Elke is a German-born, Australian artist with a BVA (1 st Class Honours)

degree of Sydney University (Sydney College of the Arts) in sculpture, installation

and performance as well as an Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts in painting and

sculpture from Sydney Gallery School (TAFE Meadowbank).

Wohlfahrt’s sculptural work either reflects art-historical movements like Arte Povera

or Minimalism or follows merely aesthetic rules and notions. With a nod to

environmental issues she only uses found and donated objects and memorabilia in

creative ways to produce small to large sculptures and installations with or without a

particular meaning because she envisages that the viewer will have a personal

response stimulated.