About / Biography
Imke Rust (b. 1975, Windhoek, Namibia) holds a degree in Visual Arts from the University of South Africa. She has been awarded several prestigious fellowships, including the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme and the World Heritage Fellowship.
Rust’s multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, installation, video, mixed media, and site-specific projects. In recent years, her work has increasingly focused on Land Art and commissioned public-space installations, particularly those addressing themes of memory, place, and commemoration.
Her artistic approach often involves working with simple, everyday, or found materials such as thorns, masking tape, salt, and chalk — using them as carriers of meaning to explore the relationship between humans and nature.
Earlier in her career, Rust served as Curator of the National Art Gallery of Namibia and co-founded and directed p.art.ners berlin-windhoek, a five-year cultural exchange initiative between the partner cities Berlin and Windhoek.
Rust lives and works in Neu-Friedrichsthal, a small rural village north of Berlin, and maintains a second base in Namibia.
Artist Statement
I am a Namibian multidisciplinary artist exploring the relationships between myth, reality, humanity, and nature. My work questions deeply rooted ideas of what it means to be human and opens new perspectives.
My art is personal and intuitive, often emerging from everyday encounters that move me. I work in a process-oriented and observant way, engaging in dialogue with materials, places, and living beings. The resulting works are transformative—balancing vulnerability and strength, infused with a poetic, spiritual aesthetic.
Shaped by my background as a Namibian of German descent, I naturally bridge boundaries between cultures and continents, between history and the present, and between humans and nature. Through this, I aim to create a universal narrative and a deeper sense of connection.
My diverse practice includes site-specific installations, media-based performances, mixed-media paintings, drawings, photography, and ephemeral works in nature.
CV Curriculum Vitae: Imke Rust
Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA), University of South Africa
Born 1975, Windhoek, Namibian interdisciplinary artist, living in Germany and Namibia.
Full-time artist based in the countryside, just north of Berlin and in Swakopmund, Namibia
Member of Zest Artist Collective (ZAC), an international collective of six female artists; GEDOK Brandenburg, BBK Berlin, AiNIN (Artists in Nature International Network.
Co-founder and Managing Director of p.art.ners berlin-windhoek gGmbH. (2007-2010)
Curator at the National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek. (2003-2004)
Diploma in Travel and Tourism, Cape Town, South Africa. Working in tourism till 2002. (1993)
Commissions, Awards and Stipends:
2024 Arbeitsstipendium/Fellowship GEDOK Brandenburg at Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
2022 Oberhavel Kulturförderung
2021 Public sculpture commission: Wer war sie? Namenstropfen, Gedenkort Waldbau, KZ Neubrandenburg , Germany
2021 World Heritage Fellow and Resident artist, Hälsingland, Sweden
2021 Mikrostipendium III
2020 Public sculpture commission: Frauen-Kamm-Silhouetten, Gedenkort Waldbau, KZ Neubrandenburg , Germany
2020 Mikrostipendium I & II
2016 Public sculpture commission by the German Consulate General of Donetsk for the City of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
2012 Grant from the National Arts Council of Namibia for land art project
2012 Special Mention, Our Coast Your Photo competition, Swakopmund
2006 DAAD ‘Artists-in-Berlin Programme’ 2 month stipend in Berlin, Germany
2006 Bremer Kunststipendium (Bremer Parliament /Heimstiftung): 3 month stipend in Bremen, Germany
2005 First Prize (Overall Winner) Standard Bank Namibia Biennale
2004 Third Prize in the category: Sculpture in the National Ceramics Biennale, PAN
2001 First Prize Standard Bank Namibia Biennale
2001 “Highly Recommended” Award in the Sculpture Category in the Standard Bank Namibia Biennale.
Public Art / Commissioned Works:
2021 Installation NamensTropfen, Memorial Site Waldbau, Neubrandenburg Concentration Camp, DE
2020 Installation Women’s Comb Silhouettes, Memorial Site Waldbau, Neubrandenburg Concentration Camp, DE
2019 Creation of an imaginary portrait of the unknown Georg A. Christiani for the permanent exhibition of Farafina Afrika-Haus Berlin e. V., DE
2016 Public sculpture Three Young Muses, German Consulate General of Donetsk, for the city of Dnipropetrovsk, UA
Invited Participant at:
2025 Dialog:Linien #1 Residency GEDOK Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf, DE
2023 15. Aquamediale unART Natur, Spreewald, DE
2023 überLEBENSWEGE Künstlerinnen Symposium, RAA Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, DE
2023 KunstTREFFpunkt, Performance in Public Spaces, Darmstadt, DE
2023 Silv’Arts Festival, Le Perche, FR
2022 1. Internationales Waldkunstfestival “Kunst als Zweite Natur”, St. Corona am Wechsel, AT
2022 RespirArt , (as part of Zest Artist Collective) Pampeago, IT
2022 Inertia – CountdownGrabowsee, Oranienburg, DE
2022 International Forest Art Path/ Internationaler Waldkunstpfad, Darmstadt, DE
2021 Gangwon Triennale 2021, Revitalization 1《Tanyak》Gangwon, KR
2020 9th Geumgang Nature Art Video Biennale, Gongju, KR
2019 1st Abidjan Green Art Biennale “Dechiffrer la Foret“ (Decipher the Forest), Abidjan,CI
2018 9th International Forest Art Path ‘Art Ecology’, Darmstadt, DE
2018 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2018 ‚Wind’, Gongju, KR
2018 9th International Wind Art Festival “moving wind”, Zierenberg, DE
2017 Urban Nature Art – Global Nomadic Art Project Germany, Darmstadt, DE
2016 International Land-Art Maastricht, NL
2016 Stories of Rain – Global Nomadic Art Project South Africa, ZA
2008 Huang Hua Art Project with Swedish artist Torsten Jurell, Beijing, CN
2008 Thupelo International Artist Workshop, Cape Town, ZA
2007 expressing.etosha art project , Etosha National Park, NA
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Listening to Mountains, Klosterscheune Zehdenick, DE
2021 Drawing Certainty from the Spring of Doubt, Hälsingegården Erik-Anders, Asta, SE
2021 Waldbau Namenstropfen, Dietrich Bonhoefffer Klinikum, Neubrandenburg, DE
2021 Waldbau Namenstropfen, Regional Bibliothek, Neubrandenburg, DE
2018 Fremde Welten,Orangerie, Oranienburg, DE
2017 The Horse is a Problem. The Horse Must Go. Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, DE
2017 Imke Rust – Land Art, Museum auf der Hardt, Wuppertal, DE
2012 ...and I sensed an infinite scream passing through the Namib, The Last Resort (independent project space), Swakopmund, NA
2012 Goldgräberstimmung, Grafik-Studio-Galerie Neumann, Berlin, DE
2010 Made in China, Bank Windhoek Omba Gallery, Windhoek, NA
2008 wo-man, Wild Art Gallery, Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, Windhoek, NA
2006 Memories / Power&Politics, Rathaus Reinickendorf, Berlin, DE
2006 Memories / Power&Politics, Bundespresseamt, Berlin, DE
2006 Memories / Power&Politics, Jugendkunstschule Atrium, Berlin, DE
2006Imke Rust: Bremer Kunststipendiatin, Haus der Bremer Buergerschaft, Bremen, DE
2005 Memories, Goethe Centre/ Namibisch-Deutsche Stiftung, Windhoek, NA
2004 flying solo, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, NA
Two-person exhibitions:
2025 Dialog:Linie #1 – Zeichnung & Raum, mit Adelheid Fuss, GEDOK Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf, DE
2019 Ich höre den Schakal, mit Kathrin Schürmann, Künstlervereinigung Dachau, DE
2016 KUISEB Namibia, mit Xenia Ivanoff, Brotfabrik Galerie, Berlin, DE
2010 New Works, mit Silke Berens, Studio 77, Windhoek, NA
2009 Aakulu Yonale / Vorfahren, mit Alpheus Mvula, Montcalm College, Michigan, US
2009 Aakulu Yonale / Vorfahren, mit Alpheus Mvula, Kendall College of Art & Design Gallery, Grand Rapids, US
2006 …NAMIB>>, Imke Rust / Michael Weisser, Bremer Medienzentrum, Bremen, DE
2002 Young Artists – New Names, mit Susanne Allers, Woermannhaus Gallery, Swakopmund, NA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025
Roots, by Karen Rémy, Frankfurt, 2025, Visual works by Imke Rust featured in a multimedia theatre performance (three performances to date), DE
Democratic Forest 2025, Museum Schloss Fechenbach, Dieburg, DE
Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale, Nature Art Museum Ko, Gongju, KR
Dialog:Linie #2 Zeichnung & Resonanz, GEDOK Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf, DE
Dialog:Linie #1 Zeichnung & Raum, GEDOK Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf, DE
Daejon CAA exhibition, Deajeon Seogu Cultural Centre & Gallery You One, KR
Acht Frauen, Galerie47, Birkenwerder, DE
2024
temporär verbunden, GEDOK Galerie Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf, DE
Achtung: Aufnahme!, Galerie Kunstflügel, Rangsdorf, DE
Show on Collections, Namibian Arts Association, Windhoek, NA
2023
15. Aquamediale, Schlepzig, Spreewald, DE
Silv’Arts Festival, FR
White Flag Art Symposium, Kunsthaus Essen,DE
2022
OFF- Biennial Dakart 2022 (as part of Zest Artist Collective), Dakar, SN
Dialog with Clouds, (as part of ZAC) La Ermita de Lomos de Orios, Villoslada de Cameros, ES
The Art of Empathy – Women Eco Artist Dialog (WEAD) (as part of ZAC) juried by Tanya Geis, Online Exhibition, International
FeminArt, (as part of ZAC) Est_Art Espacio de Arte, Madrid, ES
2021
Winds of Tarna, GNAP 2, B-Contemporary Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, MN
Gangwon Triennale 2021, Revitalization 1《Tanyak》(Ammunition maintenance plant), KR
L’andart21, (part of Zest Artist Collective), 4a Biennal Internacional d’Andorra, ES
Schwarz-Weiß, Ruppiner Tor, Gransee, DE
Halt auf freier Strecke, 6. Kunstsalon KuNO e.V., Dannenwalde, DE
2020
‚Silent Echo’ Global Nomadic Art Project, Mongolia
9th Geumgang Nature Art Video Biennale, Gongju,KR
FamilienARTen (Kunst & Wissenschaft), RWN Galerie, Neubrandenburg, DE
5. Kunstsalon ‘Heisse Ware’, Ziegeleipark Mildenberg, DE
Kunstwandeling EB, (part of Zest Artist Collective), Museum Schokland, NL
17. Brandenburgischer Kunstpreis, Schloss Neuhardenberg, DE
2019
“Dechiffrer la Foret“ (Decipher the Forest), Abidjan Green Art Biennale, Abidjan, CI
Ich höre den Schakal, Künstlervereinigung Dachau e.V., Dachau, DE
Zusammen.Wachsen, Kulturhaus Karlshorst, Berlin, DE
Family Time, Namibian Arts Association, Windhoek, NA
2018
5.+ 6. Kunstraum, Oranienwerk, Oranienburg, DE
“Voor een visitekaartje op de eerste rij!”, Huis voor de Kunsten Limburg & Schunck, Heerlen, NL
2017
YATOO trifft Dreieich, Städtische Galerie, Dreieich, DE
2016
Narratives of Space, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, NA
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2016 (Video), KR
Weite Wirkt, in Münster, Rheine und Bocholt, DE
Art Inside, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, NA
Bread, Salt & Wine, The Project Room, Windhoek, NA
KUISEB Namibia, 2-Person Exhibition, Brotfabrik Galerie, Berlin, DE
2015
Body & Soul, Fine Art Gallery, Swakopmund, NA
2014
DIALOGe, Aachner Kunstroute Proziton, Aachen, DE
Imago Mundi Project – Namibia: Land of Memories and More, IT
2013 Desert Tavern Berlin, PrenzlProm Atelierhaus, Berlin, DE
2012
Privatbesitz – Sammlungen Bremer Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Städtische Galerie, Bremen, DE
Our Coast Your Photo, Studio 77, Windhoek & The Art Gallery, Swakopmund, NA
Annual Visual Art Museum Programme, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, NA
Magic in Art, Woermannhaus Gallery, Swakopmund, NA
Namibia 6, Rathaus Galerie, Kunstamt Reinickendorf, Berlin, DE
2011
Jahresendausstellung, Grafik Galerie Neumann, Berlin,DE
Visual Artists of Namibia Annual Members’ Exhibition, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, NA
Neu in der Graphothek, Rathausgalerie Reinickendorf, Berlin, DE
Junge Kunst aus Namibia, Volksbank Trossingen, DE
Annual Visual Art Museum Program, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, NA
Junge Kunst aus Namibia, Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus Galerie, Berlin, DE
2010
New Works, 2 person exhibition with Silke Berens, Studio 77, Windhoek, NA
Women Art Exhibition of Namibia National Art Gallery of Namibia, NA
2009
Sculptures in Space Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre, Windhoek, NA
emanguluko -An exhibition of thoughts on independence Studio 77, Windhoek, NA
2008
Seven Colored Stones Yuan Art Gallery, Da Shanzi Art District, Beijing, CN
Sharing Spaces Thupelo artists, Accident Gallery. Eureka, California, US
2007
Thupelo International Artists Workshop Open Day, Cape Town, ZA
expressing.etosha art project permanent site-specific installations at Namutoni, Catalogue, Etosha National Park, NA
Junge Kunst für die Graphothek Humboldt-Biblothek in Tegel, Berlin, DE
2005
Standard Bank Namibia Biennale, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Catalogue, Windhoek, NA
okuthindila: contemporary printmaking from namibia London Print Studio, UK
2004
An unobstructed view: new art from Africa GTZ headquarters, Eschborn/Frankfurt, DE
Ai//gams Cultural Festival Art Exhibition, Katutura Art Centre, Windhoek, NA
National Ceramics Biennale 2004, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, NA
2003
Human Touch Exhibition of Namibian art , catalogue, Turin and Milan, IT
Female Artists of Namibia National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, NA
Standard Bank Namibia Biennale, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Catalogue, Windhoek, NA
2001
Standard Bank Namibia Biennale, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Catalogue, Windhoek, NA
1999
Standard Bank Namibia Biennale, National Art Gallery of Namibia, Catalogue, Windhoek, NA
Curatorial Projects :
2023 Concept development and curatorial consulting for überLEBENSWEGE (Interdisciplinary Artists’ Symposium), Ramin, DE
2015 Co-curator of ‘Understanding’, an exhibition with 8 young, but well-known Kharkiv artists, Kharkiv, UA
2007 – 2010 Co-founder and MD of p.art.ners berlin-windhoek gGmbH, responsible for organizing, coordinating, funding and marketing of more than 50 different projects in visual arts, dance, music, theatre and film under the “Shared Experiences” artistic exchange program between Windhoek and Berlin. (Read more about it here)
2008 Initiator and coordinator of the ‘expressing.etosha’ art project for the centenary anniversary of the Etosha National Park. Curation of documentary exhibition at NAGN.
2004 Organiser and curator of the “Postcards from Namibia to Germany” exhibition, Goethe Center, Windhoek, on behalf of the German Embassy and the Goethe Center, German Cultural Weeks.
2003-2004 As curator at the National Art Gallery of Namibia, I was jointly responsible with two colleagues for the conception, organization, and mediation of exhibitions of contemporary Namibian art nationally and internationally.
Permanent Collections:
Iwalewahaus Collection, University of Bayreuth, Germany
ZKM centre for art and media Karlsruhe, Germany
Graphotek Berlin, Germany
National Art Gallery of Namibia
City of Oranienburg, Germany
Arts Association of Namibia
Public Sculpture, City of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Workshop Facilitation:
2024 Kollaboration zwischen Analogem und Digitalem, Bundesweiter Fachaustausch Lokale Spurensuche – Digitale Erinnerungswerkstätten
Landeinwärts Ackerlicht & Feldweit Fotoprojekt für Frauen, GEDOK Brandenburg e.V.
Familiengeschichten und eine Wiese – Erinnern an Sinti und Roma aus MV, Projektwoche im Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium, RAA Demokratie & Bildung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V.
2023 Fünf Eichen – Jahrestag der Ende aller Lager, Gedenkarbeit/Kreativ Workshop, Vier-Tore-Stadt Neubrandenburg
2022 Voices of the Next Generation, Art Journaling for descendants of former prisoners at the Sachsenhausen Memorial, Gedenkstätte Sachsenhausen
2018 to date: Lecturer at the Kreisvolkshochschule Oberhavel, creative courses
2016 ‚Artistic Interventions in Urban Spaces’ Workshop und Discussion, Artsvit Gallery, Dnipro, Ukraine
2016 E-course teacher for the ‘21 Secrets’ Workshop series
2015 “From Artist to Curator” 2 day workshop as part of the “International Workshop for Curators” in Kharkiv, Ukraine, organized by the Municipal Gallery of Kharkiv
2011 “Land Art Workshop” part of the EU funded “BERLIN STAGES – LIVE!” Grundtvig Workshop, Berlin
2011 “Exhibition Building and Marketing Workshop” John Muafangejo Art Centre, Windhoek.
Public talks & Presentations (Selection):
2024 Presentation/Referat: Künstlerische Praxis: Lokaler Ort und digitale Performance; Bundesweiter Fachaustausch: Lokale Spurensuche – Digitale Erinnerungswerkstätten, Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück, DE
2015 “Things I Learned as a Curator” Public talk, Municipal Gallery of Kharkiv, Kharkiv, UA
2008 “Installation art and the expressing.etosha art project” public talk at the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre, Windhoek, NA
2006 Freie Universität Berlin (as part of a series of political lectures about Africa: Ringvorlesung: AFRIKA – EUROPAS VERKANNTER NACHBAR). All talks in this series have been compiled and published in a book by the same name. DE
2006 Talk/Referat: Berlin-Windhoek heute – Memories. Power and Politics. Ein Themenabend mit Imke Rust), Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus, DE
Publications (Selection):
Rensing, Julia: Troubling Archives – History and Memory in Namibian Literature and Art. Kapitel 2: Artistic Archival Interventions and Memory Conversions , Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2025, CH
Lehmann, Fabian: Postkoloniale Gegenbilder – Künstlerische Reflexionen des Erinnerns an den deutschen Kolonialismus in Namibia. S. 296-307 Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2022 CH/DE
Holzkamp, Steffen, An Infinite Scream, 45min Dokumentarfilm über mein gleichnamiges Land Art Projekt, Premiere im Goethe Institut, Windhoek, 2016, DE/NA. Screenings in verschiedenen Ländern und Festivals.
Vatsella, Katarina Dr.: Art Grant of the City of Bremen 2003-2008, Katalog, Hachmann edition, 2008, DE
Däubler-Gmelin, H. u.a.: (Aufzeichnung des Vortrags) Afrika – Europas verkannter Nachbar Band 2, Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2008, DE
Jurell, Torsten, Allt kan kokas ner till ord, Konstperspektiv Art Magazin, 2008, SE
Gurney, Kim: Park Life, Art South Africa,S.24-25, Johannesburg, Vol 6, Issue2 Summer 2007, ZA
Meredith Palumbo, PhD: expressing.etosha art project. Katalog, Venture Publications, 2007, NA
Palumbo, Meredith, PhD: „An Artistic Spirit in Transition: The Art of Imke Rust.“ Flamingo Magazin, S. 28-30, Namibia, August 2004.
Publications: (cover art)
Cover image for Canis Africanis by Sandra Swart(Author), Lance Van Sittert(Editor), Brill Publishers, 2008, NL
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2025
Troubling Archives – History and Memory in Namibian Literature and Art by Julia Rensing
Julia Rensing examines how writers and artists from Namibia and South Africa navigate archival silences, omissions, and power structures to renegotiate historical narratives and address intergenerational trauma. Their creative practices challenge conventional understandings of archives and forms of commemoration, highlighting the diverse experiences that shape Namibian society and memory cultures.
In Chapter 2: Artistic Archival Interventions and Memory Conversions (Page 97- 156) my several of my artworks and series are discussed in depth.
2023
Stellungnahme: Imke Rust – Gedanken zur Dokumentation ‚Deutsche Schuld – Namibia und der Völkermord‘ sowie alle Infos und Medienberichte zum Thema: NDR Doku ‘Deutsche Schuld’ verstößt gegen Staatsvertrag
2021
Postkoloniale Gegenbilder. Künstlerische Reflexionen des Erinnerns an den deutschen Kolonialismus in Namibia by Fabian Lehmann
Kapitel 5 – Das Pferd, nicht der Reiter: The horse is a problem. The horse must go. (pg 296 – 306)
2018
Zwischen den Welten – Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung 14/15 April 2018 Imke Rust ist in Namibia geboren, seit drei Jahren lebt sie mit ihrem Mann in Friedrichsthal – ihre Kunst ist Spiegel des Lebens auf zwei Konitinenten. von Heike Bergt. PDF Artikel
2016
Magiese Landskappe – Republikein (15/01/2016)
Namibies gebore Imke Rust bly deesdae in Berlyn saam met haar man, Steffen Holzkamp, ’n musikant en rolprentmaker. Nadat sy vir ses jaar deels in Windhoek en deels in Berlyn gewoon het, het sy nou besluit om Berlyn haar tuiste te maak. By Jacqueline Louw …lees meer
Ihre Kunst zieht weite Kreise
Fr, 2016-01-08 02:00 — Allgemeine Zeitung Ein Film über die Künstlerin Imke Rust spiegelt deren Schaffen wieder Der Film „An Infinite Scream“ feiert nächste Woche Namibia-Premiere. …weiterlesen
Interview mit Ralf Boll (NBC German Radio) 13 January 16 (Deutsch)
Steffen Holzkamp und Imke Rust sprechen über ihren Film ‘An Infinite Scream’ und das Leben als Künstlerpaar.
Film Resensie: An Infinite Scream
Elkeen van ons wat soos ‘n volstruis met sy kop in die sand staan, en vertrou die regering sal na al jou belange omsien, moet ‘n slag staan en wonder hoe goed dit uitgewerk het vir die Boesmans. In ‘n aangrypende artistiese dokumentêr, “An Infinite Scream”, kry die Imke Rust jou kop uit die sand.
2015
Imke Rust – Wie viel Namibia steckt in Ihrer Kunst?
Wie viel Namibia steckt in ihrer Kunst? Wie prägt einen die Wüste?Was bedeutet es, als weiße Künstlerin in Afrika zu arbeiten?
Darüber sprach Britta Bürger mit Imke Rust am Dienstag, 2. September, 9:07 bis 10:00 Uhr in der Sendung “Im Gespräch” im Deutschlandradio Kultur. Interview hören…
2014
Pendlerin zwischen Welten (PDF)– Afrikapost 2/2014/Juni
Article about Imke Rust, written by Tobias Döpker, editor of the Mannheimer Morgen Newspaper. PDF format in the Afrikapost Magazin (2/2014/Juni)
2012
Arts association stops ‘political’ exhibition
(The Namibian, By: ADAM HARTMAN, 29.11.2012)
THE Swakopmund Arts Association has blocked an environmental arts exhibition that was planned at the Gallery Woermannhaus because it is not “suitable” for the gallery.
Woermannhaus Gallery Ban Local Artist’s Work
(Namib Independent, 29 November 2012, by Tanya Calitz) Please click the following link to download the PDF file: Namib Independent 29Nov12_PDF
Swakopmund Arts Association threatens to sue newspapers
(The Namibian, By: STAFF REPORTER, 03.12.2012)
THE Swakopmund Arts Association says it turned down an exhibition request because the Woermannhaus gallery was not “technically” suitable and because of “spatial restraints”.
Art gallery threatens legal action
(Namib Times, 4 Dec 2012, by Jade McClune.)
To download the PDF file: NamibTimes4dec12_Art gallery threatens legal action
Streit um Kunstausstellung
(Allgemeine Zeitung, Vom 6.12.2012, von Erwin Leuschner) .
Wegen „politischer Belastung“ abgelehnt
(Allgemeine Zeitung, Vom 6.12.2012 von Jasmin Paul)
Imke Rust beißt sich dennoch durch und kann ihre Ausstellung in Swakopmund zeigen
Und ich spürte einen unendlichen Schrei, der durch die Namib gellte
(Namib Times, 7 December 12, page 2. Click the following link to download the PDF file: NamibTimes_ Interview7Dec12
Kunstwerke im Brennpunkt konträrer Interessen 
Allgemeine Zeitung, 11 Dec12
Wo ein Wille ist, da ist auch ein Weg
(Allgemeine Zeitung, 14Dec12, von Jasmin Paul)
Imke Rust eröffnet umstrittene „Land Art“-Ausstellung vor breitem Publikum
Nach langem Hin und Her um einen passenden Ausstellungsort kann seit dem späten Sonntag-Nachmittag Imke Rusts Multimediaausstellung im „The Last Resort Wellness Centre“ bestaunt und diskutiert werden.
Imke Rust’s evocative art now on exhibition
The Namibian, By: ADAM HARTMAN, 14.12.2012
AN exhibition casting a critical eye on the controversial industrial developments at the coast has opened at Swakopmund.
2010
Made in China Exhibition
- Verstehen ohne Sprache -“Made in China”: Wie Imke Rust in ihren Werken intuitiv eine fremde Welt erkundet (Allgemeine Zeitung, 30 Jul 2010)100730_AZ_IRust_MadeinChina (German)
- Namibian Art from China Goes on Display (New Era, 30 July2010): 10Jul30_NewEra_IRust_China
- Imke Rust’s “Made in China” at Omba Gallery Next Tuesday (Namibian, 23 July 10): 10Jul23_Namibian_IRust_China
- Imke se Chinese werke uitgestal (Republikein, 22 July 2010): 10Jul22_Republikein_IRust_China
- Made in China About Basic Human Needs (Informante, 5 August 2010): 10Aug5_Informante_IRust_China
- News of Artists and Exhibitions Elsewhere (National Art Gallery of Namibia Newsletter, August 2010): NAGN NEWSLETTER – AUG2010 Made in China
- Authentic Namibian Art Exhibit at MCC (Honoring Black History), Newsletter: MCC Faculty Synergy http://www.montcalm.edu, Feb 2010: MCC Faculty Synergy for February 2010
2008
It All Boils Down To A Single Word.
by Torsten Jurell , about the Namibian artist Imke Rust in the Swedish art magazine Konstperspektiv #3-08 (English translation)
IT IS THE LAST day in November. The clouds are frothing like cream down the slopes of Table Mountain when we meet in Cape Town – 28 artists at the Thupelo International Urban Art Workshop 2007.
Almost all those attending are from African nations. Four of us come from other parts of the world. We are there to work and exhibit. But, above all, we’re there to share our experiences as artists. One important aspect of the workshop is to show what kind of art we normally produce back home. To read more, click here.
2007
Catching up with Imke
An interview with Andrew Robson. Published on AfricanColours.com, Dec 2007. Click here to read it: AfricanColours.com
Park Life / Art South Africa Vol06 Issue02 Summer07
Namibian art enjoys little currency in South Africa. The opening of a recent site-specific project at Etosha National Park allowed Kim Gurney to meet some of the country’s more established artists. Read more here…
2004
An Artist in Transition by Meredith Palumbo (Phd)
(This article was written for and published in the Flamingo, the in-flight magazine of Air Namibia(Issue August 2004).)
Imke Rust has experienced significant transitions in her artistic, professional, and personal life in the past year. She is devoting more time to making art, left the security of a curator’s position at the National Art Gallery of Namibia, established a new business, is finishing her Bachelors degree, and found herself facing these challenges alone after the end of a long term relationship. Looking at her career, one can see the evolution of her artistic spirit that brought about these monumental decisions, and are propelling her into uncharted territory. …To read more, click here.
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All content of my website has been thoroughly checked. However, no liability can be accepted for the correctness, completeness, topicality or quality of the information provided. Assertions of damages, whether material or non-material, suffered as a result of information tendered, or as a result of information being incorrect or incomplete are precluded as a matter of principle.
Hyperlinks
This website contains links to websites of other providers. Responsibility for such external content rests exclusively with the respective provider and no liability whatsoever can be accepted for the content of linked websites.
Datenschutzerklärung
Datenschutz
Ich nehme den Schutz Ihrer persönlichen Daten sehr ernst. Ich behandel Ihre personenbezogenen Daten vertraulich und entsprechend der gesetzlichen Datenschutzvorschriften sowie dieser Datenschutzerklärung.
Die Nutzung meiner Webseite ist in der Regel ohne Angabe personenbezogener Daten möglich. Soweit auf meinen Seiten personenbezogene Daten (beispielsweise Name, Anschrift oder E-Mail-Adressen) erhoben werden, erfolgt dies, soweit möglich, stets auf freiwilliger Basis. Diese Daten werden ohne Ihre ausdrückliche Zustimmung nicht an Dritte weitergegeben.
Wir weisen darauf hin, dass die Datenübertragung im Internet (z.B. bei der Kommunikation per E-Mail) Sicherheitslücken aufweisen kann. Ein lückenloser Schutz der Daten vor dem Zugriff durch Dritte ist nicht möglich.
Cookies
Die Internetseiten verwenden teilweise so genannte Cookies. Cookies richten auf Ihrem Rechner keinen Schaden an und enthalten keine Viren. Cookies dienen dazu, unser Angebot nutzerfreundlicher, effektiver und sicherer zu machen. Cookies sind kleine Textdateien, die auf Ihrem Rechner abgelegt werden und die Ihr Browser speichert.
Die meisten der von uns verwendeten Cookies sind so genannte „Session-Cookies“. Sie werden nach Ende Ihres Besuchs automatisch gelöscht. Andere Cookies bleiben auf Ihrem Endgerät gespeichert, bis Sie diese löschen. Diese Cookies ermöglichen es uns, Ihren Browser beim nächsten Besuch wiederzuerkennen.
Sie können Ihren Browser so einstellen, dass Sie über das Setzen von Cookies informiert werden und Cookies nur im Einzelfall erlauben, die Annahme von Cookies für bestimmte Fälle oder generell ausschließen sowie das automatische Löschen der Cookies beim Schließen des Browser aktivieren. Bei der Deaktivierung von Cookies kann die Funktionalität dieser Website eingeschränkt sein.
Server-Log-Files
Der Provider der Seiten erhebt und speichert automatisch Informationen in so genannten Server-Log Files, die Ihr Browser automatisch an uns übermittelt. Dies sind:
- Browsertyp/ Browserversion
- verwendetes Betriebssystem
- Referrer URL
- Hostname des zugreifenden Rechners
- Uhrzeit der Serveranfrage
Diese Daten sind nicht bestimmten Personen zuordenbar. Eine Zusammenführung dieser Daten mit anderen Datenquellen wird nicht vorgenommen. Wir behalten uns vor, diese Daten nachträglich zu prüfen, wenn uns konkrete Anhaltspunkte für eine rechtswidrige Nutzung bekannt werden.
Imke Rust 