About The Artist

1953 Born in Berlin, Germany Annette Kunow lives and works in Bochum, Germany. Education 1976 Diploma in Civil Engineering TU Stuttgart, Germany 1981 Ph. D. (Dr. Ing.) in Mechanical Engineering, TU Darmstadt, Germany 1988 Professorship in Mechanical Engineering, University of Applied Science, Bochum 1991 Workshop on Painting, Lecturer: Elvira Bach, Kloster Irsee, Germany 1992 Workshop on Painting, Lecturer: Franz Hitzler, Kloster Irsee, Germany 1993 Workshop on Painting, Lecturers: Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, Salzburg, Austria Study trips in art in Austria, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Nigeria, Sweden, Spain, Turkey, U.S.A Collections Annette Kunow’s artworks are in private and public collections in Germany and Europe. Artist Statement When I’m not working in my artist studio, I’m teaching students in mechanical engineering at university or practice engineering in global companies. Since more than 30 years I am working as a painter. I begin my work with an idea, the initial design, somewhat like an engineer creates the drawing of an engine construction. Then I deconstruct the forms and play with shapes and colors. I like to paint the figures in expressive gestures, they are quarrelling, laughing, loving or just standing on its own. They attract people spontaneously because they look straight to them touching their feelings. Since a few years I also produce narrative daily sketches, drawings, collages, mixed media techniques from small to large sizes. As I like to transfer my figures in an animate world, they become more independent and vivid in three-dimensional works, objects and sculptures.