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Born in 1966 in Nordhorn, Germany, and based in Berlin since 2002, Isabel Reitemeyer trained in Visual Communication at the University of Applied Sciences for Design in Münster. Before turning fully to collage, she worked as a printer, graphic designer, and artistic assistant in international film productions, including Mogadishu, Eight Miles High, and The Reader. Her collages have been exhibited worldwide and featured on record covers and magazine spreads, including shows at the Bröhan Museum Berlin, Museum Böttcherstraße Bremen, and Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden.

Reitemeyer discovered collage in 2007 as a medium of infinite possibility. Working exclusively with analogue materials, primarily magazines and books from the 1960s to 1990s, she cuts, fuses, and isolates fragments to reveal emotion and essence. Her compositions are often impulsive yet deliberate, creating images that are simultaneously unsettling and familiar. By deconstructing human and animal forms, she exposes vulnerability and imperfection, capturing subtle feelings with minimal elements while leaving space for the viewer’s imagination.

Reitemeyer’s analogue practice is central to her artistic philosophy. She values the tactile process of cutting and arranging by hand, embracing chance and accidental discoveries that digital tools cannot replicate. Her work celebrates what lies beyond conventional norms - the irregular, the disturbing, and the imperfect. Through these explorations, she transforms fragments into entirely new beings, inviting reflection, wonder, and personal interpretation. As she puts it, her collages “won’t hand dreams over to you; instead, they make you dream,” offering a poetic vision that balances precision, intuition, and human emotion.

More of her collages can be found on @isabelreitemeyer and
https://isabel-reitemeyer.com/