Grit Rademacher

In 1967 I was born in Neubrandenburg in East Germany (the former GDR). After school I completed an apprenticeship in the textile industry and then studied fashion design in Berlin, where I graduated in 1986.
It seemed as if all my dreams had come true when I designed and produced my first own fashion line and yet I felt there was still a lingering question about the meaning of my artistic endeavour. In my search for answers, I experienced a new sense of vibrancy and energy that fashion design had been unable to create and express.
As a result I then turned to fine art and found a medium able to express this joie de vivre. Nature provides most of the subjects I depict, primarily in oil. Additionally, watercolour, pastel and Indian ink are also suitable media to convey the lightness, energy and lust for life in my works, and to put the atmosphere, impact and even the authenticity of the moment into colours.
After many years of living in and around Berlin, I moved to a small village in the „Altmark“ – a very rural area in eastern Germany, where I have lived for the past six years. This is where a lot of my works were painted. I was inspired by the area with the river Elbe, the natural landscape, and also by our pets and my garden w...

Education
1974 - 1984 School education in Neubrandenburg
1984 - 1986 Vocational diploma in textile engineering and sewing at VEB…
1986 - 1990 Graduate studies in fashion design at the Berlin University of Applied Science
1988 - Birth of my first child
2000 - Birth of my second child
2004 - Birth of my third child
2005 - Birth of my fourth child
1990 - 1992 Postgraduate studies in fashion design
1991 - 2000 Freelance fashion designer with my own label and fashion line – parallel private studies in painting, graphic art and art design

2010 - 2014 Renovating and modifying a cottage: house, guest house, art and pottery workshops, stables, barn, garden, paddocks and riding ground
2010 - Founding member of the “Werderaner Galgenvögel” (“rouges of Werder”, a town near Berlin)
Since 2011 Licenced breeding of Valais Blackneck
Since 2015 Member of the “Künstlergruppe Altmark” (a local artist’s association)-----------------------------------------------
1974 - 1984 Polytechnische Oberschule in Neubrandenburg
1984 - 1986 Facharbeiterlehre Textiltechnik / Näherei im VEB Obertrikotagen Wittstock / Dosse
1986 -1990 Studium an der Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik in Berlin Fachbereich Modedesign
1988 - Geburt meines ers...

2003 Solo exhibition in Linz/Austria

2004 Several private exhibitions in Berlin

2007 Solo exhibition in the gallery ProvenceProject in Berlin

2008 Solo exhibition in Glindow/Germany

2008 Group exhibition in the “Kunstgeschoss” of the gallery Stadtgalerie Werder/Germany

2009 Solo exhibition in the city gallery Werder/Germany

2010 Solo exhibitions in the gallery Aboretum in Melzingen/Germany

2010 Solo exhibition in the castle in Storkau/Germany
Group exhibition in Tczew/Poland

2012 Inauguration of my new art workshop with an exhibition opening in Jerchel

2015 Group exhibition in the Volksbank Stendal/Germany

2016 Solo exhibition in the Kulturhaus (cultural centre) Tangerhütte / Germany

2016 Group exhibition in the new castle in Tangerhütte

2016 Solo exhibition in the gallery Kunsthof in Dahrenstedt/Germany

2017 Group exposition in the new castel in Tnagerhütte / Germany

2017 Group exposition in der Turmgalerie der Bismarkhöhe in Werder

2017 Group exposition in the castel Charlottenburg in Berlin / Germany

2017 Group exposition in Tokyo / Japan
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2003 Einzelausstellung in Linz / Österreich
seit 2004 mehrere Privatausstellungen in...