Stephan Baumkötter was born in Münster, Germany in 1958. He studied at the Münster branch of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1980 and currently lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Stephan Baumkötter's practice is characterized by cool, delicate, and monochromatic paintings. His work centers on exploring the abstract relationship between traces and color fields, capturing subtle variations with sensitivity to present a refined expression of visual aesthetics. For this exhibition, he presents six small, meticulously crafted paintings on aluminum panels, whose hard surfaces are marked by the pressed transfer of dyed fabric. The interplay of wiping methods and crisp lines further enriches the layers and structural quality of the images. Hung at equal intervals along a narrow wall, these works appear to the viewer as both similar and distinct, creating a repetitive yet varied visual rhythm. The transfer marks act as a "placeholder," embodying the artist's control over the rhythm of painting.