Monika riemenschneider
Deutschland
www.monika-riemenschneider.de
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Aquarell
Vita / Lebenslauf:
1980 - diploma in political science at the Free University Berlin
autodidact in arts
since 1980:
- studies in Ebba Sakel’s gallery “Andere Zeichen” (women’s art gallery) - studies at the HdK (University of arts, Berlin) with Prof. Weigel and E. Otto
- study trips to ICELAND and ITALY
Foundation of courses for illiterates at several adult education centres in Berlin
Development and realization of comprehensive study programmes for illiterates until 2002
Since 1986:
- member of the professional association of artists
- regularly individual/ single exhibitions
- participation in several exhibitions of art institutions
- drawings, watercolours, collages, pastels, sculpture
About my work
The origins of my drawings in graphite and colour are verbally non expressible premonitions, dreams, ideas etc.
Through their composition, they tell stories that every viewer might interpret differently based on his own experiences of life.
I'm inspired of historic myths and the philosophy and rules of northern cultures.
Size of the drawings: often 40cm x60cm
Watercolours are another main focus of my work.
I paint them nearly exclusively near nature.
The wild landscape of Iceland with it’s light-flooded wideness and the northern lights evoke emotions in me and stimulate my fantasy.
I also am inspired of the amiable Mediterranean south, especially of Italy’s landscapes where mountains and valleys are covered with magical shades of light during autumn.
The wide horizons of Brandenburg which surround me outside of Berlin inspire me to many watercolours.
Since 2000, I am increasingly devoted to sculpture.
I like the idea of transforming different stones’ resistance into movement that expresses female strength and power.
I deal with sandstone, limestone and marble.
In the field of sculpture, I teach mentally disabled adults using sandstone, limestone, marble and soapstone.
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