Barbara Kuebel

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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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    Two women in green by Barbara Kuebel
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    Two women in green by Barbara Kuebel

    Two women in green

    Paintings - 120x110 cm
    doing steps by Barbara Kuebel
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    doing steps by Barbara Kuebel

    doing steps

    Prints - 162x144 cm
    Hexenspiele by Barbara Kuebel
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    Hexenspiele by Barbara Kuebel

    Hexenspiele

    Paintings - 84x120 cm
    Looking closer is better by Barbara Kuebel
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    Looking closer is better by Barbara Kuebel

    Looking closer is better

    Prints - 162x144 cm
    Night cats in the day light by Barbara Kuebel
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    Night cats in the day light by Barbara Kuebel
    blue imp by Barbara Kuebel
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    blue imp by Barbara Kuebel

    blue imp

    Prints - 70x50 cm
    cat dance or the limits of secret by Barbara Kuebel
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    cat dance or the limits of secret by Barbara Kuebel
    Puppy games by Barbara Kuebel
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    Puppy games by Barbara Kuebel

    Puppy games

    Prints - 162x144 cm
    Circulation/ Daedalus and Ikarus by Barbara Kuebel
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    Circulation/ Daedalus and Ikarus by Barbara Kuebel
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    Licking wounds by Barbara Kuebel

    Licking wounds

    Prints - 152x144 cm
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    Beyond talk by Barbara Kuebel

    Beyond talk

    Prints - 152x144 cm
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    Night cats/ Nachtkatzen by Barbara Kuebel

    Night cats/ Nachtkatzen

    Prints - 160x144 cm
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    Flying babies by Barbara Kuebel

    Flying babies

    Prints - 162x144 cm
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    the beautiful people talk by Barbara Kuebel

    the beautiful people talk

    Prints - 162x144 cm
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    red mum with red baby by Barbara Kuebel

    red mum with red baby

    Prints - 162x144 cm

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