‚Art is a daughter of freedom‘ Friedrich Schiller
Born near Nuremberg, Germany, Petra Dippold-Goetz grew up in the city of Albrecht Dürer, immersed in a rich artistic tradition. Although painting had always been a deep personal passion, it wasn’t until 2014 that she chose to follow it as a calling. One winter evening, she discovered a lifeless white dove in her garden—its blood and feathers scattered in the snow. This haunting moment marked a turning point: from that day forward, art became her way of processing emotion, questioning the world, and engaging with it more deeply.
She went on to study Fine Arts at the Academy of Faber-Castell from 2014 to 2018, refining her technical skills while exploring a raw, intuitive visual language. Her work is inspired by visits to museums across Europe and influenced by Informal Art, particularly artists such as Emil Schumacher, Anselm Kiefer, Jackson Pollock, and Franz Kline.
Petra's expressive paintings blend gestural abstraction with natural and industrial materials. She works in acrylic and oil, often incorporating sand, wood, plastic, or found objects—especially remnants of human consumption. Her fascination with transformation and meaning-making through discarded matter has led to her participation in several Trash Art Festivals, where she also teaches workshops on turning waste into art.
Some of her works are vibrant celebrations of life and beauty. Others carry urgent socio-political messages, confronting ecological destruction, species extinction, and unsustainable consumption. "I see myself as an artist-activist," she says, "wielding my brush not only to adorn the canvas but to awaken the soul."
Petra Dippold-Goetz has exhibited in major art cities such as Vienna, Paris, Barcelona, New York, and Tokyo. Her works are part of collections across Europe, the USA, Singapore, and Japan. She has received several honors, including the art prizes Faces of Peace, Voices of Tomorrow, and Global Art Virtuoso.
Her artistic mission is both poetic and purposeful: to touch hearts, to question, to awaken reason and compassion. In a global context marked by ecological and social crises, her art becomes a call—to delight in the beauty of our world and to take responsibility for preserving it. Each of her works is a “daughter of freedom”: liberated by purpose, yet bound by a deep commitment to insight and care.
