Elke Foltz’s Solo Exhibition Opens at BRUNG Gallery

BRUNG Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Elke Foltz, a Berlin-based painter whose vibrant abstract compositions explore the delicate relationship between chaos and harmony. Through expressive layers of color, collage, and gestural mark-making, Foltz creates paintings that feel both spontaneous and carefully orchestrated, inviting visitors into a world where intuition, memory, and emotion coexist.

The exhibition brings together a selection of recent works that reflect the artist’s ongoing search for balance—not as a fixed destination, but as a continuous process of transformation and renewal.

Finding Balance Through Abstraction

Elke Foltz’s paintings are built upon the idea that harmony does not emerge despite disorder, but because of it. Her compositions are filled with bold colors, fluid forms, layered textures, and fragments that overlap, collide, and reconnect. Rather than striving for perfection, each painting embraces uncertainty, allowing unexpected moments to shape the final work.

This approach gives her paintings a remarkable sense of movement. Organic shapes drift across the canvas while geometric structures provide moments of stability, creating visual landscapes that appear constantly in flux. Every layer reveals traces of earlier decisions, reminding viewers that the creative process is one of continual adjustment rather than linear progression.

The Beauty of Renewal

An essential aspect of Foltz’s practice is her use of collage. Fragments cut from previous paintings are carefully reintegrated into new works, allowing earlier experiments to become part of an evolving visual language. These pieces are not remnants of failure but symbols of transformation, carrying the history of previous paintings into entirely new compositions.

This continuous cycle of destruction and reconstruction reflects a broader philosophy within Foltz’s work. Every painting becomes a living archive of decisions, revisions, and discoveries, where each element gains meaning through its relationship to the whole.

Colour as Emotion

Originally trained as a graphic designer before working as an illustrator, Foltz gradually shifted her artistic practice towards abstraction after moving to Berlin. While drawing remains an important foundation, colour has become the central language of her work. Rich pigments, expressive brushstrokes, and tactile surfaces communicate emotions that exist beyond words, allowing each painting to function as an open space for personal interpretation.

Rather than telling a specific story, her paintings encourage viewers to slow down and engage with their own emotional responses. Moments of tension are met with moments of calm, creating compositions that feel simultaneously energetic and meditative.

About the Artist

Born in France in 1990 and of Senegalese and German heritage, Elke Foltz lives and works in Berlin. After studying graphic design and working as an illustrator, she developed her distinctive abstract painting practice, which has been exhibited internationally and featured in publications including Apollo Magazine, ArtConnect, and Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine. Her work continues to investigate themes of connection, transformation, and the search for harmony through colour, material, and composition.

An Invitation to Pause

In a world that often demands clarity, speed, and certainty, Elke Foltz’s paintings offer something different: a space for reflection. They remind us that balance is not the absence of chaos, but the ability to navigate it with openness and curiosity.

With this exhibition, BRUNG Gallery invites visitors to immerse themselves in Foltz’s vibrant visual universe—a place where fragments become wholes, colours find unexpected conversations, and every painting celebrates the beauty of continuous transformation.

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