Biography of Antje Duis

artist
  • 1943

Born in Gotha, Germany

1943
1960-1964
  • 1960-1964

Studies at the Art School for Handicrafts in Offenbach am Main (Book illustration, Offset printing, Graphic design)

  • 1964-1966

Studies at the STAEDEL Art Academy in Frankfurt am Main with Prof. Heinz Battke (Painting and drawing)

1964-1966
1967-1972
  • 1967-1972

Teacher of handicrafts and art at a state school in Drochtersen near Hamburg

  • 1972-1983

Teacher of art at a private school in Bern, Switzerland

1972-1983
Since 1983
  • Since 1983

Free-lance artist based in Thessaloniki, Greece

  • 1992

Co-founds the “AMALGAMA” artist’ colony

1992
1997
  • 1997

Involvement in the POLYTECHNON workshop as part of “Thessaloniki – Cultural Capital of Europe 1997”

  • Since 1972
19 individual and 33 group exhibitions in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Greece
Since 1972

Works of Antje Duis

Copper Engravings

  • 1964-1968

Copper engravings – mixed technique – ink painting

1964-1968
1996-2002

Mount Olympus

  • 1996-2002

“Mount Olympus” postcard series – aquarelles

Recycling Art

  • 2000-2002

“Metamorphosis” – recycling art

2000-2002
2002-2003

Nature Morte Maritime

  • 2002-2003

“Nature morte maritime” – aquarelles

Bright Shadows

  • 2000-2010

“Bright shadows” – photography

2000-2010
1999

Traces

  • 1999

“Traces” – Performance / Camera: Garabet Bisdikian

Meditation

  • 2012

"Meditation” – recycling art

2012

The way Antje Duis perceives nature is strongly influenced by Zen theory, karate-do ethics and the philosophy of the Indians. This means that nature is not merely a source of “matter and form”, but also a bearer of “spirit and soul”, which turns it into a “vector of energy”. Artist Antje Duis is striving to portray exactly this link through various forms of artistic expression she uses.