Education
From 1992 to 1997 Sellmann studied and graduated as Meisterschülerin (Master) at Städelschule Frankfurt.
From 1992 to 1997 Sellmann studied and graduated as Meisterschülerin (Master) at Städelschule Frankfurt.
In 1999 she was awarded a German Academic Exchange Service grant for New York City, where she lived and worked until 2009. She currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Sellmann also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Hunter College, New York City. In her paintings Sellmann uses a watercolor-on-canvas technique in "candy colored acrylic tones (bonbonbunte Acryltöne)" and “multi-layers of translucent pigments in pale pinks, powder blues, and acidic yellows and greens“.
Works of her have been described as “see-through versions of Old Master paintings.. gone translucent and ethereal“, "particular reverie-inducers“, exploring “the other side of pink“.
Inspired by Balinese energy master Ratu Bagus she performed a space clearing at Wonderloch Kellerland Berlin in 2011, which could be considered either an empty room or "a purely transcendent exhibition“. She has works in private and public collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New New York
Recent paintings combine kidult and fairy tale "romanticism“ (Cassandra Neyenesch) with influences of Far Eastern spirituality.