Resume
Born in Bad Segeberg / lived in Brazil, Spain, USA. Studied art at the Falmouth School of Art and Design, England. Degree in geography, Marburg / since 1997 numerous solo and group exhibitions, for example in Antwerp, Berlin, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Mainz / runs workshops in experimental and expressive painting / 2007–2014 production gallery in Mainz / since 2014 studio at Langendellschlag 62, Wiesbaden. 2021 opening of the “ARTLET” outlet in the city centre. Since 2024 international sales via renowned art platforms. From 2025 represented by ARTrewards and Artsy.
I was born in 1970 in Bad Segeberg, but spent my childhood and youth in Brazil, Spain and the USA. Immediately after I was born, my parents moved with me to Barcelona; later we lived in Boston and finally in Wehrheim near Frankfurt. I discovered my passion for art as a teenager, when I first exhibited drawings and acrylic paintings.
After graduating from high school, I studied at the Falmouth School of Art & Design (UK) and completed the Foundation Course in Art & Design. This was followed by a degree in geography in Marburg. Particularly interesting for me were an internship at G.T.Z. in Porto Alegre (Brazil) and my thesis on the exchange-rate dependency of location decisions. After my studies – during my civilian service in Darmstadt – I began painting more intensively again and organised my first sales exhibitions.
After this period I lived and worked in Mainz, where I engaged intensively with the series “Fossil Landscapes” and “World People”. In 2000 I moved to Berlin after a successful exhibition first enabled me to make a living from my art. There I created the series “Redwind”, “Hunters” and “HomoGen”, which were shown, among other places, in Berlin, Wiesbaden and Antwerp. My first experiment with “The Palette” failed at the time, but years later it became a central theme of my work.
From 2007 to 2014 I ran Galerie Hellbusch in Mainz, where I showed my own works as well as exhibitions by artists such as Elke Pollack, Maria Henn, Amador Vallina, Chris Kircher and Frank Leske. In addition to the exhibitions, I offered workshops in expressive and experimental painting there. During my time in Mainz my son Levin (2010) and David (2012) were born.
In 2014 I decided to give up Galerie Hellbusch and focus on Wiesbaden and my family, where I set up my studio. During this phase, important works were created, including the series “The Paint Box” and “Field of Mars” as well as experimental works such as “Splash!”, “Organic Grounds” and “Remnants of an Experiment”.
In 2018, my daughter Olivia is born, quite unexpectedly.
In 2021 I opened ARTLET in downtown Wiesbaden – a sales space for my art. In rotation, I present all my artistic themes to the Wiesbaden public.
Closure of the ARTLET showroom while simultaneously joining the gallery Artrewards in Finland. Represented on Artsy since 2025.
My works have been exhibited in Antwerp, Berlin, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Mainz. In addition to my own painting, I continue to give workshops in my Wiesbaden studio.
You can reach me by phone at:
0176 21916227
or by email:
Workshop:
Atelier Hellbusch
Langendellschlag 62
65199 Wiesbaden