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Karin Weber Gallery is excited to announce ‘Fragments in Flux; Abstractions by Tina Buchholtz’, celebrating this internationally renowned artist’s return to Hong Kong and first solo exhibition since 2015.

‘Fragments in Flux’ introduces recent works to capture highlights from Tina Buchholtz’ oeuvre and its evolution – from softer, pigmented intimately scaled pieces in her 2019 ‘Bowl’ series to her recent, confidently vibrant canvases from 2024. The artist remains consistent in her strongly physical technique, layering and scraping a range of materials from finest colour pigments to metals, glass and even gold leaf in their purest form.

While Buchholtz’s canvases strongly suggest ‘painting’, her works rarely encounter an actual paint brush. Her tool of choice is a spatula, which is harnessed for a variety of mark-making in her signature style: layered, spread, or finely outlined. Inspiration for her works is consistently found in the world around her, with a clearly visible connection to nature, and the occasional commentary on socio-political events, but also found further afield from encounters with different cultures and visualities.

One of the joys of Tina Buchholtz’ canvases is their inherent dynamism and openness to interpretation. Says the artist: “A painting can trigger so many associations, link to music, personal memories and so much more. This is what I experience in conversations with viewers, collectors and mere onlookers.” ‘Fragments in Flux’ is a snapshot of this consistently versatile artist who is always ready to embrace new experiments and inspiration.

About the Artist:
Tina Buchholtz (b.1963, Germany) initially pursued a career in graphic design before fully committing to her own artistic practice, initially as a figurative painter, then slowly dissolving her subjects to arrive at her own distinctive style of abstraction.

She has built her career almost entirely from her home studio in Berlin and across Germany before gaining recognition across Europe, the US and in parts of East Asia, specifically Hong Kong, where her close relationship with Karin Weber Gallery spans more than two decades.

Recent shows of Buchholtz’ work include ‘Magma’ at Gallery F37 and ‘Silvermoon’ at Gallery Art Center, both in Berlin, and other solo and group projects around Europe. Her striking canvases can be found in private and public collections in Europe and around the world, most notably the German Parliament Collection, Berlin, and SAP AG in Walldorf, Germany.