Birgitta Maria Elbers was born in Rees, Germany. From 1984 to 1986 she studied art at the school of art in Arnheim/ Netherlands, later on from 1987 to 1989 at the school of art „Bellas Artes“ in Valencia/ Spain. There she became friends with the renowned artists Rafael Calduch and Uiso Alemany, one of the reasons of her intuitive way of painting today. Both intensely inspired the young artist and the special connection between them resulted in reciprocal creative work at their studios. At that time she lived an exciting and unusual life at the beach of Valencia together with her then partner, gallery owner and promoter, Eduardo Vila. In 1989 she went back to Germany and settled down to family life. In 2003 she returned to Spain in order to continue her intensive phase of artistry. Since 2011 she is living and working on Mallorca.
STYLE & TECHNIQUES
Birgitta Maria Elbers works with different techniques as well as spanning a great variety of mediums. Her oeuvre includes paintings, drawings, and collages, object art and wire sculptures. Her imagery ranges between figuration and abstraction. She experiments with different materials – for example with wire mesh, wood and other findings – and is thereby looking for new possibilities for artistic expression. Central themes in her art are among others: nature, healing on the spiritual path, body-mind-spirit, life, death and rebirth.
EXHIBITIONS
Individual
- 2017 – present Private Gallery Felanitx Birgitta Maria Elbers, Spain
- 2015 Town hall: Casa de Cultura Ses Cases Noves Santnayí, Spain
- 2014 – 2017 Private Gallery Santanyí Birgitta Maria Elbers, Spain
- 2014 German consulate in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 2012 Gerhardt Braun Gallery in Palma, Spain
- 2010 – 2014 Clinica Palamaplanas in Mallorca, Spain
- 2009 – 2010 Clinica Mundana Gallery, Valencia, Spain
- 2009 Gallery – Km5, Ibiza, Spain
- 2009 Gallery des Ateneo von Valencia, Spain
- 2008 Hotel Las Arenas in Valencia, Spain
- 2000 Gallery Ü in Münster, Germany
- 1999 Municipality Rees, Germany
- 1998 Gallery Veendaal, Netherland
Collective
- 2018 Town hall Palma, International collective art exhibition, Centre Flassanders in Palma, Spain
- 2018 Federación de Asociaciones Iberoamericanas, Casal del Inmigrante en Palma, Spain
- 2013 Gallery 29, Interior Project Luzio in Palma, Spain
- 2013 Nit de lArt, night of art in Palma, Spain
- 2013 Cooperation with ArteVison in Palma, Spain
- 2013 Toys museum in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 2010 Town hall of Port P’Andratx in Mallorca, Spain
- 2010 Gallery Augustin, Mallorca, Spain
- 2010 Arte Casa in P’Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
- 2009 Spanish Post and Western Union in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona, Spain
- 2008 – 2009 Gallery Oriente Occidente + in Valencia, Spain
- 2007 Gallery Ginza Towa in Tokio, Japan
- 2007 Shanghai Art Fair with Gallery Oriente Occidente + in Shanghai, China
- 2005 – 2007 Gallery Estudio in Valencia, Spain
- 2000 – 2004 Studio Hawerkamp in Münster, Germany
- 1996 Kuenburg in Vienna, Austria
- 1996 Municipality Rees, Germany
- 1995 Museum Haus Koekoek in Kleve, Germany
- 1995 Haas – Gallery in Kleve, Germany
- 1991 Burghees, Castle in Emmerich, Germany
- 1989 Municipality Rees, Germany
Permanent Exhibitions
- Since 2014 Own Private Gallery of contemporary art in Santanyí, Spain
- Since 2005 Al Lucin Art- Espacio of art in Valencia, Spain
- Since 2008 Gallery Oriente Occidente + in Valencia, Spain
- Since 2011 Gerhard Braun Gallery in Palma, Spain
Art fairs
- 1995 ART COLOGNE, Germany