Lea Wächter
2019
Lea Wächter (born in 1995) lives and works in Münster. Much of her work arises from a painterly impulse, but may vary in terms of materials and, depending on the context, may also take the form of drawing, sculpture or photography.
2019 Gotland Scholarship, solo exhibition SHAPER // Gotlands Fornsal, Visby
2022 Graduated from the Münster Academy of Fine Art, master’s student of Prof. Julia Schmidt
2023 Studio grant, Schulstraße, Münster
2024 Solo exhibition ZART // Kreativ-Haus Münster e.V.
2026 Solo exhibition Wer ist hier das Würstchen? // Die Baustelle
“Painting on Gotland was an intense experience. The tranquillity and solitude have transformed my artistic practice, bringing a greater focus on intuition and immediacy.”
"The process of coming to see one’s own body as both material and tool, and of sensing the place and its stories, was enriching: Who left the Pet Shop Boys on the record player, and does the after-sun lotion in the bathroom belong to that person too?"
Telefonat
acrylic on canvas
120 x 130 cm
2019
“The painting was created on Gotland, but it depicts a moment during my Erasmus year in Aix-en-Provence – a time when I was also able to spend a lot of time on my own and with my art.”
LOOP (excerpt)
acrylic on canvas
165 x 1500 cm
2022
On display are approximately the first three metres of the room-filling work LOOP, which depicts a succession of different states. The work builds on the SHAPER exhibition on Gotland.
Das Atelierfenster
framed photograph
11.5 x 8.7 cm
2024
"The photograph was taken on Gotland. It shows the geranium in the studio window. Who actually looks after it when nobody lives in the studio cottage?"
