Christine Anokhi Gewehr

What immediately stands out in Anokhi’s art, is its joy and depth. She was born in 1981 in Koblenz, Germany. At the age of eight, she moved to the United States with her family for five years. After a voluntary social year and training as a paramedic Anokhi worked for the Red Cross for several years. This was followed by studying social work at the university.

Diversity of cultural traditions and spiritual expressions have always been a big influence in her life. She presently lives in Portugal where she spends her time living a meditative life, painting and caring for her daughter.
The pragmatism and compassion that have formed a thread in her working life and continue to inform her art. It is her life work to transmute and transform a range of human feelings into expressions of unity and clarity . Her art expresses this dance between emotional processes and the inner stillness of being, each piece seeking to make manifest, this innate completion again and again.
It is also a literal process, as under each layer of paint, often lies a complete painting; a different expression in itself, shining through and making each work of art, a distinctive unity.
“While life, in its full gambit, continues to be my biggest influence, I am ve...

paramedic, social work studies

Kunsttage Ehrenbreitstein, Koblenz Germany/ November 2020
Kunsttage Ehrenbreitstein, Koblenz Germany/ November 2021
Kulturgarten Pfarrer -Kraus- Anlagen, Koblenz Germany, May 2022
Galerie Rakemann, Andernach, Germany / September 2020 -January 2022
Artexpoalgarve, Portimao, Portugal February 2023
Expometro, NYC, USA December 2023
Factory Fusion Hub, Lagos, Portugal March-April 2025