Bio
Astrid Reischwitz is best known for her work that captures subjects and ways of life on the verge of decay or disappearance.
Her series LAYERS OF URBAN LIFE/STREET ART incorporates her fascination with street photography and her love for visual arts as well as the transient character of street art.
Recent exhibitions include STREET ART solo shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography and the Boston Public Library, as well as group shows at the Danforth Museum of Art, the PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, the Cambridge Art Association, the Bedford Free Public Library, the Brush Gallery, Lowell, “Photography Atelier” at Lesley University, the Concord Art Association, and the DeCordova Museum School. Focusing on the changing bodies of pregnant women, she exhibited her series EXPECTATIONS at Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, Concord, MA.
Born in Germany, Reischwitz graduated from the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, with a degree in chemistry. Soon after moving to the United States, she followed her passion for photography with courses at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, focusing on black and white photography. Further studies include Street Photography and Documentary Photography at the New England School of Photography (NESOP), and Photography Atelier at Lesley University and Griffin Museum of Photography.
Reischwitz curates art exhibitions as a member of the Art Steering Committee at the Bedford Free Public Library. She is also a member of the Cambridge Art Association, the Concord Art Association, the Brush Gallery, Lowell and the Photographic Resource Center, Boston.
