​In Petra Winterkamp’s Munich studio, works emerge in which colour, symbols and history are interwoven. Painting here becomes an archaeological exploration: layer upon layer, the artist applies pigments, gypsum, ash and gold leaf – materials reminiscent of stone, frescoes and ancient walls. Her surfaces are at once fragile and powerful, telling stories of time, transience and rediscovery. 

Winterkamp draws inspiration from ancient excavation sites, from ruins and the traces of past cultures. Fascinated by the Nebra Sky Disc, by Etruscan frescoes and medieval palimpsests, she translates their mysterious symbolism into a contemporary visual language. Each work becomes a fragment that points to another place – a place of memory and wonder. Thus, her studio becomes a space of transformation, where history, myth and colour merge into one. 

As Franz Marc once wrote:

​Recognise, my friends, what pictures are – the appearance in another place.”

​In this sense, Petra Winterkamp’s works are invitations to embark on a journey – to places that continue to move us long after we have seen them.