My name is Susanne Böhm, and I welcome you warmly to this page.
Let me introduce myself and share a bit about my journey: I come from a small village in Germany, Fabrikschleichach, a place close to my heart. Over the years, I have also lived in cities like Munich, Izmir, and fascinating metropolises such as Moscow and Istanbul. Embracing this diversity has been a gift, enriching my life with unique experiences, broadening my horizons, and igniting my inspiration through new surroundings. No matter how far I go, Fabrikschleichach remains my anchor, grounding me with a sense of belonging and familiarity.
With my move to Turkey in 2015, I was able to reconnect with my inner artist through a fortunate twist of fate. Every week, I eagerly looked forward to spending hours in an open atelier – until then, I had kept the artist within me private and small for a long time. The seed was planted. However, life took its course, and only after another move and extensive volunteer work with refugee children, I could no longer ignore the persistent call of my inner artist by the end of 2017.
That was the moment when I became pregnant with this project – the ‘artproject365’ marked a turning point in my life: freeing the artist inside me and sharing her with the world, in all her vulnerability… and this all as a huge learning process, with all needed never-ending courage.
During the project, I learned to listen and trust in a whole new way. I had made a promise to myself to follow every creative impulse while working with my daily inspirations. It’s hard to explain, but many times, I kind of received information I never thought was possible. Sometimes, my brushes painted things that didn’t make sense to me, but they made sense to the women who received the paintings. I really had to learn to trust the process and quiet/befriend my inner critic.
The years after the active painting phase were challenging years. A move back to Germany, and then Corona and all the lock down regulations, which prevented an exhibition. And then my brother died, more or less exactly nine years after my mum’s passing. For a while I couldn’t paint, instead I started working with clay and to deepen my dance and embodiment practices.
Today I love expressing my creativity through paintings, ceramics, dance and embodiment work.