Wehmeier Stefan – Untitled 2

He was born in Cologne in 1955. He studied at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Munich. He worked as a stage design apprentice at the theater in Bremen, as a critic, and as a freelance journalist. Until 1994, he served as the president of the Bavarian art institution Kulturwerkstatt. His significant study stays include Tallinn and the Tatras (Estonia). Since 1996, he has been the head of the Radierwerkstatt at Furstenfelden Abbey. He is also the recipient of several scholarships. He has participated in notable exhibitions in France, Hungary, and international art symposia in Romania and Austria. Since 2005, he has been a lecturer at the Imperial Hall Art Academy and Stift Geras in Austria, as well as at the Munich Adult Education Center. He lives and works in Jengen and Munich. The artistic world of this author is based on informal and gestural painting. It reveals an inclination towards the processual, and although grounded in concepts of nature, these are mental landscapes and reflections.