Rani B Knobel

"Painting is a dance into the unknown. When the mind is still, the creative powers flow; a work of art emerges from the grace of the moment. For me, motifs such as landscapes, plants or organic forms are metaphors that open up a path into a transcendental space beyond the superficial recognition of what is depicted.
In abstract and semi-abstract paintings, I explore the transformations and manifestations of being, inviting the viewer to immerse themselves in an dynamic atmosphere of living stillness, to establish a connection to their own inner self.

Through the deliberate use of coincidences, gestural brushstrokes and expressive movements, I create an energetic presence in my paintings. Motifs are found and discarded, each picture is created in an intensive process. This dynamic gives the works vitality and power."
Rani B. Knobel

Rani B. Knobel is an experienced German artist who has exhibited her work in Spain, Malta, France, India and Germany.
Her central themes are beauty, serenity , transcendence and the unfolding of reality; life's constant changes, processes and challenges. Painting with acrylics and layering and glazing colours, she produces abstract pieces characterised by a stream of colours and shapes, achieving ...

Rani B. Knobel studied sculpturing and psychology, first visit in India 1980 since then many long stays also travelling other countries in Asia.
1991 – 2000 intensive training and collaboration with Meera Hashimoto, a Japanese painter, in Pune/ India.
2002 – 2012 Studio in Ibiza, where she spent several months every year and worked on her art. In these times further artistic education with Howard Rogovin, Professor Emeritus of the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History and American artist Gretchen Caracas.
2009 Opening of the new studio in Bad Belzig (near Berlin).

Since 1995 exhibitions in Germany and Spain, participation in community shows in Madeira, Italy, France, Ibiza and India.


Winner of the Axa Art Prize 2001
"People and mobility" with the image "Freedom to Move"

Illustrations and stage design

2018 Cover illustration CD "Elderberry Song
2015/16 Illustrations for "Nachbarschaftsliederbuch" and CD, Hrg. Anke Bolz www.lebenslieder.org, - Canto Verlag, Hattingen 2017
2015 Illustration for poster & flyer and parts of the stage design "As you like it" - directed by Julia Strehler, Ensemble des Augenblicks in the context of the Kunstsommer Hoher Fläming
2014 Illustration for poster & flyer and parts of the stage design "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - directed by Julia Strehler, Ensemble des Augenblicks in the context of the Kunstsommer Hoher Fläming
2013 Illustrations for "Songs for the silent time" Hrg. Anke Bolz www.lebenslieder.org
2012 Motif for official Christmas mug for "WeihnachtsZauber Gendarmenmarkt", Berlin