Claudia Reinhardt was born in 1964. Before she became an artist she worked as a freelance fashion and advertising photographer for Diesel, Rowohlt and Ullstein Verlag in Germany as well as for international publishing houses. She did editorial work for newspapers and magazines in Hamburg and Berlin.From 1988-93 she s studied at the School of the Arts (Hochschule für bildende Künste) in Hamburg with Professor B.J. Blume. During this time she founded the art magazine Neid together with Ina Wudtke. Until 1996 she worked as co-editor , wrote texts and took photos on the subject of feminist gender issues for Neid, and other publications. Thanks to a DAAD fellowship and a fellowship from the city of Hamburg, she spent a year in the U.S. in 1996/97. She lived in Los Angeles and New York and traveled in Mexico. Since 2000 Claudia Reinhardt held the postion as a associate professor at the National Art Academie in Bergen/Norway. She lives and works as an artist in Berlin since 1997. Her works are shown in serval group-and solo exhibitions in germany and abroad. Two books of her art work are published in Germany and Norway. „Killing Me Softly-Todesarten“ Aviva Verlag, Berlin 2004 and „No Place Like Home“ Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2005 (both in german and english language). The next important show is coming up in March 2007 at the Brooklyn Museum, New York and is called „Global Femism“.
Info: www.claudia-reinhardt.de