Mari Emily Bohley

Mari Emily Bohley

Dresden, Germany

Calligrapher, designer

1973 — born in Görlitz and grew up in Halle/Saale, East Germany 


After 1989 
Traveled across Nepal, Tibet and South America 


1996 –1999 
BA Calligraphy and Bookbinding at Roehampton Institute, London 


Since 1999 
Opened a shop and gallery “Blue Child” in the Kunsthofpassage and a studio in Dresden Member of the National Association of Artists 

Since December
2000 
Faculty member teaching letter design at the ESB Media College vocational school in Dresden 

Since June
2001 
Conducting weekend and evening classes in bookbinding and calligraphy in Germany and abroad 


2001 – 2006 
Member of the international Calligraphy Association “ARS SCRIBENDI e.V.” 


2002 / 2003 / 2005 
Participated in the International Calligraphy Symposium in Sunderland / GB 

Since 2006 
Member of the Calligraphy Association “Schreibwerkstatt Klingspor Offenbach e.V”.

“I feel the same way about Calligraphy like I do about life – Looking nice on the surface is not enough. A calligraphic work only gets interesting for me when it conceals a secret – a story, experience or mood which isn’t learned by simply reading the text, but through the expression of the stroke, the choice of material and the untold between the lines. A nicely written word creates pleasure, but a stroke which tells you about joy, ferocity, excitement, longing, searching and confusing feelings can fascinate much longer”.