The work “Secret Island” is part of a series by the same name.
This work had actually served to represent our pandemic situation. Nature invigorates us and restores our energy. We learn to appreciate and respect nature as a counterbalance to the digital world. Above all, we rediscover and reaffirm the importance of protecting nature sustainably.
We couldn’t travel and we longed so much for a secret island. Every human being has a secret island that he or she creates out of various experiences, impressions and desires. Whether it exists in reality or only in dreams does not matter. This is why the series ”Secret Island and Longing” was created.
Biography
Born in Stuttgart
Studied Textiles and Design (Engineering Diploma)
Lives and works in Düsseldorf
Selected Collections
Yukyung Art Museum, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, KR
Art Collection, Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, DE
AWARDS
2020 WAA Woman Art Award, Musa International Art Space in cooperation with UNESCO
2019 Special Mention for Excellence, London Art Biennial
2018 Best Abstract Artwork, Biennial Chianciano
SELECTED SOLO- AND GROUP EXHIBITION
2022 Metropolitan Art Museum, JP
2022 Grand Palais Ephémère Salon des Artistes Indépendants, FR
2022 Abstract Landscape, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf, DE
2021 We Contemporary Art Show, Raum Salmgasse, Vienna, AT
2021 Monat Gallery, Madrid, SP
2020 Art of Remediation, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, KR
2020 Woman’s Essence, Palazzo Velli, Rome, IT
2020 Sommer 20 – 20 Künstler, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf, DE
2020 Sonja Kalb, Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, DE
2019 We Contemporary Art Show, Topič Salon, Prague, CZ
2019 Kunstverein Duisburg zu Gast im Kunstverein Landshut, Kunstverein Landshut, Landshut, DE
2019 London Art Biennial, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK
2019 Strukturen, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf, DE
2018 International Biennial of Flanders, Site Oud Sint-Jan Museum, Bruges, BE
2018 Chianciano Biennial, Gagliardi Gallery, London, UK
2018 Expo Autumn, Galerie Heidefeld & Partner, Krefeld, DE
2018 Sonja Kalb, Galerie Heidefeld & Partner, Krefeld, DE
2018 Chianciano Biennial, Museo d’Arte di Chianciano, Chianciano Terme, IT
2017 Sonja Kalb: Abstrakte Malerei, Museum Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf, DE
2017 Sonja Kalb, Colorida Art Gallery, Lisbon, PT
2017 Rainforest, Kunstverein Duisburg, Duisburg, DE
2016 White Christmas, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, DE
2016 Encounters – Begegnungen, Galerie Heidefeld & Partner, Krefeld, DE
2015 Abstract Dreams, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf, DE
2015 Sonja Kalb: Emotion, Galerie Heidefeld & Partner, Krefeld, DE
2015 20 Jahre Galerie Heidefeld, Galerie Heidefeld & Partner, Krefeld, DE
2013 Art for Peace for a better World, National Art Gallery of Izmir, Izmir, TR
2012 Fulfilment, Gallery M-Mauersberger, Vienna, AT
2012 Sonja Kalb: Abstraktionen, Galerie Heidefeld & Partner, Krefeld, DE
2010 Künstler der Galerie, Galerie Heidefeld & Partner, Krefeld, DE
2009 Sonja Kalb, Galerie Heidefeld & Partner, Krefeld, DE
SELECTED ART FAIRS
2021 art3f. Salon international d’art contemporain BE
2018 art KARLSRUHE, Messe Karlsruhe, Rheinstetten, DE
2017 Montreux Art Gallery, Montreux Music & Convention Centre, Montreux, FR
2015 25. Kunstmesse, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, DE
2014 1st International Contemporary Art Fair Iran, Qasr Garden Museum, Tehran, IR
2013 23. Kunstmesse, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, DE
2012 Affordable Art Fair, La Pelanda, Rome, IT
2012 Art Beijing, Fangheng International Center, Beijing, CN
2011 Lineart 30, Flanders Expo, Ghent, BE