Karla Woisnitza

Karla Woisnitza (born 16 August 1952) is a German artist.

Early life and education Woisnitza was born in Rüdersdorf. Before she went to art school, she took part in a drawing group in her hometown led by the artist Erika Stürmer-Alex. She studied set design from 1973 to 1979 at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In her core curriculum, she studied with Günter Hornig, who was an inspiration to a number of influential performance artists in East Germany and who gave his students room for creative experimentation despite the conservative climate of the academy.

Woisnitza was encouraged by two artist/teachers, Gunther Hornig and Erika Sturmer-Alex to do non-conformist conceptual art. She developed "an artistic activation of the body in the interest of female self-assurance and empowerment" and would call "into question traditional representations of femininity as well as the basic difference between internal and external perception."