Götz Valien

Divine Comedy

“Virtual realism” is the term Götz Valien uses to describe his work. Raised in Tirol, he is connected to the landscape of his home and inserts his leading ladies in masterful, scenic dialogs with nature. He takes us to scenes that the artist himself might have painted during his years-long experience as a cinema poster painter. His work often feels like a film set in which the protagonist, in her full beauty and perfect poise, snatches the gaze of the viewer.

He easily adds typographic riddles into the landscape panoramas as captions. There is thus a multilayered connection between the gesture, floating inscription, and background. The viewer never tires of looking, as one continues to discover new meaning and becomes fascinated by his idealized fantasies. In his artistic work, he passionately seizes the freedom to bring us from the seemingly real world into one of fiction.

Christina Wendenburg

1960 Born in Kitzbühl, Austria
1985 – 1990 Art studies, College of Applied Arts, Wien, Austria
1987 Move to Berlin, Germany
Since 1992 Last painter of movie poster in Berlin
Lives and works in Berlin

2002 2nd place, competition „realism“ , Esslingen, Germany

Single Exhibitions

2009 Hold on, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
2007 Divine Comedy, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
2005 Man on Earth, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
1997 Künstlerhaus Berlin, Germany
1996 Galerie Kyra Maralt, Berlin, Germany
1995 Galerie Loulou Lasard, Berlin, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2009 Vorspannkino, Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany
2009 Öffentliche Erregung, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
2007 Scoop Maimi, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Maimi, USA
2007 Preview Berlin, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
2007 We love Kylie, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
2007 DC Düsseldorf, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
2007 Scoop New York, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, New York, USA
2006 Scoop Miami, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Miami, USA
2006 Scoop London, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, London, United Kingdom
2006 Preview Berlin, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
2005 Preview Berlin, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
2004 Konstruktion I Statik, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
2003 Settings #1, loop – raum für aktuelle kunst, Berlin, Germany
1998 Galerie Kyra Maralt, Berlin, Germany