Paul Grodhues was born in Germany in 1996 and is mainly dedicated to painting. He recently completed his studies in Fine Arts at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar in his hometown Saarbrücken. Due to his university exchange in textile design at the Escola Massana in Barcelona from 2022-2023, he is still based in the Catalan capital.
 
His paintings evolve provisionally in an abstract process of many layers and superimpositions, and fragmented elements later used in a targeted manner. Several components further elaborate into concrete objects or figures, while others stay abstract and undefined.
His textile works are often composed with figures filled of cotton wool to generate voluminous bodies.
 
His conceptual approach proves to be equally fragmental. While exoloring antique and book markets, he accumulates an individual reservoir of items, which he expands into narratives.
His painting process is preceded by a search for text fragments that can be traced back to various novels by authors such as Gabriel García Márquez and Haruki Murakami. The fragments are both banal and poetic and emancipated from their context. They supplement his works in titling, not always reasonable yet sometimes confusing and mysterious.
 
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, his work is considered infused by the literary concept of magic realism. Figures remain enigmatic. Dreams serve as a link between the mundane and the fantastic realms and play a decisive role in his works. Absurdity and exaggeration thus find their place, which needs no justification.
 
Acrobats and dancers as well as jugglers and peddlers constitute his main characters, initially inspired by his experiences with Latin American culture.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez and the one there recurring group of jugglers are exemplary for his references.

Paul Grodhues was born in Germany in 1996 and is mainly dedicated to painting. He recently completed his studies in Fine Arts at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar in his hometown Saarbrücken. Due to his university exchange in textile design at the Escola Massana in Barcelona from 2022-2023, he is still based in the Catalan capital.
 
His paintings evolve provisionally in an abstract process of many layers and superimpositions, and fragmented elements later used in a targeted manner. Several components further elaborate into concrete objects or figures, while others stay abstract and undefined.
His textile works are often composed with figures filled of cotton wool to generate voluminous bodies.
 
His conceptual approach proves to be equally fragmental. While exoloring antique and book markets, he accumulates an individual reservoir of items, which he expands into narratives.
His painting process is preceded by a search for text fragments that can be traced back to various novels by authors such as Gabriel García Márquez and Haruki Murakami. The fragments are both banal and poetic and emancipated from their context. They supplement his works in titling, not always reasonable yet sometimes confusing and mysterious.
 
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, his work is considered infused by the literary concept of magic realism. Figures remain enigmatic. Dreams serve as a link between the mundane and the fantastic realms and play a decisive role in his works. Absurdity and exaggeration thus find their place, which needs no justification.
 
Acrobats and dancers as well as jugglers and peddlers constitute his main characters, initially inspired by his experiences with Latin American culture.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez and the one there recurring group of jugglers are exemplary for his references.