1993 - 1997 graduation from the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts
After completing her studies in the Netherlands she moved into her main studio in the Belgian town Verviers, and a second studio at Cologne was retained. Her paintings mostly focused the characteristic east Belgian landscape. The works did not reflect a realistic image, but they were deeply involved with the atmosphere of the landscapes. From 2009, her paintings changed more and more by combining rhythmic elements and patterns with the depth in the picture plane and opened the way towards the now exclusively abstract painting.
Vera Hilger lives and works in Hauset/Belgium and Cologne/Germany.
Selected exhibitions
2015 Into other Scapes, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL) | fuzzy sets, artothek Köln (D)
2014 Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf (D)
2013 edition norm, Barbette - Berlin | OSTRALE´013, Dresden (D) | Intervalle, Kirche St. Marien in Würselen (D)
2012 Kunstroute, Wanda Reiff, Bemelen (NL) | Prix Louis Schmidt, Musee d'art contemporain - Freie Universität Brüssel (B) | Pulsar, Bild für die Kirche St. Nikolaus (Citykirche), Aachen (D)
2011 exhibition celebrating the nomination to the IKOB Arts Award 2011 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen (B) | Vera Hilger - Works 2010/11, Gallery Freitag 18.30, Aachen (D)