Angelika Toma (AT)
AT started painting at the age of six. At the age of twelve she attended the state painting school for four years in the socialist-communist system of the Ceausescu era in Romania. In 1985 she left her homeland. Years later she experienced the freedom of art and the expression of the unconscious. Diving into “inner worlds” and “fleeing” from real existence makes for AT the creative so valuable. – For decades she has been to art fairs, galleries and exhibitions all over the world – the basis for a better, more diverse understanding of fine arts, especially contemporary art.
Vita
1958 – Born in Lugoj, Banat, Romania
1985 – Moved to Germany with family and three children
1988 – 2000 Employees of the Ev. City Academy Bochum
1993 – 1996 Graphic Design studies at the IbKK Bochum
1995 – Preparation for studying painting and graphics with Stefan Schneider
1995 – 2000 Studied Painting and Graphics at the IbKK Bochum
1996 – Drawing seminar with Veith Stratmann
1997 – Nude and portrait drawing with Herbert Daniel
1998 – 2000 Master Class with Professor Dr. Qi Yang
2001 – 2012 Self-employed in her own advertising agency with gallery
2005 – 2007 Photo Design studies at the IbKK Bochum
2012 – Relocation to Upper Austria caring for her mother till her death 2018
2020 – Foundation of atelier22 with gallery, Altmünster
Exhibitions
1997 – Golden Handen Museum, s’Heerengerd, Holland (group exhibition)
1997 – “Impressions from Canyadell”, Torredembarra, Spain (solo exhibition)
1998 – Young Art, IbKK, Bochum, Germany (group exhibition)
1999 – “Impressions from Canyadell”, Community Center Stadtpark, Bochum, Germany (solo exhibition)
2003 – Gallery New Art, Bucharest, Romania (solo exhibition) – “Human” in the BKK Landesverband NW, Essen (group exhibition) – Auction of two pictures for the AIDS Foundation by Hape Kerkeling in BKK Essen, Germany
2004 – Gallery at the Star, Essen (group exhibition)
2005 – Stadtsparkasse Mülheim (solo exhibition)
2005 – An de Gracht Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland (solo exhibition)
2005 – Gallery at the Star, Essen, Germany (group exhibition)
2005 – “Round and round … everything is round” in the gallery TAW Bochum (solo exhibition)
2006 – Women’s Power on World Women’s Day, SEK Hattingen, Germany, (group exhibition)
2006 – Free painting in the gallery TAW Bochum, Germany (solo exhibition) – Pictures and photos, auction for a good cause in the gallery of the TAW Bochum (solo exhibition) – Classic Art House, Brussels, Belgium (group exhibition)
2007 – “A matter of opinion” with 13 photo artists in the gallery TAW Bochum, Germany (group exhibition) – Pictures and photos in the gallery TAW Bochum, Germany (group exhibition)
2021 – Gmundner Art Walk, Orth Castle, Austria (group exhibition)
2022 – K-Hof Museum Gmunden, Austria (group exhibition) – Gmundner Art Walk, Orth Castle, Austria (group exhibition) – Charity Vernissage Orth Castle, Austria (group exhibition)
2023 – Charter Exhibition of the Gmundner ART Association, Austria (group exhibition) – „The Forgotten“, Town Hall, Altmünster, Austria (solo exhibition) – “We are so beautiful”, Gallery Gmunden, Austria (solo exhibition)
Some of her paintings are in private collections.