Stefhany is a Colombian Artist and Illustrator based in Germany.
She’s been working as a freelance illustrator for over eight years now and has worked with clients including The New York Times, Spotify, Le Monde Diplomatique, and Refinery 29.
She has illustrated five books, two books: Der Gefühlsmensch↗, a novel published by Faber und Faber, selected into the long list of “The Most Beautiful Books from Germany” in 2019, and The No.1 Birdtailing Detective Agency↗, a children’s book published by OAZA, selected for “Best Book Design from all over the World” competition, and “Book Art International” exhibition 2021.
As an artist, she has had the opportunity to show her work in over 20 galleries and art spaces around the world.
In 2023 was named in the list of the 50 creatives in Colombia by Forbes Magazine↗
Photo: © Jakob Adolphi
COMMING UP EXHIBITIONS:
2025 March 23th
Forget Me Not: Stories from the Past and the Present (group Show)
Stedelijk Museum Hoogstraten
Hoogstraten, Belguim
2025 April 25th - May 25Th
NAFT (group Show)
Stedelijk Museum (STeM) Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2025 May 10th
Two Of a Kind (group Show)
19 Karen Contemporary Artspace
Mermaid Beach, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 "Pictorials" December
Duo Show with Tim Romanowsy
MDBK Museum / MZIN
Leipzig, Germany
2022 October 22th — December 1st
"Habitual/Arrangements"
Galeria Senhora Presidenta
Porto, Portugal
2022 January 28th
"Flowers & Knights"
Duo exhibition with Mike Okay
Galerie Kleindienst │ Westside
Leipzig, Germany
2019 May 18th — June 20th
"Kurz Davor"
Nina Sagt Galerie
Düsseldorf, Germany
2019 January 26th — February 26th
"Imaginary Friends"
O! Galeria
Lisboa, Portugal
2018 November 22th — December 22th
"Kurz Davor"
Galerie Kleindienst │ Salon Käthe
Leipzig, Germany
2018 October — November
"Escenas Antes de un Atáque de Pánico"
Galeria Satélite
Querétaro, Mexico
2018 April 6th — 16th
"Gran Ganga"
KOP
Antwerp, Belgium
2017 January 13th — March 31th
"Visiones del Futuro"
Black Gallery
Jerez, Spain
2014 September 4th — October 8th
"Algunos Usos del Verbo Vivir"
Galeria Sketch
Bogota, Colombia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(Selection)
2024 UNDERBRIDGE Festival
September 6th - September 24th
Kultur und Gut / Wei Sraum
Hamburg, Germany/ Innsbruck, Austria
2024 August 3rd – September 20th
“Painting, Smoking, Eating”
Saatchi Gallery / Beers Gallery
London, UK
2024 June 15th - August 8th
WIN/WIN
Kunstankauf Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Museum Gunzenhauser
Chemnitz, Germany
2023 July 15th — August 27th
"Refugium"
Kunstverein Circus Eins
Putbus, Germany
2021 July 15th — August 8th
27. Leipziger Jahresausstellung: "Hommage"
Werkschauhalle / Halle 12
Leipzig, Germany
2019 February 7th — 10th
"Material" Art Fair
Galeria Satelite (México)
Mexico City, Mexico
2018 October 11th — 14th
"Pawn Island"
KOP
Antwerp, Belgium
2018 March 23th — April 16th
"Fancy Works"
Galerie Central
Liége, Belgium
2018 February 20th — 25th
"Justmad" Art Fair
Galeria Satelite (México)
Madrid, Spain
2017 May 25th — June 18th
"+/-"
Gallerie Kleindienst │ Bikini Berlin
Berlin, Germany
2016 December 1st — 3rd
"Ich Dachte, Sie wären nur ein Armer Schlucker!"
Kommunalka
Leipzig, Germany
2016 February 18th — March 18th
"Ding Ding Dong"
Bund Bildender Künstler
Leipzig, Germany
2015 October 14th — 21th
Giebichenstein Designpreis
Kunstststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt
Halle, Germany
2015 September 29th — October 17th
"Mach lass dich also überraschen"
Künstlerhaus 118
Halle, Germany
2015 April 30th — May 9th
"Blind Date"
Alabama, Sir Gallery
Leipzig, Germany
2014 December 6th — 20th
"Windfall"
Affenfaust Galerie
Hamburg, Germany
2013 October 15th
Giebichenstein Designpreis
Volkspark
Halle (Saale), Germany
2012 May 4th — 11th
"Videosite II"
filmwerkstatt-duesseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 March 24th — April 1st
"Panorama Kolumbien"
Fumetto Festival,
Lucerne, Switzerland
2011 September 21th — 27th
"FAX"
South London Gallery
London, UK
ARTICLES ABOUT MY WORK
Recent:
Forbes↗
Caracol Radio↗
SKYOT Magazine↗
Past:
It’s Nice That 2022↗
Ninu Nina↗
Elephant Magazine↗
It’s Nice That 2019↗
Metal Magazine↗
The Re:Art 2017↗
It’s Nice That 2017↗
The Chromatic Watch↗
Computer Arts Magazine↗
El Safari↗
The Re:Art 2016↗
IDOL Magazine↗
It’s Nice That 2016↗
Ape on the Moon↗
CLIENTS
Spotify (USA)
Zeppelin Museum (Germany)
Banco de la Republica Museums (Colombia)
The New York Times (USA)
Refinery 29 (USA)
Bloomberg Markets (USA)
Zeit Magazin (Germany)
CARAVAN (Korea)
Falls Festival (Australia)
Le Monde Diplomatique (Germany)
Mike Meiré (Germany)
Pitchfork Review (USA)
NEON Magazine (Germany)
Missy Magazine (Germany)
Hohe Luft (Germany)
The New Republic Magazine (USA)
La silueta Ediciones (Colombia)
SCRT (UK)
...
Collaboration with:
Risotto Studio (Glasgow)
Bureau Mirko Borsche for Super Paper München (Germany)
Don’t Panic (South Korea)
ROTOPOL (Germany)
H. HEENEMANN GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
VITAE
2012–2015
Master of Art
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, Germany
Illustration Class Prof. Georg Barber/ATAK
2022
Artist Grant “Neustart Kultur”, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2021
Artist Grant “Neustart Kultur”, Stiftung Kulturwerk
2020
Stipendium “Neustart”, Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
2015
Nomination Giebichenstein Designpreis
Project “The Ride of the Away Team”
2014
Estímulos Scholarship
granted by the Colombian Culture Ministry
2013
Nomination Giebichenstein Designpreis
Project “Places where I have lived”
2011–2012
DAAD Artist Scholarship
2010–2011
DAAD Artist Scholarship
2003–2008
Bachelor in Product Design
Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogota, Colombia.