BIOGRAPHY
Under the name S BRT, the German artist Silke Bianca combines her artistic practice with her own gallery platform. In her work, she explores the intersection between art, interior design and spatial atmosphere, whilst also presenting her concept of ‘Art Composing’. Her distinctive style blends modern design with timeless Zen principles and views art as part of a harmonious overall spatial experience. Silke Bianca gained international recognition through her meditative and atmospheric ‘Zen Garden Cycle’ Collection. The monochrome relief works, created using a comb-spatula technique and often arranged as diptychs or triptychs, unite movement and stillness in almost sculptural surfaces. Framed in handcrafted steel, the works deliberately engage in a dialogue with architecture, light and furniture design. Today, Silke Bianca works in her new studio in Potsdam’s Kreativ Quartier, where she combines a gallery and studio within a single space. It is here that she creates works which blend art, design and spatial experience, further developing her vision of contemplative, contemporary living.
CV
Shaped by her background at a Waldorf school and influences from the Goetheanum, she combines colour, light and form to create serene, meditative compositions. Silke Bianca gained international recognition through her meditative and atmospheric ‘Zen Garden Cycle’. The ongoing series of works currently comprises Zen Garden Cycle I and II, which were presented at Art Basel Miami in 2024 and 2025, and at ArtExpo New York in 2026. With Zen Garden Cycle III, which is currently in development, signature works such as Shimmer of Harmony and Fluidity of Golden Moments will be presented to an international audience as part of planned international exhibitions, including one in Chicago in September. Silke Bianca has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Luxury Guide, New York Style Guide, Newswire, Miami Today, Museum Week and several more praising her Zen Garden Cycle Collection as a must-see at the Art Basel & NY Expo.
STATEMENT
My works are inspired by the Japanese Zen Gardens and function at the intersection of art and living. I want to combine both to create spaces that make us feel something. The essence of Zen is that art fulfils its purpose in the living environment- not art for political discourse, no museum pieces, but sustainable and justifiable art with harmonious effect in every day life. The Zen Garden Cycle doesn’t show itself, but rather lets itself be observed. It’s an art that transforms the space into a small sanctuary of calm and reflection. The works are not meant to arrest attention through immediacy. Light shifts across surfaces, textures reveal themselves over time, and the space begins to register physically rather than visually. Through diptychs, triptychs, and mixed-media innovations, I try to seamlessly merge art with a functional space, enriching its surroundings with tranquility and elegance. I began to think of art less as an object to be contemplated and more as a presence that accompanies daily life, something that does not demand interpretation, but allows space for it.