 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject.(January 2018) |
Petra Mattheis | |
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 Petra Mattheis, Leipzig, Germany, 2017 | |
| Born | Moers, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig |
Petra Mattheis (born 1967 in Moers) is a German Artist und Photographer. She became known for her artistic engagement with the topic menstruation.
Mattheis studied communications design at the University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden and graduated in 1994 with a diploma. She studied Fine Arts at the Akademie für Bildende Künste Mainz from 2002 to 2006 and finished with a diploma as well. From 2007 bis 2009 she was a student in the master class of Joachim Blank at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig. [1] [2]
With her website Become A Menstruator [3] as well as with installations and prints, Mattheis investigates menstruation in an artistic, playful approach, questions cultural-historical developments and today's way of dealing with one's own body in our society. [4] Each motif of the blood-red prints in her series BAM – Become a Menstruator corresponds to a fertile year in the life of the artist. While each print is a handmaid original, the size of the edition corresponds with the sum of the periods she had during this year. Thus, Mattheis not only addresses a taboo, [5] her works also receive an autobiographical character. [6]
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