About us

. Managing Committee

Marianne Pitzen

Chairwoman

Born 1948 in Stuttgart
Exhibiting her work since 1969,
subjects: matriarchies, female utopias
Circulus gallery in 1972
Work on Circular art magazine (with H.P)
1973/1974 Founding of the "Frauen formen ihre Stadt" association or "Frau + Futura"
1981 Founding of the first women's museum in Bonn including planning, execution, program and exhibitions

Marianne Pitzen

Dr. Valentine Rothe

Honorary Chairwoman

Born in Kassel
Studied history and art history in Frankfurt, Munich and Münster
Was a teacher and now works as a private lecturer and chairwoman of the EAF (European institute for women in politics and economics) in Berlin
Exhibited work in Frauenmuseum exhibitions such as "Frauenleben in der NS-Zeit", "Rote Königin", "Politeia" or "Rheinreise 2002"

Dr. Valentine Rothe

Chris Werner

Deputy Chairwoman

Born 1959 in Cologne, 2 children
Freelance artist since 1979, worked on "Frauen formen ihre Stadt" art project
1981 Co-founder of the Frauenmuseum, member of the managing committee since 2000
1984 Co-founder of the female artists' group "Schwarze Schokolade" in Berlin
Planning and organization of exhibitions at the Frauenmuseum such as "Die Hälfte des Himmels"

Chris Werner

Bettina Bab

Deputy Chairwoman

Born 1959
Graduate studies in history and Spanish, studies abroad in Salamanca, Spain
Since 1988 research assistant at the Diakonisches Werk Berlin, at the history department of the University of Bonn, at the Frauengeschichtsverein Köln and at the Frauenmuseum in Bonn
Planning and Organization of exhibitions in the Frauenmuseum such as "Rheinreise 2002" and "Mit Macht zur Wahl"
member of the managing committee of the Frauengeschichtsverein Köln; since 2007, member of the managing committee of the Frauenmuseum

Bettina Bab

Monika Stubig

Treasurer

Born 1959 in Frankfurt am Main, 3 children
Trained as a tax consultant
Earned a degree in visual arts (painting) from the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Bonn
Member of Frauenmuseum Bonn e.V. and Kunstforum `99 Rheinbach e.V.
Co-founder of the female artists' group "give me five" (performance art, video)
Artistic work in the fields of painting and photography
Exhibition work at home and abroad and part of Frauenmuseum exhibitions such as "Mythos Mutter" or "Methusa"
Member of the managing committee of the Frauenmuseum since 2009

Ulrike Tscherner-Bertoldi

Secretary

born 1973 in Berlin, 4 children
graduate studies in Hamburg and Santiago de Chile (media culture, Spanish and Latin American studies)
various musical, artistic and journalism projects
2004 co-founding of the kid's studio at the Frauenmuseum with Lene Pampolha. Has worked on a variety of children's projects , photo novels, the Convention on Biological Diversity, children's exhibitions and the creative writing contest "AbraPalabra"
Work on exhibitions such as "Mythos Mutter", "Ankommen" and performances such as Frauenmuseum worldwide 2009 and Museum nights in Bonn
Planning and organization of the "Astronominnen - Frauen die nach den Sternen greifen" (2009/2010) exhibition

Ellen Sinzig

Board Member

Freelance artist, independent exhibition work in the fields of calligraphy, installations and performance art since 1983
Has worked in internal communication and female artists' support and as a judge and curator at the Frauenmuseum since 1990, held a position on the managing committee from 1991-1999 and from 2007- today
Studied Chinese calligraphy under Cin-Fa Cheng at the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne from 1991-1992
Member of GEDOK A46, Founding member of the LILIUM group
Appointed as advisory board member of the Kunstverein östliches Sauerland in 2007
Exhibition work, including internationally, such as "The Fupp Project", New York Ceres Gallery, "Katharina II", Frauenmuseum, städt. Skulpturen, St. Petersburg museum, "Politeia", Frauenmuseum, "Eden", OVADA Gallery Oxford

Ellen Sinzig

Gudrun Angelis

Board Member

Tina Behrendt

Board Member

Inge Broska

Board Member

Born 1942 in Mönchengladbach
1978-1985 studied under C. Janasek and Spoerri at the University of Cologne and the Cologne University of Applied Sciences
1988 worked with the studio community zart&zackig at the Frauenmuseum in Bonn
Worked on exhibitions such as "BonnNova", "Eva hat das Leiden satt" and "Rheinreise 2002"
1992 founding of a performance art association with H. -J- Tauchert
Did a number of performances on crutches despite a serious accident
2001 bridge projects "stopp and go", "you+me" and "Markt/Takako Saito"