Jessica Gonzalez

A postcard from JESSICA GONZALEZ sent from Hastings, Nebraska/USA.

Jessica is an Art Student at the Hastings College, NE.

Denise Davis

A postcard from DENISE DAVIS, sent from Nebraska City.

Nebraska City is the home of Arbour Day. It is all about trees: http://www.arborday.org/
Thank you, Denise, for your contribution to Fernweh*thegoodlife!

 

 

Pat Nelsen

A postcard from PAT NELSEN sent from Hastings, Nebraska/USA.

Pat lives in Ayr, Nebraska and is an Art Student at the Hastings College.

Oda Pälmke

A postcard from ODA PÄLMKE, sent from Berlin, Germany. Oda was born in Flensburg and lives and works in Berlin. She is an architect an runs her own office since 1994. Oda realized numerous architectural projects in Germany and abroad. 2004 she was invited for the competition for the German pavilion at the Biennial for Architecture in Venice, Italy.

Oda and I got to know each other in the context of damensalon berlin and Art Lover Club Berlin.

Jasmine Radetski

A postcard from JASMINE RADETSKI 
sent from Hastings, Nebraska/USA.

Jasmine is an Art Student at the Hastings College,NE.

Lauren Shomaker

A postcard from LAUREN SHOMAKER sent from Hastings, Nebraska/USA.

Lauren is an Art Student at Hastings College,NE.

Katherine Arias

A postcard from KATHERINE ARIAS sent from Hastings, Nebraska/USA.

Katherine is an Art Student at the Hastings College, NE

Lauren Maystrick

A postcard from LAUREN MAYSTRICK sent from Hastings, Nebraska/USA.

Lauren is an Art Student at the Hastings College.

Sarah Weinert

A postcard from Sarah Weinert, sent from Falls City, Nebraska / USA

Sarah is an art teacher at a public high school. I met her at the ArtCadre, a meeting of art teachers from rural Nebraska. It took place at the KHN Center for the Arts on February 18, 2015. In this context I had the chance to do a presentation of my work followed by a workshop. I handed out blank cardboard cards, asking all teachers to create their very own interpretation of the "good life". Thank you, Sarah for this lovely drawing of your farm and the lines about your good life.

Tamara Arroyo

A postcard from TAMARA ARROYO sent from Madrid, Spain. Tamara is a multitalented visual artist -  she makes site specific installations, objects, animations, and she draws and edited several artist books and created various public art projects. "The work I’ve been doing involves actions in which I observe and interpret the space surrounding me and strike up a dialogue between the real and the imaginary. It is based on real spaces to which I add elements or act through drawings to make them a place for thinking and researching what happened before…–I make installations and on-site drawings and adapt myself to this permanent impermanence, and why the materials used are reflected through photographs."

Tamara joined a group show "Dibujando páginas" at Columpio Galería Madrid the - same exhibiton space where I had a so show 2010. She also took part at the Anonymous Drawings Project several times, this is how we got to know each other.

Heike Gallmeier

A postcard from HEIKE GALLMEIER, sent from Berlin, Germany. Born in Berlin in 1972, Heike studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Mainz and finished her studies in the master class of the sculpture department at the Art Academy Berlin-Weissensee. She lives and works in Berlin. "Heike's works are acts of self-portrayal and escapism, surrogate worlds and projections. She investigates these phenomena working on her spatial arrangements built from everyday materials and found objects (staged photography and installations), as well as by photographing and filming found examples of staged situations and existing sceneries. Painting and photography, set design and performance blend and complement each other. "

"Surrogate landscapes: the pure being as a condition. direct impression of
the unknown. Everything makes sense. the flow of action and thoughts the good life" 

Heike has her studio at Milchhof Berlin, same as Inken Reinert, Marc Haselbach and Elisabeth Sonneck ans many others "Milchof" is a former school in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, now transformed into a studio building for more than 40 artists. Some of Heike's work and a text (in English) can be seen here: http://heikegallmeier.de/pdf/surrogate_landscapes.pdf

Duncan Coe

A postcard from DUNCAN COE, sent from Nebraska City, NE / USA.

Duncan is an Art Student at the Nebraska City High School. Thank you for this laid-back postcard, Duncan!

Frank Diersch

A postcard from FRANK DIERSCH, sent from Woltersdorf, Germany. (A small town close to Berlin) Frank is a visual artist. Yes, but this is not the right term to describe him. He is "The soldier of drawing" the master of ink drawing. One of these great guys from the former east, who really know how to draw, and to draw and to draw more, and more, obsessively and extremely skillful - in a good and wild way.

Frank was born 1965 in Berlin. His work has been widely exhibited. 1998 he received the Egmont-Schäfer-Award for Drawing. He teached at various art schools such as Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg. Frank is represented by the Gallery Franzkowiak, Berlin. http://www.frank-diersch.de/

Bill Witte

A postcard from BILL WITTE, Nebraska City, NE /USA. This the first very postcard in my life which was not only delivered by a mailman - it was actually written and sent by him! Bill is the Nebraska City mailman for quite some years now. And he made my days over here - with all the great postcards he dropped at the KHN Art Center, nearly every day - always round 11am. But only today I met him in person, finally.

What a nice encounter: Thank you Bill + Linda for driving me around Nebraska City in your car, along with the 3 cute dogs and music on the radio. I really enjoyed this great, unexpected midday break!  

Hannah Smith

A postcard from HANNAH SMITH, sent from Nebraska City, NE / USA.

Thank you Hannah, for your postcard & your thoughtful lines about your "good life"!

Michael Zander

 A postcard from MICHAEL ZANDER, sent from Berlin, Germany. Michael is a Berlin based illustrator: "I actually wanted to become a gardener, detective or a famous stuntman. However, being an illustrator is also thrilling." Among other things Michael is a master in using the felt-tip pen! His unique and (mostly) colorful work can be found on his homepage and his blog. Michael and I met in the context of the Anonymous Drawings Project a few years ago where I  sold one of his works and -  at this point - Michael lost his anonymity.

To ride, a real Indian does not need a horse"

Jess Rice

A postcard from JESS RICE, sent from Nebraska City, Nebraska. Jess is an art instructor at the Nebraska City High School.

Kerstin Gottschalk

"the good life is when I am able ot leave everything like it is, then there this deep humming, the sound of th egood life." A postcard with a small, rectangular magnet. I arrived here in an envelope, sent by KERSTIN GOTTSCHALK, from Berlin, Germany. Kerstin is a visual artist. She creates the most surprising installations with common, easy to find materials. Such as veneers, concrete, wax, confetti, waste paper, stickers, wrapping film and many more. 2000-2007 Kerstin studied at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee with Prof. Katharina Grosse. Kerstin was also one of the organizers of stedefreund berlin, an artist run project space located in 3 different places between the years 2006 - 2012. Stedefreund was a project by twelve Berlin artists who shared the idea of a collecting point for thematic and spatial interventions. I always liked the openings with intelligent, well done art and a good crowd. They definitely left a gap in the Berlin art scene when they had to close the door of their last location Berlin-Mitte. Kerstin's and my paths not only at crossed stedefreund but also at damensalon berlin. damensalon is a private, monthly salon with special guests. Kerstin was part of it for a couple of years and I still am. Kerstin and I also joined Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt in 2008, a postgraduate program for female artists. Besides the art world, Kerstin and I share the passion for the same coffee places in our neighbourhood, where we often meet, by accident.

Maria Andrade

A postcard from Maria Andrade, sent from Nebraska City, NE / US

Maria is an art student at the Nebraska City High School. Thank you for this postcard, Maria!

Lyndzie Mayer

A postcard from Lyndzie Mayer, sent from Nerbaska City, NE / USA

Lyndzie is an art student at the Nebraska City High School. Thanks for this postcard, Lyndzie!

Magali Martinez

A postcard from MAGALI MARTINEZ
sent from Nebraska City, NE/USA.

Magali is an Art Student at the Nebraska City High School.
Thank you for this thoughtful Fernweh-postcard,  MAGALI !
 

Corinne Laroche

A postcard from CORINNE LAROCHE, sent from Paris, France. Corinne is a french artist born in 1957. A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, she lives and works in Berlin and Paris. In 2008 she was awarded the city of Saint-Ouen prize for the arts. Her work was shown in 2009 by the galleries Jordan-Seydoux (Berlin-Paris-Zürich) and Fruehsorge contemporary drawings (Berlin). Recently her works have entered the collections of the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin, the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein Artotek and the Artothèque of Angers.

I met Corinne through the Anonymous Drawings Project, at several drawing related art openings in in Berlin, a the art fair Drawing Now in Paris, at private dinners, over coffee and cake, in our studios and elsewhere.

I admire Corinne's ability to create carefully drawn structures and systems without loosing visual lightness and ease.

Devlin Hall

A postcard from DEVLIN HALL, sent from Nebraska City. Devlin is an art student at the Nebraska City High School.

Thank you, Devlin!

Gabriella Disler

A postcard from GABRIELLA DISLER, sent from Zurich, Switzerland. Gabriella is a swiss visual artist based in Basel. She makes drawings, photos and side specific installations that deal with light, space, shadows and the interaction of it all.

 I met Gabriella in Basel and Zürich in the context of the Anonymous Drawings Project and the art fair Liste Basel.

"I'm interested in the fleeting glance, which touches the world and yet doesn't fix an image of it"

Pam Pfeiffer

A postcard from PAM PFEIFFER sent from Nebraska City. Pam is an art instructor at a public school. I met her at the ArtCadre, a meeting of art teachers from rural Nebraska. It took place at the KHN Center for the Arts on February 18, 2015. In this context I had the chance to do a presentation of my work followed by a workshop. I handed out blank cardboard cards, asking all teachers to create their very own interpretation of the "good life".

Thank you, Pam, for your nice "good life" postcard and your participation at the ArtCadre!