Ankalina Dahlem

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Ankalina Dahlem (* 1968 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German painter and writer .

life and work

Dahlem studied free painting at the Pasadena Art Center in 1990 and 1991, before taking the same subject with Jörg Immendorff at the Städelschule in Frankfurt in autumn 1991 . In 1993 she moved to the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, where she studied sculpture with Stephan Balkenhol and free painting with Erwin Gross and received her diploma in 1997. In 1998 she became a master class student.

The central motif in Dahlem's work are animals and nudes of women, which appear to be lovely but, on closer inspection, shock and shake up in their surreal ambience. The art historian Carola Muysers wrote on Faust-Kultur.de , Dahlem's women “at first glance remind you of the nymphs of Picasso and Matisse, of Cicciolina, the muse of Jeff Koons, or of playmates. At second glance we see that they are doing anything but serving male artists, fools and old men. ”Together with Jean-Christophe Ammann , Dahlem caused a sensation in 2002 with the exhibition A Correspondence . For a year, the artist sent the art historian and exhibition organizer a small drawing every day. Ammann responded by photocopying the drawings enlarged and then using watercolors or collages in an imaginative way. The result are ironically provocative, sometimes screamingly funny works of art that drift into obscene.

In 2012 the octopus , Dahlem's first volume of short stories, appeared.

Dahlem has two children, she lives and works in Frankfurt am Main.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • An exchange of letters. (together with Jean-Christophe Ammann) Galerie Bernd Slutzky, Frankfurt am Main, 2001.
  • Star room. Galerie Bernd Slutzky, Frankfurt am Main, 2002.
  • The Shadow Of Memories And Dreams. Galerie Prento and Wiesel, Wiesbaden, 2009.
  • Longing was struck by lightning. Art Virus Ltd., Frankfurt am Main and London, 2012.
  • Above the sky - under the sea. Gallery C, Vienna, 2013.
  • Desire Got Struck By Lightning. The Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, 2013.

Catalogs and books

  • A painted face on a misted window . Drawings from 1994 in the format 21 × 30 cm
  • Imaginary friends , portraits 1998, catalog for the exhibition, published by the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1998
  • Kablau, The History of a Painter , published by the State Academy of the Arts Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1999
  • An exchange of letters. (together with Jean-Christophe Ammann). Exhibition catalog. Edited by Galerie Bernd Slutzky, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-9805670-7-9 .
  • Raphael's birds. Catalog. Edited by Galerie Bernd Slutzky, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-9805670-9-5 .
  • The octopus appears in the distance. Eight short stories. B3 Verlag und Vertriebs GmbH, Frankfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-943758-73-3 .
  • Longing was struck by lightning. Exhibition catalog, edited by Michele Sciurba. B3 Verlag und Vertriebs GmbH, Frankfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-943758-72-6 .
  • Above the sky - under the sea. Catalog for the exhibition, published by Galerie C, Vienna 2013.
  • Paint it yourself! 15 drawings for coloring, coloring and collecting , Verlag Vin Silberhorn, Berlin 2013
  • Back to Lima - the poisoned prince , Roman, Merlin Verlag, Gifkendorf 2015, ISBN 978-3-87536-315-9
  • Universe far , Roman, Edition Faust, Frankfurt am Main 2019, ISBN 978-3-945400-71-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bio on ankalina.com
  2. ↑ C. Muysers: Ankalina Dahlem or Medusa with the snake hair. on faustkultur.de
  3. ↑ Galerie Bernd Slutzky on galerie-slutzky.de
personal data
SURNAME Dahlem, Ankalina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main