Botanical Art in Germany
In September 2009 the first gallery for botanical art in Germany was founded by Sylvia Peter (botanical artist) and Michael Junginger (forest scientist). The gallery represents a variety of international botanical artists working in different media.
Watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings, photographs and plant objects are presented. Artists from Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Austria, the USA and Japan show their works in thematic exhibitions.
Current exhibition:
Randbereiche / On the fringes
30. August - 17. November 2024
Asuka Hishiki
With her artist wallpaper, the Japanese artist Asuka Hishiki enters the fringes of botanical art. During a residency in Germany, she was introduced to a research project at the University of Würzburg. Guided by scientists she learned about the different species that live in open or shady forest areas and the edge areas in between. Creating a mosaic of light and shadow patches can increase the biodiversity, even of a managed forest, a lot. Asuka reflects this in her elegantly composed, naturalistic wallpaper by placing the species in a shade line and two open space segments – and their fringes.
Andreas Hentrich
What looks like falling autumn leaves from afar turns out to be punched-out leaves made from patterned origami paper. In Andreas Hentrich’s watercolors, paper leaves and flowers alternate between ornament and illusion. In a playful way, he questions our viewing habits. Fifty miniature and some large size watercolors are on display.
These excursions into the fringes are complemented by classical botanical artworks by the two artist friends.
Andreas Hentrich – Aquarell, Ölgemälde
Asuka Hishiki – Aquarell, Künstler-Tapete
Review
Botanical Art Worldwide I – Flora’s new Masters
Spring 2018
In May 2018, Botanical Artists celebrated the plant world for the first time in a joint exhibition project: "Botanical Art Worldwide." Digitally connected exhibitions took place simultaneously in 25 countries on six continents. The artists portrayed the native plants of each country.
Upcoming
Botanical Art Worldwide II – Crop Diversity
Spring 2025
2025 will see the second global project in the Botanical Art Worldwide series. The focus will then be on the diversity of useful plants, heirloom fruit and vegetables or their wild conspecifics, medicinal plants, woody and fibrous plants. We are pleased to host the German-Austrian contribution at the Forum Botanische Kunst again.
