​Beate Minkovski

About

Beate Minkovski is an artist who has studied in Bremen, Germany and in Chicago, Illinois. After raising five children she returned to finish her education at Northeastern Illinois University. She co-founded Woman Made Gallery in 1992 and retired as its Executive Director in December 2014.

"My version of the artist's life is to create continuously, even if it is only in one's mind. For as long as I was working for Woman Made I have not been able to produce consistently, but I am constantly thinking art. I am surrounded and inspired by it, and I have been most satisfied with many of my imaginary productions. I even work in series and solve many artistic challenges just by thinking them through. I hope that I will be able to put on paper what has been cooking for so long, after my retirement in 2014. The ideal artist's life would include time, space, inspiration, support, respect, and freedom." -Beate

Work experience

Woman Made Gallery

Co-Founder and Executive Director

1992 - 2014

Education

Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago, Illinois

1988 - 1992

Bachelor of Arts Major Art, Sculpture with Professor Mary Stoppert

Hochschule fuer Gestaltung
Bremen, Germany

1962 - 1965

Sculpture with Professor Gerhart Schreiter (1909-1974)
Ceramics with Professor Dorothee Kolberg-Tjadens (1922-2004)