Rinetta Klinger
born grown educated skilled seen stumbled fallen risen knocked off dirt moved on restarted learned viewed created been glad laughed wept vaunted chided beloved honored refused prevailed defeated forgotten remembered contributed ideas realized overruled missed encountered loved envied granted hoped kinked upturned consolidated kept up started again born grown educated skilled seen stumbled fallen risen knocked off dirt moved on restarted learned viewed created been glad laughed wept vaunted chided beloved honored refused prevailed defeated forgotten remembered contributed ideas realized missed encountered radiated… Luxusgirl & lifes going on
BIOGRAPHY
1971
born in Silute, Lithuania
1972
emigrated as a German origin family to Germany (Aalen, Baden-Württemberg), to be close to the maternal grandparents
bilingual upbringing and cultural differences caused initial problems in the new home country:
Lithuanian language (at tradition-conscious grandparents’) and German language (in school and at parental home). During the first years the family lives in very limited space and is poorly integrated into local life due to language problems
bilingual upbringing and cultural differences caused initial problems in the new home country:
Lithuanian language (at tradition-conscious grandparents’) and German language (in school and at parental home). During the first years the family lives in very limited space and is poorly integrated into local life due to language problems
1978 to 1991
school education, graduated with an “Abitur” certificate
family shows a strong religious orientation in the new home country:
after the immigration, the once progressive, modern family joined a strict Evangelical-Lutheran religious community consisting of immigrants from Baltic countries. They influenced the family with its orthodox structures
First timid attempts of sketches: for interior decoration of the praying area. They are mainly colorful and cheerful motives and enable an internal escape from the dark world of sermons about devil and depravation.
family shows a strong religious orientation in the new home country:
after the immigration, the once progressive, modern family joined a strict Evangelical-Lutheran religious community consisting of immigrants from Baltic countries. They influenced the family with its orthodox structures
First timid attempts of sketches: for interior decoration of the praying area. They are mainly colorful and cheerful motives and enable an internal escape from the dark world of sermons about devil and depravation.
1991 to 1992
months spent on educational journeys to Israel, Egypt and across Europe resulted in first studies – the first art portfolio and the first pattern designs are created (love for nature motives and wide range of colors develop)
1992
Marriage
1992 to 1993
vocational training: milliner, Nördlingen
during the vocational training, first courageous motifs emerge, primarily as pattern design for clothing. Own hat creations exceed the teaching aim, therefore: the decision to apply for fashion design studies.
during the vocational training, first courageous motifs emerge, primarily as pattern design for clothing. Own hat creations exceed the teaching aim, therefore: the decision to apply for fashion design studies.
1993
end of vocational training after one year, due to a successful college application to study fashion design in Stuttgart
1993 to 1996
Fashion Design Studies in Stuttgart
Graduated fashion designer with first own collection
Graduated fashion designer with first own collection
1996
Emigrated to Tel Aviv, Israel
=> at the same time father was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which made settling down in Israel difficult
=> at the same time father was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which made settling down in Israel difficult
1996 to 1998
set up a fashion label for modern young women between 20-30, interested in art and lifestyle, sold it in owned and self-managed fashion shop in the Center of Tel Aviv
=> in those years father’s cancer progressed which resulted in numerous trips to Germany. Despite several serious surgeries, father is recovering very well, but then dies completely unexpectedly. The leave-taking is processed in the artwork of the period following. It is a very long period in colors black, white and red.
=> in those years father’s cancer progressed which resulted in numerous trips to Germany. Despite several serious surgeries, father is recovering very well, but then dies completely unexpectedly. The leave-taking is processed in the artwork of the period following. It is a very long period in colors black, white and red.
1998 to 1999
part time job at the Goethe Institute Tel Aviv, to keep connected to the art world and to build a network between German and Israeli artists.
1999
Separation from Israeli husband, due to marital crisis, fortified by the loss of father. Very strong Lithuanian family ties and domestic differences in religion and living, put strong weight on it. Return to Germany follows (the new main place of residence and work is Cologne)
1999 to 2000
Marketing-Assistant at a Gallery “Kunsthaus Köln”) (first prototype of a conceptual art store in Germany)
1999 to 2001
with the return to Europe art work intensifies – pieces of strong color intensity and emergence. Concurrently, private divorce issues and the loss of the father are processed through concentrating on the art work.
LUXUSGIRL comes into being.
LUXUSGIRL comes into being.
2001
change of residence: Berlin
2001 to 2005
immersing into the Berlin art scene: employment as a bartender and building a network as an artist.
2005 to 2008
formation of an own Art-Café “Rinettas” in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, which closes 2008 because of rapid environment changes.
since 2008
consistent studio work as an artist in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg, national and international participations at art competitions follow.
„her clear decision to go for fine arts going along with her personal processing of childhood, uprooting, extreme religious impact in the years of childhood and teens, her marriage as well as the loss of her father, cause that her artworks seem more liberated, playful elements take more space as a third dimension, strong contrasts in color characterize her works, picture sizes becoming greater and her line haul softer.
(quote: Dörte Meyer, curator, Berlin)
„her clear decision to go for fine arts going along with her personal processing of childhood, uprooting, extreme religious impact in the years of childhood and teens, her marriage as well as the loss of her father, cause that her artworks seem more liberated, playful elements take more space as a third dimension, strong contrasts in color characterize her works, picture sizes becoming greater and her line haul softer.
(quote: Dörte Meyer, curator, Berlin)
2008
change of residence: Potsdam
2010
“soulfulness for everyone” is becoming a life motto and an art motor at the same time, resulting in art installations like “The Art of Happiness” that deal with the subject of happiness and activate international notice. Including among others an exhibition attendance at “Simply Happy” in Tel Aviv. Invitations of the installation to London and Madrid by “The Hub” follow.
May 2010
artistic design of several hotel suites at the Hotel Papageno, Vienna (commissioned work with art work and wall installation)
2011
Participation at art competitions: art competition for contemporary art at Galery Achtzig, Berlin; Artist Wanted, 2011 grant at the artistic residence, Bangalore, India, at the Goethe Institute; BAGL SPRINGtime 2011 at BAGL – Berlin Artists Going Live, Berlin Biennale 2011
end of 2010/beginning of 2011
until spring 2012
until spring 2012
additional commissioned work in Vienna, art project management within the framework of above stairs design at the Hotel Papageno in Vienna with lucid, colorful items.