Rengha Rodewill

Rengha Rodewill (born 11 October 1948 in Hagen, Westphalia) is a German photographer, author, painter, graphic designer and dancer.

Life and work

Rengha Rodewill was born and grew up in Hagen. There, she attended The Dance & Ballet School of artist Ingeburg Schubert-Neumann^[1] and learned to paint under the guidance of Will D. Nagel.^[1][2] She attended college in Italy and Spain and, in 1978, she moved to Berlin permanently. In 1998, she opened an art studio in Potsdam–Babelsberg.^[1][2] Her first book, Zwischenspiel – Lyrik, Fotografie and published in 2010, was the effect of collaboration with writer and poet Eva Strittmatter whom she first met in 2000. The tome included many examples of Rodewill's romantic poetry. Until Strittmatter's death in 2011, Rodewill remained in close artistic contact with the poet.^[2] During that time, in May 2003, Eva Strittmatter was invited to recite her poetry in the garden of Rodewill's art studio during the Open-Air-Vernissage event. The reading was interrupted by a thunderstorm that later led to the renaming of those poems, Poetry with Thunder.^[3] In October 2010, Rodewill's book premiere Zwischenspiel^[4] and her photography were displayed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.^[5] The speech at the event was given by the Kristen Harms, the author's creative director, while Strittmatter's poetry was read by Barbara Schnitzler, daughter of Inge Keller and Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler.^[4] The same book, which was another collaborative project between Rodewill and Strittmatter, was also launched at the Alte Handelsbörse Leipzig. The event, which took place on 8 February 2011, was organized by the publishing house Plöttner Verlag in honor of Strittmater's 81st birthday.^[6] Michael Hametner^[7] from the Mitteldeutschen Rundfunk MDR Figaro radio took on the role of the function's Master of Ceremonies. The event also involved journalist and writer Irmtraud Gutschke and actress Jutta Hoffmann who both read Strittmatter's poetry.

Crossover

Rengha Rodewill's works have been displayed in Germany and abroad. She is also an author of many crossover happenings. Furthermore, she is very involved in charitable causes and social events which draw many renowned artists. In April 2006, she was involved in organizing the

Rodewill's art pieces are included in many private collections.[1]^[2] Rodewill currently lives in Berlin and works as a photographer and writer.^[1][2]

Publications

• Zwischenspiel – Lyrik, Fotografie. Zusammen mit
  ISBN 978-3-86211-005-6
• Einblicke – Künstlerische – Literarische – Politische. Die Bildhauerin
  ISBN 3-87956-368-3
• ISBN 978-3-86408-119-4
• Hoheneck – Das DDR-Frauenzuchthaus, Dokumentarische Erkundung in Fotos mit Zeitzeugenberichten und einem Vorwort von
  ISBN 978-3-86408-162-0
• -ky's Berliner Jugend – Erinnerungen in Wort und Bild. Zusammen mit Horst Bosetzky. Vergangenheitsverlag, Berlin 2014,
  ISBN 978-3-86408-173-6
• ISBN 978-3-89809-138-1