Kerstin Grobler [KUGA] is a contemporary artist based in Germany - intermittently in Switzerland. 

She grew up at the edge of the Alpes in Bavaria/Germany. Although dedicated to art from her early years Grobler first studied natural sciences with a PhD degree. After long-term residences in the USA, Switzerland and the Netherlands she moved to Duesseldorf/Germany.

Finally she followed her inner call and graduated at the Free Academy of Fine Arts in Duesseldorf. Regularly she still participates in art classes of Prof. Markus Lüpertz to have an intensive discourse about her works.

Her artworks have been exhibited nationally as well as in several European countries at galleries, museums and International Art Fairs. A considerable number of catalogues have been published.

Grobler’s preferred subjet is nature in all of its facets. The inspiration for her paintings arise directly in front of her eyes during her study trips through Europe. Let it be the mediterranean or atlantic zones, the hot Provence, the Alpes or the barren landscapes of Scandinavia.

”I usually start my projects outdoors painting plein air on paper followed by studio work series on canvas,” states Kerstin Grobler. “The basic idea is the artistic interpretation of nature by reducing realism to its main essence: colour fields, structures and/or concise lines.” 

Grobler prefers painting with colour pigments on primed and un-primed canvas.

Dr. Wiebke Arnholz about Grobler’s works: “The paintings are abstract, but not without a reference to an object. They are expressive and calculated at the same time.”