johanna oenicke

artist, painter and teacher
born in Berlin, lives and works in Berlin

about my work

Examination of pictorial spaces and reconstruction of special situations form the main focus of my work.

The paintings show everyday aspects of supposed idylls, the objects are places of calm and reflection. Nature serves as the projecting surface for primal human emotion and ambivalence.

What concerns me is a new interpretation of classical pictorial topics. The subjects are based upon photographs and patterns which are created for the films and the paintings. A simplified view of nature and of architecture is achieved. Apparently unspectacular locations become stage-like pictorial spaces. Changes of viewpoint for a subject will underline the scenographic aspect. Thus, the paintings become scenes for possible plots or actions.

professional experience

since 2008
art teacher of the upper secondary school at the beethoven gymnasium, berlin-lichterfelde

2004/2005
lecturer in art- and culture-history at best-sabel, academy for design, berlin

2000
equipment and stagedesign for film- and tv-productions, polyphon, berlin

awards and fellowships

2006
goldrausch-künstlerinnenprojekt art it, berlin

1997
fellowship at hunter college, department of art, new york

studies

2001
studies in multimediadesign at cimdata berlin

1999
mfa in the class of professor dieter hacker

1992/1999
art academy berlin (udk), fine arts