Birgit Nadrau was born in 1971 in Erlangen, Germany.
She lives and works between Nuremberg and Leipzig, Germany.
Nadrau creates impressive canvases by transforming them into the surfaces of water or other nature-based motifs through the use of acrylic paint and aluminum leaf, which she fixes on her canvases in a very labor-intensive and tedious technique.
She’s recreating the exact moment of experiencing a certain view into nature. The painting materials Nadrau is using are as much unorthodox as they are perfectly placed: everyone of her paintings is drawing the beholder into a melancholic mesmerization through its own shining yet still gracile optics.
Depending on the angle of light, the reflectiveness of the sheet aluminum varies in intensity and the translucent primer in acrylic colors gains plasticity. Thus, especially for those works portraying tree branches, beholders feel as if they are looking through a window into nature.
Studies communications design at FH Nuremberg, Germany
Studies of Painting at the Academy of Nuremberg, Germany
Studies of Painting at Academy of Krakau, Poland
Diploma of Academy in Nuremberg, Germany
Glitter & Doom, Schwabach Municipal Gallery, Germany
thanks for the memory, Galerie Voigt, Nuremberg, Germany
Malerei und Zeichnung, Spinnerei Archiv Massiv, Leipzig, Germany
STILLE, Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Karlsruhe, Germany
Alles Anders with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Winterrundgang der Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany
Art Toronto with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Exhibition for the NN artist prize, Kunsthaus Nuremberg, Germany
Meister*innen des kleinen Formats, Galerie Bernsteinzimmer, Nuremberg, Germany
Nach dem Bild ist vor dem Bild, 75 female painters from Leipzig, Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst e.V., Zwickau, Germany
Die zweite Dekade, 20 Jahre Galerie Bernsteinzimmer, Nuremberg, Germany
Im Zeichen des Hahns, Stadtmuseum Schwabach, Germany
10 im Zeichen des Hans, Kunst Galerie Fürth, Fürth, Germany
Rausch, Kulturpalast Anwanden, near Fürth, Germany
Offenes Verdeck, Borgo Ensemble, Nuremberg, Germany
Art Karlsruhe with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Karlsruhe, Germany
Werkschau Auf AEG, Nuremberg, Germany
Schönheit und Verzweiflung, A. Theke, Fürth, Germany
BLOOOM Art Fair Cologne with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Cologne, Germany
Der Geruch von Regen with Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Preis der Kulturstiftung der Stadt Erlangen
Freistaat Sachsen, Kunst am Bau, Kriminaltechnisches Institut Dresden, 1. Preis und Realisierung
Biennale Ortung 11, Kunstpreis der Stadt Schwabach, 1. Preis
Künstlerin der Europäischen Metropolregion Nürnberg
Junge Kunst in Bayern 2010, LfA Förderbank München
Förderpreis Kunst der Raiffeisen-Volksbank Erlangen
Kulturförderung der Stadt Erlangen
DAAD-Reisestipendium für Krakau, Polen
Smurfit-Kappa-Kunstpreis, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg
Fine Art Institute Shenzhen, China