Biography
Originally from Germany, I have been based in London since 2005, studied at CSM (2D), RCA (Sculpture) and briefly at UdK in Berlin. I am a Lecturer in Fine Art at Middlesex University in North London.
My current work is concerned with architectural ornament, Ceramics and Performance as well as pushing artworks towards functionality.
Most of the objects on this profile are from series of abstract yet bodily, quasi-sentient beings that channel human physiognomies, poses, emotions and attitudes within a playful cartoon logic. Like humorous avatars they act as therapeutically joyful alter egos in an absurd world. Increasingly site-responsive and with a focus on investigating our strangely intertwined relationship with objects, matter and the spaces we inhabit, the work aims to inspire an overspill of human compassion onto the inanimate.
Please see my website for more details and artist CV, or Instagram @veronika_neukirch for most recent works and exhibitions.