What happens when artificial intelligence defines feminine beauty through its opposite? This question lies at the centre of my work.
By combining artificial intelligence, traditional portrait painting and digital media, I explore what kinds of portrayals of women emerge when beauty is no longer defined by conventional ideals, but by average features, androgyny or perceived imperfection.
What interests me is what, for me, constitutes true beauty: faces and personalities that defy simple categorisation and move us precisely because of their contradictions and individuality.
The figures that emerge from this process exist somewhere between the familiar and the unfamiliar. They appear both approachable and distant, resisting any clear categorisation.
Many of my works are accompanied by short video animations that expand the painted moment and raise questions about identity, memory and self-representation.
Biography
Friederike Meier (*1992) is a Berlin-based painter born in Rostock, Germany. After studying art education in Rostock, she moved to Berlin in 2020, where she now lives and works. Her artistic practice focuses on contemporary portrait painting and combines traditional techniques with digital processes.
Meier has participated in numerous art fairs and group exhibitions in Germany, including several editions of the Berlin Affordable Art Market (BAAM) and the Hamburg Affordable Art Market (HAAM). Selected exhibitions include Affordable Art Fair Berlin (2026), Discovery Art Fair Cologne (2026), Affordable Art Fair Hamburg (2025), Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt (2025), where she was represented by the Gallery New & Abstract, FOYOU (Berlin, 2025), Shelter at GlogauAIR (Berlin, 2025), Fresh Legs at Galerie Heike Arndt (Berlin, 2025) and the subsequent group exhibition in Denmark.