Miriam Montenegro

Artista statement:

I have a big passion for color and am always looking for its greatest possible effect. Bright, vibrant color combinations have a direct impact on perception and emotion. With them I want to give energy and convey positivity – preferably with oil and acrylic paints.

Even in my job as a button designer, it was always about the effect of structures, materials and surfaces. I have kept up playing with contrasts of material, color, finish and structures. So I like to give plastic waste (e.g. from coffee bags, chocolate foil or cosmetic packaging) a new life in my artworks. In doing so, I keep realizing how beautiful things can be that are made to be thrown away and how little you need for creative expression.

I’m in recording mode all the time. Places and people that surround me, sensory impressions or just things that fall into my hands inspire me.

Work:
Miriam Montenegro is an internationally recognized artist based in Germany on the Rhine. Vibrant colours, evocative light and powerful compositions characterize her paintings. Like the french impressionists she catches the light of the moment, she goes out with canvas and easel, paints in front of the subject and presents interpretations of perceived mom...

Miriam Montenegro was born in Koblenz in 1968. Her love for languages ​​and creative work first took her to Florence in 1988, where she studied fashion design, and later to the Universities of Mainz and Dijon to study Romance languages. She received painting lessons from the painter Miguelle Padgett for a number of years.
Miriam Montenegro worked as a designer in the fashion industry (button and accessory design) for more than 25 years. All this characterizes her artistic signature.
Since 2019 she continued working solely as an artist.
She has exhibited her artworks internationally and is collected in many countries (Germany, USA, Canada, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Ecuador, Japan).
In 2006 she received the culture prize of the city of Bendorf.

1992: town hall Vallendar (Germany)

1993: Galerie Gaston Gérard, Dijon (France)
Galerie Kolbe, Urbar (Germany)
art collections city of Limburg (Germany)

1994: Hôtel de Savigny, Provins (France)

1995: Galerie Ambiente und Kunst, Vallendar (Germany)
Haus Metternich, Koblenz (Germany)

1996: district museum Neuwied (Germany)

1998: district museum Neuwied (Germany)

1999: Galleria La Meridiana, Piacenza (Italy)

2000: Westfries Museum, Hoorn (Netherlands)
MVB Galerie, Mainz art association Eisenturm (Germany)
Kunst und Museum, Hollfeld (Germany)

2004: Altes Arresthaus, Mayen (Germany)

2006: Nassau-Sporkenburger-Hof, Lahnstein (Germany)
Yzeure, chateau de Panloup (France)

2007: Galerie Schmuck Concept, Vallendar (Germany)

2008: Galerie Wutzke, Koblenz (Germany)

2010: Rheinisches Eisenkunstguss-Museum, Bendorf-Sayn (Germany)

2012:
"Farbe bekennen", Städtische Bühne, Nassau-Sporkenburger-Hof, Lahnstein, Germany

2013:
"Elemente", Rheinisches Eisenkunstguss-Museum, Schloß Sayn, Bendorf-Sayn, Germany

"Weihnachtsausstellung"
Städtische Bühne, Nassau-Sporkenburger-Hof, Lahnstein, Germany

2014:
"Bilderwelten", Sädtische...