Astrid Charlotte
Wintgens

Astrid Charlotte Wintgens was born in Duisburg, near Düsseldorf in Germany. She graduated in Textile Design and Art at the Werkkunstschule Krefeld (1989-1994). Afterwards, she learned Webdesign and worked as a Multimedia Conceptionist (2000/2001). She took over classes in the Media Academy Düsseldorf, to teach basics of design between 2001-2005. Next to her work as an Artist, Astrid Charlotte Wintgens started in 2019 a Master Class at the Freie Kunstakademie Augsburg under the mentorship of Prof. Jo Bukowski. Her Subject during 2 years was / is the Tree and the Roots. 

My new Topic:  Appreciation of textiles

For me, textiles are also extroverted social surfaces that convey information about identity, uniformity, gender, status, age, cultural origin and religion (among other things) to the outside world.

I use only sustainably produced materials for the artworks and the fabrics are hand-sewn.