“Painting, for me, is an act of authorship, identity, and intention. In a metaphorical sense, I see my practice as alchemy: the disassembling, extracting, and reassembling of materials to refine them and turn them into “gold.“ Therefore, the process of my work is as important to me as the finished painting.

My practice is informed by my earlier studies in psychology. I question reality in a dialogue between philosophical and spiritual themes, which I respond to on a physical level in my paintings. This, in turn, leads to new spiritual insights into reality, which I then react to again in my works. Hence, there are often many layers on top of each other in my work, and since my time at the Royal College of Art, I have started working in series and experimenting with painting in the expanded field.

I work extensively with liquid colors and experiment with combining them, allowing them to run into each other, then separating them by cutting up the work and putting it back together in a controlled order. This non-traditional way of painting creates a dialogue between the freedom ofexperimentation and the precision of control and intention. In this way, my work transforms into a dynamic conversation between the tangible and the intangible.”

Anna-Belén Siegmann (born 1997 in Hamburg), artistically known as Belén, is an emerging artist and graduate of the prestigious Royal College of Art in London. In 2021, Belén's work was selected for an exhibition at the Institut Français in Hamburg to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the institution in Germany. In 2024, she was selected for the exhibition "Mouvement", organised in collaboration with the French Consulate and the Institut Français in Hamburg. In the same year, she was awarded the Lucy Halford Scholarship for her Masters studies at the Royal College of Art in London. Her works are represented in public and private collections, including the prestigious private collection of Lord Davies of Abersoch CBE in London.