Lars Stenchly transforms physical rupture into visceral, symbol-driven painting.

Lars Stenchly is a Berlin-based painter whose artistic journey began not in the studio, but on the court. A former national volleyball player, his creative practice emerged in the aftermath of injury — a shift from high-performance sport to internal exploration. With no formal training, Stenchly developed a raw, intuitive visual language that merges personal experience with political and bodily symbolism.

His work is marked by expressive intensity, emotional immediacy, and a recurring tension between fragility and force. Often painted in rough, saturated layers, his compositions speak to themes of masculinity, identity, trauma, and transformation. His canvases do not aim to resolve — they confront, expose, and hold space.

Stenchly operates at the edge of form and feeling. His aesthetic is unapologetically direct: somewhere between graffiti and confession, between protest and process. Through recurring figures, icons, and abstracted gestures, he creates a language of rupture — both visual and psychological.

Though early in his career, Stenchly has already attracted attention. In 2024, his work was featured on the cover of a Berlin group exhibition alongside names like Banksy and Warhol. Represented by deeds.lab, and with a growing digital following, he is quickly positioning himself as one of the most emotionally charged new voices in Berlin’s emerging art scene.