Ralph Gelbert

• geb. in Landau/Pfalz 

1993

• Stipendium der Accademia Belle Arti, Florenz 

1993-1996

• Kunststudium, Diplom, Florenz 

Artist in Residence / Studienaufenthalte in Irland, Schottland,  Namibia, Botswana, Südafrika, Israel und Südamerika 
Lebt und arbeitet als freischaffender Künstler in Neustadt/Weinstraße / Carmel - Kalifornien / Westport - Irland

seit 2008

• Lehrauftrag an der Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern / Kunstakdemie Bad Reichenhall 

 

Ralph Gelbert - Beyond The Visible

Ralph Gelbert's manner of painting is impulsive, ecstatic, and at times veritably Dionysian. We are dealing here with an art form that refers back to the body, to movements that do not rely on a previously developed concept, but rather follow a physical dynamism and sensual logic. Their art historical roots can be found in art informel, which developed in Paris in the 1940s and 1950s with the goal of liberating painting from its dependence on external reality and thus allowing it to come into its own, so to speak.

Viewers of Gelbert's paintings are made privy to the volcanic energies that have become manifested within them, a sheer delight in rich and at times flamboyant colors which flow out of them, become blurred, form clouds, vortices, and striations. Fantastical spaces emerge in his works, artificial worlds which are neither illustrations of existing sites nor subjective interior spaces. And what may for some appear to be ecstatic is due not only to spontaneous impulses, but also to calculation and discipline.

As with calligraphies in the spirit of Zen, the impression of spontaneity and intensity presupposes a maximum degree of self-control. (Excerpt from: Hans-Walter Schmidt, Les Paradis Artificiels)

Text excerpt from: "Ralph Gelbert – Beyond The Visible", 2018, KEHRER Verlag

Ausstellungen (Auszug):

2016-2021

• Art Karlsruhe. One Artist Show, Messe Karlsruhe
• Landschaftsraum und Weltgestaltung, Galerie Netuschil. Darmstadt
• Himmelwärts – Deine Solo Show, The Art Scouts. Berlin
• Gallery Weekend Berlin, The Art Scouts. Berlin
• Exhibition September/October, Gallery Hicks. London
• Himmelwärts, Galerie Neuheisel. Saarbrücken
• Summer Exhibition, 99 Loop Gallery. Capetown

2014-2015

• Golden Haze, Salon 91. Cape Town
• Die Welt von Oben, Galerie Z. Landau
• Hemelwaarts - Skywards, Jan Royce Gallery. Cape Town
• Special Selection: Ralph Gelbert, The Art Scouts. Berlin
• Christmas / Winter Group Show, Custom House Studios & Gallery. Westport
• Art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe
• Artist in Residence, Custom House Studios. Mayo. Ireland
• New Informel, Kunstakademie Bad Reichenhall
• Landpartie, Art Gallery Wiesbaden
• 3. Internationales Künstlersymposium, Neustadt an der Weinstraße
• New Informel, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Kolbermoor
• Artbook "Les Paradis Artificels", Wellhöfer Verlag. Mannheim
• The Arts Scouts Gallery, Berlin
• Abstract Expressionist, Open Art House. Carmel. California

2010-2013

• Art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe
• The World From Above, Art Galerie Indra. Passau
• Artist in Residence, Custom House Studios. Mayo. Ireland
• Westport Project, Custom House Studios & Gallery Westport. Mayo. Ireland
• Crossroads, Museum Kahnweiler. Rockenhausen
• Columbia/Kaiserslautern, IF ART Gallery. Columbia. USA
• Hunting, Galerie Neuheisel. Saarbrücken
• A Solo Show - The World From Above, Solomon Fine Art Gallery. Dublin
• Art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe
• One Artist Show, Art Gallery Wiesbaden
• Paperworks, Galerie Angelo Falzone. Mannheim
• Informelle Malerei, Galerie Angelo Falzone. Mannheim
• One Artist Show. Art Karlsruhe
• Galerie Angelo Falzone. Mannheim
• Kunst im Kubus, Kunstverein Pirmasens
• Malerei und Zeichnung, Art Gallery Wiesbaden
• Art Fair Hampstead, Hicks Gallery. London
• One Artist Show, Galerie Angelo Falzone. Art Karlsruhe
• One Artist Show, Berliner Liste. Fair For Contemporary Art
• Recent Paintings & Drawings, Galerie Angelo Falzone. Mannheim
• A Solo Show, Hicks Gallery. London