Petals

Franca Plohr is studying for a Master’s degree in Art at the University of Osnabrück. Her focus is on painting (Prof. Sigrun Jakubaschke-Ehlers) and sculpture (Prof. Dr Bärbel Schlüter). She holds a studio grant at the D23 collective studio. In 2023, she was nominated for the Ingeborg Sieber Foundation’s Art Promotion Prize. In 2025, she was awarded the same prize jointly with the collective 6inRaum12.
Working Method
In her artistic practice, she places the process at the centre. Her painting moves between powerful gestures and tranquil flatness, and thrives on the tension between exercising control and conscious letting go.
She works intuitively and sees the creative process as an active dialogue between herself, the canvas and the material. The materiality is allowed to develop its own language and help shape the outcome.
Her work is characterised by a reduced colour palette – usually no more than three colours – which she manipulates in a variety of ways to create different textures, atmospheres and effects.

Biography
2025 5ausRaum12, Sculpture Gallery, Osnabrück
2025 ‘Zauberwald’ exhibition, Skatehalle Osnabrück
2025 Ingeborg Sieber Foundation Art Prize – awarded 2nd place, collective 6inRaum12
2024 Osnabrück Culture Night, exhibition
2024 Long Night of the Studios, Osnabrück
2024 Establishment of Studio D23, Osnabrück
2024 Ingeborg Sieber Foundation Art Prize, nomination in the sculpture category, 6inRaum12 collective
2023 The Case of Caterina Pedroni Braun/Formine Excursion, Osnabrück Student Centre
2023 Polar 2, Osnabrück Cultural Centre
2023 Annual Exhibition, University of Osnabrück
2023 HardArt, Osnabrück
2022 Polar, Lutherhaus, Osnabrück
2022 Zauberwald Exhibition, Osnabrück Skate Hall
2022 Nomination for the Ingeborg Sieber Foundation Art Prize, Painting category

Awards/Grants
2025 Rundgang25, University of Osnabrück :
6inRaum12 Collective Art Prize, 2nd place, Ingeborg Sieber Foundation 
2024 Studio D23 :
Funding from the Community Foundation and the Inge Römer Foundation 
2023 Annual Exhibition, University of Osnabrück :
Nominated for the Ingeborg Sieber Foundation Art Prize in the Painting category