Florine Imo is an Austria based German painter currently studying in the Academy of fine Arts, Vienna. Throughout her studies Florine developed a special technique, combining soft pastels, acrylic gel and oil color on canvas. The artist grew up around the Vienna Woods, where she developed her admiration for nature and animals. The buddhistic philosophy and believes, as for example the illusion of duality and the concept of the whole, had a great impact on the artists world view, and therefore on her work. Other strong interests that influence her paintings are poetry, spirituality and psychology.
Coming from many landscape works of high energized places, Florine's feminine figures became the central point of her practice. In her paintings, these figures are most often confronted with a challenging situation. These difficulties change with time. Today Imo's paintings focus on growth and development of the human being, by depicting the individual, but also general human, struggling with it self. By creating multiple, ironically, dual self portraits the artist lets the self interact and play out different personal scenarios that can be also yours.
"It’s important how my figures and objects feel in my pieces, what they wear, how they stand or lay or interact. Each one of them is alive to me. I start with sketching the composition directly on to the canvas. I believe for this part it is crucial to be totally free. That’s also why I don’t make detailed sketches any more, they don’t allow me to fly. Having an idea is good, but never force what you have in your mind on the canvas, just go with the flow and trust yourself. The painting tells you what it needs any ways. For inspiration I look inside myself, what is happening with- and around me. I can get an idea for a piece from a dream or a memory or a poem, but in the end these are just stimulants for my soul, which I later try to unfold on to the canvas."
Education
- Higher School Certificate, BORG of Music and Art, Hegelgasse 12, 1010 Vienna, Austria
June 2014
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
start of studies in the figuratve painting class in October 2016
with Kirsi Mikkola
Exchange
Erasmus semester at the Icelandic University of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
Jan-Jun 2019
Exhibitions
2017 Tschau Ragazzi, Academy of fine Arts, Vienna
2017 Junge Kunst VOL.03, Damani , Vienna
2017 the figurative painting class, Otto Bauer, Vienna,
2018 Young Vienna Surreal, Kolja Kramer Galerie - Art Area Brotfabrik, Vienna
2018 Art for Peace, Kolja Kramer Galerie, Semperdepot, Vienna
2019 keep warm - instillation, Icelandic University of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 book presentation and reading of “cold stones warm hearts”, Safnarhúsið - Culture House of Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 solo show “cold stones warm hearts”, junge Kunst, Vienna
2020 the artist appointment, solo show and artist interview with Mariella Pertschy, Süßwasser, Vienna
2020 group show with Art Attach, Loft, Vienna
2020 alone. not lonely, Einflussraum, Vienna
2020 caught in a loop, solo show, Einflussraum, Vienna
2020 Johnny's Vienna's finest, Jonathan Seiffert Galerie, Vienna
2020 Bull in a China Shop, Tchotchke Gallery, New York / online show
2020 protest and protect, Feminist Art Museum / online show
2021 nudes / no nudes, Jonathan Seiffert Galerie, Vienna
upcoming exhibitions
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