Ivonne Dippmann

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Artist statement

Ivonne Dippmann is an interdisciplinary artist working across drawing, painting, textiles, photography and spatial installation. Her practice explores how history is carried by materials and bodies, and how personal and collective memory can be transformed through processes of making, fragmentation and reassembly. Drawing is often the point of departure. Lines develop a textile logic; surfaces begin to behave like woven structures. From drawing, works move into photography, painting and textile construction, continuously shifting between image, object and space. Dippmann cuts, folds, stitches, weaves and dismantles canvases, disrupting the autonomy of the painted surface and transferring it into another material condition. Painting becomes textile; image becomes object; surface becomes structure. The transformation of one medium into another is itself part of the work’s meaning. The body functions as both archive and measure. Dippmann frequently uses her own body as a model and material presence, allowing memory to become embodied through movement, repetition, touch and learned gestures. Materials operate in a similar way. They carry traces of labour, production, domestic knowledge and social history that exceed their immediate physical form. Dippmann’s point of departure is her own material history. Born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz, she grew up in a city profoundly shaped by textile production and industrial labour. Her family was embedded in this culture through...

Artwork

• Overdressed & Underestimated #2, 2026. Braided canvas, cut, glued, sewn, and woven, brass elements
• Hey Ivonne, everthing alright?, 2026. 3/5 Fine Art Prints on Hahnemühle paper, edition of 20
• Corrections to Jens please! / Korrekturen an Jens bitte!, 2016. Three spot-welded flat steel bars, 97 aluminium strips, lacquer, ink and spray paint
• Every time I recall I pull my nose, 2019. Sweater, limited knit edition, wearable inside-out, 3-colour jacquard, V-neck, 100% cotton, unisex, based on a series of 6 ink drawings
• One voucher, redeemable by anyone. / Ein Gutschein, lesbar für alle., 2024. Steel square tube and steel screw hooks Wool, various colors, upcycled
• The cat was quiet until morning, 2019. A voucher for everyone (exhibition view) Knitting yarn in various colors from VEB Polar Karl-Marx-Stadt (GDR), 20 mm flat steel, 500 galvanized screw hooks, stepper motor
• Interrelation of Parts Dropping Down #3, 2020. Photograph, woven canvas, metal, textile, mixed media
• Partially after – heavyweight black blazerpattern, woven blend, 2011. Two canvasas / black ink on canvas folded and reversed, leather implements, one silver chain
• Nothing will happen if you sleep in jeans., 2019. Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle paper, edition of 20
• At the beginning of November I got up and left, so goodbye. / Anfang November stand ich auf und ging fort, deshalb auf Wiedersehen., 2018. 1 × mirrored negative neck opening, patinated brass, from a series of four soldered brass objects, produced in collaboration with Juliwerk Berlin, Industrial 01_B 04, 2015. Edition of 14 individually handcrafted unique works
• Overdressed & Understimated #1, 2026. Braided canvas, cut, glued, sewn, and woven; brass,
• Interrelation of parts dropping down #2, sleeve knit blazer, spring 2011, 2026. Four interwoven canvases, braided, cut, glued, sewn, and woven, brass elements,
• Kislev, 2025. Acrylics, gouache, spraypaint and ink on canvas
• Dog Days / Hundstage, 2026. Field study, 3/6 paintings, 
acrylic on paper
• In cotton, unwrap me. No one was familiar with any blue in the sky., 2018. 6 paper collages, spray paint and paper cut-outs
• Or simply the people, places and things we find remarkable., 2018. 1/8 paintings, acrylic, spraypaint on paper
• HAJO– Storytelling Tapestry, 2022. 1/5 textile collages, textiles and fabric remnants, cut, sewn and edited
• HAJO – Storytelling Tapestry, 2022. 1/5 Textile collages, textiles and fabric remnants, cut, stitched and edited
• CONDUCTION I & II – YOURS, MINE, NONE!, 2016. Knitting wool in various colours from VEB Polar Karl-Marx-Stadt, former GDR, 20 mm flat rolled steel with galvanised screw hooks
• 1 God, 2 tablets, 3 man, 4 woman, 5 Torah, 6 Talmud, 7 days to create the world, 8 circumcision, 9 months pregnant, 10 commandments, 11 stars, 12 tribes / 1 Gott, 2 Tafeln, 3 Mann, 4 Frau, 5 Tora, 6 Talmud, 7 Tage, die Welt zu bauen, 8 Beschneidung, 9 Monate schwanger, 10 Gebote, 11 Sterne, 12 Stämme, 2016. C-Print, edition of 20
• AIR – Melted cement in grey, beige, 2016. Acrylic, gouache, ink and spray paint on canvas, triptych
• My Tears Are Gone For Today., 2023. Acrylic, marker, pens on paper Sketchbook 8/78 pages
• THERE WERE THREE OF THEM, A GIRL, A BOY, AND THEY COULD SING IN THREE PARTS., 2016. Acrylic, ink, spray paint and gouache on copper paper
• WÄNDE I – VIII / WALLS I – VIII I In winter the trails are not gritted here. II I liked her, that is the better word. III Leave me alone! I’m amused! IV Flowers, which I do not know. V Until the whiskey etched up the ribbons. VI Remnainder world. VII Attention! Roof avalanches! VIII In a complete peace of mind in the midst of ruins. I Im Winter werden die Wege hier nicht gestreut. II Sie gefiel mir, das ist das bessere Wort. III Lass mich in Ruhe! Ich amüsiere mich! IV Blumen, die ich nicht kenne. V Bis sich der Whisky in die Bänder frass. VI Restposten Welt. VII Achtung! Dachlawinen! VIII In völliger Seelenruhe inmitten von Ruinen., 2016. Acrylic, ink, spray paint, gouache on canvas
• Interrelation of Parts Dropping Down #1, 2026. Two interwoven canvases, acrylic and ink on canvas, braided, stitched and woven
• The universe, floor construction Nr. 1a, 2011. Black ink on canvas, one silver chain
• Faith is sleeping, heaven’s dreaming, 6/28 drawings, 2023. Acrylics, ink and crayons on paper, 1/28 paintings