Christa Murken

1944 born in Mengen/Württemberg
1964 Abitur in Euskirchen
1965 - 1967 Commercial apprenticeship at the Pesch furniture store, Cologne
1967 - 1971 Studied art history, archaeology and psychology in Cologne, graduating with a master's degree.
1990 Doctorate from the RWTH Aachen University.
Marriage to medical historian Axel Hinrich Murken Birth of three children (1972, 1974, 1980)
1971 - 1972 Scientific and museum educational work at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Freelance writer since 1973. Books, texts, and contributions to catalogs and anthologies on 20th-century art and culture.
1976 Founding of the Murken-Altrogge publishing house

Artistic career

1963-1965 2 years of private painting lessons with the Eifel painter Konrad Schäfer (1915-1991)
Since 1980, free painting and illustration (including illustrations of three self-written children's and young adult books)
Numerous solo exhibitions in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.