Seeing and observing, tolerating that which is, following paths - those of nature, one’s own and those of others - discovering, unearthing and getting lost, taking one’s leave and going on. Can there be anything more in motion than that?— Heide Schimke
Introduction
Shaped by her travels and inspired by the multitude and tension of erosive formations in nature, Heide Schimke’s work is focussed on seeing structures and uncovering that which lies under the surface.
Change reveals itself not just in shapes, but also in rhythms, tempi, movements, and vibrations, which the artist captures using a wide range of media. The embodied reproduction of the experience of nature and the process of doing is at the center of her work, where processes, layers, and overlapping structures form a kind of stored experience and the sum of all memory for the artist. Colour thus enters into a sensitive dialogue incorporating the motion and structure of the surface.
The artist invites you to follow the interplay of micro- and macrocosm and the freedom of one’s own process of discovery around this world of images. Wonder and discovery, she believes, are fundamental to accepting that our model of reality is limited.
— Art historian Eva Pieper-Rapp-Frick
Vita
| 1961 | Born in Hagen |
| until 1987 | Studied psychology in Braunschweig |
| 1985 | Start of artistic work, influenced by meeting the painter Wolfgang Isle (1945-1996) |
| until 1989 | University position as a psychologist, in cooperation with the HBK Braunschweig |
| 1989 | Member of the International Society for Art, Design and Therapy (Internationale Gesellschaft für Kunst, Gestaltung und Therapie), Monte Verita, Ascona/ Schweiz |
| until 1993 | Psychotherapist in a psychiatric institution, Hagen |
| from 1993 | Work as free artist and independent psychotherapist |
| 2001 | Member of the women’s art forum South Westphalia (FrauenKunstForum Südwestfalen) supported by the Kulturamt Hagen and the Gleichstellungsstellen of South Westphalia |
| from 2003 | Travels to Africa, South America, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland and Asia |
| from 2006 | Intensive travel and research visits, as well as projects and exhibitions in Australia |
| from 2013 | Start of Landart projects in Australia and Iceland |
| from 2014 | First Videos and film documentaries |
Exhibitions
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S = solo, G = group
| 2021 | Frauenmuseum Bonn: Premiere of the Artist documentary "PSYCHOLOGY MEETS ART" - Coproduction of Heide Schimke and Nikolaos Iliadis (S) |
| 2021 | Biennale Austria, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (video) at the Biennale Architettura in Venice (G) |
| 2021 | Frauenmuseum Bonn: Tedium in Paradise, Bonn (G), see also → Documentary and → Interview |
| 2020 | Kunsthalle Zürich: Project „Make your own exhibition“ (G) |
| 2020 | Städtische Galerie Alte Lederfabrik Halle: NOW and the VASTNESS beyond, with Margret Schopka (G) |
| 2019 | Art Exhibition The Factory 2019, Djupavik/Island (G) |
| 2018 | Frauenmuseum Bonn: Freundinnen — vom romantischen Salon zu Netzwerken heute, Bonn (G) |
| 2017 | Kunst im ROTEN HAUS: Heide Schimke - a part of a way, Hagen (S) |
| Galerie und Kunstwerkstatt Gessner: Legends and Lines, Hagen (S) | |
| 2016 | 4. Art Symposium on Island/ Stiflisdahl Lake, invited by the artist and curator Margret Schopka; landart projects |
| „silhquai55“ i n s p a c e visarte zürich (art club) „…hörst du den Brachvogel“ (G) | |
| Kölner Liste fair for contemporary art | |
| 2015 | Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Queensland/Australien (S) → Video (5.22 min) |
| Künstlerforum-Bonn, „Hörst Du den Brachvogel“ Presentation of the projects of the Art Symposium at Stiflisdal lake/Iceland, Bonn (G) | |
| 2014 | Neues Kunstforum Gelstern, Lüdenscheid (S) |
| 2013 | Project „birds“ vegetabile Objekte, Dunduran Beach, Hervey Bay/ Australien |
| 2012 | 2. Art Symposium, selected artists curated by Margret Schopka, Stiflisdal lake/Iceland, landart project „Erdtafeln“ |
| Kunst im Karree „playing memory“ with homonymous documentary film from director Sebastian Jobst, Sparkasse Hagen (S) → Trailer PLAYING MEMORY 2012 | |
| 2011 | Osthaus Museum „Hagener Künstlerinnen und Künstler“, Hagen (G) |
| 21. Kunstmesse, Frauenmuseum Bonn mit dem Frauenkunstforum, Südwestfalen (G) | |
| 2005 | Osthaus Museum „Hagener Künstlerinnen und Künstler“, Hagen (G) |
| 2004 | Schloß Landsberg, „Klangfarbe“, Westfälische Förderakademie für Kunst und Musik, Ruhr e.V., Erwitte (G) |
| 2003 | Osthaus Museum „Hagener Künstlerinnen und Künstler“, Hagen (G) |
| Preisträgerin KEUCO, „50 Jahre KEUCO und Design“, Hemer (G) | |
| „werkstatt 64“ in Zusammenarbeit mit Maler und Architekt Herbert Schmahl , Hagen (G) | |
| 2002 | Osthaus Museum, Hagener Künstlerinnen und Künstler“, Hagen (G) |
| 2001 | Theater Hagen, „Soroptimist gegen Gewalt“, Hagen (S) |
| 2000 | NRW Kulturstiftung, Kunstspuren durch Südwestfalen, Liebe an Unorten, Projekt „be in touch“, Hagen (G) |
| Blesel Fine Art Förderpreis, „Rost, Ruinen und Romantik“, Hagen (S) | |
| Kulturstiftung Stade, Schloss Agathenburg, Stade (G) | |
| VHS Essen, „Sinn und Sinnlichkeit“, Eröffnungsausstellung, Essen (S) | |
| 1999 | Blesel Fine Art Förderpreis „Erotik Art“, Hagen (G) |
| Kulturförderung der Sparkasse Hagen (S) | |
| 1998 | Gallery K-135, Novatis Pharma AG, Basel / Schweiz (S) |
| 1997 | Gallery Hubuch, Basel/Schweiz (S) |
| Gallery Appelt, Gevelsberg (G) | |
| Dresdner Bank, München (S) | |
| 1990 | Stiftsherrenhäuser der Stadt Braunschweig (S) |
| Gallery „Der kleine Kunstbahnhof“, Eschenau (S) | |
| Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Braunschweig (S) | |
| 1989 | Galerie Nova, Hagen (S) |
| Galerie Günther, Hamburg (S) |
Studio & Gallery
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In the press
“Heide Schimke’s art breathes, with a breath that mimics nature itself.”
— Westfälische Rundschau
„Schimke's works gave a new perspective on nature“
— Hervey Bay Regional Gallery cultural officer Vanida Petts
“Heide Schimke portrays the paths, trails and lines that humans have left behind in a multitude of ways.”
— Westfalenpost
“Heide Schimke’s art is marked by extreme experiences of nature that she has undergone during numerous visits to the red continent. The geological and geohistorical importance of the Australian landscapes, with their strong erosion, prompted the artist to explore the structures, vibrations, layers, courses and forms of nature. In these abstractions, the fluidity and spirit of the different places she stayed shines through.”
— Lokalkompass
“...pictorially impressively applied research on the topic of erosion”
— Generalanzeiger Bonn
“In a diptych by Heide Schimke, a bright, wide sky vaults almost renaissance-like above the Earth.”
— Art historian Heidrun Wirth
“Schimke’s paintings are sensual. One doesn’t just want to look at them, but to make contact; touch to experience the bark, the sand, the water. Those are formulas of nature, vibrations of surfaces, groundedness in the real sense.”
— Composer Martin Gerigk
Egoperspektive
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