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Barbara Kuebel
Barbara Kuebel is a UK-based printmaker.
Barbara handcrafts woodcut prints of large, overflowing figures which represent various emotional and visceral responses to social scenarios.
Barbara has exhibited extensively worldwide.

Inspired by awkward and uncomfortable social situations, abstract expressionist Barbara Kuebel crafts life-sized woodcuts by hand that serve as a whole-body experience to the viewer. These figurative portraits offer visual scenarios shaped by spontaneous emotion, aggression, affection, isolation and social density. Barbara is less concerned with details and more interested in gestures, using shape and graphic themes to translate emotional information.

Barbara Kuebel's Early Career and Style

Born and raised in Austria, Barbara earned two art degrees from the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna. Bold and monochromatic colour palettes and pencil strokes - which she sees as an essential carrier of visual information - expand her subjects against a simplified backdrop. There's a monumentality to these vessels that knot and press together, appearing deformed at first glance. The blacks and white become more like matter than colour, adding to this sense of vastness - a breach of traditional frameworks. Barbara's figures are pioneers for the emancipation of traditionally accepted artwork. Barbara intends that the abstract bodies in the prints be unrealistic, opening up a chasm of pure possibility and creativity for the viewer.

Exhibitions and Awards

Barbara has been featured in digital magazines such as This Is Colossal and 10 Years of The Other Art Fair by Saatchi Art. Barbara was a finalist for the annual NDA "No Dead Artist" Exhibition, 2020, at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans. The artist has also exhibited widely across the US and Europe. Barbara currently lives in Daphne, Alabama, USA. Her latest events include “Shadow Jumpers” at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, a group show with Anastasia Pelias Gallery Artists, and the New York Paper Fair, all 2023.

Barbara Kuebel Artworks

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    Sharing one space II by Barbara Kuebel
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    Sharing one space II by Barbara Kuebel
    Sharing one space II
    Prints - 162x142 cm
    Stilllife with fish - the circle of mess. by Barbara Kuebel
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    Stilllife with fish - the circle of mess. by Barbara Kuebel
    Artemis and the naked bear. by Barbara Kuebel
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    Artemis and the naked bear. by Barbara Kuebel
    Artemis and the naked bear.
    Paintings - 121x92 cm
    Red rider by Barbara Kuebel
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    Red rider by Barbara Kuebel
    Red rider
    Prints - 165x142 cm
    deep fried marsbars and Irn Bru by Barbara Kuebel
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    deep fried marsbars and Irn Bru by Barbara Kuebel
    deep fried marsbars and Irn Bru
    Paintings - 92x120 cm
    Compressed relationship by Barbara Kuebel
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    Compressed relationship by Barbara Kuebel
    Compressed relationship
    Prints - 162x142 cm
    All my friends are cats by Barbara Kuebel
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    All my friends are cats by Barbara Kuebel
    All my friends are cats
    Prints - 70x50 cm
    Touching and tasting by Barbara Kuebel
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    Touching and tasting by Barbara Kuebel
    Touching and tasting
    Prints - 162x144 cm
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    After dinner. by Barbara Kuebel
    After dinner.
    Prints - 86x61 cm
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    Meditation by Barbara Kuebel
    Meditation
    Prints - 86x61 cm
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    Sun bathing by Barbara Kuebel
    Sun bathing
    Prints - 86x61 cm
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    Floating! by Barbara Kuebel
    Floating!
    Prints - 86x61 cm
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    SWIMMING IS MY LIFE! by Barbara Kuebel
    SWIMMING IS MY LIFE!
    Prints - 86x61 cm
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    Running and dancing queen by Barbara Kuebel
    Running and dancing queen
    Prints - 164x144 cm

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