1978	Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997 – 2002	Studies of Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts “Prilidiano Pueyrredón” Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998 – 2002	Studio in Buenos Aires
2003 – 2004	Studio in Pasing, Germany
2006 – 2008	Postgraduate “Art Therapy” at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, with Prof. Dr. G. Schottenloher, Germany
2008 – 2010	Studio in Munich,Germany

Group Exhibitions

Centro Argentino de Múnich 2009
Academy of Fine Arts Munich, 2008
Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, 2008
Sardenhaus, Munich, 2007
Academy of Fine Arts Munich, 2007
Municipality Don Torcuato, Argentina, 2002
Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2001
Galería Hilda Solano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2001
Museum of Historical Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000
Galería Impronta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000

Acquisitions

AgrInvest GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
EHF Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Munich, Germany
Roda S.A, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Private acquisition, Argentina

It was not difficult for Sonia Höger to choose profession. Since her childhood, when studying at the Goethe School Institute in Buenos Aires she showed a decided enthusiasm to paint and draw. The simple game of drawing shapes, distributing colors, and enjoying how her hand changes the aspects of everything she draws, held a place of privilege from early on.
Though she grew in the vigor and intensity of the great city of Buenos Aires, she also had the opportunity to live a lucky contrast, frequent and prolonged stays in the countryside, in direct contact with nature. These two environments were complemented to mold a temper of calm and thoughtful sensitivity.
During the course of her humanistic secondary school, the early painting definitely becomes her passion.

She knows she can transform her canvas in a window that presents a vast universe.
Definitely not only the sense of sight plays a role: already in that period, a sensitivity darned creative personality, a relaxed interpretation of the visible environment and enthusiasm on the inscrutable plot complete the act of composing.

She entered the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón, graduating as a National Teacher of Painting. There she studied with notable teachers, such as Cristina Dartiguelongue, Roberto Firpo and Carolina Antoniadis.
From then on, the horizon of her creativity presents itself as unlimited, tempting and full of possibilities.

In addition to painting, in the final year of her studies she begins to introduce herself into photography, a commitment which is treated experimentally in its early stages. Years later, in Munich, she supplemented her knowledge in workshops.

Her photographs show an austere style, whether in the selection of framings or the approach of the subject, stressed by a monochrome palette in most of the works. The black and white is sober, concise, highlights and gives strength to that simplicity.
If characters appear, they are immersed in an everyday scenario, suggesting a natural manner that defines them.

In the work of Sonia Höger the integration of different materials is a predominant feature.
Acrylics, inks, gouache, chalk, clay, sand or wax are applied to achieve multiple layers, enabling the development of textures, transparencies and overlays.

She also uses metal objects, wood, rubber or cardboard found in open spaces, which have suffered wear and tear due to an exposure to weather, which add the stamp of time passing by when incorporated into her paintings.


Pure forms, well-delimited color fields, characteristic of an earlier period thin down to give rise to a new surface treatment and for a leading role of intuition.

There are no commitments with visual reality, nor compromises with a logical nature. There is just a task of constructing and composing, destroying and repairing constantly, with perception as the highest aim.

Of course, this is the dynamics of the constant seeking; once a result is achieved, satisfaction is the motive for continuity.