WALTHER FINEART GERMANY
Art comes from Making
Biography
Susanne Cäcilie Walther represents a unique variety of contemporary European Neo-Expressionism. Beholders often remark elements of Minimalism and Glitch. And always they see the handwriting of an artist who seems to have a childish joy in doing the wonky, the unfinished, the flawed, and even the dilettantish. Indeed, that’s Walther’s Trademark.
Walther’s artwork centers on persons: Persons from real life, but also from (day-) dreams. Central projects are inspired by personal relationships such as family and friends. This said, friendship, love, suffering and dying - all fundamental aspects of human existence - are recurring themes in Walthers artworks. No surprise, therefore, that actual political developments, such as war, enter her art world. In addition, Walther oftentimes portrays figures, in a style she calls "heads". And as a devotee of the famous British artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992), a considerable part of her artwork is inspired by Bacon's "Screaming Pope" theme, and beyond. Given all these emotionally laden subjects, Walther oftentimes needs a retreat to find quietude again and new energy. Thus, she regularly dives into the meditative artwork of chinese ink painting, both classical and free styles, forms of art she particularly owes to her mentor Qi Yang. Since 2015, Susanne Cäcilie also, from time to time, exercises in the classical discipline of act painting with a live model.
Walther’s artworks leap at the viewer on a direct, almost instinctive basis. Her approach is experimental and playful, which the casual observer may take as wonky, amateurish or fragmentary. It is of course Susanne Cäcilie’s handwriting, her work being all about truthfulness and authenticity, as she defies whatever expectations there might be on aesthetics. This said, Walther is recognized for creating figures who in all their wonkiness come across full of soul, power and humaneness that allow them to uphold their dignity.
Susanne Cäcilie Walther masters a broad repertoire of techniques. She works on canvas and papers, oftentimes with spatulas. Her media are oil, acrylics, and ink, and occasionally self-made tempera and casein. Beyond that, Walther also masters aquarelle painting, a technique which is considered to be extremely difficult. In her drawings the prefers graphites, charcoal and pastels, but she uses markers and fineliners, as well. Susanne Cäcilie also likes to experiment with monotypes, as well as Japanese woodcut.
Influences
Qi Yang, Karl Otto Götz, Frank Auerbach, Pierre Alechinsky, Jonathan Meese
Education
2010-2015 Regular Seminars, then 2013-2015 Guest Master Class Student With Professor Qi Yang Düsseldorf / Bochum, NRW, Germany
The artist at work
Solo Expositions
2014 Freehanded Köln / Cologne, NRW, Germany
Collective Expositions
2025 Essen ist fertig - Food is ready Bochum, Germany
2025 Menschenbilder - Human Images Bochum, NRW, Germany
2020 Art At The Town Hall Nettersheim, NRW, Germany
2019 Art at the Town Hall Nettersheim, NRW, Germany
2018 Head, Heart and Hand - AKTuell - Views of the Body between Intimacy and Representation ArtForumEifel / Schleiden-Gemünd, NRW, Germany
2017 Hundred for Hundred KulturBahnhof KuBa / Nettersheim, NRW, Germany
2017 Art at the Town Hall Nettersheim, NRW, Germany
2016 All Colors of Snow - The Color White as Material and Metaphor ArtForumEifel / Schleiden-Gemünd, NRW, Germany
2016 Nice Perspectives ArtForumEifel / Schleiden-Gemünd, NRW, Germany
2016 Animalia 3 Art- and Gallery-House Bochum / Bochum-Wattenscheid, NRW, Germany
2015 Heimat - (k)ein Ort - Part 3. The Home. The Dress. The Skin ArtForumEifel / Schleiden-Gemünd, NRW, Germany
2015 Womens' Rights Art- and Gallery-House Bochum / Bochum-Wattenscheid, NRW, Germany
2014 Form and Color, Figure and Space Art- and Gallery-House Bochum / Bochum-Wattenscheid, NRW, Germany
2013 Red - A Color ArtForumEifel / Schleiden-Gemünd, NRW, Germany
2012 Behind Walls - Captivated Or Free Romanic House / Bad Münstereifel, NRW, Germany
2011 Presence and Eternity ArtRoom Academy Kloster Steinfeld / Kall, NRW, Germany
2011 Summer Academy Professor Qi Yang - Best Of ArtRoom Academy Kloster Steinfeld / Kall, NRW, Germany
2010 Paradise - A Metaphor for Happiness ArtRoom Academy Kloster Steinfeld / Kall, NRW, Germany
2010 Summer Academy Professor Qi Yang - Best Of ArtRoom Academy Kloster Steinfeld / Kall, NRW, Germany