Exhibitions
Exhibition with Gallery Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf 2024
“Colour Turns Me On”
The exhibition "Colour Turns Me On" at the gallery Beck & Eggeling in Düsseldorf is a vivid celebration of Colour Field painting, marking the gallery's 30th anniversary. It presents the works of Sylke von Gaza, Hal Busse, Ulrike Arnold, and Rossella Vasta, each offering unique interpretations of this art form. The show explores the dynamic use of colour as a primary means of expression, inviting viewers to experience the emotive and sensory impact of hues and shades in contemporary art. This exhibition marks the first collaboration between Sylke von Gaza and Beck & Eggeling Gallery.
HIGHLIGHTS Munich 2023
International Art Fair with Gallery Drawing Room
At Munich's International Art Fair HIGHLIGHTS, the Hamburg-based Gallery Drawing Room is showing several works of the artist Sylke von Gaza. You find the gallery at booth C12, alongside works of other artists such as Anke Röhrschied, Nora Schattauer, Asana Fujikawa, Manfred Holtfrerich, or Rolf Rose.
Solo Exhibition at Sotheby’s
“INTRO | RETRO | SPECTIVE”
At the invitation of Sotheby's, the artist Sylke von Gaza is showing large-format abstract oil paintings from various artistic cycles at her exhibition INTRO I RETRO I SPECTIVE. This is the Hamburg-born artist's first exhibition in her hometown. In the Hamburg branch of the venerable auction house, director Stefanie Busold is launching a new format. This offers the international artist an exciting platform for her return to the Hanseatic city after more than three decades.
Exhibition Sprengel Museum Hannover 2021
“BIG!” with Sylke von Gaza’s Lucifero
The Sprengel Museum Hannover is showing a selection of spectacular large scale works from its own collection.The thematic arc ranges from Color Field Painting and Geometric Abstraction over Expressive Figuration and Photorealism to Landscape Paintings. Many works, including several new acquisitions, are being shown for the first time ever or have not been seen for many years.
Exhibition Palazzo Martinengo Fortuny, Venezia 2019
“Early Works” for Venice Art Biennale
Sylke von Gaza's early work reflects her excessive preoccupation with the reductionist approaches of Robert Ryman or the conceptualized emotionality of Agnes Martin. In von Gaza's workgroup Early Works, the genesis of her typical "Veil Paintings"-form can be traced. For this 2019 Biennale season, a selection of Sylke von Gaza's Early Works is on display in Palazzo Martinengo Fortuny, an inconspicuous, run-down palazzo facing the Grand Canal in Venice, situated between the Guggenheim Museum and the Pinault Collection's Punta della Dogana.
Project "Il Nido", Gedächtniskirche, Berlin 2019
“Il Nido im blauen Schein des Hohlen Zahn”
The installation Il Nido by the artist Sylke von Gaza stopped in spring 2019 in the Berlin Gedächtniskirche at Breitscheitplatz. As the highlight of the stay in the architectural ensemble of the church designed by Egon Eiermann, Il Nido rested hanging freely in the old tower ruin ("Hohler Zahn"). At the invitation of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation and paris of the Gedächtniskirche zu Berlin, the installation was ceremoniously opened at a vernissage on Saturday 27 April 2019 (Gallery Weekend Berlin 2019) and remained open to the public at this special location until Pentecost. This continued the journey of the nest, which had begun in 2017 in the Basilica Santa Maria della Salute in Venice as part of the Padiglioni Paralleli of the Biennale.
Exhibition Galerie Biederman, München 2019
“Velvet & Paper”
Galerie Biedermann presented the exhibition Velvet & Paper by the artist Sylke von Gaza on her Munich premises. In the gallery's third exhibition on the artist's work, part of the workgroup Oil on Paper was shown for the first time. These works enable to gain a deep understanding of Sylke von Gaza's painting, especially the aspect of colour layering. The vulnerability inherent in her work, which sometimes remains hidden behind her powerful brushstrokes in the artist's oil paintings, strongly emerges in these works on paper and recalls the Colorfield tradition of a Helen Frankenthaler.
Exhibition Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venezia 2018
“Gabriel & Lucifero. The most precious Pigment of Renaissance Venice”
Sylke von Gaza's solo exhibition Gabriel & Lucifero. The most precious Pigment of Renaissance Venice took place at Palazzo Contarini Polignac in Venice in April and Mai 2018. Working with the ultramarine pigment, Sylke von Gaza created a series of abstract oil paintings that reference the tradition of the Old Masters and their use of this very precious pigment for the iconic blue veil and mantle of the Madonna, which symbolised the Virgin’s purity and status as the eternal Queen of Heaven.
Exhibition Museo Riso, Cappella dell'Incoronazione, Palermo 2018
BIAS, Biennale Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea Sacra e delle Religioni Dell'Umanità
For the second edition of BIAS, Biennale Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea Sacra e delle Religioni Dell'Umanità, 2018 in Palermo, Sylke von Gaza's contribution Camael Red Veil Triptych has been chosen to be shown in Cappella dell'Incoronazione del Museo Riso in Palermo, integrated in the Padiglione Filosofico.
Project "Il Nido", Basilica Santa Maria della Salute, Venezia 2017/18
“A Pilgrimage towards Equilibrium”
At the invitation of the Seminario Patriarcale di Venezia, artist Sylke von Gaza started creating the art project Il Nido. A Pilgrimage towards Equilibrium. The Basilica Santa Maria della Salute became the site of a contemporary art installation for the first time. The wandering nest is built from driftwood gathered piece by piece throughout the Venetian Lagoon. The large iridescent pearlescent eggs are made of Murano Glass executed with the help of Maestro vetraio Silvano Signoretto of Berengo glass furnace in Murano. The project is curated by the Swiss Renaissance historian Julian Bruno Vogel together with the architect and director of the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art in Venice don Gianmatteo Caputo (for Venezia) and is supported by the Curia Patriarcale di Venezia.
Fair Art Cologne 2017 with Galerie Hans Strelow
Renowned art dealer Hans Strelow invited Sylke von Gaza to participate with his gallery at Art Cologne 2017 art fair. In Galerie Hans Strelow booth Sylke von Gazas work was shown together with works by Frank Stella, Imi Knoebel, Günther Uecker, Gotthard Graubner, Raimund Girke, Emil Schumacher & Norbert Kricke.
Exhibition Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf 2016/17
“Behind the Curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance. From Titian to Cristo”
In 2016/17 Sylke von Gaza was invited to participate with two large scale Veil Painting works in the exhibition Behind the Curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance. From Titian to Cristo at Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. The exhibition was curated by General Director Beat Wismer and Claudia Blümle, Professor at the Institute of Art and Visual Studies of Humboldt Universität in Berlin.
Private View Villa von Schulthess-Bodmer, Zürich 2016
In April 2016, Sylke von Gaza was invited by the owner family of the Villa von Schluthess-Bodmer in Seefeld Zürich. In the oldfashioned mäzenatisch manner, a private view was held and Sylke von Gaza was introduced to an exclusive circle of Zurich art collectors. On this occasion, works from Sylke von Gaza’s Veil Painting series were shown in Switzerland for the first time.
Project "Beyond the Veil", Chiesa San Lio, Venezia 2015
Work Commission for Cappella Gussoni
In 2015, during the Venice Biennale, the Curia Patriarcale di Venezia commissioned a permanent work contribution by Sylke von Gaza to the Gussoni Renaisscance chapel in Chiesa San Lio, an old Venetian church nearby Rialto. Therefore, the artist was creating in situ three-panel paintings for the Gussoni family chapel (Gussoni Red Veil Paintings Triptych) during the 2015 Venice Art Biennale - following old artistic traditions.
Project "Power of Glass", München 2013
Glass work with Hofglasmalerei Gustav van Treeck
In 2013, Sylke von Gaza was invited to participated in the project "Power of Glass" by venerable Hofglasmalerei Gustav van Treeck in Munich with the aim to adapt her Red Veil Paintings into the language of glass. She created two large scale glass objects, the Red Veil Rose window and the Red Veil Mosaic. The works have been shown in the Carmelite Church of St. Nicholas in Munich.
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