Yvonne Ribes Zankl

Through her distinctive work, award-winning artist Yvonne Ribes Zankl seeks to break down borders between emotions, ideas and their portrayal. Zankl’s photographs are a process of discovery. Her camera acts to provide a purity of awareness, capturing impressions to be shared, contemplated and absorbed. We are presented with pensive portraiture, fiery tableaux of love and enchanting landscapes. While viewing Zankl’s photographs we are often provided with multiple planes, viewing a subject through reflection, cast in deep shadow, or through textured windowpanes. This treatment has an impressionistic effect, savoring the fleeting moment through all the senses. Another stylistic approach she favors is to break images into single frames to be mounted on the wall in various configurations. These works take on a deeply spiritual aspect, acting like a shrine to the subject. The interpretation of Zankl’s work is always left to the audience. As she says, “I am an observer and I don’t only want to express myself but help others express themselves through my artwork. I give them a new ‘mouth.’”

Zankl resides in Spain.