Wiebke Mertens
Wiebke Mertens (b. 1997, Suhl) is a figurative painter. She studied Fine Arts at the University of the Arts (HfK) Bremen. Her paintings depict body parts, gestures, and sequences of interaction. They engage with bodily expression, the staging of bodies, and the ways in which bodies relate to one another. In 2024, she received the Karin Hollweg Prize and the Paula Modersohn-Becker Emerging Artist Prize. Her work has been exhibited at the Gerhard-Marcks-Haus in Bremen, Westwerk in Hamburg, the Werkschauhalle at Spinnerei Leipzig, and Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, among other venues. In 2026, the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum in Bremen will present her first institutional solo exhibition.
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