KATRIN KÖNKER - Germany
Contacts: kontakt@koenker.art
Hidden Beauty
The passionate
Ink and acrylics on paper 85 x 60 cm
Ink and acrilyc on paper 68 x 48 cm
Dessolving
Divided into two
Ink and acrylic on paper 42 x 29.5 cm
ink and acrylic on paper 42 x 29.5 cm
In memorium mortem
Drowened in doubts
ink and acrylic on paper 42 x 29.5 cm
ink and acrulic on paper 42 x 29,5 cm
Her Curriculum
Artistic career: 1988: Born in Bonn (Germany) 2008: High school diploma at Otto-Kühne-Schule (PÄDA) Bad Godesberg; from 2009-2014 studied dentistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen 2009: Visual and performing artist (freelance) 2017: Studied painting at the Freie Kunstschule Köln (Diploma 2019 – Grade: 1.2) 2018: Self-employed artist, focus on visual arts & art education, leading art clubs at local special & elementary schools 2019: Collaboration with the Ministry of Science & Education NRW, NRW state program "Culture & School" Recognized membership in the NRW Artist Pool / "Mobile Studio" - Senior and adult art courses, weekend workshops and holiday courses for children & youth / Professionally guided art courses for adults and seniors – mobile and in own studio 2020: Lecturer at VHS Siebengebirge – Focus: visual arts/painting; founding of the "Art Center Bad Honnef"/ Admission to the NRW Artist Pool (official recognition as artist and cultural creator of the state – collaboration via the Ministry of Education and Regional Education Office NRW) 2021: Cooperation partner of the design agency BSD and collaboration on the funding project "VR- Museum" with the company EXREAL GmbH / Cooperation with the Hessen Agency and guest participation at the Frankfurt Book Fair as a painting & exhibiting artist with BSD & EXREAL GmbH / Membership of the Euskirchen Cultural Network / 09.22 Start of full-time work as a visual and performing artist & entrepreneur of the koenkerART Art Center – GRETA certified adult education lecturer / Admission and membership in the Artists' Social Insurance Fund (KSK) / Winner of the 6th Online Art Prize 2022: Theater education funding project by the Cologne District Government in cooperation with the OGS of the Rudolf-Dreikurs-Schule in Siegburg from 02.22-10.22 / Approval of the 3-year project "We create the Future!" by the Bonn Cultural Office as a city cooperation project in cooperation with the Botanical Garden and the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn (implemented as workshops from 07.22) / Approval of 5 funding projects at primary and special schools in the Rhein-Sieg district through the state program Culture & School NRW from 09.22 until the end of the 22/23 school year / Membership in the Remagen Artists' Forum / 12.22 Award by Leif Neilsen, curator of the European Museum of Modern Art (Denmark) as an international, contemporary artist and ambassador of her country Page 1 of 2 Exhibitions and Awards: – Winner of the "Helping Hands" Art Prize 2018 of the DLRG (Leverkusen) – Permanent exhibition of various works at the ICI Gallery Bad Godesberg 2018-2019 – Exhibition "TonArt" 2018 in Remagen-Oberwinter, Community Hall – Jury membership of the children's art competition "Kleine Godesberger" 2019 – City Marketing – Special exhibition: Digital cooperation with BSD at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 & 2021 (AR/VR Art) - "HESSENSTAND TheArts+" - Presentation of the virtual museum via VR glasses in combination with real art (painted pictures) – Permanent exhibition of the painting series "HORIZONTE" in the law firm v. Tunkl & Partner (Bad Godesberg) from October 2021 – Winner of the 6th Online Art Prize (5th place) 2021 – Exhibition "Unity in Strength" in cooperation with Ukrainian artists in November 2022 in Bad Honnef – Exhibition "We create the Future!" at the Bonn Artists' Forum in November 2022 – Special award by the European Museum of Modern Art (Denmark) as contemporary ambassador of Germany and thus recognition as an international artist (honor and award will be officially given in Denmark on June 3, 2023) – Permanent exhibition of the work "The Thoughtful" (2022) from the painting series "In the Cycle of – Offspring – Period 1 & 2" at the European Museum of Modern Art in Denmark (ceremonial opening in June 2023
About her Art
ZyklusderAusgeburten The artist Katrin Könker, born 1988 in Bonn (Germany), presents in her exhibition "Zyklus der Ausgeburten - Period 1 & 2" some of her expressive, oversized portrait paintings, which were created last year (2022) with a total of around 50 individual works by her hand. The current catalog of works 01.2023 shows 27 selected works from both periods. The first period included a very dynamic, almost abstract-looking portrait series, dominated by expressive brushstrokes, partly open contours, and the use of neon tones. In the second period, the artist focuses on extreme light-dark contrasts and neglects colored influences. The portraits of this period appear immersed in deep darkness. They seem more realistic in painting style, but convince through their expression with impulsive, seemingly random color splashes. In this way, the artist allows heavy emotional expressions to be experienced as fleeting moments in many different faces. The artist herself had no concrete faces in mind during the creative process. Rather, they are profound feelings and emotions that the artist conveys wordlessly through random human portraits, grimaces, and masked faces. Recently, the artist was honored by the European Museum of Modern Art as a contemporary ambassador of her country with one of her works from this series. The work "The Thoughtful," from the second period, can henceforth be considered a permanent loan in Denmark. It is thus part of the contemporary art collection of Europe. The artist conveys with her expressive yet realistic painting style strong emotions that unmistakably recall the heaviness of the present time, marked by war and inflation. The dark faces are focused on their individual expression and do not claim to please the viewer. The artist's goal is to move! The painting style appears impulsive and dynamic. Partly extreme shading and deep black, hard contours are playfully dissolved by seemingly random splashes of color. As painting media, the artist mainly uses ink and white dispersion paint, acrylic paint, as well as permanent marker in the series of works presented here. The paint is applied with brush and spatula. All works are painted on paper with a thickness of 200g/m². On average, the paintings have an unframed size of 60x80cm-50x70cm and are all in portrait format.