rafael
Bader’s solo exhibition “Luminous Floating” at Enari Gallery
2021Im Flutlicht, Historische Fotografie und zeitgenössische Kunst, Ausstellungskatalog.
Published by BSG Chemie Leipzig e.V.
2020
Winter Marathon, Becoming Habits Chapter 1, 2, 3, St. Moritz Switzerland.
Published by Studi0 GmbH
PARTICIPATION IN ART FAIRS
2025
- Art Rotterdam ’25 (with Enari Gallery), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2024
- Art Taipei ’24 (with Yiri Arts), Taipei, Taiwan
- TERRA II (with Enari Gallery), Burgundy, France
- Art Rotterdam ’24 (with Enari Gallery), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Art Athina ’24 (with Enari Gallery), Athens, Greece
- PAN Amsterdam ‘24 (with Enari Gallery), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023
- Art Taipei ’23 (with Yiri Arts), Taipei, Taiwan
- Art Athina ’23 (with Enari Gallery), Athens, Greece
- Enter Art Fair ’23 (with Minie Galerie), Copenhagen, Denmark
- Amsterdam Art Week ’23 (with Enari Gallery), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Beijing Contemporary ’23, (with Tong Gallery), Beijing, China
- Art Paris ’23 (with Enari Gallert), Paris, France
- London Art Fair (with Candida Stevens Gallery), London, UK
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Exhibitions
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Luminous Floating
Raffael Bader 25 October - 1 December 2024This new body of work reflects a leap further into Bader's study of light, its fleeting properties, and its relationship to nature and human perception. The exhibition title indicates the...Read more -
Internal Encounters
Raffael Bader and Thomas Mau 2 June - 8 July 2023Enari Gallery is proud to present Internal Encounters , a duo exhibition featuring the works of Raffael Bader (Germany, 1987) and Thomas Mau (Denmark, 1978). The exhibition showcases the artist's...Read more
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Publications
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Art fairs
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Art Rotterdam 2025
Rotterdam AHOY 27 - 30 March 2025We are pleased to announce that Enari Gallery will be participating in the 25th edition of Art Rotterdam, celebrating the new location at Rotterdam AHOY....Read more -
PAN Amsterdam
24 November - 1 December 2024Enari Gallery is delighted to participate in PAN Amsterdam 2024. For more than 35 years, PAN has created a global dialogue that allows art dealers,...Read more -
Art Athina 2024
19 - 23 September 2024Enari Gallery is delighted to participate in Art Athina 2024. One of the oldest art fairs in Europe, Art Athina has been active since its...Read more -
Art Rotterdam
Van Nelle Fabriek 1 - 4 February 2024Enari will be participating in Art Rotterdam 2024! We are pleased to announce that we will champion four artists at the fair: Raffael Bader, Johanna...Read more -
Art Athina 2023
14 - 17 September 2023Enari is proud to announce its inaugural participation at Art Athina! We will be exhibiting works by Raffael Bader, Johanna Bath, Lena Brazin, Bob Jonkers,...Read more -
Art Paris
GRAND PALAIS ÉPHÉMÈRE 30 March - 2 April 2023Enari Gallery is proud to present our first international art fair, Art Paris 2023! We will be exhibiting works by Thomas Mau and Raffael Bader....Read more
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