Alf Löhr

Alf Löhr's abstract paintings orchestrate a complex interaction between colour, form and pictorial space, built on mostly large canvases through many layers of translucent paint — laid down, removed, and replaced again until the entire chronology of the work remains visible in its final surface. "Just as a poet writes a poem, or a composer a song," Löhr uses colour and canvas to create something new in his own language — his paintings guide the viewer through unknown spaces until, suddenly, we find ourselves in dialogue with the work itself.

German born in 1957, Löhr trained at the Academy of Modern Art in Düsseldorf before earning a Ph.D. at the Royal College of Art in London for his public art projects. He has held high-profile teaching roles across Europe and the United States, including senior lecturer at the Glasgow School of Art, visiting professor at the University of Washington, and professor of painting at Monash University in Melbourne, alongside major public art commissions for clients including Rolls-Royce, Michelin and Hermès.

Löhr's work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Staatliches Museum Schwerin, the Royal Academy's 250th Anniversary Summer Show in London, and the Fondazione Bogliasco in Genoa. He now lives and works in Whitstable, Kent.