Vita
Monika Reimann
Monika Reimann, B.F.A.
Artistic Photography & Interdisciplinary Concepts
Monika Reimann (born in Lippstadt, Germany) creates photographic image spaces in which time, perception, and memory converge. She deliberately emancipates photography from its documentary function, exploring reality as a complex, unstable construct.
She lives and works in the Münsterland region (Germany) and at international project locations.
Artistic Profile
Following a successful career in private banking, Reimann returned to her artistic roots, completing her studies in fine art (photography/media) at the HBK University of Fine Arts in Essen (BFA).
The intersection of economic thinking and artistic practice continues to shape her work. Rather than producing isolated pieces, she develops long-term bodies of work that evolve over time and are continuously refined through dialogue.
Monika Reimann's works are often created in historically significant locations and address important themes of our time, such as transformation, perception, and cultural shifts. Through her deliberate use of blur, movement, and light, she creates visual spaces that resist singular interpretation and only unfold fully in the act of viewing.
Series such as “MARCO – Venice in the Footsteps of Marco Polo” and “ODYSSEY” are conceived as open systems. They combine artistic research with cultural-historical inquiry and continue to evolve over time.
A central element of her practice is the INSPIRATION WEEK – Creative Minds in Dialogue, which she initiated and holds at Haus Marck in Tecklenburg, Germany. In this curated, private format, new works are critically engaged with through dialogue with international experts, collectors, and interdisciplinary thinkers.
In 2021, she founded emotional return GmbH, a platform at the intersection of art, finance, and society. For this approach, she was recognized as a Global Game Changer in 2024.
Academic Background
2015 – 2019
Study of Photography and Media
HBK University of Fine Arts Essen
Class of:
Prof. Thomas Wrede
Prof. Carsten Gliese
Prof. Anja Kempe
Additional studies:
Sculpture (Prof. Yevgeniya Safranova)
Painting (Prof. Nicola Stäglich)
Art Theory (Prof. Dr. Sabine Bartelsheim, Prof. Dr. Raimund Stecker)
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
2012 – 2014
Guest Studies in Contemporary Painting and Photographic Perception
Exhibitions (Selection)
2025–2026
MARCO – Venice in the Footsteps of Marco Polo (Part 1 & 2), Haus Marck, Tecklenburg
ECLISSE, MONAT Gallery, Madrid
2024
SCILLA / Venezia 2.0, in the context of the 60th Biennale di Venezia
ARTBOXEXPO, Basel
ARTe Konstanz
KunstWerkStadt, Bad Homburg
2023
NON FUNGIBLE, Gehry Building, Düsseldorf
SUNSET, New York (Manhattan)
SURFACES IN MOTION, HTW Berlin / ARTe Osnabrück
2021–2022
Venezia 1.0, in the context of the 59th Biennale di Venezia
Art Basel Weeks, Miami
Palma de Mallorca
Kunstverein Ahlen
2018–2019
von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf
Taylor Wessing, Düsseldorf
Schloss Münster
HBK Essen Degree Show
Research & Artistic Practice
Since 2003, Reimann has undertaken international study trips and artistic expeditions. She focuses on light phenomena, spatial perception, and cultural contrasts across Europe, North America and South America, Australia, and Asia.
These explorations form the foundation of her long-term bodies of work and are an integral part of her artistic research methodology.
Awards & Engagement
Global Game Changer 2024
Entrepreneur of the Future
Founder of emotional return GmbH – a network fostering interdisciplinary exchange between art, business, and society
Conceptual Approach
“I'm not interested in what we see—but in how seeing is constructed.”