Brief Biography & Artistic Journey

Gerti Landwehr’s portraits, making the unsayable visible.

Between briefings and screens, Gerti Landwehr began her career as a graphic designer - precise, ambitious, and guided by a clear personal vision. At first, her ideas collided with the resistance of a stubborn superior; yet her designs convinced clients and colleagues so convincingly that perceptions of her talent began to shift. Words were never her territory; images were. At night, she visualized what could not be put into words - and let her work speak for itself.

From this experience emerged a distinct artistic stance: portraits as spaces of resonance for the unsayable. Gerti concentrates everything on the gaze - eyes that seek closeness rather than pose, that make silent signals visible and enable genuine encounter. When a work becomes too smooth, she deliberately paints over it - out of clarity, not doubt. This is how faces come into being that do not merely depict, but respond. “I paint gazes that speak back.”

Why does this matter? Because a society becomes impoverished when we no longer truly look at one another. Amid speed, sensory overload, and rapid judgment, her painting recalls what it means to be human: to perceive, to respond, to allow oneself to be touched. Thus, graphic routine transforms into an independent artistic voice - and images become a conversation that leads us back to authentic connection.

Today, Gerti Landwehr lives and works as an independent artist in Austria. For several years, her works have been successfully presented in galleries, in solo exhibitions, and at art fairs in Austria and abroad - now also for the first time in an auction house. Sales and demand continue to develop positively; collectors in particular value the consistency of her portrait-based position. The response confirms that the imaginary possesses a real power - one that touches people and transforms encounters, beyond the sensory overload of everyday life.

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