VON WOLFE
b. 1966, United KingdomWolfe von Lenkiewicz (Von Wolfe) is a British artist based in London whose work primarily examines themes of identity, intimacy, psychological depth and power dynamics, offering nuanced reflections on universal experience. The artworks often highlight the tension between control and autonomy, illuminating how unseen societal, technological, and psychological forces influence and shape individual agency.
Wolfe von Lenkiewicz was born in Dartmoor, England in 1966 to Celia Norman and the British painter Robert Lenkiewicz. He is of German-Polish-Jewish descent, with his great-grandfather being Baron von Schlossberg, court painter to King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Lenkiewicz was educated at University of York graduating in 1989 with a degree in Philosophy and specialising in Contemporary Epistemology.
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