"Painting is what draws me into the here and now, right when I make the first stroke; and while I work it makes me sprout wings, made to take me on an inward journey to capture my outward experiences in colors and forms. It finds a home on canvas and paper that may inspire the viewers to walk in and sprout wings, going on a journey of their own."
-Latife Birenheide
Latifè Birenheide
Artist - Paintress
Brussels
About Me
Born in Istanbul/Turkey, I migrated to Germany at the age of five with my family. I grew up in the centre of Germany near Frankfurt/Main, where I finished school and completed an education as a nurse, a profession I occupied for about 15 years, and an experience that still influences my art to this day.
Around 1995, having pursued painting and sculpting since a young age, I decided to devote my professional life to the fine arts fully. Following a productive year, I exhibited my work in a solo exhibition just one year after. This was succeeded by several exhibitions during the following decades. In this time, I collaborated with other artists and started teaching adults and children.
In 2007, I migrated, again, this time to Belgium where I still live and work today.
My main material is acrylic on canvas or paper and aquarelle but also sculpturing, photography and video art. The spectrum of my art reaches from romantic aquarelles to provoking and sociocritical paintings in powerful colours, making use of either figurative or abstract expressions. My inspiration is taken from day-to-day life, embracing and expressing the challenges we are facing every day of our lives.
Exhibitions
2023
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JUNE/AUGUST - SOLO EXHIBITION GALLERY NANDA, (LOKEREN) BELGIUM (https://www.gallerynanda.com/expo)
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APRIL/MAY - SOLO EXHIBITION "HUMAN; NATURE; PEACE" (WEZEMBEEK-OPPEM/BELGIUM), GC DE KAM
2012
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ARMAGEDDON (BERLIN/GERMANY), GALLERY MARZIAFROZEN
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SYMPHONY OF COLOURS (LONDON/UNITED KINGDOM), LA GALLERIA PALL MALL
2011
- BIENNALE OF CHIANCIANO (TUSCANY/ITALY), MUSEUM OF CHIANCIANO
2009
- SOLO EXHIBITION / TERVUREN - BELGIUM
2007
- RETROSPECTIVE SOLO EXHIBITION / ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNE OF GELNHAUSEN AND THE COUNTY MAIN-KINZIG-KREIS WITH A DUAL EXHIBITION IN THE FORMERLY SYNAGOGUE OF GELNHAUSEN AND THE MAIN-KINZIG-FORUM
2006
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EXHIBITION OF STUDENTS OF THE PAINTRESS / ‘ALTSTADTCAFÉ’ WÄCHTERSBACH
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SOLO EXHIBITION ‘MOMENTS’ / CLINIC FULDA
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SOLO EXHIBITION / ‘GALLERY AM MICHEL’ HAMBURG
2005
- GROUP EXHIBITION OF THE PAINTRESS AND HER STUDENTS / ‘ALTSTADTCAFÉ’ WÄCHTERSBACH
2004
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SOLO EXHIBITION / LINDNER CONGRESS HOTEL FRANKFURT
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SOLO EXHIBITION / KREISSPARKASSE GELNHAUSEN
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PROJECT ‘PAINTING WITH ALL SENSES’ / PRIMARY SCHOOL BIEBERGEMÜND-WIRTHEIM
2003
- SOLO EXHIBITION / FORMERLY SYNAGOGUE GELNHAUSEN
2002
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GROUP EXHIBITION / ‘CULTURE DAYS’ OF THE COMMUNE GELNHAUSEN-MEERHOLZ
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GROUP EXHIBITION / ‘CULTURE DAYS’ OF THE COMMUNE LANGENSELBOLD
2001
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SOLO EXHIBITION / RESTAURANT ‘VLADAN´S’ IN LANGENSELBOLD
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SOLO EXHIBITION / ‘CAFÉ ART’ IN GELNHAUSEN
2000
- SOLO EXHIBITION ‘EMOTIONS IN COLOUR AND FORM’ / FORMERLY SYNAGOGUE GELNHAUSEN
1999
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FRONT DESIGN OF A WENDY-HOUSE / PRIMARY SCHOOL ALTENMITTLAU
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SOLO EXHIBITION / PHARMACY PETRI IN MEERHOLZ
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GROUP EXHIBITION / ‘CAFÉ ART’ IN GELNHAUSEN
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GROUP EXHIBITION / ‘STATTGALERIE’ GELNHAUSEN
1997
- GROUP EXHIBITION / BAD VILBEL
1996
- SOLO EXHIBITION / FORMERLY SYNAGOGUE GELNHAUSEN
