Hanni Smigaj

Since her 1 1/2-year stay in Ireland 1972/73, she has been involved in painting. Initially started as a self-taught artist, she has constantly evolved through self-study, as well as through exchange and work with well known and lesser known artists. 1977-1982 lecturer in oil painting at the VHS Ochtrup. From 2000 to 2009 studies for Elders, at the "Universität for Elders" in Osnabrück, art, art history and art education with Prof. Dr. Hartmut Girke. The theoretical part takes place with the summer seminar for pictorial and Natural History studies in the Botanical Garden Osnabrück, each with its practical conclusion. She continues to participate in the summer seminar until today.
In the year 2002 the Artist Forum Münsterland e.v. was founded, where it has been a member since then. From 2005 to 2016, she was a member of the producer community and co-owner of the Galerie "RheineKunst" formerly "EIGEN-ART" in Rheine.
Unfortunately, at the end of 2015 the community had to close the gallery for private and organizational reasons. But it still exists as a studio community "RheineKunst ".
2015 to 2017 Member of the Kunstkreis Spektrum 88 e.V. (Kulturpreisträger der Stadt Rheine)
Since 2018 Member of the "gallery Alte Schule Salzberg...

2000 to 2009 study for art, art history and art education at the University of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, by Professor Dr. Hartmut Girke. Since 2000 every year she takes part in a seminar with Professor Dr. Hartmut Girke at the Botanical Garden of the Univ. of Osnabrück. Her main inspiration is nature with flowers, stones and greens. Most Paintings are abstract, modern, contemporary or informel. As material she prefers Acrylic, Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas.
2002, 2004 Pleinair, Workshop and Exhibition with international artists in Germany.
2005 Pleinair, Workshop and Exhibition with international artists in Warta, Poland.

Intention

For me, painting is a necessity. I need painting like the air to breathe.
While painting, time and space are flying. My source of inspiration is nature.
"Since man has inherent reason, art is not a contradiction of nature, but the perfection of nature." (Ovid)
"I'm not looking, I find ". (Picasso)
There is no better motive for me than nature. with color, shapes and textures, I try to bring nature to the canvas in abstract expressionism or informel.
For example, a quarry turns into a sea of flowers.
These are the "color sounds" that you use to evoke the image of nature. (Elvira Meisel-Ke...

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Solo Exhibition
Selection:
2019 Kath. Bücherei St. Lamberti Ochtrup
……. Arztpraxis Rheine
2018 Rathaus Salzbergen
2017 Arztpraxis Rheine
2016 Arztpraxis Rheine
........ Kunstmeisterhaus Rheine-Bentlage

Hamburg, Bottrop, Sindelfingen, Rheine, Münster, Offenbach, Brühl, Ibbenbüren, Ladbergen, Lengerich, Gravenhorst, Mettingen, Telgte, Steinfurt, Ochtrup and Metelen

Group Exhibition since 2000
Selection:
2019 Osnabrück Universität
……. "Botanic Garden"
……. Tecklenburg "Legge"
2018 Rheine "Walshagenpark"
……. Neuenkirchen "Villa Hecking"
2017 Lingen "Im Foyer des Theaters"
........ Schüttorf "KunstWerk Schüttorf"
........ Bad Bentheim "Haus Westerhoff"
2016 Borne Netherlande
........ Rheine-Bentlage "Kunstmeisterhaus"
........ Tecklenburg "Legge"

France, Poland, Netherlande and Germany

Her work, Acrylic, Oil-painting, Collagen and Mixed-Media, can be found in private collections in Germany, Ireland, USA, Poland, Netherlands and Switzerland, also in Germany in public institutions.