Xenia Gottenkieny

painting - audiovisual

Xenia Gottenkieny
Multidisciplinary artist. Living and working in Rotterdam (NL)

In her artistic practice Xenia Gott prefers an intuitive approach when she captures her random (online) impressions into figurative collage sketches ..
Influenced by shape, color and rhythm Xenia combines layer upon layer with drawings, texts, and magazine snippets.
She's found this randomized method appeals to her imagination and works well with the fragmentary manner in which she paints her stories on canvas.

Some recurring themes in her works are: society, city & struggle.

Exhibitions / performances: Art Blaak House, W139, Melkweg gallery 'Graukunst', Paradiso, Incubate festival, Liberation festival, Route du Nord, Photo festival Schiedam, Worm, Roodkapje, Municipality of Rotterdam, See Me (Times Square, NY), HAFF ..

Co-Founder of non-profit organization Plus-X-Creative (2013).
Its main aim: to play an active and supporting role in providing a platform for creative empowerment.


Metromen - Lifesize collage series of men at work.. Material: acrylic, paper, 5 panels, 1.80 high x 4m wide. Installation for Art Blaak House exhibition (Rotterdam) February 2020
Trash Collectors - Autonomous collage work. Acrylic, paper on canvas, 40x50cm. Part of 'Publieke Werken' exhibition and publication 2020
The End of Times - Drawing created at ‘Residency for the End of Time’ in Coulanges (France). Materials: acrylic, ink, paper. Size: 21x29,7cm. Published in “l'Intolerance” by Woodstone Kugelblitz, 2019
Ritueel Amok - Collage / Illustration for Gonzo (Circus) BE/NL magazine. Material: acrylic, paper. Series of drawings, digitally edited, august 2020
Like (X-enia) - Art video filmed and edited by, music written and recorded by, performer, producer: Xenia Gottenkieny Engineered, mastered by: Chris van Velde (LGM Studio, Rotterdam NL). Video featuring special performance from drummer Manfred Gstrein. 2018
Slow Motion Rina (Droppings) - Art video made by Manfred Gstrein and Xenia Gottenkieny. Music by Droppings
Don’t Watch this Film - Docudrama about conspiracies and urban legends (2013). A film by Eugenio Lopez Carlos (Lopez Carlos productions). Music, sound FX and artwork by Xenia Gottenkieny.