Genaro Strobel is an artist who has revolutionized the traditional medium of wood engraving by blending it with painting and photography. Strobel’s artistic process starts with digitally enhanced photographs which are subsequently translated into wood engravings using high-precision lasers. The natural wood grain often becomes a part of the composition. His works are monumental in scale, with some pieces reaching up to four meters in height and seven meters in width. Despite their large format, these wood engravings are highly detailed, requiring an engaged viewing experience. Gestural brushstrokes and large fields of color create an interplay between technological accuracy and human expression.
1984 born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024 Wolkenuhr, Kunsthalle Darmstadt Studio Ost (15.09.2024 – 19.01.2025)
2023 Everyday to Come – Jane Benson and Genaro Strobel, Priska Pasquer Paris, Paris, France
2022 Shining Bright, Priska Pasquer Gallery, Cologne
2021 Size, Kunsthalle Darmstadt
2014 1822 Forum, Frankfurt am Main
Group Exhibitions
2024 4-3-2-1 Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt (21.09.2024 –
27.04.2025)
LIMINAL, Priska Pasquer Cologne, Germany
2023 Inside / Outside, Priska Pasquer Paris, France
2014 Kunstforum Rottweil, Forum Kunst Rottweil
2013 Leipzig am Rhein, Wilhelm Hack Museum / Rudolph Scharpf Galerie, Ludwigshafen
2012 Sunday Park, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf
2011 New Quarters, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf
Awards
2018-2021 Charlotte Prinz Fellow of the Science City of Darmstadt
Publications
Collections
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Institut Mathildenhöhe Städtische Kunstsammlung Darmstadt
Hessian Ministry of Finance
Education
2005-2006 Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2006-2007 Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
2007-2010 Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, Germany
2010-2014 Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, Germany