Unterwegs in Irlands wildem Westen/On the road in Ireland's wild west

Helga Kaffke
Born in 1934 in Leipzig, Germany, Helga first worked as a photo-lithographer. She was awarded a diploma by the University of Graphic Design & Book Art in Leipzig after five years of study. She was a painter and graphic designer, and has worked freelance since 1959.
Helga has travelled academically in Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Ireland, Poland and Romania.
Her work has been exhibited in many one-woman shows in Germany (including Chemnitz, Flensburg, Leipzig, Rostock, Schwerin). She had single exhibitions of her work in France (in Rouen, Sassetot and Yport), in Belgium (Eupen) and in Ireland (Westport and Belmullet).
Group shows in Germany include Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Erfurt, and Kiel, and her work has been in group shows in France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland.
Since the millennium until her death in late 2017 Helga Kaffke lived and worked together with Gabriele Berthel in Mayo on the north-west coast of Ireland.
Her life and work is documented in several publications:
"Atelierbesuch bei Helga Kaffke" 1987. (A visit to Helga Kaffke's studio, watercolours, pastels)
"Wer kaemmt das Haar in der Suppe?", 2004, Illustrationen zu Texten von Gabriele Berthel ("Who combs the hair in the soup?" 2004, Illustrations of texts from Gabriele Berthel)
"Leben, was sonst", 2010, Portraets mit Texten von Gabriele Berthel ("Life, What Else?", 2010, Portraits with texte from Gabriele Berthel)
"Valse Musette. Rouen en miniature", 2016, Aquarelle mit Texten von Gabriele Berthel (2016, Watercolours with texts from Gabriele Berthel)
Helga Kaffke
Geboren 1934 in Leipzig. Fotolithografin. Studium und Diplom an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig.
Malerin, Grafikerin.
Seit 1959 freiberuflich tätig, zunächst in Leipzig, später in Schwerin. Studienreisen nach Bulgarien, Frankreich, Irland, Polen, Rumänien, Ungarn.

Publikationen:
"Atelierbesuch bei Helga Kaffke" (1987, Aquarelle, Pastelle),
"Wer kämmt das Haar in der Suppe?" (2004, Illustrationen zu Texten von Gabriele Berthel),
"Leben, was sonst" (2010, Porträts mit Texten von Gabriele Berthel),
"VALSE MUSETTE. ROUEN en miniature" (2016, Aquarellminiaturen, mit Texten von Gabriele Berthel).
Einzelausstellungen u.a. in Achim, Annaberg, Chemnitz, Clemenswerth, Eupen/Belgien, Flensburg, Geringswalde, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Parchim, Rostock, Schwerin, Sögel, Westport (Co. Mayo, Irland) sowie in verschiedenen Städten Frankreichs (Rouen, Yport, Sassetot le Mauconduit).
Ausstellungsbeteiligungen u.a. in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Erfurt, Kiel, sowie in Frankreich, Irland, Italien, Polen, Russland, Schweden und der Schweiz.
Lebte und arbeitete bis zu ihrem Tode Ende 2017 an der irischen Westküste.

Helga Kaffke
Born in 1934 in Leipzig, Germany, Helga first worked as a photo-lithographer. She was awarded a diploma by the University of Graphic Design & Book Art in Leipzig after five years studies. She was a painter and graphic designer, and has worked freelance since 1959.
Helga has made academic travels in Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Ireland, Poland and Romania.
Her work has been exhibited in many one-woman shows in Germany (including Chemnitz, Flensburg, Leipzig, Rostock, Schwerin). She had single exhibitions of her work in France (in Rouen, Sassetot and Yport), in Belgium (Eupen) and in Ireland (Westport, Belmullet).
Group shows in Germany include Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Erfurt, Kiel, and her work has been in group shows in France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland.
Books published: "Who brushes the hair in the Soup?", "Life, what else", "VALSE MUSETTE - Rouen en miniature", all books together with the writer Gabriele Berthel.
Lived long years until her death in 2017 in an old farmhouse in Ballycroy, Co. Mayo, Ireland.