Yellow Land by the Lake - Gelbes Land am See – Painting by Skadi Engeln

"I often set aside works I have started, feeling at a loss—at a loss as to how to continue them. The creative process has stalled; my vision has become entangled. I can no longer see where the work might lead.

Later, I bring them out again and view them with fresh eyes—influenced by other intervening works, observations, and research—allowing me to see them anew and let them evolve further. From this process emerged landscapes both discovered and invented, dreamlike worlds, incongruous reflections, and freely associated forms and figures."

Skadi Engeln studied sculpture under Robert van de Laar and painting under Michael Kohr and Hermanus Westendorp at FH Ottersberg from 1990 to 1995. She lives and works in Berlin and France. From 1995 to 1997, she worked as a freelance painter and sculptor in Bochum and Essen. Since 1995, she has operated a summer studio in La Grande Preugne/St. Jeanvrin, Berry, France, and has been working as a freelance painter in Berlin since 1998.

In 2004, she founded and directed the Galerie Ephemer in Berlin-Wuppertal. Since 2008, she has been a member of BKK Berlin and from 2009 to 2011, she directed the Galerie Frenhofer in Berlin. From 2011 to 2013, she had a studio in Paris Belleville and in 2012, she was awarded the Prix Boesner, aab, Paris. In 2017, she founded the "Kunstsalon am Weißen See" and in 2021, the "Kunstsalon am Berg im Tal". Additionally, she is a member of the Kunstverein Ottobrunn.

In her artistic work, Engeln focuses on multifaceted, travel-inspired paintings that explore the tension between balance and disruption, and thematize the beauty and vulnerability of our world. Since 2012, she has complemented her paintings with multi-colored woodcuts and screen prints, which allow her to create playful and associative collages of various motifs, finding their way back into her paintings.