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Kati Immonen Elina Ruohonen Cindy Schmid Carolin Koss Grit Sauerborn Gudrun Brigitta Nöh Sandra Schmedemann Anna Silberstein Sascha Sauerborn St.21.8.-26.9.2021 Spiritus ex editionova Vernissage 21.08.2021 Part of Festival NORDISCHER KLANG 2021 under the patronage of www.nordischerklang.de

artists:

° Grit Sauerborn - painting (GER) ° Gudrun Brigitta Nöh - Video (GER) ° Kati Immonen - painting (FIN) ° Sandra Schmedemann - porcelain (GER) ° Anna Silberstein - objects (GER) ° Cindy Schmid - collagen, graphic, painting (GER) ° Elina Ruohonen - visual arts (FIN) ° Carolin Koss - Video (FIN)

musicformance Sascha Sauerborn (GER)

A project from Kulturbrücke über die Ostsee and P.ART-Freie Kulturinitiative curation and organisation: Anna Silberstein supported by:

Kristin Beckmann-Natzius Imke Freiberg Der Rostocker Frauenkulturverein Sozio-kulturelles Zentrum St.Spiritus Die Beginen e.V. Lange Straße 49/51 Heiligengeisthof 3 17489 Greifswald 18055 fon 03834 8536-4444 fon 0381 1289797

[email protected] [email protected] www.kulturzentrum.greifswald.de www.die-beginen-rostock.de kati immonenPAINTING

katiimmonen.com

Kati Immonen is reinventing watercolour painting as a medium for contemporary art. She recognizes the cultural baggage carried by her medium, the watercolour, as being something light, effortless and superficial, and turns this to her own benefit. The relationships between human, the built environment and nature in its steady, silent strength and diversity has long interested the artist. born 1971 in Jyväskylä (Fin) graduated from the Department of Painting at School of Fine Arts in 1997 has worked on several public artworks around Finland, and created illustrations and cover images for numerous publications Member of the Sea Sisters group, which focuses on ecological art and is inspired by the .

Exhibition in Finland, Japan und works are represented in prominent Finnish public collections, and in the Nordic Watercolour Museum in Sweden

She works and lives in Turku (Fin)

Bottled Fireworks and Cormorant elina rouhonenPAINTING

elinaruohonen.net

born 1970 in Finland Elina is a visual, spatial and conceptional artist, mainly focusing on oil paintings on plexiglass. Her latest paintings comment on the time after climate change.

1990 - 1995 Art Institute of Kankaanpää, Finland and Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Art in Siberia, Russia 1998-2000 BA degree in visual art, TAMK, Finland 2001 Artist Specialisation education in art in Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Exhibition in Finland, Russia, Estonia, Portugal, and Italy worked on performative conceptual art in artist group Bargain from 2003 to 2012 Memeber of the Sea Sisters group, which makes ecological conceptual art and focuses es- pecially on the Baltic Sea

Elina lives and works in Turku, Finland.

Tickest´s please! The one who adjusts and anticipates cindy schmidGRAFIK COLLAGE

www.swinxgrafix.de

1976 born in Rostock has been living in Greifswald as an artist, freelance graphic artist and illustrator since 2007 since 2009 various solo and group exhibitions 2011 - 2012 Projekt p365: 365 Arbeiten an 365 aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen (Collage, Mixed Media, Sound, Animation, Foto,…) permanent illustrator at »Das Magazin« Children‘s book illustrations for»der Miesepups« and »der Miesepups hat was im Gesicht« (Kirsten Fuchs) Illustrations for Telekom, Edeka, Bauhaus, SZ,… Animated films for Nora Gomringer (»vielmals«, »Trias«) div. Animated films for Pommersche Landesmuseum

Cindy lives and works in Greifswald.

Rotkäppchen incubi - Ausschnitt carolin koosvideo

carolinkoss.com

1986 born in

2005-2007 Pre-Diploma, Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Practice, (DE) 2007-2011 BA Visual arts, Novia University of Applied Science, Nykarleby, FI 2011-2014 MA in Time & Space Arts, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, , FI

Her audio-visual works have been awarded several prizes and have been shown at several international exhibitions and film festivals, e.g. in Helsinki, , Milano, , Shanghai and NYC. She works with various media to create contemplative and aesthetic works. Embo- dying internal landscapes and tackling the subconscious sphere, stylized imagery or surreal set-ups, the artist invents dream realities that are often linked to environmental issues and dystopian future scenarios.

2020 - Best Ecology & Human Rights - XIV International Festival; Bir Duino (KGZ) 2019 - Best Female Director - DSFS Special Award - Edera Film Festival; Treviso (IT) 2019 - Best Music Award - CSIFF International Film Festival; Maharashtra (IND)

Carolin lives and works in Helsinki

still from video WHITE TALBLE still from video PLASTIC MOON grit sauerbornPAINTING

www.gritsauerborn.de

1964 born in Bützow a son Study as script and poster artist, School of Design, Studies of painting and drawing under Waldemar Krämer Studies of painting and drawing, School of Media and Arts, Rostock

Teacher of painting and graphics in:School of Arts Rostock, School of Arts Founder and curator of various international projects of art and culture Member of the Artist Association of Fine Arts of -Vorpommern 2018 of Ministery of Education and Culture-Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in -Skagaströnd

Works to be found in Privat and Public Collections: Germany,Lithuania,Japan, China since 2019 represented by the Galleri Progres (DK) Exhibitions: Germany, , Russia,Lithuania,India,USA,China, Japan,Iceland Scholarships Germany, Lithuania, Japan, China,

Grit lives and works in Rostock.

Ausguck Formfindung an der Grönlandsee gudrun brigittaVIDEO nöh

Born on the island of Usedom Studied at the University of Film and television training, among others in Berlin, , Nürnberg, Köln Film author and others at the NDR at home and abroad Free artistic work, Video projects and video installations Media awards and nominations for documentaries and features Participation in film festivals Co-founder of P.ART - Freie Kulturinitiative Structure of the KULTURBRÜCKE to Denmark

Exhibitions in Germany and Denmark

Gudrun Brigitta lives and works in Rostock.

SchwereLos - Videostill WegWeiser - Videostill sandra schmedemannPORCELAIN

instagram.com/sandraschmedemann

1979 born in Hagenow 1997 – 2000 Apprenticeship as a ceramist 2000 – 2004 Company activity in various ceramic workshops part-time master training 2004 – 2009 Degree in design, Specialization in ceramic / glass design, Burg Giebichenstein /Saale 2008/09 Cooperation with the Meissen porcelain manufactory 2010 Selling a product design to Kahla Thüringen GmbH, Schmuckhütchen 2010 Birth of the daughter Martha since 2010 self-employed with own workshop in Rostock since 2012 member of Produzentengalerie artquarium 2013 Birth of the son Gustav since 2018 member of Landesverband Kunsthandwerk MV e.V.

Exhibition in Finland, Germany and the Czech Republic 2013 Nomination for the 8th Rostock Art Prize, Kunsthalle Rostock

Sandra lives and works in Rostock. anna silbersteinOBJECTS

www.anna-silberstein.de

1971 born in Zittau Apprenticeship as goldsmith in Görlitz 1987-90 Studied jewelry design 1994-2000 in freelance 2000-2008 within the atelier feinmetall in Rostock since 2007 Miember of Künstlerbund BBK mv Founder of the producer gallery artquarium 2008 in Rostock since 2010 member of the Landesverband Kunsthandwerk MV e.V. temporary member of the art research group since 2011

Exhibitions in Germany, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea, Denmark Scholarship stays in South Korea and Japan

Anna lives and works in Rostock.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION STILLER MEDIATOR sascha sauerbornSOUND

saschasauerborn.de

1985 born in Rostock Musical studies at the: Rostock Conservatory, Jugendmusikkorps Rostock, HMT Rostock, of the Pedagogical University , at pro-drum and at the Federal Academy for Musical Education Trossingen. Drummer at: Carism Blue, Blind Voyeur, Big Band of the HMT Rostock, Die JMK Big Band, Beachdrumming Percussionensemble at the HMT Rostock, No Yazz, Big Band of the Peda- gogical University Heidelberg , AndiOliPhilipp, The Helmuts & [plasmat]. Producer & drummer for various artists, primarily for the solo project sischke 2009 – 2017 Drum teacher at pro-drum in Heidelberg und Bad Rappenau 2017 – 2020 Drum teacher and lecturer for “Musikproduktion & DJing” at the music and art school Lübeck since 2018 operator of the record company „Baumhouse Records“

Sascha lives and works in Rostock.