Brooklyn Artist’s Gym presents a show of paintings by Cordula Volkening, opening on  December 9th from 4-8 pm. The location of BAG is: 168 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets.

The show is titled, You: Would You Like An Invitiation To My Destination?

In September, Cordula was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma (advanced brain cancer). After her diagnosis, Cordula stopped working at her design and construction business and resumed her career as a visual artist.

In the 1980s, her artwork was shown in solo and group exhibitions in NY, Chicago, Washington, Germany and France, and earned a variety of honors, including fellowships, awards and media mentions.

Now Cordula works in her studio in the days between radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Cordelia writes, "Hey, I got advanced brain cancer – my system kicks me in the butt and screams: Be your authentic self or you are going to die sooner not later. Any questions?"

Cordula, 50, grew up in a small village in the middle of Germany and has lived in Brooklyn since 1985.

She holds a degree in fine art from the School of Art and Design in Kiel, Germany, and also attended the Arts Students League in New York. She is the owner of a NYC company called Living Art Space.

Her paintings can be seen on her myspace page,  http://www.myspace.com/cordulavolkening  She cites Mark Rothko, Jean-Michel
Basquiat, Miro and Kandinsky as important influences. "My work as an
artist is to supply language that is unpretentious and allow stories to
be told without using tried-out recipes." she writes on her myspace page.

Don’t miss her show, which will be on view and for sale from December 9-13, 2007 at Brookyn Artists Gym.