Anke Merzbach

When you plunge into Anke’s world you find yourself in a mysterious and magical labyrinth of fantasies in which you want to disappear and never to return…
In the world of art, Anke is known as a “Bildmacherin”, which means “Image maker” in German.  She creates a mysterious theater of strange and surreal characters. In this theater everything is staged, but the emotions are real.
Her world is full of contradictions and opposite poles. It’s a world where the real and surreal meet. There coexist side by side the casual and the unusual, the lyrical and the tragic, the familiar and the strange. It is melancholic, grotesque, absurdly distorted and yet so poetically beautiful…

No matter how strange are the characters that we meet in her imaginary world, all of them reflect the delicate poetry of her soul. She is a well-known artist in many countries. She presented her artworks with great success at five solo exhibitions in Germany and Italy. She also published two personal art books, which are currently sold in various countries worldwide. Many photo artists from Germany and other countries attend her workshops.

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