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Herrat Sommerhoff
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"The materials are symbolic of our time..." |
About the Artist...
HERRAT SOMMERHOFF was born in Dessau, Germany, (the birthplace of the “Bauhaus” Art
School) and educated in Bremen, Germany. – In the United States she attended the Art Students’ League in New York, as well as taking courses and participating in workshops at Bergen Community College and The Art Center of Northern NJ.
She has exhibited her 2 and 3-dimensional work widely in museums, galleries and corporate spaces, in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut on the East Coast, as well outdoor sculpture in Colorado. Her last exhibit in Europe took place at the Ministry of the Environment in Berlin, Germany.
Sommerhoff lectures and conducts workshops at art centers, schools, teen arts and outdoor festivals, etc. –
She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), SALUTE TO WOMEN IN THE ARTS, and a trustee of the Art Center of Northern New Jersey.
Her artwork is in private collections in Europe as well as the United States.
About the Artwork...
The materials used in my art work come out of trash bins, from roadsides and the local dump.
They were used in schools (milk cartons), businesses (styrofoam and cardboard) - for packing and storage, as well as in our homes.
The materials are symbolic of our time, and I am utilizing it while it is still around and before something different will take their place in the future.
Over time, I realized how interesting the shapes of many of these throwaways are, and it has given me great pleasure to transform them into colorful 3-dimensional artworks, wall-hung, as well as free-standing.
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