Frauke Seemann

Artist, Germany

Frauke Seemann grew up in Moers, located on the Lower Rhine, near Holland. She studied ethnology and art in Berlin, and following that, studied German, art, and sports education in Flensburg, upon which she received her first state examination for teaching. Finally, she studied visual arts in Kiel, receiving a degree in painting. Since 1992, Frauke Seemann has been living and working in Cologne, having traveled extensively in Europe, Mexico, the U.S., Belize, and Guatemala. She has received numerous scholarships, including from the following: the Künstlerhaus Schleswig-Holstein, the Werkstatt Plettenberg, and Nord-West Lotto, which also included an artist residency in New York for three months. Her works can be found in a variety of private and public collections. She has also exhibited her work continually in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Brussels, Netherlands, New York and South-East Asia. Since 2002 she also worked as an art and German teacher in school, reaching her second state examination for teaching. Now she lives and works in Cologne, Germany, and Groningen, NL. (Translation: Louisa Schaefer)