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I predominantly use pen and ink, colored pencil, crayon and acrylic paint on paper or canvas to create art, which educates or I am focusing on the ‘feel-good factor’: Do not underestimate the effect of a glance at a piece of art. As one may make you angry, another one may sooth your mood or spark a feeling of happiness. And that will effect what you do in a positive way. But what does it require to initiate a certain feeling? Whereas neurobiological and psychological research provides some answers, intuition plays still key role in my exploration of the connections between colors, shapes and emotions.

For a full body of work visit: http://christine.exto.org.

Artist Exhibitions



2010 March/April: Agora Art Gallery, NY
http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistinvite/christine_haehner_murdock.aspx

2008 Nov/Dec: Participation in exhibit "Through the Eyes of Love", in honor of the World AIDS Day, The Galleria, Fort Lauderdale;

2008 May: Participation in group exhibit "Faces of Immigration" at Bagley Housing, Detroit,

2007, April: Art Auction at Bagley Housing,

2007, March: Revelation of 4 canvases for GM headquarters.

2006, December: Group exhibit at Bagley Housing, Detroit 2006

2006, May: Grant award to create artwork for the GM World Headquarters in Detroit

2006, March: Exhibition "Now and Then" at Bagley Housing, Detroit

2005: Creation of the award winning book "Images in Stone. Detroit – The first 300 years." 40 pen and ink renderings of Detroit's beautiful architecture w/historical text, sponsored by MotorCities National Heritage Area and the Detroit Area Art Deco Society.

2004: August until September 2005: Coordination of exhibits at the “International Mini Café”, Detroit; January –September: Pen & Ink portrait of the Cities of the Grosse Pointes, to be published as book w/text and 25 drawings mid-2005.

2003: September Exhibition in and Opening of P.L.A.C.E.S.-The Gallery; Participation in an exhibition at the Detroit Club

2002: Illustrations for Children’s’ Book “The Flop”. An alien discovers earth; Participation in an exhibition at Bagley Housing, Detroit,MI; Tall Ship Series (Westcoast); Display at the International Institute of Metropolitan, Detroit and other Detroit facilities

2001: Series of Tall Ships (14 pieces), exhibited during the Detroit 300 Celebration (the Landing of Tall Ships at Hart Plaza), June 2001 at Novus Art Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI.

2000: Grosse Pointe, MI: series of high scale real-estates, most of them on a commission basis, Series of Detroit City Portraits

1999: Travels through Europe, particularly England and France, Images in pen&ink – focus on the study of architecture.

1998: Series of 22 Nudes, Acrylic on Canvas

1991-1998: Study of Fine Art at the University of Siegen

1978-1990: prizes in several regional art competitions in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

1972: Born in Germany into a family of artists. Studies began from age 3, when my parents taught me various fine art techniques, including figurative drawing (wet & dry media), printing techniques (incl. woodcuts, linol-block-print, copper-& aluminum etching, soapstone sculpture, batik, clay)
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Artist Publications



http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=8337
The article came out for the occasion of the publication of the book "Images in Stone. Detroit - The First 300 Years". The book by Christine Haehner - Murdock about Detroit's architecture and history features 40 pen & ink drawings of prominent Detroit buildings.
For more information about the book, please visit: www.imagesinstone.freeservers.com.
The Coffee Table Book (12"x9", 86p., $40.00) can be purchased through www.amazon.com URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E3BAYI...

Artist Collections



Heide Korn, Vienna, Austria
Dr. Marcus Kroendel, Basel, Switzerland
Tom Edwards, Sidney, Australia
John Cork, Cheltenham, England
Odilia Avellaneda, Taylor, MI, USA
Yumana Dubaisi, Dearborn Heights, MI, USA
Lawrence Scripps Wilkinson Collection, MI, USA
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