Irene Fernández Arcas’ Art of Diversity
To find out artist Irene Fernández Arcas’ favourite colour, we don't even have to enter her studio: When she greets us in the hallway of a huge former factory building in Tempelhof, she is almost as radiant as the azure blue she is dressed in from head to toe.
Drawing different lines with Christian Diaz Orejarena
Today we visit Christian Diaz Orejarena in his studio in Britz. For a moment we are not sure where the right entrance is, but a friendly man's voice guides us to our destination - and there, on the landing, is Christian, greeting us warmly. He shows us his studio and explains that other artists are working in the other rooms. Today, however, we have the former flat and the sunny terrace to ourselves!
Paula Anke and her shadow amazons
It is a freezing cold day when we visit Paula Anke in her studio at Camaro Haus on Potsdamer Straße. Although the street is very busy, you hardly notice the hustle and bustle in the hidden backyard with its small park and fountain. In the courtyard we discover a large painting directly on the wall of the building.
Vlado Velkov’s Reality Extensions
Vlado Velkov actually works everywhere. He has a small studio in Berlin and a larger one in Brandenburg, but most of his work is done outside in public spaces, which is why he would not call himself a studio artist. We meet him at Ephra Atelier in Prenzlauer Berg, where he is already waiting for us with curiosity in his eyes.
Reaching one million with Uli Aigner
Uli Aigner welcomes us warmly to her bright, homely and spacious flat in Wilmersdorf, where her studio is located. (Children apparently live here too, because we discover a trampoline and knee pads from inline skating lying on the radiator).
Dafna Maimon’s body-feeling worlds
When we arrive at Dafna Maimon’s spacious studio, she makes room for us with a big smile and nimble movements among the peculiar creatures that populate the room.
Always on the move with Ilya Barrett
Today we are back in the Ephra Studio and have a visitor. Which exciting person do you think we'll meet today? In walks the animator, illustrator and videographer Ilya Barrett. His mum is – just like most of us – from Ukraine.
Sarah Illenberger and the new perspective on ordinary things
Before we even meet Sarah Illenberger, she has a small request for us: collect different leaves and bring them to my studio. Of course we are happy to do that and, despite the trees already being sparse, we find whole bunches of leaves. I wonder what we’ll need them for?
Looking for traces, problems and solutions with Nadia Kaabi-Linke
It is raining cats and dogs when we visit Nadia Kaabi-Linke in her studio, and on the third floor of the Kreuzberg rear building we first have to dry off. Nadia, who was born in Tunis, surprises us by speaking fluent Russian. For us, a class of children who have fled Ukraine, this is a blessing. Finally we can ask all our questions!
Stella Meris paints the body in the head
Today we expect again a great visitor in the Ephra Studio – Stella Meris. The painter and multimedia artist will show us what they do. And Stella has brought a lot with them.
Learning from mushrooms and nature with The Mycological Twist
Today we are warmly welcomed by Eloïse Bonneviot and Anne de Boer in their studio in Tempelhof. They are both artists and together they call themselves The Mycological Twist!
How Karin Kerkmann paints with water
"Where we are standing right now, camels often used to stand." That's what artist Karin Kerkmann says when she warmly welcomes us to the courtyard of the Atelierhaus in Alt-Treptow, which includes her studio. When a circus was in town, it was allowed to camp here (where once there was a meadow) and let the camels graze.
Caring, repairing and healing together
A 5th grade class from Glasbrenner Elementary School takes part in an Ephra workshop at the Gropius Bau. The students experience the concepts of care, healing and repair with all their senses.
The everyday magic of Karin Sander
No sooner have we entered Karin Sander's large and bright studio in Moabit than a child’s voice rings through the room: "We’re with a crate artist!" And the voice is not entirely wrong, because the studio is filled with wooden transport crates.
Silvia Noronha’s Stones of the Future
Silvia’s studio room looks like a mixture of treasure chamber and laboratory: stones in different colours and shapes sparkle everywhere. Glass that appears to be liquid and then solidifies again stretches across the table past glass vials filled with mysterious sand.
Ana Prvački, the queen bee
Ana Prvački welcomes us beaming in her small (but fine) studio. She only speaks English, but some of us already know it very well and it's fun to try out the language outside the classroom, in the real world.
Immerse yourself in (moving) image worlds with Bilge Emir
Today is a very special day at "Ephra on the road" – a real premiere – because for the first time an artist is a guest at Ephra's and not the other way around. This is because Bilge Emir's studio is so small that we wouldn't all have fit in, but we still really want to get to know the artist and her work better.
Ahu Dural and the art of memory
At Engelbecken in Kreuzberg, Ahu Dural warmly welcomes us to her studio - or rather, to her apartment, where she lives with her husband and five-year-old son. Her study is located between the hallway and the kitchen, and the longest wall of the narrow room consists of a huge "jumble shelf" with thousands of books.
Color fish and exploding palms by Erik Schmidt
When we enter Erik Schmidt’s studio, the first thing that catches our eye are blobs of color: oil paint. But blobs of color is not the right word. The blobs of oil paint are as thick as fish bodies: green, pink-white, purple. Color fish?
At the shaper and molder Quirin Bäumler
Quirin knows a lot about giving and taking shape, and for the past 2 years he has been running the bbk's workshop for shape, plaster, plastic, 3D scanning [...] What a stroke of luck that the workshops are a stone's throw away from the Uferhallen and Quirin is taking us along.