About the artist:

Born in 1947 in Kiel Lives and works in Hamburg and Frankfurt Education: 1970 - 1976 College of Fine Arts, Hamburg University of Hamburg (Philosophy, M.A.) Selected Awards: 2008 artist-in-residence, Queens, New York 1991 Art Prize Lower Saxony 1984 Barkenhoff Fellowship, Worpswede 1984 Funding of the Kunstfonds Bonn Projects: 1982 First Symposium North Sea Coast - artist in front of the dike, Cuxhaven 1984 Second Symposium North Sea Coast - artist in front of the dike, subject: Wetter, Cuxhaven 1986 - 2002 The Great Wall - The Endless Line, Project for the Great Wall in China 1991 Sagittarius - armor - indignation, symposium in Fort Kugelbake (consultation), Cuxhaven Selected solo exhibitions: 2017 Cuxhaven, Cuxhaven Art Association  Mainz, Gallery Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen (catalog) 2015 Buxtehude, city park and townhouse  Oldenburg, Artothek 2014 Hamburg, Galerie Peter Borchadt (with Magda Krawcewicz), (catalog)  Bern, zone contemporaine (with Magda Krawcewicz)  Oldenburg, City Museum (with Nicola Stäglich) (catalog) 2013 Frankfurt, ARTE GIANI 2012 Oldenburg, State Library, Cultural Center PFL and Synagogue 2011 Frankfurt, ARTE GIANI  Hamburg, LEVY Gallery (Catalog) 2010 Bayreuth, Kunstverein 2007 New York, Salena Gallery (with Nicola Staeglich) 2006 Hamburg, Thomas Levy Gallery (Catalog)  Washington D.C., Goethe-Institut (with Nicola Staeglich) 2005 Mannheim, Sebastian Fath Contemporary 2003 Frankfurt, ARTE GIANI 2000 New York, Artefact Robert Pardo Gallery  Frankfurt, ARTE GIANI  Basel, Roland Aphold Gallery 1997 Reykjavik, Iceland, Fine Art Hafnaborg (catalog) 1996 Oldenburg, Kunstverein (catalog) 1995 Bremen, Municipal Gallery 1991 Mainz, Gallery Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen (catalog)  Bremerhaven, Kunstverein Selected group exhibitions 2019 Bad Bergzabern, Soulart Gallery Susanne Schultz  Karlsruhe, ART Karlsruhe 2019, Galerie Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen  Mainz, Gallery Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen, 40 years gallery  Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, artist station Ebernburg  Hamburg (Reinbeck), WAI, Rik Reinking Collection  Jena, Forum Concrete Art, Art Collection Jena 2018 Lugano, Five Gallery  Mainz, Gallery Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen  Venice, La Galleria Dorothea van der Koelen  Bad Bergzabern, Soulart Gallery Susanne Schultz  Karlsruhe, ART Karlsruhe 2018, Galerie Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen  Dubai, ART Dubai 2018, Galerie Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen 2017 Karlsruhe, Art Karlsruhe 2017, Galerie Dr. Ing. Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz  Bad Säckingen, Kunstverein Hochrhein  Venice, La Galleria Dorothea van der Koelen  Brunsbüttel, Elbeforum 2016 Hünfeld, Museum Modern Art - Foundation Jürgen Blum  Mainz, Cadoro, Gallery Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen, Sculpture Garden  Zurich, Art 16, Gallery ARTE GIANI, Frankfurt  Cologne, Cologne Fine Art, Galerie Dr. med. Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Venice 2015 Frankfurt, art Frankfurt, Gallery ARTE GIANI  Bremerhaven, forum for concepts and visions  Zurich, Art 15, ARTE GIANI Gallery, Frankfurt  Deinste, ART STUDIO 1 2014 Frankfurt, 20 years ARTE GIANI  Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, 35 years artist station Ebernburg  Bremen, Museum Weserburg, Reinking Collection  Plauen, academy gallery in the Weisbach house  Osnabrück, Vordemberge Gildewart House  Zurich, Art 14, Gallery ARTE GIANI, Frankfurt 2013 Stade, sculpture project Wallanlagen, curator: Rik Reinking  Peine, 25 years Museum Peine  Cuxhaven, castle, friends of Iceland  Rio de Janeiro, German School  Rehau, gallery in the IKKP Rehau  Zurich, art 13, Galerie ARTE GIANI, Frankfurt  Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Les Pléiades. 30 ans of the Frac. regard  Sur L'inventaire Vol. 3, FRAC - Haute-Normandie, 2012 Frankfurt, ARTE GIANI  Cologne, Sculpture Exhibition, Schlosspark Cologne-Stammheim  Zurich, Art 12, Gallery ARTE GIANI, Frankfurt 2011 Cologne, ArtFair 9, Gallery ARTE GIANI, Frankfurt  Darmstadt, Institute for New Technical Form  Zurich, Art 11, Gallery ARTE GIANI, Frankfurt  Oerlingausen, Kunstverein 2010 Lüneburg, "All Rights Reserved", collection Rik Reinking  Hannover (Garbsen), gallery Kolbien  Frankfurt, ARTE GIANI  Lake Worth, Florida, Artefact Robert Pardo Gallery  Bamberg, Kunstverein  Salzgitter, Museum Schloß Salder 2009 Berlin, Berlinale Lounge  Erfurt, Forum Concrete Art  New York, Artefact Robert Pardo Gallery 2008 Silkeborg, ArtCenter Silkeborg Bad, Rik Reinking Collection  Mannheim, Sebastian Fath Contemporary 2007 Brno, Brno House of Art, Collection Rik Reinking  Speyer, Municipal Gallery, Alexander Baier Collection  Madrid, Aranjuez, Centro Cultural Isabel de Farnesio, Jürgen Blum Collection  Gmunden, Symposium Contemporary Art, Jürgen Blum Collection 2006 Esslingen, Villa Merkel, Collection Rik Reinking  Houston, Donna Rogers Fine Art  Hamburg, Sculpture @ CityNord 2005 Leipzig, Hall 14, Rik Reinking Collection  Zurich, Artefact Robert Pardo Gallery  Vienna, UNO Congress Center, Juergen Blum Collection 2004 Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle  Basel, Roland Aphold Gallery  Mannheim, Sebastian Fat