Germany • Visual Artist & Art Therapist
Dorothea Fleiss is a German-born visual artist and art therapist, founder and director of the DFEWA Professional Artists Association in Stuttgart.
She studied fine arts in Stuttgart and Filderstadt (1996–2003), earned degrees in art therapy and biosystemic psychotherapy, and completed a doctorate at the National University of Arts in Bucharest :contentReference. Dorothea has taught internationally—China (Beijing, Inner Mongolia), Romania, Thailand, the USA—and served as visiting lecturer at universities such as Boston College and Northeastern :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}.
Her multifaceted art practice spans book art, installations, ceramics, film—but especially BookArt. She has curated and curated international exhibitions and symposia, including founding DFEWA residencies in Romania, Austria, India, China, and collaborating on the European International BookArt Biennale.
Her works are housed in major public collections worldwide—Islip Art Museum (USA), Bibliotheca Alexandria (Egypt), Harbin Art Museum (China), New Orleans’ Hot Iron Press, and many more across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
At this symposium, Dorothea brings her R&D in art therapy, her collaborative leadership through DFEWA, and her expertise in BookArt and installation, hosting workshops, professional talks, and curatorial exchanges.
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