Artist. Painter. Creator. Visionary.
Art Therapist. Change Maker. Activist
Art Teacher. Consultant. Coach. Trainer.
In 1999, Angela Katschke earned her degree in art therapy and art pedagogy from a German University (HKS Ottersberg: Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen). She then worked for 10 years in Germany in psychiatric, psychosomatic, and psycho-therapeutic medicine with all age groups and teaching art in her own studio. Upon arriving in South Africa in 2009, Angela specialised in art classes for traumatised children in vulnerable communities, establishing the Butterfly Art Project (BAP, www.butterflyartproject.org) which brings creativity and healing through art. Many local educators and artist wanted to know how art can be used to combat the mental health crises in children and youth they are facing. Angela developed the BAP training counting 11 training modules of 24h each and many, many relating workshops for Community Art Facilitator (CAFs). Today there are more than 400 CAFs working with thousands of children bringing art into various communities all over South Africa and beyond. In April 2022 Angela handed over leadership of the Butterfly Art Project to find more time for consulting, training art therapeutic skills and coaching young leaders in organisational development. She has been visiting and working in many African countries. Her three passions are: Art when it heals, painting and travelling Africa to see other cultures, landscapes and people.
Über Angela in Deutsch:
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
SABBATICAL
5/2025-today
After 15 years working and living n South Africa, Angela is touching base with her family and friends in Germany, to gain clarity where life takes her next.
CO-FOUNDER OF OASA
1/2024-12/2024
OASA, Online Academy for Social Art, an online hub for accessible webinars that bring people together across Africa and various time zones. www.onlineacademyforsocialart.com
ART THERAPIST AND BAP CONSULTANT
6/2022-5/2025
Misereor e.V. offered Angela a 3 year contract as German development worker to support partners and others with her art therapeutic expertise.
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE BUTTERFLY ART PROJECT (BAP)
7/2013-3/2022
The Butterfly Art Project is an NGO based in the South of Cape Town/ South Africa encouraging creativity and healing through art. www.butterflyartproject.org
FOUNDER OF BUTTERFLY ART PROJECT
15/10/2010-7/2013
From October 2010 till July 2013 Angela has founded the Butterfly Art Project, built an art centre in Vrygrond to give it a home and registered a not for profit organisation with the government of South Africa
ART TEACHER
4/2001-today
Angela has worked as an art teacher in several places and studios all over Germany and in South Africa: Kunstwerkstatt, Valentine´s Atelier, Kunstatelier im Nonntal, Sophia House (ASWC), Capricorn Primary School and Montebello Design Centre.
COMMUNITY ART FACILITATION TRAINER
2/2012-today
Community Art Facilitation aims to bring healing art classes and art therapeutic methods to children growing in marginalised communities suffering the effects of poverty. Angela trained the first CAFs in 2012 and has since formalised, developed and revised a training for the BAP. In 2023 more than 11.000 children from underesourced communities are benefiting from such.
EXHIBITIONS
5/1999-today
Since the final year of her studies Angela has held 8 solo exhibitions in public spaces like coffee bars, shops and hospitals. And another 8 group exhibitions in Germany and South Africa.
The last big exhibition had happened for her 50ties birthday in November 2022 at the Montebello Design Centre in Newlands
ART THERAPIST
5/1999-4/2022
From 1995-1999 Angela studied art therapy at the University of Ottersberg (Freie Kunststudienstätte Ottersberg - Fachhochschule für Kunsttherapie und Kunst) in Germany. She worked for 6 years in psychiatric and psycho-therapeutic medicine with adults (Danuvius Klinik GmbH and Dr.Heinz Rudschies GmbH) in Ingolstadt, the town she was born and raised. She run art therapeutic projects in hospitals for children, senior residences and clinics for patients suffering eating disorders. In the past years she specialised in healing trauma in childhood through art and training adults in art therapeutic and educational skills.
GALLERY
"Every painting needs a crises!"