Category: Artist

Nadine Karl and Steffen Greiner

A yellow heart made out of natural soap is now part of the art collection at Rietzer Berg. The heart that is cast into a shape by artist Nadine Karl is supposed to represent the loss of materiality and will be exhibited in public space. Before this object will be displayed at an exhibition in […]

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Matara Margrit Scheele

“I loved to have the opportunity to use the hermitage for an art break and creative activities. At my time there, I had all the peace and quiet of the world, spend a lot of time in the woods and found new strenth for being creative on the terrace of the hermitage. The residence with […]

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Maria Göbel

The anthroposophic art therapist Maria Göbel was one of the first visitors of the art hermitage at Rietzer Berg. She spend time there to paint quietly and in solitude with self-made natural colors. Maria paints in the rhythm of the moon and the seasons and also offers workshops – amongst others for producing natural colors. […]

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Line Bøgh und Christian Gundtoft

When looking at the tour calender of the Danish artist couple Line Bøgh und Christian Gundtoft you start wondering how they found the time for a two-week break at Rietzer Berg. Their audiovisual project “Linebug” is performing one concert after the other. The singer and songwriter Line and the visual artist Christian have been living […]

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Leonore Grosch and Franziska Hoehl

There is a girl on a blanket in front of her tent, next to her her bike. A man in wide pants practices yoga. In the middle of this scene there is a sewing machine, sewing needles and a lot of material. This is how the hermitage looks like when Leonore Grosch is visiting. The […]

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Klio Karadim

Klio Karadim has big plans for this year. She wants to walk the Camino de Santiago for one month and paint and applied for a grant for this. The stay in the hermitage at Rietzer Berg is something like a training camp for her. So each morning she left the house with a specially prepared […]

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Katharina Heubner and Susan H. Miller

It had disappeared without a trace – one of the pears that the two artists put in front of the big window to watch birds. The other two pears were completely intact. This fact occupied Katharina Heubner and Susan Helen Miller in their two weeks at the residence and even found entry into their artistic […]

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Jürgen and Tinka Scharsich

Jürgen and Tinka Scharsich heard a radio feature about the art hermitage at Rietzer Berg and set out immediately to have a look at it and apply for a stay. In July 2022 the couple enjoyed a stay together with their dog Anouk and had the time to concentrate on their art. The artist Jürgen […]

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Io and Stefan Gelluszat

Like a castaway on a desert island – that’s how Io felt when she finally managed to open the can of ravioli with a nail and hammer. And never did a meal taste better than this processed food! And exactly that is what a stay at the art hermitage at Rietzer Berg meant for her: […]

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Astrid Homuth

The autumn landscape and mushrooms played a major role for artist Astrid Homuth of Leipzig. The mushrooms were both painted and eaten. In the beginning of her stay, Astrid drifted about in the quiet and solitude of the surroundings, but created some structure for herself after a couple of days. She read a lot, tried […]

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