Painter
· Born in 1970
- Germany
Sonja Kalmanfi
48 Artworks
Shadow in the Light - or - “Where there is light, shadows exist as well.”
Oil Pastel on Paper
8x12in
$1,250
Sonja Kalmanfi
Germany
Credentials
- Works on commission
Sonja Kalmanfi dedicates her artistic work with extraordinary consistency to the Cilento region in southern Italy. For her, the national park is not only a subject, but also a habitat, a source of inspiration, and an emotional point of reference. She lived there for extended periods, returns regularly, and exhibits her work there.
Light, color, and atmosphere become vehicles for memory, sensation, and inner states. The landscape thus appears not as a mere representation of a place, but as a mirror of a personal, inner experience.
In her works, coastlines, mountains, villages, and vegetation merge with the artist's inner world. Color becomes an emotional medium; Sonja possesses a unique form of synesthesia, perceiving color and numbers together.
This results in works of quiet intensity and sensual melancholy that lead the viewer to the border between dream and reality and invite a deeper encounter with nature and their own perception.
Light, color, and atmosphere become vehicles for memory, sensation, and inner states. The landscape thus appears not as a mere representation of a place, but as a mirror of a personal, inner experience.
In her works, coastlines, mountains, villages, and vegetation merge with the artist's inner world. Color becomes an emotional medium; Sonja possesses a unique form of synesthesia, perceiving color and numbers together.
This results in works of quiet intensity and sensual melancholy that lead the viewer to the border between dream and reality and invite a deeper encounter with nature and their own perception.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Nationality
- 1970
- Nationality
- Painter
Ausschreibung Einzelausstellung - Mediterraneo Videofestival - zu Ehren Palma Bucarelli - Hauptpreis- Rodio (Salerno), Italy
Meine Reise / 10.11.2026 - 11.1. 2027 Ernst Abbe Bücherei - Jena, Germany
Meine Orte / Praxis Dr. Wuttig - Potsdam, Germany
Abbandono / Museo - Galleria Arte nella Natura - Corleto Monforte, Italy
Luoghi dell‘anima / Schönherrfabrik/ Wintergarten - Chemnitz, Germany
Mio amato Cilento / Convento Francescano - Cuccaro Vetere, Italy
I Colori del Cilento / Il Palazzetto - Dauerausstellung - San Mauro Cilento, Italy
Costa del Cilento / Hotel Calanca - Marina di Camerota, Italy
Mio amato Cilento / Messehof Leipzig - Leipzig, Germany
Abbandono / Museo Roscigno Vecchia - Roscigno Vecchia, Italy
Al Confine / Palazzo Landulfo - Rodio Salerno, Italy
Buccino e Cilento / Museo Nazionale di Volcei Buccino - Buccino, Italy
Magazine Exhibition / BEKA MUSEUM - Rockefeller Center - New York City, United States
L‘anima del paesaggio / Museo Diocesano Arborense - Oristano - Sardinien, Italy
ARTE VIVA / Perdifumo - Perdifumo, Italy
Mediterran , France
I colori del Cilento (20 artworks were acquired as a unified collection.), Italy
Abbandono , Italy
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