Johanna Seidel (b. 1993, Sebnitz, Germany) is a visual artist based in Dresden, Germany, whose vivid paintings primarily addresses the subject of nature. Seidel approaches different perceived realities through a lyrical visual language involving symbols from history, mythology, and dreams. Blending dreams and reality allows Seidel to create her own world on the canvas. From a palette in which shades of violet, pink, orange, and green play an important role, Seidel develops stories and still images that exist in an atmospheric space, condensing memories and the imagined into abstract moments that become accessible.
Seidel received her MFA at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions have been held at Gaa, New York, NY; CLC Gallery Venture, Beijing, China; SheBam!, Leipzig, Germany; Artistellar Gallery, London, UK; Kunstverein Meissen, Meissen, Germany; and Galerie Mellies, Detmold, Germany. Seidel’s work has been included in group exhibitions at numerous galleries and institutions including Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz, Germany; Gaa, New York, NY; Pictorum Gallery and Soho Revue in London, UK; C. Rockefeller Center for the Contemporary Arts, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz, LaSuV, Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Raum für zeitgenössische Kuns, and Zentralwerk in Dresden, Germany; and Phyllis Johnson, Halle14, Alte Spinnerei and Zuständige Behörde in Leipzig, Germany.