Manja Wöhr

Biography
"As a child I had two dreams. I wanted to go to Africa and I wanted to become a painter", Manja Wöhr says. She became a painter on the second -vocational- approach. From 1987 to 1989 she trained as a foreign language correspondent for economics. Afterwards she spent ten years abroad; among other places she lived in Canada, Kenya, Turkey, San Andres, Abu Dhabi, Dominican Republic, and Sri Lanka, where she worked for a German tourism company. For her, especially the time at Kenya has left deep impressions. There she also met the Dutch painters Marion van Nieuwpoort and Poen de Wijs and she studied art under both of them, van Nieuwpoort and de Wijs, for some time.
In 1998 Manja Wöhr finished her last job abroad, as a destination-manager for LTU-Touristic, to return to Germany. In Germany she first worked in the field of economy. But the urge to paint grew continuously. In 2001 she quit her job as an account-manager/consultant at Harvey Nash / Germany, in order to dedicate herself completely to painting.
From 2002 till 2006, she studied at the "College of Art-Stuttgart" and works as a freelance artist, since 2007.
Excerpt from a text by Prof. Dr. Albrecht Leuteritz
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Excerpt from the exhibition list/Auszug aus der Ausstellungsliste

2004
Indeca GmbH, Heilbronn
Galerievertretung: Galerie Cameo, Heilbronn
Landesarbeitsgericht Baden Württemberg, Stuttgart
Arc Linea Studio, Rutesheim

2005
Paul Schulz Design, Flein
Rathaus Steinheim
Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart
Galerievertretung: Galerie Veith, Stuttgart
Galerievertretung: Galerie am Colombi, Freiburg

2006
Büro-und Business Center Stuttgart
Galerievertretung: Galerie Blachetta, Leingarten
Freie Kunstschule, Stuttgart
Amtsgericht Stuttgart über Galerie Kunsthöfle
Herrenhaus Weissach, Föderkreis Kultur Weissach
Berufsakademie Mosbach

2007
Rathaus Stutensee
Volksbank Galerie, Durlach
Rathaus Malsch, Kunstkreis Malsch e.V.
Golfclub Scheibenhardt, Karlsruhe
S+P Ingenieure, Heilbronn
Golfclub Schloss Weitenburg e.V.
Mercedes Benz, Mannheim

2008
Rathaus Gernsbach, Kulturamt Gernsbach
Ateliers Heemken, Söllingen
Münster, Rheinmünster
Rathaus Nufringen, Kulturkreis Nufringen

2010
LOC, Karlsruhe

2012
Stadtwerke Ettlingen