Exhibition
Installation View
Butterflies of Light @ Breeze Center
2026.5.1 – 7.15
Bluerider ART
Curatorial Statement
Bluerider ART Taipei is delighted to announce the opening of Butterflies of Light, premiering on Friday, April 24, 6–8 PM, at Breeze Center (Fuxing Hall). The exhibition features a solo presentation by Hans Kotter alongside a group exhibition of 10 international artists from 6 countries.
Light is one of art’s most ancient medium, and the most avant-garde contemporary language. The butterfly, in turn, is a symbol of transformation and freedom — from the stillness of the cocoon to the sudden burst of color at the moment of flight, its trajectory is never repeated, much like the singular creative paths of each artist. Taking this as its point of departure, Butterflies of Light centers on a solo exhibition by German light artist Hans Kotter, and brings together 11 international contemporary artists from 6 countries, with 55 works in total, weaving a polyphonic dialogue on light, color, material, and perception.
The soul of the exhibition, Hans Kotter (German, b. 1966), lives and works in Berlin. He is a recipient of the prestigious Bavarian Culture Award (E-ON Prize for Art and Architecture) and was nominated for the International Light Art Award by the Center for International Light Art Unna, Germany, in 2014. His works are held in major permanent collections including the TARGETTI Light Art Collection (Italy), the German Bundestag, and the Lithuanian National Museum, and he continues to exhibit at significant institutions worldwide — including the Ritter Museum (Germany), Kinetica Museum (London), and the MAKK Museum of Applied Arts Cologne. Drawing inspiration from Futurist Umberto Boccioni and Op Art master Victor Vasarely, Kotter employs LED, acrylic glass, stainless steel, neon, and prisms to transform the visible spectrum — as well as ultraviolet and invisible light — into a sculptural language that can be contemplated and perceived. Through flickering, flowing, rotating, and radiating light, he guides viewers with precision into a mesmerizing spiritual journey. As German art historian Kai-Uwe Hemken observes, Kotter’s work “reimagines the foundational utopia of modernism.” For Kotter, art and space become part of the creative process itself — an invitation for the viewer to step inside, and to experience pure joy in the interplay of light and shadow. This invitation is the very source of the spirit animating Butterflies of Light.
Orbiting Kotter’s luminous core, ten represented artists engage in a rich contemporary dialogue, each through their own distinct medium and vocabulary. German museum master Willi Siber crafts fluid sculptural surfaces from wood and metallic lacquer; Eberhard Ross distills the density of time within layered brushstrokes; Dirk Salz stacks resin to build pure orders of geometry and color; and Sven Drühl reconstructs the boundaries between image and memory through painting. Swiss artist Marck explores the playful tension between reality and illusion through video sculpture, while Thierry Feuz allows color to blossom across canvas like a cosmic garden. Spanish artist Josep Riera i Aragó writes a poetic narrative of life through imagery of ships and flying vessels; French artist François Bonnel captures the subtle glimmers of emotion through delicate brushwork. American artist Desire Obtain Cherish (Jonathan Paul) deconstructs the symbols of consumer culture through Pop and street sensibilities; and Canadian artist Janna Watson composes a free-spirited symphony of color through lyrical abstraction. These artists come from diverse cultural backgrounds and work across sculpture, painting, resin, metal, and image — yet they share a common core: a heightened sensitivity of perception.
Butterflies of Light offers not only a feast for the eyes, but an invitation to perceive. In an age of information overload and relentless pace, let us slow our steps, enter this garden of light carefully composed by the artists, and engage in dialogue — with the works, and with ourselves. Like the fleeting beat of a butterfly’s wings — brief, precise, yet luminous enough to light up an entire summer.
Participatipating artists:
Willi Siber (Germany)
Josep Riera i Aragó（Spain）
Eberhard Ross (Germany)
Dirk Salz (Germany)
Marck（Switzerland)
Hans Kotter （Germany)
Sven Drühl (Germany)
Thierry Feuz (Switzerland)
François Bonnel (France)
Desire Obtain Cherish (USA)
Janna Watson (Canada)
Butterflies of Light @ Breeze Center
Opening ART Night
2026.4.24 Fri. 18:00 – 20:00（Open to public）
Exhibition Dates
2026.4.24 – 7.15
Breeze Center
1F, No.39, Sec.1, Fu-Xing S. Rd., Taipei 105, Taiwan
Opening Hours:
Sun–Wed｜11:00 – 21:30
Thu–Sat｜11:00 – 22:00
Email:info@blueriderart.com
Tel: 02-27522238
Works
Artist
Willi Siber
(Germany, b. 1949）
Willi Siber (Germany, b. 1949) graduated from the University of Stuttgart, majoring in Art History. He currently lives and works in Upper Swabia, Germany, and is renowned for his abstract installations. Siber states, "My works are always free and independent objects that do not need to be narratively explained." Drawing from the Baroque art and cultural landscape of southern Germany's Upper Swabia, as well as being surrounded by the boundless natural scenery, Siber transforms and distills the Baroque's opulent colors and rhythms, along with his profound connection to nature, into his abstract works. He continuously explores the plasticity of materials, focusing on shape, color, and texture to overturn viewers' visual perceptions. In 2023, he was awarded Germany's most prestigious cultural honor, the "Oberschwäbischer Kunstpreis." In 2019, he held a retrospective exhibition celebrating 40 years of his work at the Villa Rot Museum in Germany, with his works permanently collected by institutions such as the German Bundestag, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Städtisches Kunstmuseum Singen, the German Embassy in Argentina, Deutsche Bank, private museums Kunstwerk, and Museum Ritter, among others.
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Josep Riera i Aragó
(Spain , b. 1954)
Josep Riera i Aragó (Spain, b. 1954), a graduate of the Sant Jordi Academy of Fine Arts, is one of Spain’s most internationally renowned contemporary artists. Based in Barcelona, his work explores the themes of “navigation between the sky and the deep sea,” employing symbols such as propellers, submarines, and airplanes to construct a poetic narrative of time, space, and life. His solo exhibitions have been hosted at prestigious European institutions, including the Heilbronn Municipal Museum in Germany, the Van Gogh Foundation in Arles, and the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona. His works are included in esteemed permanent collections such as the Van Gogh Foundation, the Joan Miró Foundation, and Boeing in Chicago.
Eberhard Ross
（Germany, b. 1959)
Eberhard Ross (Germany, b. 1959) currently lives and works in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Frankfurt, Germany. He studied at Folkwang-University Of Arts Essen with László Lakner and Friedrich Gräsel. For decades, Ross has dedicated himself to painting and drawing, combining Zen Buddhist philosophy with minimalist aesthetics. His meditative working process responds to the order and rhythm found in nature. His works are held in numerous public and corporate collections, including Deji Art Museum (Nanjing, China), Royal Bank of Canada, Art Collection NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), and Museum of Art Alte Post (Mülheim, Germany).
Dirk Salz
(Germany, b. 1962）
Dirk Salz (Germany, b. 1962) developed a deep appreciation for painting and art history at a young age. Currently based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, Salz’s creative process abandons traditional tools like brushes and canvases. Instead, he uses paint rollers and the gravitational force of resin to break free from minimalist conventions, exploring transparency, color dynamics, and the interplay between light and space. His works are part of the Akzo Nobel Art Foundation’s collection and numerous private collections worldwide.
Marck
(Switzerland, b. 1964）
Marck (Switzerland, b.1964) is internationally recognized for his video sculptures. Based in Zurich, he is an atypical artist: he dropped out of art school, unable to accept rigid academic structures, and instead worked in fields as varied as auto dismantling, electrical engineering, rock music, and design for technological installations. These unconventional experiences shaped a distinctive artistic vocabulary—blending imagination, reality, and the playful ambiguity of perception. In 2019, he received the International Culture Award from the Accademia Culturale Internazionale Cartagine in Italy. His works have been exhibited at Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil and are held in major collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; ArtCenter Istanbul; and ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, as well as numerous private collections worldwide.
Hans Kotter
(Germany, b. 1966）
Hans Kotter currently lives and works in Berlin. His work has been exhibited widely throughout Europe and the United States. Highlights include participation in exhibitions at Villa Datris (L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France), Kinetica Museum (London), Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb, Croatia), and the Museum of Applied Arts Cologne (Gremany). His work in collections including the Targetti Light Art Collection (La Sfacciata, Italy), Museum Ritter (Waldenbuch, Germany), and Kinetica Museum (London). Kotter‘s theme is light.
Sven Drühl
(Germany, b. 1968）
Sven Drühl currently lives and works in Berlin. He studied both in art and mathematics. With a PhD in art theory, he is also an author and editor of publications on contemporary art. Conceptually, Sven Drühl dissects visual shapes and types taken from every era from Romanticism to the present day, re-mounting them and combining them with his own motifs. Drühl reacts to the crisis of expression in post-modern painting with these transformed citations, but has purposefully not ceased to paint. His exploration of art history and his continual questioning of painting as a medium are at the heart of his oeuvre. He became known through his compilations of famous landscape paintings and had been exhibited throughout Europe, Asia and the United States including the St. Matthäuskirche, Berlin, Museum Villa-Rot, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest, Kallman-Museum, Ismaning, Museum Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe. His work is in collection of Berlinische Galerie -Museum für moderne Kunst, Berlin, Allianz Forum, Deutsche Bank, E.ON Art Collection, Düsseldorf, Collection Philara, Düsseldorf.
Thierry Feuz
(Swiss, b. 1968)
Graduated from Geneva University of Art and Design (Haute École d'Art et de Design), Feuz currently lives and works in Geneva. In his artistic realm, art, science, and philosophy converge as he explores the universal meaning of "existence" and presents unseen realms through his unique painting techniques. Thierry Feuz's works have been collected by significant institutions and museums, including Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Neuchâtel, Singapore Art Foundation, UBS Bank, Saks Fifth Avenue in the United States, as well as the Breeze Crop. and E.Sun Commercial Bank, among other corporate collections.
François Bonnel
(France, b.1968)
François Bonnel (France, b.1968) is a French abstract artist currently based in Toulouse, France. Bonnel approaches art creation in an improvisational manner, infusing musicality into his work. Throughout his artistic journey, he continuously explores various techniques and media, including digital media, photography, and collage. With different musical styles serving as inspiration, his artworks are characterized by straightforward lines, shapes, and colors, exuding a high level of recognition and releasing his passion for art freely and purely. His works are permanently collected by the Harvard Art Museums in the United States and are also featured in international luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton in New York, L'Oréal and Longchamp in Paris, as well as numerous private collections.
Desire Obtain Cherish
(U.S.A, b. 1975）
Desire Obtain Cherish 強納森・保羅，畢業於紐約知名藝術學校 Parsons School of Design，擁有廣告和藝術理論背景。混合了街頭藝術、普普藝術與挪用的創作手法，他利用諷刺性的商業符號企圖驅動社會議題的討論。知名媒體 BLOUIN ARTINFO 形容他是「用最美麗與刺激的藝術外表、來包裝社會的良知」。從 DOC的別名也可以看出他的藝術信仰: 渴望、獲得、珍惜。活耀於紐約各大藝博會，曾在威尼斯雙年展、紐約Saks 第五大道百貨公司等展出。作品獲紐約文華東方酒店集團、NBA知名球星Dirk Nowitzki及Andrei Kirilenko、知名對沖基金執行長Joseph and Diana Dimenna、邁阿密房地產總裁Gilbert Benhamou及F1 賽車總裁 Bernie Ecclestone等重要機構與私人收藏。
Janna Watson
(Canada, b. 1983)
Janna Watson（Canada, b. 1983）uses abstraction as both an escape from and return to the real. As the world we know dematerializes into paint strokes, so too does her paint take stage as its very own character in a multi-act drama of composition. Bundles of colour, made up of discrete yet inseparable instances of pigment—what Watson refers to as “moments”—are teeming and poised as though caught mid-multiplication. Sweeps of paint re-direct sharply and fold over themselves; thin, rigid ink lines cut into the pictorial field as rudimentary elements in an increasingly complex system of painterly language. All the components play out on a surface of slow, chromatic gradation. Like many of Watson’s players, these backdrops tenderly gesture toward the familiar, stopping just short of representation. The result is a conceptual project (and distinct, stylistic signature) that speaks to a contemporary milieu in which abstract painting is not the retreat of meaning into an unrecognizable realm, but rather the emergence of medium as a “figure” in its own self-inscribed world of feeling and being. Watson does more than reveal paint’s potential to emote—she gives it a space to reveal itself, in its own time.