Frank Teufel initially completed an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor from 1984 to 1987. In 1993 he completed the master school for stonemasons and stone sculptors in Mainz with a master’s degree. From 1996 to 1999 he completed his studies at the Academy of Design in Ulm. Teufel has been working as a freelancer since 1994 and exhibits his distinctive sculptures primarily in Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Austria.

The sculptor works primarily with stone. Works that are clearly reduced to lines reflect his own formal language. The process of creating his sculptures begins with linear drawings. It is in these lines that his ideas take their first form, and the implementation into three dimensions can already be “perceived” in perspective. His clearly abstract spatial lines deal with the themes of “relationship” and “movement”. They often consist of two elements that flow towards or away from each other. In the stone they form an inseparable, tension-filled connection. Because they can be seen from all angles, the sculptures open up a wide variety of perspectives and surprising spatial effects. Frank Teufel shapes the stone in tense lines, pushing the limits of statics. These run sometimes concave, sometimes convex, sometimes unanimously parallel, then again in a pointed departure from each other, only to later carefully approach each other again. The lines form an exciting connection with each other or with themselves. In this way, Teufel evokes a quasi-delicate lightness that is diametrically opposed to the actual quality of the source material. In the inner dialogue with the sculptures, the viewer takes in the sometimes quite daring play with gravity. By reducing them to clearly abstract forms, the works invite you to create your own interpretations.