Veronika Neukirch - ARTIST STATEMENT

Through sculpture and installation, Veronika Neukirch has conversations with matter, domestic objects and the spaces we inhabit. Together, they chat about functionality, the limits of materials, and giggle about meaning.

Malleability and translucency are continuous themes, as materials evolve to fit the particularities of display methods. Examining and aiming to alter our perception of and interaction with space, the works often become creatures. They droop, ooze and shine while resting comfortably or prancing along their habitat. Propping, supporting and suspending each other, components converse amongst themselves and have started to look back at us.

When did realism stop feeling real? Material qualities have agency and become metaphors for human emotions, attitudes and consciousness that are downloaded into sculptural avatars. Creating extensions of body and mind; Neukirch aims to breathe joy and humour into the inanimate.

Veronika Neukirch - BIO

Originally from Germany, Veronika Neukirch (b. 1986) has been based in London since 2005. She has exhibited, completed artist residencies and scholarships in the UK, Europe and Southeast Asia.

Neukirch received the Eaton Trust Fund in 2021 to support her solo exhibition at Unit 1 Gallery l Workshop. Graduating from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Sculpture (2019), she was the recipient of the Gilbert Bayes Trust Sculpture Prize and went on to become a lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. She completed her BA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins (2013) and briefly studied at University of the Arts UdK Berlin.