BIOGRAPHY
I grew up in a small town in Germany and from an early age, I have had a great love of drawing. After finishing public schooling I received my technical drawing education and had a successful career in the architectural field.
In 1978, I quit work to devote more time to my growing family. Exchanging the drawing-board for an easel I gave my creative nature more priority. At this time, I met my most inspiring teacher and mentor ALN Mondry who taught me to see the important things in my subjects, not to be overly concerned with detail and realism and to work freely with colour, form and material.
In 1993, my family and I immigrated to Canada and settled in Summerland where we now live and where I have my studio. Enjoying the fact that I am surrounded by spectacular nature, my work mainly focused on the Okanagan landscape.
The outlines and the colours as well as the contrasting barrenness and abundance of the Okanagan Valley are recurring characteristics which I like to rework in my paintings. Using different techniques and mixed media, I approach the landscape through a process of simplification which distills and intensifies its essence.
Since 1996 my work has been shown in several solo and group exhibitions in public and commercial art galleries.

CURRICULUM VITAE
Born: Angermuehle, Germany
Education: Technical and Architectural Drafts-man, various art classes

Solo Exhibitions;
2005 'Structured Dialogue' Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.
2003 'Structured Dialogue' Island Mountain Art Gallery, Wells, B.C.
2001 'Balancing Act' Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
1995 'The Works of Ingrid Winkler' Summerland Art Gallery, B.C.
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2001 'Figurative Narratives' Summerland Art Gallery, Summerland, B.C.
2000 'Shared Premises' Armstrong Spallumcheen Art Gallery, Armstrong, B.C.
1999 'Cultural Imprints' Campbell River and District Art Gallery, Campbell River, B.C.
'Traces and Imprints' Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, B.C.
1998 'Imprints' Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George, B.C.
'...with an Accent' Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.
'Cultural Imprints' Grand Forks Art Gallery, B.C.
1996 'Sightlines' W.I.N. Art Gallery, Summerland, B.C.

Group Exhibitions;
2010 'In Safe Keeping' Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
2008 'Sense of Place' Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.
2001 'Artropolis 2001 Consolidation...,' Vancouver, B.C.
2000 'A Place to Stay Forever' Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.
1999 'Okanagan Creates' Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.
1998 'Okanagan Creates' Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.
1997 'Members' Exhibitions' Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
1996 'Land Biography...Pa(y)ssages of the Okanagan' Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
'Ironman Canada 1996' Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, B.C.
Public and Private Collections – Canada, USA, Germany

Teaching Experience:
1999 “Summerschool of Art' Summerland, B.C. - Lino cut printing, watercolours
1992 – 1993 Community College Ludwigsburg, Germany, - Life drawing