Michael Behrens

The Seaforms series embodies decades of Behrens’s personal sensory experiences above and below water. The diverse color range and interior movement varies as if created organically by the environment while each shape and structure provide a strong appearance. The natural and random appearance of the artist’s works is created by the exterior form and the specific details: The fine modeling of the subareas and edges, the interplay of matt and polished surfaces as well as the cell-like structures emerging from fusing of the glass sections.

In 2004 and 2007, Behrens worked as a project supervisor for Ethiopian Reflections in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. In 2008 and 2009, he was assigned as a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture – Plastic Shaping at the Technical University (TU) Darmstadt.

Michael Behrens began experimenting with sculpture in 2002. Behrens’s sculptural work initially focused primarily on the internal structure of the objects. His Seaforms series focuses more on the form of the outer shape. In Phoenix, the artist devotes himself to the abstracted form of the object. The relationship between shape and content is of high importance in Behrens's work.

Michael Behrens, grown up in Neuss, lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. From 1999 to 2003 Behrens studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht, Netherlands where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2003 .

Michael Behrens (born 1973 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a German sculptor working with glass. He operates internationally, mainly in Europe and North America.