Susanne Herbold works on a large-scale and in abstraction – her paintings evolve through an open, dynamic process.
Her work evolves within the tension between intuitive gestures and deliberate reduction. In layered working phases, areas are built up, withdrawn and rebalanced. Transparent veils, dense passages and open fields coexist, holding the image in a state between decision and possibility.
The paintings do not emerge as closed compositions but as situations. They remain intentionally unresolved, resisting a fixed reading and instead opening a space that takes shape in the act of viewing.
Herbold’s works have been presented in international exhibitions, including New York, Miami, Barcelona, Berlin and Florence, and are held in private collections. A significant step in her recent development is The Seed of Love (2025), created for the XV Florence Biennale. Engaging with the theme “Light and Darkness,” the work focuses on transition — on the emergence of form before it settles into certainty.
Susanne Herbold lives and works in Cologne and Mallorca.
upcoming
2026
- Discovery Art Fair, Cologne (April 23-26, 2026)
- Rodenkirchener Kunst- und Musiktage, Cologne (April 24 – May 9, 2026)
- Kunsthalle Lindenthal, Köln (September 1-30, 2026)
- contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.), Essen (Oktober 16-18, 2026)
2025
- Discovery Art Fair, Cologne
- contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.), UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein, Essen
- XV Florence Biennale, Florence (IT) – with the work „The Seed of Love“
- Kirche Kann Kunst (solo exhibition), Heilig-Geist-Kirche, Köln
- FOUR – cARTelle, Narander Art Experience
2024
- Art Expo New York, USA
- Discovery Art Fair, Cologne
- Art Night – cARTelle, Evernest, Cologne
- cARTelle, Gallery Malina, Berlin Art Week
- City Lights, Buttermarkt (Old Town), Cologne
- Female Art Week, Quantum Gallery, Berlin
- Dolce Vita & Art (solo show), wineBANK, Cologne
2023
- Medicine Meets Art, Alte Schirmfabrik, Cologne
- Open House & Art (solo show), Villa Mimosa, Port d’Andratx, Mallorca
- Design meets Art, Casaceramica, Cologne
2022
- Interconnection & Intuition, Agora Gallery, New York, USA
- Interlude, Galeria Azur, Berlin
- Fira d’Art Barcelona (FIABCN), International Art Fair, Spain
- Red Dot Miami, International Art Fair during Miami Art Week, USA
- Independence (solo show), Pop-up Gallery & Studio Herbold-Art, Cologne
2021
- Susanne Herbold (solo show), Galerie Lenné Karree, Bad Oeynhausen
- Sacrifice, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan & Fuerteventura
2019
- Off The Wall (sole show), Studio Herbold, Cologne
Publications
2025 Great Artists of Mallorca, Axel Ruske
2024 Frauen schaffen Zukunft – “Values”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Buchverlag | Co-author
2024 An Artistic Journey from Nature to Canvas, AATONAU! (Japanese Art Magazine)
2023 International Contemporary Masters XV, World Wide Art Books, California, USA
2022 CIRCLE Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine (Issue 30)
Awards
2024 Global Art Virtuoso Award, Contemporary Art Collectors
2023 Special Feature in International Contemporary Masters XV (2023)
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