Jan Bahrenberg, 1976 in Dortmund born, discovered early at the age of 14 years, large, abstract painting for himself. He stretched a bed sheet on a roof batten frame, painted it with building centre colour and sold this for 50 DM. In subsequent years he experimented with a variety of gels (oil, acrylic, cardboard mache, plaster and watercolour) and techniques (airbrush, brush, spatula, relief), designed huge walls of a nightclub and he presented his art, wherever the opportunity was offered, for example in Dortmund, Muenster and Osnabrueck. His civil service in a sheltered workshop, he used to share the common areas to embellish. Then (1995-96), he painted one year under Spanish sun, and presented his works, among others, in the cultural center 'Ateneo' in Alicante and in the gallery 'Schuppan' in Altea. Back in Germany, he discovered how many of his generation, the computer as a creative tool.

a month in 2008:


Today Jan Bahrenberg is a marketing experienced multimedia producer. In 2005, he founded POORIST, an creative internet agency. He is a friend of understatement. By his journey through time and many experiments with gels and styles in which arrived today, what distinguishes his paintings: reduction and depth. His large format preference has remained. His paintings are dominated by self-imposed restrictions on size, color selection and technology. Light and dark contrasts are the predominant style. The real work of art is created in conjunction with the viewer.

self-portrait: