Corinna Naumann

In short: I make empathic artworks for complex minds.

Elaborately: Hi! I am a fine artist and sometimes illustrator who is polyamorous with different art techniques and styles. While I deeply love drawing with ink, I also love experimentally combining many materials as watercolour, acrylics, acrylic and shellac inks, oils, varnishes, tea, pencils, and markers. Etchings, monotypes, and collages complete my range, while I also dabble in Photoshop. This wide array is also resembled by my usage of old and new paper, canvas, and old and new wood as support.

Most of my recent motifs are female portraits. Emotions, strength, and vulnerability are themes that don't cease to inspire me. Another recurring theme is nature, growth as decay, and life's beauty and complexity. I've done many works for exhibitions about the environment and Fukushima. I don't want to limit my work to beauty. Art, for me, is always also political. It can give problems voices and open up new options for actions. I'm a fan of LGBTQI+ art and humanist mindsets.

My art has already been shown in exhibitions and museums in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Macedonia, Japan, and South Korea, some remaining in the ownership of the museums.

In the beginning, I longed to do art but wasn't supported, so I started as a professional photographer for advertising photography. Then I decided to act closer to my passion and studied art education (many on-hand seminars), art history, and philosophy. I'm a freelance artist since my M. A. in 2011.

I divide my time between creating, learning new stuff about art, organizing and partaking in exhibitions, working part-time for the benefit of a stable studio and living space, and teaching workshops.