The early-Baroque palace on the Havel River holds more than 350 years of history. It is the oldest surviving pleasure palace from the era of the Great Elector in the Potsdam cultural landscape. And it is here that Lisa Schoefer presents her series "Orte der Demokratie" (Places of Democracy) as part of the art tour. Since 2019, she has been painting places where democracy becomes visible: government buildings, plenary halls, and historic sites across Europe.

To mark its 20th anniversary, the Meliá Berlin presents Lisa Schoefer, an artist who has spent years bridging different worlds, always painting directly on site: the German capital with its emblematic buildings, Europe's places of democracy, and the light-filled world of Mallorca. Opening reception: June 15, 2026, at 6:30 P

9 December 2025 Canadian-born, Germany-raised artist Lisa Schoefer is behind a striking art project: "Places of Democracy – A Europe an Series of Paintings." Working in luminous, richly colored oils, she paints on-site at landmark sites tied to European democracy — from the Berlin government quarter and the Reichstag to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the former West German capital Bonn, the Paris Senate, and now Hambach Castle, long considered the birthplace of German

A new exhibition at the Plauen City Hall opens on October 7th and is dedicated to various places of democracy—worldwide. They were painted by the Berlin artist Lisa Schoefer.

Given the international relevance of democracy in France and worldwide, the Sénat in Paris had selected my work for this exhibition from 11 to 22 September 2024. The visitors literally came from all over the world, strolling through the Jardin du Luxembourg and stopping by, but also Parisians inviting friends and family to see the exhibition once they had liked the idea and the paintings. The 32 paintings were represented in the very spacious and luminous Orangerie, giving th

Lisa Schoefer together with Manu Dreyer, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Exhibition "Orte der Demokratie", Quirinal Palace, Rome – Representation of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the European Union, Brussels.

After an extremely warm reception at the State Representation of Rhineland-Palatinat, my exhibition of the Symbols of Democracy paintings has just finished on December 14th. The exhibition combined paintings of the European, French and German institutions - the former government buildings in Bonn, the Bundesrat and the Bundestag as well as the Sénat in Paris. The paintings have been presented in the beautiful hall of the State Representation, flooded with light, for a month.

This exhibition combined the landscapes of the Black Forest and the architecture of Offenburg with some of my favourite nude and polo paintings. The colour schemes are very different from the Mediterranean light, less transparent, intense but harmonious in the shades of warm red, dark and light green and luminous yellow. My work regroups different views of the city, most of them seen from above, and some large, almost abstract landscapes of the surroundings. The nude paintin