Gudrun Dorsch

Gudrun Dorsch was born in Munich in 1961. Encouraged by her mother, she began translating her imaginative ideas into her first works at an early age.

From 1973 onwards, she received her first commissions for book illustrations, portrait drawings, oil paintings, and costume designs.

Charlotte Flemming, as well as artists such as Hieronymus Bosch, Salvador Dalí, and H. R. Giger, influenced her with their symbolic visual language.

In 1979, Gudrun Dorsch began her training at the Blocherer School in Munich. She took three semesters of nude drawing and painting as a foundation, which established her fascination with the human body and its expression. She then learned about pictorial communication through commercial art, and after successfully completing her training as a graphic designer, she took up employment. At the same time, she continued her freelance work for publishers, companies, and institutions.

Her best-known work from this period was the logo and corporate design for the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis of Fourteen Holy Helpers (Archdiocese of Bamberg), which is still in use today.

Drawing the human body remained a constant focus in Gudrun Dorsch’s work. She was fascinated by the different movement patterns of people, which is why she devoted herself intensively to the study of this nonverbal form of language.

In 2012, the first “wrapped figures” emerged in a natural process.

From 2014 onwards, the artist devoted herself increasingly to international solo and group exhibitions as well as art fairs.

Over the years, Gudrun Dorsch continued to develop her characteristic style. The artist increasingly reduced her figures to the “essential.” The obvious receded and the previously “wrapped” figures transformed into disembodied, sensual-emotional personalities consisting of ribbons. She used a variety of materials in her creative process, but acrylic paints became her preference.
Her exhibits have been published in many art books and mentioned in the international press.

In 2025, based on auction results, the artist was included in the international databases Artprice and Artnet with two of her works.

With her “wrapped figures,” Gudrun Dorsch established an unmistakable artistic signature.

EDUCATION:
Blocherer School Munich (Germany),

EMPLOYMENT:

– Vereinte Versicherungen/Allianz – Munich (DEU)

Collaboration with the graphic design studio Stankowski + Duschek – Stuttgart (DEU)

– Dominique Verlag – Munich/Gräfelfing (DEU)

FREELANCE WORK:

– Kongregation der St Franziskusschwestern Vierzehnheiligen, Erzdiözese Bamberg (DEU, PER, IND, HRV)

– VERLAG Josef Berg – Munich (DEU)

– Kösel Verlag- München (DEU)

– Hallmark Cards (USA)

and many

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS IN AMERICA, EUROPE, AND ASIA

Selected highlights:

– Art Karlsruhe (Germany)

– Armory Art Weeks, New York (USA)

– Artweeks Miami (USA)

– Art Basel, EuroAirport Basel (CH)

– Suisse Art Expo, Zurich (CH)

– Metropolitan Theater, Tokyo (JPN)
and many others, including:
Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Graz, Rome, Verona, Prague, Bratislava, San Marino, Malta, and more.

AUCTIONS:
Michael Zeller Auction House – Lindau (DEU)

– “verwirbelt” (Swirled), 100 x 80 cm, acrylic/canvas, 2019

– “beflügelt” (Inspired), 80 x 100 cm, acrylic/canvas, 2018

DATABASES:

– Artprice,

– Artnet

COLLECTION:
M. Beck, Homburg/Saar (DEU)

– “Colorless,” 100 x 80 cm, acrylic/canvas, 2018

– “Connected and yet strange,” 42 x 29.7 cm, drawing/paper, 2015

– “Without content,” 42 x 29.7 cm, drawing/paper, 2016

– “12,007 Wickeltänzer,” 42 x 29.7 cm, drawing/paper, 2014

– “My hands are tied,” 42 x 29.7 cm, drawing/paper, 2014

GALLERY REPRESENTATIONS:

– Galerie Beck – comebeck ltd., Homburg/Saar (DEU)

– Woman in Art – Fürstenweg Doha Foundation, Fürstenweg GmbH, Salzburg (AUT)

– Crelala online gallery, Bensheim (DEU)

Exhibitions 2022

• ART’e Wiesbaden, Artfair, Wiesbaden, DEU
• SupermART, Artfair, Nuremberg, DEU
• TrendSet – FineArts, Artfair, Munich, DEU
• ArtGerecht, Artfair, Karlsruhe, DEU
• ArtMuc , Artfair, Munich, DEU
• Artbox Expo, Tana Art Space, Venice, ITA
• TrendSet Winter – FineArts, Artfair, Munich, DEU

Exhibitions 2020

• Art Prague, Joint exhibition, Prague, CZE
• Artbox Gallery Zürich, Joint exhibition, Zurich, CH
• Art Innsbruck, Artfair, Innsbruck, AUT
• Swiss Art Expo, Artfair, Zurich, CH
• ARTe Wiesbaden, Artfair, Wiesbaden, DEU
• Barcelona, ArtBox Gallery, Joint exhibition, Barcelona, ESP
• ARTMUC Oktober 2020, Artfair, Munich, DEU

Exhibitions 2018

• Messe Graz Kunstpavillon, Graz, AUT
• 22. Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AUT
• Stricoff Gallery, New York, USA
• Ligures Art Prize, Lerici, ITA
• Gallery Treffpunkt Kunst, Ottobrunn/ Munich, DEU
• Artbox Gallery, Zurich, CH
• ArtMuc, Munich, DEU
• Art Bratislava, Bratislava, SVK
• Gallery Beck, Homburg/Saar, DEU
• Gallery ArtInnovation, Innsbruck, AUT
• Anime Senza Voce, San Marino, RSM
• Japan-Europe Palace Art Association, Nymphenburg/ Munich, DEU
• Venice Arte, Venedig, ITA
• ArtMuc, Munich, DEU
• Artbox Gallery, Zurich, CH

Exhibitions 2016

• City Hall Bad Aibling, Bad Aibling, DEU
• Artbox Gallery, Zug, CH
• ArtInnovation, Innsbruck, AUT
• Internationales Handelszentrum Berlin, Berlin, DEU
• Artbox Gallery, Zug, CH
• Casino Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AUT
• Art Spectrum, Miami, USA
• XX. Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AUT

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