Barbara Böhlke
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| Barbara Böhlke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958 Swakopmund |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Namibian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🏅 Awards | Standard Bank Namibia Biennale 1993 Professional Artist (First Price) |
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Barbara Böhlke, born 1958 in Swakopmund, is a Namibian painter and art teacher. She lives and works in the capital, Windhoek.
Biography[edit]
In 1978-1981 she trained as a goldsmith at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hanau near Frankfurt/Main,[1] Germany, and in 1982-1987 she studied Visual Arts at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts cum laude.[2] There she discovered her preference for painting and changed direction.
In 1993 the Standard Bank Namibia Biennale awarded her first prize in the category "Professional Artists".
She participated in numerous group exhibitions in several countries and held her first solo exhibition in 1994 at the National Art Gallery of Namibia.
In 1998 she opened her own art school in Klein Windhoek, the Barbara Böhlke Art School.
Work[edit]
Barbara Böhlke is a prolific artist who works mainly in oil. She uses colours and brushstrokes to create an energy-carrying space that allows her to express moods and longings and to suggest associations.
Her speciality is large-scale painterly works that are a manifestation of the psychological interior. Among her collections are works with self-developed techniques that she has personalised over the years to express an association with the vast landscapes and skies of the land.[3]
For the paintings presented in her exhibition Shifting Horizons (2018), she favoured natural pigments: charcoal, ashes and especially Otjize, a mixture of butter and ochre that Himba women use to coat their bodies and hair.
Awards[edit]
- 1993: First prize, professional artists’ category, Standard Bank Namibia Biennale, NAGN Windhoek
- 1997: Highly commended, Standard Bank Namibia Biennale, NAGN, Windhoek
- 1999: Merit, Standard Bank Namibia Biennale, NAGN, Windhoek
Exhibitions[edit]
Solo Exhibitions[edit]
- 1994: National Art Gallery, Windhoek Namibia
- 2002: „Kleine Galerie“, Walvis Bay, Namibia
- 2003: „Retrospective“, National Art Gallery, Windhoek
- 2008: Studio 77, Windhoek, Namibia
- Feb. 2018 Shifting Horizons, StArt Art Gallery, Windhoek / Namibia[4]
Group Exhibitions in Namibia[edit]
- 1986: Joint exhibition with Nicky Marais, Swakomund Arts Association, Swakopmund,
- 1988: Namibia Art Today, National Art Gallery, Windhoek
- 1988: Funtura, Swakopmund Arts Association, Swakopmund
- 1991, 93, 97, 99, 2001, 2003: Standard Bank Biennale, National Art Gallery, Windhoek,
- 1994, 95, 96: Tulipamwe International Artists Workshop Exhibition, Windhoek, Namibia:
- 1995: Women Artists Exhibition, Kleine Galerie, Windhoek
- 1998: Women Talk Exhibition, Omba Gallery, Windhoek
- 1998: Group Exhibition, Loft Gallery, Windhoek
- 2000: SADC Arts and Crafts Festival Exhibition, National Art Gallery,Windhoek,
- 2000: SADC Arts and Crafts Festival Workshop Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Windhoek
- 2004: Bank Windhoek Arts Festival Exhibition, national art gallery, Windhoek
- 2005: Group Exhibition, Swakopmund Arts Association
- 2005: Group Exhibition, Omba Gallery, Windhoek
- 2006: 10 Namibian Artists, Omba Gallery, Windhoek
- 2006: Visual Artists of Namibia Exhibition, JMAC Gallery, Windhoek
- 2007: “Africa Day”: National Art Gallery, Windhoek
- 2007: “Namibia Art Today” National Art Gallery, Windhoek
- 2008: “Tulipamwe International Artists Workshop Exhibition, Goethe Centre, Windhoek ,Namibia
- 2009: “6 Namiban Artists”, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek
- 2010: “Women Artists of Namibia”, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek
- 2011: Visual Artists of Namibia, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek
- 2012: Women Artists of Namibia, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek
- 2012: Namibia Today, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
- 2014: Moment of Light, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
- 2015: Tulipamwe International Artists Workshop, National Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek
- 2016: “Paint’; the Village Opera House, Windhoek
- 2017: Bank Windhoek Triennale, National Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek
- 2017: "Being Here", StArt Art Gallery, Windhoek
Exhibitions Outside Namibia[edit]
- 1987: “New Signatures” Exhibition, Arts Association, Cape Town, South Africa
- 1992: Contemporary Namibian Art at UNESCO, Paris, France
- 1995: Namibian Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, Artisan’s Trust, London, England
- 1995: Group Exhibition, German Africa Foundation, Bonn, Germany
- 1996: “10 Namibian Artists”, Technische Fachhochschule, Bielefeld, Germany
- 1997: Mbile International Artists Workshop Exhibition, Zambia
- 2003: “Human Touch”, Contemporary Namibian Art, Turin and Milan, Italy
- 2007: Thupelo International Artists Workshop Exhibition, Ruth Prowse Cape Town, South Africa
- 2009: Exhibition of African Art, GTZ Headquarters, Eschborn, Germany
- 2010: Namibia 4, Rathaus Galerie, Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany
- 2012: Women Artists of Namibia, Association of Arts Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- 2014: "From my Palette (Dancer)" Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso / Italy[5]
- 2016: Namibian Art of a Young Generation exhibition, Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
- 2016/2017: “NamiArt” a touring exhibition of Namibian Art in Southern Australia
- 2018/19: Namibia L'art d'une jeune Génération, Musée Würth Erstein / France[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Resume | Barbara Böhlke". barbara. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
- ↑ "Imago Mundi Collection". imagomundicollection.org. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
- ↑ "Barbara Böhlke". Latitudes Online. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
- ↑ "Shifting Horizons - StartArt Gallery". 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "Imago Mundi Collection". imagomundicollection.org. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ "NAMIBIA L'art d'une jeune géNérATION". Musée Würth France Erstein (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-06-25.
Bibliography[edit]
- (en) Adelheid Lilienthal, Art in Namibia, The National Art Gallery of Namibia, 1997, p. 95-96 (ISBN 9789991630731)
- (de) Hercules Viljoen, Namibia - Kunst einer jungen Generation: Sammlung Würth und Leihgaben, Swiridoff Verlag, 2016, 239 p. (text and photos p. 60-63; biography p. 223) (ISBN 9783899293326) / Namibia.
- (en, it) Namibia Land of Memories and more, Contemporary Artists from Namibia, p. 44-45
External links[edit]
- Barbara Böhlke
- Barbara Böhlke | The Project Room
- Barbara Böhlke (latitudes.online)
- Barbara Böhlke Wikipedia (FR)
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