Elvira Lantenhammer is a German painter, lecturer, curator and artist. Her work draws on Colour Field painting and American Minimalism.

Lantenhammer pursues a distinct approach within Colour Field painting, shaped by her engagement with Eastern philosophy and Zen Buddhism. Beginning with the materiality of colour and its manual application, she investigates how colour is perceived and experienced.

Her paintings are typically structured into geometric fields and built up through multiple layers of finely calibrated tones or bold complementary contrasts. These layers interact to produce subtle chromatic tensions and harmonies. The interplay of colours conveys the emotional and energetic qualities of a place.

Within a series, even when the palette remains constant, slight shifts in the relationships between colours can significantly alter the spatial and atmospheric impression.

By extending compositions across multiple canvases, her works can unfold into expansive, wall-spanning panoramas.