The First Berliner Art Book 2022 ©

Dear artists, art lovers and friends.
I’m very happy and honored to offer you Art Management Berlin’s new exclusive selection
which includes a range of artists whose names are new in our edition, as well as many
artists’ names who have already appeared in Contemporary Art, with their bright and
unique visions, and whose masterpieces inspire and delight gallerists, collectors and art
lovers.
The selection we offer in this edition of The First Berliner Art Book 2022 includes
masterpieces which will remain a great source of inspiration to the young generations of
artists.
Time is a relative notion for the artist. Through their Art, and in subtle ways, they touch the
soul of the viewer, and can even trigger a change in their vision of things.
These artists are genuine messengers of beauty, and their art reflects their will to give the
world an image of peace and solidarity.
As the curator of this edition, I warmly invite you to reflect on the works of each one of
these great artists.
I thank you so much deeply everyone who has worked enthusiastically and with so much
devotion on The First Berliner Art Bok 2022 and for all your so precious support.
Sincerely yours,
Gabriela Caranfil, curator AMB

ARTISTS
Ai-Wen Wu Kratz
Albert Russo
Bert Hermans
Choi Soon Young
Eunha Shim
Harumi Miyatsuka
Henrik Brøndsted
Hermien Buytendijk
Ida Bagus Alit
Ilse Oelbers
Mark Kennes
Menno Vos
Ramón Rivas
Theo Golb
Tjeerd Doosje
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Ai-Wen Wu Kratz lives and works in the U.S. Her works are visual symphonies,
composed similarly to the way in which a composer creates music, with
equal focus and value on each visual element as an integral part of the
whole. Using acrylic paints on canvas, the artist meticulously applies lines,
colors, forms, shapes, and movements to create her abstract pieces. Her
work is concerned with the spiritual, intellectual, and the aesthetic. She
hopes her works bring joy, light, and relief to her viewers.
aiwenwukratzartstudio.com
kratz@aiwenwukratzartstudio.com
Five Sonnets No.4, 61 x 61 cm, acrylic
on canvas, 2021
Five Sonnets No.5, 61 x 61 cm, acrylic
on canvas, 2021

Five Sonnets
No.2, 61 x 61 cm,
acrylic
on
canvas,
2021
Five Sonnets No.1, 61 x 61 cm, acrylic
on canvas, 2021
Five Sonnets No.3, 61 x 61 cm, acrylic on
canvas, 2021
Five Sonnets,
61 x 397 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2021

Albert Russo’s 50-odd books of photography have garnered awards in
the USA, UK, Russia, France, including Photography Vibes certificate of
excellence 2009, Artavita certificate of excellence 2020. Some of his work
has been exhibited in the Louvre Museum, at the Espace Pierre Cardin,
both in Paris, in Times Square, New York, at the Museum of Photography in
Lausanne, Switzerland, in Art Berlin, in Tokyo, in Moscow, etc. The former Mayor of the Big
Apple, Mr. Bloomberg, has lauded his two photobooks on Paris and New York. Some of his
novels and memoirs have also been filmed in English, with videos 90 and 100 minutes long.
albertrusso.com
www.viewbug.com/member/albertrusso
Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015
Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015

Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015 Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015
Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015 Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015

Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015 Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015
Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015 Sailing Dreams, photography, 2015

Sailing Dreams,
photography,
2015
Sailing Dreams,
photography,
2015
Sailing Dreams,
photography,
2015
Sailing Dreams,
photography,
2015

“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.”
Auguste Rodin

“It is important to express oneself...provided the feelings are real and
are taken from you own experience.”
Berthe Morisot

Bert Hermans was born in 1947 in The Netherlands. His work consists
mainly of oil paintings, with his major theme being industrial and cultural
heritage. Hermans has followed several courses in acrylic, water media
and oil painting, starting in 1985 at the Dutch Art School SKVR in Rotterdam
in The Netherlands. The last decade his work mainly is concentrated on
oil paintings.
Hermans has had exhibitions in eight countries in Europe, in the USA, China and Japan. He
won several art prices. His works have been published in many art books and his artwork
has been published and sold worldwide.
hegmhermans@xs4all.nl
http://berthermans.kunstinzicht.nl/
Don’t Walk Away, 80 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, 2021 The Harpist, 90 x 90 cm, oil on linen, 2020

And Where Is The Countess, 80 x 60 cm, oil on canvas
2020
Journey To Heaven, 90 x 90 cm, oil on canvas
2020
It Ain’t Over..,100 x 70 cm, oil on canvas, 2021
Beware Of The Cat, 60 x 80 cm, oil on linen
2021

Korea’s four-season DMZ is a place to reflect. The natural world beyond
human reach is recovering. The hard times of pain are hidden. The people
living here on the Korean Peninsula put a veil on all the wounds the
war has inflicted. The long iron fence imposes its silence night and day.
Millions of longing people await echoes in the south and north. My first
interest in past paintings was recognizing history in the divided mountain
ranges of the Korean Peninsula. It was a reinterpretation of the divided
mountain ranges of South and North Korea from a satellite perspective. The current painting
production is also on the connecting line. When everything in this land is devastated by
war, there is nature, silently healing the wounds. So, my painting focuses on the joy,
anger, sorrow, happiness, of the people here, including myself. There is then a process of
purification of the mind, with, finally a musical epiphany. Utopia versus reality: This is how I
paint my own Su Muk(ink) play.
choisy0461@naver.com
https://www.facebook.com/sunnyoung.choi
http://blog.naver.com/choisy0461
Walk With Mozart-1, 175.5 x 145 cm, Canvas,
Su Muk, mixed media color on Korean drawing
paper (Hanji), 2019
Island Surroundings 0307-2, 244 x 244
cm, Su Muk on Korean drawing paper
(Hanji), 2003

Walk With Mozart-4, 95.5x83cm, SuMuk
and mixed media color on Korean drawing
paper(Hanji), 2019
Rest-3, 72.7x72.7x5 cm, SuMuk and mixed media
color on Korean drawing paper (Hanji), 2021
Rest Delighted To See, 128x128x5 cm, SuMuk and
mixed media color on Korean drawing paper
(Hanji), 2021
Be Heart Throbbing, 91x91x5cm, SuMuk and
mixed media color on Korean drawing paper
(Hanji) 2021

Eunha Shim (1972) was born in a city with full of greenery in southern
South Korea. Her artwork is based on the concept of nature as a part of
Genesis. Her first exhibition was held in Seoul in 2015. During the past six
years, she has communicated with the visitors more than 30 times and
has been presented with special awards several times. “Grass Meadow”
is her prominent theme, which is rooted in nature. Rather than the
colorful and attractive flowers, the mystery of the grassroots ecosystem spreads over the
field. The prosperity of nature manifests through the delicate touches filling up the canvas.
The series of artwork tell the theme of Recovery, Genesis, and Relation.
Instargram : Eunha Shim (atelier1beaute)
nizi4j@gmail.com
imergence.art
Facebook : Eunha Shim
Kairos Time-Blue, 80.3 x 116.8 cm, oil on canvas, 2019
Kairos Time-Yellow, 80.3 x 116.8 cm, oil on canvas, 2019

Grass Meadow-Rest Bicycle, 112.1 x 162.2 cm,
oil on canvas, 2020
An Organaized City-Red, 53.0 x 45.5 cm,
oil on canvas, 2019
An Organazed City-Blue, 53.0 x 45.5 cm,
oil on canvas, 2019
Grass Meadow-Rest Skateboard, 53.0 x 72.7 cm,
oil on canvas 2020

Harumi Miyatsuka was born in Tokyo, Japan. She cherishes the memories
of going on adventures as a child in her mother’s garden.
While exploring the wonders around her, she learned to take notice of
the beauty of nature and appreciate each moment.
She graduated from Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan, majoring in
oil painting. Following graduation, she worked as an Assistant Professor, and mostly painted
the human figure. Then, she moved to Los Angeles, CA, USA, and experienced modern
American art first-hand. She explored new mediums through sculpture for 3 years at the
Palos Verdes Art Center. Her works are mostly oil paintings and have evolved to express
a variety of emotional moments. She was selected to be among the 400 Japanese artists
featured in the 400th memorial issue of Art magazine. She had the honor of participating
as an artist in residence at mmm art in Medana, Slovenia, in China, and exhibitions across
Europe and Asia. She is a member of the UNESCO International Association of Art. Recently,
she has been examining the arrival of a «moment,» the encounter with a feeling in time
before it has fully developed. Life is a journey through these moments.
harusaegusa@gmail.com
https://jsbachbwv.wixsite.com/miyatsuka-harumi
Space,
55 x 45 cm,
acrylic,
2020
After
The Rain,
73 x 60 cm,
mixed
media,
2021

Once Upon A Time, 91 x 91 cm, oil on canvas, 2020
Space, 92 x 92 cm, oil on canvas, 2021
After The Rain, 60 x 73 cm, mixed media, 2021
A Way For The Wind , 46 x 38 cm, oil on
canvas, 2020

He is a poet. He is a visual poet.
He admit that he always tend to combine
the realism of black and white photography
with something more ephemeral.
A gesture, a glance, a color.
For to create visual poetry.
In his black and white portraits he always go for the magic moment when the soul emerge
through the eyes, and for that skill he has received a gold medal in an international photo
competition.
facebook: henrik brøndsted fotografi
henrik@henrikbrondsted.com
www. henrikbrondsted.com
Portrait, 30 x 40 cm, black
and white film, 2021
Untitled, 50 x 70 cm,
black and white film
handpainted colour, 2021
Untitled, 30 x 40 cm, black and white film with
handpainted colour, 2021

“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.”
Paul Cezanne

The sculptures of Hermien Buytendijk (Holland) strongly express her
imagination into ceramics. Dreams and wordplays are being built into
three dimensional layers by hand. Her human and animal figures are
created like mild mocking birds: self-irony is the basis according to Hermien. I try to capture
everyone’s personality including their follies and weaknesses. “The sculptures often express
my own doings“.
Having a keen sense of the absurd her “unica” often transcend reality, but still feel recognizable
and often deliver a smile.
Her most recent book “Niets is wat het lijkt” ISBB/EAN: 978-90-79748-01-3.
www.hermienbuytendijk.nl
info@hermienbuytendijk.nl
Oi The Pussy, 86 x 26 x 26 cm,
ceramic, stoneware, unica,
2018
Romance From Distance, 42 x 42 x 22 cm,
ceramic, stoneware with wrought iron,
unica, 2021

Flying With The Fishes You Have, 46 x 43 x 35
cm, ceramic, stoneware, unica, 2019
There’s A Time For Every Purpose,
39 x 37 x 23 cm, ceramic stoneware
with a clock, 2018
Art And Flying-Work, 68 x 69 x 40 cm,
ceramic, stoneware with wrought iron, unica,
2017
To The Arms, 54 x 47 x 29 cm, porcelain
with lamp, unica, 2021

Ida Bagus Alit is a Balinese Artist often called as Gus Alit, he is self-taught
artist (autodidact), especially in paintings & sculptures. He is also the
president of Bali Indonesian Sculptors Association (BIASA). He displays his
art works at his home Griya Satrya Art House in Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia.
He often held exhibition in Indonesia & all over the world. His canvas from
the small one 40x50 cm and also very large formats until 200x500 cm. Using oil color or
acrylic. His painting is a very unique, a combination of ritualistic, imaginative, surrealistic
and abstraction. His art studio often visited by local and foreign tourists.
Instaram: gusalitbiasa
idabagusalit09@gmail.com
Peaceful, 60 x 80 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2021

Summit Meeting, 60 x 80 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2014 Blue Harmony, 60 x 80 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2011
Sweet Melody, 60 x 80 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2014 Togetherness, 60 x 80 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2021

Working as a sculptor gives Ilse Oelbers the opportunity to see things
in a different perspective. In her work integrity is a key word as well as
intimacy. There is lack of both in our today society in which opportunism
and fear seems more common than understanding. The central theme in
her work is therefore the human kind in its pure form. The beauty in people is hope, and gives
Oelbers the best inspiration to develop her work. The congealed motion in her sculptures
show the vulnerability of people and can be a recognition of what we miss in our daily lives.
Ilse Oelbers: “To look into the face of integrity is to look into the face of love”.
www.ilseoelbers.nl
ilse@oelbers.nl
Duende, (back view),
100 x 110 cm (pedestal 1 m),
bronze, 2018
Othello, 142 x 85 x 85 cm (incl.
pedestal), bronze, 2021
Duende, 100 x 110 cm
(pedestal 1 m), bronze, 2018

Winner, 140 x 160 cm, bronze, 2019
Matías, 45 x 53 cm, bronze, 2017
Invisible Girl (detail), 94 x 42 cm, bronze, 2020
True Colour, 80 x 50 cm, bronze, 2019

“To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts - such is the
duty of the artist.”
Robert Schumann

“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.”
Auguste Rodin

Marc Kennes is a former student of the Antwerp Academy and the
National Higher Institute.
The main feature of his work, is its uncompromised individuality. As a
painter and etcher he relies on a vast tradition. His profound knowledge
of painterly tradition and technique is a mere tool to create his own
world.
The work of Marc Kennes must be placed within the artistic and intellectual movements of
his time. He has created his own position with a recognizable style within the new figurative
painting. The art of Marc Kennes is about deep tensions between the darkest of shades
and the most sensitive light. For Marc Kennes, artistic quality is inextricably linked to
emotional sincerity and truth: a feeling for the non-homogeneous world.
www.marc-kennes.be
marc.kennes2@gmail.com
Territorium, 150 x 180 cm,oil on canvas,
2019
The Hidden Truth, 160 x 180 cm,
oil on canvas, 2021

Nothing, 180 x 160 cm, oil on canvas, 2020

Menno Vos was born and lives in the Netherlands. He got his start in art
travel photography. He studied the principles of composition and color,
and had his photos published in travel magazines. Menno’s paintings are
like his photographs, inspired by his travels. His inspiration is the people he
meets, the images he sees and the emotions that he feels while travelling.
He brings his understanding of composition and balance to each piece,
producing works full of rich, saturated color, a sense of depth and just a hint of the
mysterious.
Menno has exhibited in the Netherlands, the USA and several European city’s.
mennovospaintings.com
info@mennovospaintings.nl
Radiation, 100 x 100 cm, acrylic
on canvas, 2020
Moving, 100 x 100 cm, acrylic
on canvas, 2020
Hidden Secrets, 100 x 100 cm,
acrylic on canvas, 2020

«The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.»
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Born in Ciudad Real / Spain. His work is based on his personal style
called Rivismo, developed through his multi-professional activities in
Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid. He uses his creativity to be different
and look for artistic proposals that surprise and excite. He applies his
imagination to develop creative, innovative works that interact with the viewer.
He creates images with great precision, surprising density, and visually captivating depth. He
has held exhibitions; Individual and collective, in; Spain, China, South Korea, Italy, USA, among
others. He is present at various Art Fairs in the United States. Also, there are works of his in
the collection of Museums in Spain, Denmark and South Korea. He has participated in many
books and art magazines, having received important international awards.
http://www.rivismo.com/
http://ramonrivas-rivismo.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ramonrivismo
Art Explosion II At The Station,
170 x 200 cm, mixed media-Rivismo, 2021
Drones-Art In Space, 195 x 195 cm,
mixed media-Rivismo, 2021

Experiential Habitat In The Cosmos, 195 x 195 cm
mixed media-Rivismo, 2018
Experiential Cubes & Jars, 195 x 195 cm
mixed media-Rivismo, 2019
Experiential Universe, 195 x 195 cm, mixed
media-Rivismo, 2020
Instrumental Nest For Piano Six Hands,
195 x 195 cm, mixed media-Rivismo, 2020

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
Henry David Thoreau

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind
don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
Dr. Suess

Theo Golb has a vast artistic background, having studied and has practiced
Fine Art, music, and theater, and worked as an art consultant, as a teacher
of arts, languages, and as a stage director of a College theater.
His style developed along a very long and complex path, ultimately taking
its current form at the beginning of the 21st century. His early passion
for architecture and music has become increasingly evident in his recent
works. The geometric logic of architecture and the polyphonic principles
of Bach music allow him to create abstract compositions of rare intensity, in which geometry
turns fluid, generating its own vibrant reality.
Last years, still looking for new ways of aesthetic expression, the artist explores digital
technologies. He creates acrylic compositions through the use of mixed techniques, including
digitally created motifs, patterns, and other visual components.
Theo Golb spent the first part of his life in Germany, Lithuania and Ukraine before settling
in Canada in 1992.
www.theogolb.com
theogolb@gmail.com
Pyramid,
35x45 cm,
acrylic on
canvas,
2018
Contact
Attempt,
35x45 cm,
acrylic on
canvas,
2018

Big Sketch
In Red And
Black,
56x71 cm,
mixed media
on canvas,
2020
Module 14,
41x50 cm,
mixed
media on
canvas,
2021
Opus Ad 2,
(The Patina
Of Time),
41x50 cm,
mixed
media on
wood
panel,
2021
Contrepoint
2 (Icarus
Theme
Variations),
50x61 cm,
acrylic on
canvas,
2018

Tjeerd Doosje was born on april 8th 1966, Harderwijk, the Netherlands
and is a selftaught (fine-art) portraitphotographer and retoucher.
After he graduated from highschool he studied mathematics and chemistry
at the Hogeschool Utrecht to become a teacher.
He’s still a mathteacher at a highschool in Almere and around 2010, he
discovered portrait photography.
He received recognition and several international prizes for his merits, among them the
Prize Velázquez (Barcelona, Spain, 2019), finalist in The Global Art Awards (2018, 2020) and is
published in several international magazines and books for contemporary art, among them
“The First Berliner Art Book” and “Art Collector’s Choice Book – Middle East”.
http://www.studiotjeerd.nl
info@studiotjeerd.nl
Anoek, 40 x 60 cm, photography,
2021
Merlin Sen, 40 x 60 cm,
photography, 2021
Saar, 40 x 60 cm, photography,
2021

Antonia Leite, 40 x 60 cm,
photography, 2021
Saar, 40 x 60 cm, photography, 2021 Saar, 40 x 60 cm, photography, 2021
Anoek, 40 x 60 cm, photography,
2021
Merlin Sen, 40 x 60 cm, photography,
2021
Antonia Leite, 40 x 60 cm,
photography, 2021

Curator, Project Coordinator AMB
Gabriela Caranfil
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