Petra van Bellen
PETRA VAN BELLEN
Contemporary Mixed-Media Artist
Female identity · Inner landscapes · Self-determination
Petra van Bellen explores the inner landscapes women carry within themselves — vulnerability and strength, memory and transformation, and the quiet moments in which self-determination begins.
Based in Germany · Original Works · Available Internationally
CURRENT SERIES · 2026
Inner Landscapes
What if landscape is not a place we look at, but something we carry within us?
Inner Landscapes is a series of four interconnected works exploring the emotional spaces beneath the visible surface — protection and vulnerability, withdrawal and connection, and the quiet strength that emerges when we allow ourselves to open.
Each work forms a chapter of the same journey. Together, they trace a movement from enclosure towards connection — without presenting vulnerability as weakness.
DER RAUM, DEN NIEMAND SIEHT
The Space No One Sees
Mixed Media on Canvas ·
80 × 80 cm · 2026
Available
ICH BIN NOCH DA
I Am Still Here
Mixed Media on Canvas ·
80 × 80 cm · 2026
Available
SANFT IST NICHT WEHRLOS
Gentleness Is Not Defenselessness
Mixed Media on Canvas ·
80 × 80 cm · 2026
Available
WAS GESCHIEHT, WENN ICH ÖFFNE?
What Happens When I Open?
Mixed Media on Canvas ·
80 × 80 cm · 2026
Available
SELECTED WORKS
Beyond the Series
Beyond Inner Landscapes, Petra van Bellen’s work continues to explore female identity, presence and self-determination through layered mixed-media portraiture.
Fashion-inspired elements, fragments of urban culture and unexpected materials meet expressive faces — creating works that move between strength, elegance and individuality.
MISS DIOR
Mixed Media on Canvas ·
120 ×140 cm · 2022
Available
BERLIN GIRL
Mixed Media on Canvas ·
100 ×120 cm · 2021
Available
THE ARTIST
Petra van Bellen
Petra van Bellen is a German contemporary mixed-media artist whose work centres on women — not as ideals, but as individuals shaped by experience, change and the desire to live on their own terms.
Before dedicating herself fully to art in 2018, she spent more than three decades in visual merchandising. Fashion, composition and the relationship between image and space continue to influence her visual language today.
Working with acrylic, charcoal, ink, paper, gold leaf and other materials, van Bellen builds her portraits in layers. Traces remain visible, surfaces are disrupted and beauty is deliberately allowed to coexist with tension and imperfection.
At the heart of her work is a recurring question: What happens when women begin to define their lives from within rather than through the expectations placed upon them?
Petra van Bellen lives and works in Germany.
COLLECTORS · ART CONSULTANTS · INTERIOR PROJECTS
Art that becomes part of a space
Petra van Bellen’s original works are available for private collections, curated interiors and selected art projects internationally.
For current availability, prices, additional works or project enquiries, please get in touch. A portfolio and price list are available upon request.
Based in Germany · International enquiries welcome