Rhea Standke
WORKS
Rhea Standke | Aquamarin | 2026 | Öl auf Leinwand | 90 cm x 80 cm
Rhea Standke | Papavero | 2025 | Öl auf Leinwand | 40 cm x 30 cm
Rhea Standke | Rubin | 2022 | Öl auf Leinwand | 70 cm x 60 cm
Rhea Standke | Kristallwald | 2022 | Öl auf Leinwand | 120 cm x 110 cm
Rhea Standke | Raspberry Topas | 2025 | Öl auf Leinwand | 60 cm x 50 cm
Rhea Standke | Jade Rosen | 2023 | Öl auf Leinwand | 80 cm x 140 cm
Rhea Standke | Fire Opal | 2025 | Öl auf Leinwand | 60 cm x 50 cm
Rhea Standke | Funkelnde Amethysten und Saphire | o.J. | Öl auf Leinwand | 100 cm x 180 cm
ARTIST Info
Rhea Standke
Rhea Standke, born in Dresden in 1972, has developed a distinctive painterly practice rooted in an intensive engagement with both the microcosm and the macrocosm, deliberately challenging conventional modes of seeing and perception. She began her artistic training at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe (1996–2002), studying under Peter Dreher, Ernst Caramelle, and Günther Umberg, where she earned her diploma in Fine Arts in 2002. She subsequently continued her studies from 2002 to 2006 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Wolfgang Herzig and Johanna Kandl.
A formative experience came in 2004, when she participated in an artist-in-residence program in China, working in Qingdao, Beijing, and Hangzhou, and also teaching at Dalian University.
Further stages in her artistic development include studies at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin (2008) and an exchange program at the University of Arts and Design in Cluj-Napoca (2009). From 2010 to 2016, she studied Fine Art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Herbert Brandl, who named her his Meisterschülerin (master student) in 2015; she received her academy certificate there in 2016. In 2017, she pursued additional studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the class of Ashley Hans Scheirl.
Building on this extensive training, Standke has developed a body of work that originates in intricate floral microstructures, transforming them into baroque, almost ecstatic formations. Her paintings convert organic forms into autonomous, timeless pictorial spaces in which multiple layers of reality and temporality intersect. Through complex color layering and nuanced contrasts of light and shadow, she creates richly illusionistic landscapes that oscillate between flatness and spatial depth.
The floral point of departure remains only as a trace, giving way to surreal, charged visual worlds that shift the viewer’s attention away from subject matter and toward the act of perception itself. Central to her work is the idea of a present, timeless moment in which a cosmic order unfolds—a state without beginning or end, suspending linear time.
Standke’s work was awarded the EADS Art Prize in 2002 under the patronage of Otto Schily. Her works are held, among others, in the collection of the Karlsruhe Regional Council. She has also completed a commissioned portrait of Rector B. Stöckle for the University of Freiburg, as well as works for the Cultural Office of the City of Willich.
BIOGRAPHY
1972
Born in Dresden, Germany
1996 – 2002
Studied fine art painting at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe under Peter Dreher, Ernst Caramelle, and Günther Umberg
2002
Received a diploma in fine art painting under Günther Umberg
Won the EADS Art Prize under the patronage of Otto Schilly
2002 – 2006
Studied Fine Art Painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna under Prof. Wolfgang Herzig and Prof. Johanna Kandl
2004
Six-month residency in China (Dalian, Qingdao, Beijing, and Hangzhou) as part of an artistic program (scholarship)
2010
Studied Fine Art Painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the class of Herbert Brandl
2015
Appointed as a master student under Prof. Herbert Brandl
2016
Completed studies under Prof. Herbert Brandl (Diploma)
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020s
2026
Galerie 21, Nidau, Seeparkhotel Thun, CH
Sylvia Janschek Art Gallery, Bregenz, A
Haus am See, Berlingen, CH
„Cure and Care“, Forum Kunst und Architektur Essen, G
„Embrace & Bloom“, Galerie 9und20, Bregenz, A
„Das kann ich auch“, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, A
„Saphira“, Maison Sisley, Wien, A
kth Kärntner Treuhand und Wirtschafts GmbH, Spittal an der Drau, Millstätter See, A
“Erdbeermond“, 3SI Luxury Real Estate Showroom, Wien, A
Hotel Le Méridien München, G
“Artist of Month”, Kunsthaus Artes, Berlin, G
“Forest of the Galaxy”, Art Floor, Hotel Le Méridien, Vienna, A
2025
Heartwork, K21, Auktionshaus Christies, Düsseldorf, G
Kunstauktion LENTOS Kunstmuseum, Linz, A
Neunerhaus Kunstauktion, Auktionshaus Kinsky, Mak, Vienna, A
“Amazonas Beryll”, Haus am See, Berlingen, Bodensee, CH
Gallery Riana Rouana, Hilton Nicosia, Cyprus
“Himbeermond”, Kunstraum Damani, Vienna, A
Galerie Gregor Koller, Bregenz, A
Artist in Residence, Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, A
2nd Qingdao International Watercolor Festival, Qingdao, China
“The poetry of the earth is always alive.“, Riana Rouana Gallery, Cyprus
Olympics Collectors Exhibition, Gallery Riana Rouana, Nikosia, Cyprus
„Forest of the Galaxy“, Hotel Le Méridian, Art Floor, Vienna, A
ART.Cy 2025, Gallery Riana Rouana, Zypern
„Valentine“ and ” Spring” Art Gallery Adriana, Vienna, A
“Forest of the Galaxy”, Art Floor, Hotel Le Méridien, Vienna, A
“Ocean Saphir”, Schönbrunn, Vienna, A
„Rosengold“, Art Gallery Adriana, Kanzlei Georg Klammer, Vienna, A
“Esmerald”, Villa Carlotta, Lenno, Lago di Como, I
Villa Vigoni, Deutsch-italienisches Zentrum „ Foresta della Galassia“, Menaggio, Comer See, Italy
International Art Bridge, Collection Paracelsus „Dancing Esmerald“ Zurich, CH
„Found“, Glenn Art Gallery, Düsseldorf, G
2024
“Space Bloom”, Vienna, Austria
“Tanzendes Rosenmeer” Paracelsus, International Art Bridge, Zurich, Switzerland
“Lago di Fiori”, Villa Carlotta, Lenno, Lago di Como, Italy
Esmerald Christ, Villa Vigoni, Menaggio, Lago di Como, Italy
Glenn Art Gallery„Lost“, Düsseldorf
2023
“Tanzendes Rosenmeer” Paracelsus, International Art Bridge, Zurich, Switzerland
30 works Gallery “Silbermond”, Cologne, Germany”
“Funkelnde Amethysten und Diamanten”, International Art Bridge, Lucerne, Switzerland
Gallery Bella Volen, Blossom, Vienna, Austria
“Singing Lapislazuli”, Lucerne, Switzerland
Kloster Sankt Urban, International Art Brigde, Sankt Urban, Switzerland
2022
Kloster Sankt Urban, International Art Brigde, Sankt Urban, Switzerland
Globetrotter TV, Amazon Prime, United Kingdom
“Kärnten heute”, Künstlerstadt Gmünd, ORF 1, Austria
Gmünd Galerie, Gmünd in Kärnten, Austria
Artist in Residence, Gmünd in Kärnten, Austria
Stipendium des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen ” Auf Geht´s”, Germany
Grand Hotel Des Bains Kempinski, International Art Bridge, Sankt Moritz, Switzerland
Artist for Windows, Düsseldorf
2021
Grand Hotel Des Bains Kempinski, International Art Bridge, Sankt Moritz, Switzerland
Stipendium des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen ” Auf Geht´s”, Germany
ORF III, “Land der Berge”: Vom Großglockner zum Meer
Am Alpe-Adria-Trail mit Harald Krassnitzer und Rhea Standke, Splash Production, Austria
RfK, “Die Wälder von Tranzelot”, Düsseldorf, Germany
“Dimensionsmultiversum” in cooperation with the indigenous groups of the Kamentza, the Ingas, the Emberas und the Cofans in Sibundoy, Mocoa, Medellin, Tayrona (Putumayo), Colombia also in San Pablo, Ecuador
ArteSumaz, Artist in Residence, Colombia
2020
Stipendium des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Splash Production, Dokumentation “Land der Berge”, Interview with Harald Krassnitzer in the Altstadtgalerie Gmünd, Austria
Artist in Residence, Gmünd in Kärnten, Austria
Earthskin Creative Residency, Muriwai Beach, New Zealand
Artist4Windows, Düsseldorf
2010s
2019
Flying Sky, Frankfurt
Botschaften aus der Ferne, SITTArt Galerie, Kunstverein vddk 1884, Düsseldorf
Artist in Residence, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
KÜNSTLER SEHEN EUROPA, Europa Direct, Düsseldorf
ARTIBUS, Burg Stolberg, Burggalerie, Stolberg
Begegnung im Olymp, Arthaus, Düsseldorf
2018
Die Wälder von Tranzelot, PART2GALLERY, Düsseldorf
Resident Artist at Elisabeth von Samsonow, Vienna, Austria
Singing in harmony amongst flowers, Gallery Marunouchi OAZO, Tokio, Japan
2017
Die Wälder von Tranzelot, Art in Business, Greisbach, Düsseldorf
Artificial Nature, Galerie Schloss Neersen, (Neersen Castle)
2015
Transfer Partners, Düsseldorf
Fonis Galerie, Düsseldorf
2014
Permanent Exhibition in the Secretaria of the Art Academy Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2013
Art Society Anfang, Cologne
2011
Art Gallery Vera Lindbeck, Isernhagen
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Regional Council of Karlsruhe
Commission for a portrait of Rector B. Stöckle, University of Freiburg
Department of Culture, City of Willich