SERIES: PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE US | NINA HEIMLICH

SERIES: PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE US | NINA HEIMLICH

NINA HEIMLICH EMBODIES THE MANY FACETS OF THE MODERN WOMAN: CREATIVE, STRONG, INDIVIDUALISTIC, ENERGETIC, CONFIDENT, AND CURIOUS. THE JULIA JENTZSCH TEAM VISITED NINA IN HER STUDIO IN BERLIN-KREUZBERG IN MAY 2022. WE LEARNED ABOUT WHAT DRIVES HER AND HOW SHE MANAGES TO COMBINE HER LIVES AS AN ARTIST, ACTRESS, MODEL, AND MOTHER.

IN THE 90S, NINA WORKED AS A FASHION MODEL AND STOOD IN FRONT OF THE LENSES OF THE WORLD'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS, INCLUDING HELMUT NEWTON, PETER LINDBERGH, STEVEN KLEIN, STEVEN MEISEL, ARTHUR ELGORT, AND PATRICK DEMARCHELIER. SHE HAS COLLABORATED WITH WORLD-FAMOUS FASHION DESIGNERS, INCLUDING KARL LAGERFELD, CALVIN KLEIN, TOM FORD, JOHN GALLIANO, DONATELLA VERSACE, YVES SAINT LAURENT, DONNA KARAN, AND REI KAWAKUBO. TODAY, NINA LIVES IN BERLIN-KREUZBERG AND FOCUSES ON HER WORK AS AN ARTIST AND ACTRESS.

NINA HEIMLICH'S ART COMBINES ZEITGEIST, REBELLION, AND FUTURE-ORIENTED BEAUTY. INSPIRED BY THE SENSUAL AND HAPTIC PROPERTIES OF FABRICS, SHE EXPRESSES HER OUTSTANDING CREATIVITY ON FABRIC CANVAS. "WE, AS HUMAN BEINGS, HAVE OUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND OUR HEADS IN THE CLOUDS. MY ART REFLECTS THAT. IT IS ROOTED IN THE EARTH AND ASKS PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS: 'WHAT IS LIFE? WHY ARE WE HERE? WHAT LIES BEYOND SURFACE REALITY?'", NINA EXPLAINS.

JULIA JENTZSCH DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM NINA HEIMLICH'S PERSONA AS A MODERN-DAY WOMAN AND HER APPROACH TO ART:
HER WORK IS REDUCED TO A FEW COLORS, CHARACTERS, AND SHAPES. THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR FOCUS ON MINIMALISTIC DESIGN AND THE COMFORT OF OUR CLOTHES.