Cordula Dobes
Cordula Dobes
Cordula Dobes - Born in 1959
Gelsenkirchen - Germany
Sculptor
Cordula Dobes' sculptural practice is rooted in the fundamental principles of volume and space. For her, the cube and spatial balance are inseparable. Each form dependent on the other in constructing harmony within the figure. In line with the ethos of modernist sculpture, her work focuses on clarity and intent, distilling form down to its most essential rhythms and relationships.
She skillfully choreographs the interplay of line and surface, rise and fall, concave and convex, creating a sculptural language that feels musical in its cadence yet anchored in three-dimensional permanence. Her figures do not rely on intricate details but instead embody a concentrated energy, delivering powerful monumentality even at an intimate scale.
Whether cast in bronze or stone, her animal and human forms, bears, bulls, owls, are not representations but distilled essences. Each one captures a core behavioral or symbolic truth through clear form and weight. Cordula Dobes continues the legacy of European modernists, drawing on influences from Archipenko’s spatial voids to Moore’s soft hollows, while establishing a voice that is uniquely her own.
By abstracting nature, as an artist, Dobes does not abandon it, she refines and reclaims it. Her materials and forms, volume, cube, space, surface, and weight serve as tools of transformation, allowing her sculptures to exist with both grounded mass and graceful presence.
Cordula Dobes, now represented in Dubai, continues to captivate with her sculptural language rooted in clarity and emotional depth. Working across bronze, terracotta, and mixed media, her art forms reflect a refined modernist approach, balancing abstraction with tactile presence. Her work remains focused on the essence of gesture and form, evoking strength, vulnerability, and quiet rhythm through material and movement.
Commissioned Work
Exhibitions
1980 - Stadtsparkasse Rinteln
1992 - Museum der TATRA-Werke, Koprivnice, CZ
1993 - Atelier Projekt, Munich
1994
• Johannes Esser INTERIOR, Munich
• Hotel Walter´s Hof, Kampen/Sylt
• Hoesch & Partner, Munich
1995
• Kulturzentrum Gasteig, Munich
• Exhibition for the 5th anniversary of the Association of Czech Industry, Prague
• Sculpture Gallery Binder, Kerpen
1996
• Münchner Bank at IHM, Munich
• Erwin von Kreibig Museum, Munich
• "Ars Antik", Palast Hohenems, Austria
1997 - Boston Consulting Group, Munich
1998
• Gilching near Munich
• Schloß Petzow, Potsdam
2000 - Gallery "Lakeside Antiques", Berlin
2001 - Gallery "Im Maxhof", Munich
2002 - Gallery "Ars in Vita", ArsinVita.de, Munich
2003 - Satelliten Anwendungszentrum Navigation, Weßling
2004
• Gallery "Ars in Vita", Bad Reichenhall
• Art Fair Salzburg, Austria
2005
• Hotel "Village", Kampen/Sylt
• "Hüs bi Hüs", Keitum/Sylt
2007 - EADS, Berlin
2014 - Gallery "Ars in Vita", Art & Antiques Fair, Post Palace, Munich
2015 - Gallery "Ars in Vita", Art & Antiques Fair, Post Palace, Munich
2018 - Gallery BAIEALEY, Prague, CZ
2019
• Knupp Gallery, Prague, CZ
• Kunst & Antiquitätenmesse, House of Art, Munich
2020
• Art Innsbruck, January, Austria
• Pfarrstadl, October, Weßling
2021
• TrendSet Fine Arts, July, Munich
• Pfarrstadl, October, Weßling
• ARTMUC Contemporary Art Fair, October, Munich
2022
• TrendSet FineArts, January, Munich
• ARTMUC, May, Praterinsel, Munich
• KreARTiv, June, Hohenried Castle, Bernried/Lake Starnberg
• "LITTLE TREASURES", Galleria De Marchi, June–July, Bologna, Italy
• KreARTiv Contemporary, September, Hohenried Castle
• ARTMUC, October, MTC Locations, Munich
• KreARTiv, Hohenried Castle
• ARTMUC, October, MTC Locations, Munich
2023
• ARTMUC, March, MTC Locations, Munich
• art4nature, April–May, Gallery of Art, Starnberg
• KreARTiv, May, Hohenried Castle, Bernried/Lake Starnberg
• LDXArtodrome Gallery, June, Bad Mergentheim
• Geoje International Art Festival, October, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, South Korea
• art4nature Group Exhibition, October, Studio Gallery, Bad Tölz
• ARTMUC, October, MTC Locations, Munich
2024
• MKG Exhibition "PAINTING. GRAPHICS. SCULPTURE", Künstlerhaus, Lenbachplatz 8, Munich
• KreARTiv, Hohenried Castle, Bernried/Lake Starnberg
• art4nature, June, Studio Gallery, Bad Tölz
• Aukio Ateliers – Open Studio Days, July, Pähl
• INC Art Fair Bodensee, November, Dornbirn, Austria
• Aukio Ateliers – Open Studio Days, November, Pähl
Latest
2025 - Exhibition at the Kim Bo Seong Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Awards
2023 - 1st place in the category "Sculpture", 9th Geoje International Art Festival at Haegeumgang Theme Museum, South Korea
2024 - 1st place in the category "Sculpture", 10th Geoje International Art Festival at Haegeumgang Theme Museum, South Korea
View the available collection of artworks by Cordula Dobes here