Elke Steiner
Elke Renate Steiner (* 1971 in Bremen ) is a German illustrator and comic artist . She lives and works in Berlin .
life and work
Steiner first studied fine art at the Münster Art Academy . She switched to the design department at the Münster University of Applied Sciences in order to come into contact with comic artists. Steiner graduated with a diploma in 1999 for her comic book Die Poisonmischerin , which she published herself. Short stories by Steiner appear regularly in the Bremen fanzine panel Ambixious Comix .
After her diploma, she received a scholarship from the Jewish Museum in Rendsburg and the Dr.-Bamberger-Haus, whereupon Steiner began work on a comic about local Jewish history, which was first published in 2001 under the title Rendsburg Prinzessinstrasse - The history of a small Jewish township in the PANEL edition was published. Originals of the pages were exhibited in many places, including at the Fumetto comic festival in Switzerland, as well as in Bremen and Wiesbaden.
The other Mendelssohns has dealt with the “black sheep” of the famous family since the first volume was published in 2004 and illuminates the individual lines of the family tree, based on the six children of Moses Mendelssohn . The first volume, which was created in collaboration with the Jewish Culture Days and the Jewish Adult Education Center in Berlin, therefore bears the full title The Other Mendelssohns - Dorothea Schlegel, Arnold Mendelssohn .
Steiner lives and works in Berlin as a comic artist and illustrator for magazines, newspapers and advertising. Since 2002 she has also led comic workshops for young people, adults and now also children. In 2007 she also illustrated the children's books Bella's Brazilian Football and Bella's Chocolate Surprise by Adam Giullain.
Publications (selection)
- Rendsburg Prinzessinstrasse , Edition PANEL, Bremen 2001, ISBN 3-935146-31-0
- The other Mendelssohns - Dorothea Schegel, Arnold Mendelsohn , Reprodukt , Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-931377-96-0
- The other Mendelssohns - Karl Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Reprodukt , Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95640-024-7
- Bella's brazilian football , Milet Publishing, Chicago (USA) 2007, with Adam Giullain, ISBN 978-1-840594-88-1
- Bella's chocolate surprise , Milet Publishing, Chicago (USA) 2007, with Adam Giullain, ISBN 978-1-840595-05-5
- The bus driver who wanted to be God (based on a short story by Etgar Keret ) in the Jüdische Allgemeine Wochenzeitung
- Doc and Doctrix in Deutsches Ärzteblatt
- Medical biographies (episode-like life stories of Herbert Lewin and Käte Frankenthal ) in Deutsches Ärzteblatt
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2006: Humboldt University, Berlin. Project forum places of Jewish life in Berlin
- 2005: Active Museum Spiegelgasse , Wiesbaden.
- 2005: Goethe-Institut, Tel Aviv (Israel).
- 2005: Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin.
- 2005: Kleintheater Luzern, Luzern (Switzerland). In collaboration with Fumetto.
- 2004: Berlin. 18th Jewish Culture Days
- 2003: Active Museum Spiegelgasse, Wiesbaden.
- 2002: Evangelical Information Center, Bremen. Chapter 8
- 2002: Lucerne State Archives, Institute for Jewish-Christian Research (IJCF) , Lucerne (Switzerland). In collaboration with Fumetto and the University of Lucerne.
Web links
- Website from Elke R. Steiner
- Elke R. Steiner at Reprodukt
- Elke R. Steiner in the PANEL edition
- Literature by and about Elke Steiner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steiner, Elke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steiner, Elke Renate (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German illustrator and comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |