Lisanne Wepler CV
My name is Lisanne Wepler and trees are my main theme in art, art history and life. Sometimes I wonder where passion begins to turn into obsession – I don't have an answer to that yet; so far, this theme fills me with positive energy. (I grew up in Schenklengsfeld – under the canopy of the oldest and biggest Lime tree of Germany. Maybe she is responsible for all this treempathy…)
My incitement is 'Trees – our neighbours'. I live in Leiden, a medium-sized city in the forest-less south of the Netherlands, and I mainly observe/draw/etch/protect urban trees. Many people realise in these days how essential trees are for all city dwellers. But that does not mean that everything is being done to provide these trees with the best possible living conditions. The average lifespan of an urban tree is 25-30 years [!!].
Last year, I published a book featuring my tree etchings, pairing them with texts by 24 authors (https://drukdrukpaint.com/drukdrukprint/editions). Each person told a short story about their ‘tree neighbour’. I am continuing with this project, both as a graphic artist and as an art historian.
While researching art and trees on the internet, I found out about your group and was immediately thrilled: there are artists who only deal with trees! In the country with so many ancient trees and a rich ‘tree art’ landscape! I would be delighted if my city tree roots could be connected to your network – across the sea and Brexit (or better underneath it).
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Exhibitions
April – September 2026: Participation at exhibition Gooie gasten (Good guests) at Museum Het Depot, Wageningen
July – September 2025: Solo-exhibition Cuypers’ Vleugelnoot (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; cafeteria of the staff)
September 2025: Kunstroute Leiden (atelier drukdrukpaint Evertsenstraat 115, Leiden)
May – June 2025: Solo-exhibition Bomen – onze buren II (Trees – our neighbours, Hall of the historical cementary Groenesteeg, Leiden)
September 2024: Kunstroute Leiden (atelier drukdrukpaint Evertsenstraat 115, Leiden)
April – May 2024: Solo-exhibition Bomen – onze buren (Trees – our neighbours, Hall of the historical cementary Groenesteeg, Leiden)
October 2023: drukdrukpaint at the printing fair, organised by drukwerkindemarge (Oude Prodentenfabriek, Amersfoort)
October 2023: Open Ateliers, Den Haag; exhibition at the atelier and together with goldsmith Marlies van Velzen (Prinsegracht 14a, Den Haag)
September – November 2023: Solo-exhibition Bomen – onze buren (Trees – our neighbours, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; cafeteria of the staff)
September 2023: Kunstroute Leiden (atelier drukdrukpaint Evertsenstraat 115, Leiden)
May 2023: Organisation expo#3 drukdrukpaint: with artists Jeroen Bisscheroux, Burkhardt Söll, Paul du Bois-Reymond, Manni du Bois-Reymond (atelier van drukdrukpaint, Evertsenstraat 115, Leiden)
November 2022: Solo-exhibition during art month Ameland (Sint Clemenskerk, Nes)
October 2022: drukdrukpaint at the printing fair, organised by drukwerkindemarge (Oude Prodentenfabriek, Amersfoort)
September 2022: Kunstroute Leiden (atelier drukdrukpaint Evertsenstraat 115, Leiden)
September 2022: Organisation expo#2 drukdrukpaint: my works together with the those of artist Florian Söll (atelier drukdrukpaint Evertsenstraat 115, Leiden)
June 2022: Organisation expo#1 drukdrukpaint: Marten Hazelaar from Delft and Günther Wagner from Berlin (atelier drukdrukpaint Evertsenstraat 115, Leiden)
April 2022: Solo-exhibition in Galerie Zône (Niewstraat 17b, Leiden)
September 2021: Kunstroute Leiden (atelier drukdrukpaint Evertsenstraat 115, Leiden)
February 2021: Start of my ‘one-woman-company’ drukdrukpaint – Atelier for printmaking & painting
Sinds 2020: Start of the artists collective drukdrukpaint together with Burkhardt Söll, Gregor J.M. Weber, Manuela du Bois-Reymond (†2024)
2019: Exhibition of a collaboration: Le Jardin garde le sourire (The garden is still smiling), 26 etchings by 13 friends of Burkhardt Söll (Galerij Amber, Hooglandse Kerkgracht, Leiden and Freie Gartenakademie, Münster, Germany)
2019: Participation with my artwork The thieving magpie at exhibition in Tokyo (International Sumi-e Association in the National Art Center) awarded with the Incentive award
2018: Participation with my artwork The thirsty crow at exhibition in Tokyo (International Sumi-e Association in the National Art Center)
Curriculum vitae Lisanne Wepler
Short list of activities as an art historian (a.o.)
Since August 2025: Researcher trees in art & art history; full-time artist
April 2021 – August 2025: Art historical researcher, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
January 2023 – November 2023: Curator 17de eeuw schilderijen (ad interim), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
2023: Publishing: Art stories from the Netherlands and Italy, 1550-1800 : liber amicorum in honour of Gregor J.M. Weber, Fred G. Meijer, Carla van de Puttelaar, Lisanne Wepler (eds.), Amsterdam 2023
2016 – 2020: Post-doc University of Leiden, NWO-project: Aesopian Fables 1500-2010 – Word, Image, Education (managed by Prof. Dr. Paul J. Smith) ▪ 2021: publication: Tierfabeln von Äsop bis La Fontaine in Gemäldeserien seit 1600 [Animal fables from Aesop to La Fontaine in series of paintings since 1600] (Imhof, Petersberg 2021)
2016-2018: Guide Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
2013 – 2015: Junior curator Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig ▪ 2014: Organisation oft he exhibition Herzog Anton Ulrich – Fürst von Welt in Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
2013: Dr. phil. (magna cum laude), University of Bonn: Bilderzählungen in der Vogelmalerei des niederländischen Barocks (Imhof, Petersberg 2014)
2002 – 2008: Magistra artium art history & German philology University of Kassel
1999-2002: Apprenticeship optitian with qualification, Bad Hersfeld, Germany
1999: Abitur, Bad Hersfeld, Germany