About me

Over the centuries, there have been repeated attempts to bring women and their contributions back into the collective memory - the first chronicles date back to the early Middle Ages and various current publications about ‘rebel girls’ or about ‘stealing from women’ are very popular today. This is another reason why we are once again familiar with the names of numerous women whose work would otherwise have been forgotten. And who knows how many women have nevertheless suffered precisely this fate in the course of male-dominated historiography?

With my portrait series ‘Hidden Championnes’, I want to show women as they would have been portrayed during their lifetime. The further back in history, the more my imagination takes over to create the portrait. For these ‘old’ portraits, I draw on the artistic styles of the time and region in which the woman was active. At first glance, it should be recognisable that this is a historical person and a historical portrait. At second glance, you might start to doubt that there is something wrong with this ‘old’ portrait. Correct, it is not old, because it only pretends to be. This irritation is intended to stimulate discourse and arouse curiosity about the person portrayed.

For women who worked primarily in the 20th century, I have developed a second stylistic line in parallel, inspired by actual photographs of the woman, in which ink strongly influences and sometimes restricts the visibility of the portrait - just as the veil of oblivion covers these women.

Links

Interview with me in SHEconomy (German only)

PANETTARIUM Online Gallery & Shop with my art

See me at work on my Instagram channel

Merchandise shop with shirts, tote bags, mugs and more: bring the Hidden Championnes to your home