TODAY’S SOCIETY BRINGS THE CONSTANT PRESSURE OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE. THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE RULED BY CORPORATIONS, NOT INDIVIDUALS. LEAVING LITTLE ROOM FOR IMPERFECTION. IN THIS HIGH VELOCITY WORLD, WE ARE LOOKING FOR OUR PLACE AND MOMENT IN TIME, A SPOT WHERE WE CAN JUST BE. FROM THIS BACKGROUND WE ARE MOVING INTO AN ERA WHERE INCLUSION, TRANSPARENCY AND PERSONALITY WILL BE HIGHER VALUATED. GENUINE IMPERFECTION CAN BE FINALLY EMBRACED.
MY ART IS DESIGNED TO OFFER A BEACON WHEN NEEDED; IT OFFERS A TACTILE AND EMOTIONAL VALUE THAT ENHANCES SELF-EMPOWERMENT. INSPIRED BY MY OWN CONSTANT QUEST FOR BALANCE, IT FORMS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BODY, MIND AND EMOTION.
I EMBRACE THE TACTILITY OF MY WORK THAT CHALLENGES AND CALMS AT THE SAME TIME. BY SHARING MY EMOTIONS, I OFFER A TOKEN THAT STRENGTHENS AND ADDS TO THE FEELING OF SHELTER. I CREATE JEWELS THAT REACH FAR BEYOND THEIR VISUAL CHARM AND MELT WITH BODY AND IDENTITY.
CV
- born in Lüdenscheid, Germany (1978)
- based in Aachen, Germany
Education
- 2018-2020 Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts & Design (now Maastricht Institute of Arts), master’s degree program “Artistic Matters – Contexting Jewellery” (Master)
- 2011-2017 Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts & Design (now Maastricht Institute of Arts), jewellery design (Bachelor)
- 1999-2004 University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen/Bocholt tourism & business management (Bachelor)
Exhibitions & Presentations
- 2025 WERKROUTE Aachen, exhibition with Barbara Reiter and Mathias Lambertz at studio Barbara Reiter, Aachen (DE)
- 2025 ‘MEET THE MAKER’ during ‘harvest’ (www.harvest043.nl), Maastricht (NL)
- 2025 Schmuck 2025, Munich Jewellery Week, part of group exhibition ‘SHINING DESPAIR’ by Alliages (Contemporary Art Jewellery collective) at Werkstatt Galerie, München (DE)
- 2024 Aachener Kunstroute, group exhibition ‘Berührungen’ with Petra Rink and Susanne Hinz at Galerie 45, Aachen (DE)
- 2024 SiDes, part of group exhibition Sittard Design at Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard (NL)
- 2024 Brussels Jewellery Week, part of group exhibition ‘particle(s)’ at MAD Home of creators, Brussels (BE)
- 2024 studio & showroom Henrike Altes Jewellery, WERKROUTE Aachen, exhibition with Gabriel Guevara, Aachen (DE)
- 2024 Amber Trip Art Jewellery Competition ‘Inclusive’, part of competition exhibition at Amber Trip, Vilnius (LTU)
- 2023 studio & showroom Henrike Altes Jewellery, exhibition ‘Soul Seeker’, Aachen (DE)
- 2023 GEDOK Cologne, ‘Premiere’, Köln (DE)
- 2023 Lothringair Festival, ‘Hopeful discoveries’ – window exhibition at Claudia Fahlbusch photography, Aachen (DE)
- 2023 CODA museum, ‘Shared stories’ – the choice of Chequita Nahar, Apeldoorn (NL)
- 2023 Munich Jewellery Week, ‘Sensing Hope’ – group exhibition with Helen Clara Hemsley, Iris Desiree Claessens, Sophie van Dooren and Sabina Schreurs at Munich Jewellery Week Hub, München (DE)
- 2022 Sieraad Art Fair, The Fundamentals present: Chequita Nahar & In conversation with Chequita Nahar, Gabriel Guevara and Henrike Altes, Amsterdam (NL)
- 2021 GLO’ART, ‘iN betweeN’, Lanaken (BE)
- 2021 Maastricht Institute of Arts, ‘Forever under construction’, Maastricht (NL)
- 2020 Atelier Néerlandais, ‘Nuages bas’, Paris (FR)
- 2019 Milano Jewelry Week, Artistar Jewels Fall Edition, Milano (IT)
- 2019 Het Nieuwe Instituut, ‘The Common Inn’, Rotterdam (NL)
- 2019 La Neuvième Paris, Maastricht (NL)
- 2019 Munich Jewellery Week, ‘Glazing it’, München (DE)
- 2018 Meesterlijk, Amsterdam (NL)
- 2018 Elisabeth Strouven Fond, Maastricht (NL)
- 2018 Passagen, ‘DDX Embracing Exchange’, Köln (DE)
- 2017 Dutch Design Week, ‘Southern Treasures’, Eindhoven (NL)
since 2021 at Clio Jewelry, Maastricht (NL)
since 2022 member of GEDOK Cologne