When I was a child, visiting my grandparents in the country, they would go to bed early. As the unfamiliar silence in the house kept me awake, I would look at books piled up next to my bed. Works by Kollwitz and Munch fascinated me and I looked at their prints until I fell asleep over them. A discovery that did not make it easy for my grandmother and her dog to wake me up in the morning.

 

My interest in printmaking techniques developed further during my studies at the HAW Hamburg (diploma in illustration and communication design). Since graduating in 2012 I have been working in the university's printmaking workshop as a lecturer for lithography and color woodcut. From 2015-24 I was a member of the fux eG in Hamburg-Altona. In our shared artist studio I created series of ink drawings and woodcut editions. I am regularly working in Hamburg's museum scene, currently part-time at Museumsdienst Hamburg.

 

I find my ideas by observing photography, reading, listening to music. I like how songs accompany the creation of an artwork and sometimes influence the drawing. But mostly it is the material itself from which the impulses come. Working on wood and stone surfaces is not only beautiful, but also always holds surprises. And I like to wonder about my picture.

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

• NEUSTART KULTUR – Scholarship program 2021, Stiftung Kulturwerk, VG Bild-Kunst

• Artist-in-Residence, Print Workshop Haldenstein, Chur, Switzerland, 8/2021

• Subsidy for lighting expansion of a jointly used studio, Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg, 2020/21

• Project sponsoring of the Stiftung Kulturwerk, VG Bild-Kunst, 2018

• Artist-in-Residence, Konstlitografiska Verkstaden, Tidaholm, Sweden, 8/2017

• Purchase of an art work, Wilhelm-und-Lotte-Neufeld-Stiftung 2011

• Nomination for the Hans Meid Award 2011

• Artistic Excellence Award, HCC Highland Art Day 2001, KS, USA

 

COLLECTIONS

Klingspor Museum Offenbach

Stadt Chur – Kunstsammlung (Switzerland)

  

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS

(C) = Catalogue

2023

»BuchDruckKunst«, juried Printmaking Fair, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg (C)

2022

»8th International Lithographic Symposium«, Tidaholm, Sweden (C)

»BuchDruckKunst«, juried Printmaking Fair, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg (C)

2021

»Adventsmesse«, juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Koppel 66, Hamburg

»Druckgrafik 2021 – Members exhibition of the print workshop Schloss Haldenstein«, City gallery Chur, Switzerland

»BuchDruckKunst«, juried Printmaking Fair, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg (C)

2020

»Adventsmesse«, juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Koppel 66, Hamburg

2019

»Adventsmesse«, juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Koppel 66, Hamburg

»Natur«, WENDLAND.ELBE store, Hamburg

2018

»Adventsmesse«, juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Koppel 66, Hamburg

»Wintergast«, juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Hafenwerk, Flensburg

»III. Internationale Lithografietage 2018«, Münchner Künstlerhaus

»Hamburg illustriert: Gegenwelten«, Gallery Greskewitz Kleinitz, Hamburg

2017

»Adventsmesse«, juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Koppel 66, Hamburg

»Fuxmæss«, Arts & Crafts Fair, fux eG, Hamburg

»Årsutställning 2017«, Konstlitografiska museet Tidaholm, Sweden

2016

»Wintergast«, juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Hafenwerk, Flensburg

»Buchbaum, Lügenfresser und andere Künstlerbücher«, City Museum Borken

2015

»7th International Lithographic Symposium«, Tidaholm Konsthall, Sweden (C)

»Hamburg illustriert: Prost Mahlzeit!«, kulturreich Gallery, Hamburg (C)

2014

»Adventsmesse«, juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Koppel 66, Hamburg

»The Illustrated Pocket Calendar 2015 mit tapir & klotz«, kulturreich Gallery, Hamburg

»Promenadenmischung«, Frappant Gallery, fux eG, Hamburg

2013

»denn er wurde gerade erst vermisst...«, Frappant Gallery, fux eG, Hamburg (C)

»Illustrators Exhibition - The 2012 Exhibition International Itinerary«, Nagashima Art Museum, Nagashima, Japan (C)

2012

»FRAPPÖÖÖS«, Arts & Crafts Fair, Frappant Gallery, Hamburg

»Weihnachtsmarkt Flensburg«, Arts & Crafts Fair, Dänische Zentralbibliothek, Flensburg

»REISEN. BESUCHE. SECHS BUCHPROJEKTE«, Frappant Gallery, Hamburg

»SALON D`ART zeigt: Tief in die Nacht von Katie Oberwelland«, Kulturhaus III&70, Hamburg (SOLO)

»LUKS Magazin, Ausgabe Nr. 1: Unglaublich laut!«, Magazine realease and exhibition, LOKAL e.V., Hamburg (C)

»Illustrators Exhibition - The 2012 Exhibition International Itinerary«, Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum, Nanao / Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Yokkaichi / Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya / Itabashi Museum, Tokyo (C)

»Illustrators Exhibition - Bologna Children's Book Fair«, Bologna Fiere & Palazzo D’Accursio, Italy

2011

»Winterbasar«, Arts & Crafts Fair, Sommersalon, Hamburg

»Hans-Meid-Preis 2011«, exhibition of award winners and nominations, Fabrik der Künste Hamburg (C)

»Ereignis Druckgraphik 3 < HOCHDRUCK 2011«, Gallery VORORTOST, Leipzig

2010

»Frische Tinte«, Labyrinth Children's Museum Berlin

»Hochdruck - sieben Positionen des Holzschnittes«, Frappant Gallery, Hamburg

»Hochdruck im Künstlerhaus«, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg

2009

«Druckgraphik und bibliophile Bücher«, City Hall Schenefeld

»Hochdruck im Künstlerhaus«, Künstlerhaus Lauenburg

»Ereignis Druckgraphik 1 - Internationale Druckgraphikausstellung 2009«, Gallery VORORTOST, Leipzig

2008

Forum Buchkunst, Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg

 

LECTURESHIP

• HAW Hamburg, Dep. Design, lectureship for lithography, 2013–2023

• HAW Hamburg, Dep. Design, lectureship for colour woodcut (lost form), 2019/20, 2022 to present

• Lithography workshop for students of the Goethe-Schule-Harburg (a cooperation of HAW Hamburg & Griffelkunst e.V.), 1/2023

• Lithography print demonstration for studens of the University of Hamburg (a cooperation of HAW Hamburg & art history seminar, Dr. Ina Jessen), 12/2020

• Printmaking support (lithography and woodcut) for Griffelkunst scholarship holders, Griffelkunst e.V. Hamburg, 2015/17

 

EMPLOYMENT

Museum Service Hamburg, Contact Center (2023 to present), Bucerius Kunst Forum, Book Shop (2021-22), Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg, Graphic Collection and Poster Collection (2014–16), KL!CK Kindermuseum Hamburg, guided tours & workshops (2006-07)