BiographyCatalogues
1963 born in Wuppertal, Germany 1987-1990 vocational training as restoration technician since 1990 lives and works as a free artist in Cologne 2007 study visit in Kobe, Japan 2011 curator of the exhibition "Encounters" (with Tomoko Sato), Tenri Japanese-German Institute, Cologne 2012 curator of the exhibition "Encounters in Okayama" (with Tomoko Sato and Yuki Asano), Yumikobo, Kurashiki, Japan (part of the Okayama Prefecture Peoples Culture Festival) 2013 curator of the exchange and photo exhibition project "flowing Urbanity", celebrating the 50th anniversary of the town partnership Cologne-Kyoto, ART68, Cologne since 2015 lecturer at Academy for Painting Berlin 2015 curator of the exhibition "Zhú - Bambus - Take" (in cooperation with the Tenri Japanese-German Institute, Cologne and the Chinese-German Society, Cologne), Tenri Japanese-German Institute, Cologne 2018 curator of the exhibition "The Creativity of Plants" (in cooperation with the Tenri Japanese-German Institute, Cologne), Tenri Japanese-German Institute, Cologne since 2021 artistic advisor of the AIR programme of the Ludwig Seeburger Foundation neV., Maulbronn, Germany 2022 participating artist of Grootbos Florilegium, South Africa / Video
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2020 Berlin Gallery ROOT 2018 Lüdinghausen Kulturforum Lüdinghausen 2016 Freiburg (Elbe) Kunstverein Kehdingen Jena Gallery Huber & Treff 2015 Bonn Space of Art and Nature - Cornelia Genschow Gallery 2013 Frankfurt Gallery Ulrich Gering 2011 Cologne Gallery skala Bonn Space of Art and Nature 2009 Brühl Gallery Brühl 2008 Cologne Tenri Japanese-German Institute 2007 Tokyo German Cultural Center Münster Gallery Pohlkötter Jena Gallery Huber & Treff 2004 Jena Gallery Huber & Treff 2002 Triberg Gallery Georg Reichenauer Frankfurt Gallery Ulrich Gering 2001 Cologne Gallery skala 1998 Schaffhausen (CH) Gallery ka Cologne Gallery skala Frankfurt Gallery Ulrich Gering 1996 Cologne Gallery skala Solingen Kunstverein Solingen 1995 Cologne Cologne Municipal Museum
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2024 London Society of Botanical Artists SBA "Plantae 2024" (online) Berlin/Tokyo Charlottenburg Palace/Tokyo Tower "Japan Art Festival" Walldürn Gallery Fürwahr "naturgegeben" (with Cornelia Genschow, Samo Skoberne and Yuri Brodsky) 2022 Grootbos/Cape Town The Hannarie Wenhold Botanical Art Gallery "Grootbos Florilegium" 2021 Krakow (PL) Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology "Exploring Botany" Jena Gallery Huber & Treff "Neustart - Allein im Atelier" 2020 Moscow Kashirke Art Gallery - Society of Artists of Botanical Arts SABA "Medicinal plants" Cologne Tenri Japanese-German Institute "30 Years Art in Cologne - Andreas Hentrich and friends" New York Wave Hill "ASBA 23rd Annual International" London Society of Botanical Artists SBA "Plantae 2020" (online) 2019 Thüngersheim Forum Botanical Art "The movements of plants" (with Sylvia Peter and Mary Dillon) Pittsburgh (US) Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation "16th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration" 2018 Bonn Space of Art and Nature - Cornelia Genschow Gallery "Ornamental fall" (with Lisa Creagh) Thüngersheim Forum Botanical Art "Botanical Art Worldwide - Flora's New Masters" 2017 Seligenstadt Kunstforum Seligenstadt "Naturstücke" 2016 Thüngersheim Forum Botanical Art "a covert paradise" (with Verena Redmann and Peter Lippmann) 2015 Oldenburg Gallery Kunstück "Pflanzenwelten" 2014 Cologne Gallery Esch-Renner "Natur" (with Matthias Brock and Jörg Munz) 2013 Cologne Gallery skala (with Ayuko Matsui and Hirofumi Fujiwara) 2012 Kurashiki (J) Yumikobo "Begegnungen in Okayama" (with Ayuko Matsui) Gütersloh Gallery Siedenhans & Simon "Naturalien" (with Samo Skoberne) 2011 Cologne Tenri Japanese-German Institute "Begegnungen" (with Ayuko Matsui) Paris Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée "Aux quatres coins du monde" 2010 Frankfurt Gallery Ulrich Gering "Soeben eingetroffen" 2009 Frankfurt Gallery Ulrich Gering "Frisch gestrichen" 2007/08 Cologne Gallery skala "Neues auf der Bildfläche" (with Herbert Linden) 2006 Cologne Gallery skala "reality revisited" (with Gerd Lieder) Oldenburg Gallery Kunstück "Tierisch" 2003 Frankfurt Gallery Ulrich Gering "Durch die Blume" Wuppertal Bandfabrik Wuppertal "Falten und Verbinden" (with Masaki Yukawa) 2002 Cologne Gallery skala "Struktur und Raum" (with Herbert Linden) Cologne Cologne Municipal Museum "Querblick" 2001 Frankfurt Gallery Ulrich Gering "Menschenbilder" Solingen Museum Baden "Zehn Jahre Kunstverein Solingen" 1998 Frankfurt Gallery Ulrich Gering "Hinter der Fassade" 1997 Luxemburg Salon de printemps, Municipal Theatre 1996 Blankenheim Museum Blankenheim "Lieben Sie Rot - Aspekte einer Farbe" 1993 Luxemburg Salon de printemps, Municipal Theatre "Europäischer Kunstpreis 1993" 1992 Nettetal Municipal Gallery "Nettetaler Kunstpreis 1992" Cologne Gallery Inge Baecker "Europäische POP ART"
since 1997 regular participation at national and international art fairs (with Gallery Ulrich Gering, Gallery Esch-Renner)
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| 1963 | born in Wuppertal, Germany |
| 1987-1990 | vocational training as restoration technician |
| since 1990 | lives and works as a free artist in Cologne |
| 2007 | study visit in Kobe, Japan |
| 2011 | curator of the exhibition "Encounters" (with Tomoko Sato), |
| Tenri Japanese-German Institute, Cologne | |
| 2012 | curator of the exhibition "Encounters in Okayama" (with Tomoko Sato and Yuki Asano), |
| Yumikobo, Kurashiki, Japan (part of the Okayama Prefecture Peoples Culture Festival) | |
| 2013 | curator of the exchange and photo exhibition project "flowing Urbanity", celebrating the 50th |
| anniversary of the town partnership Cologne-Kyoto, | |
| ART68, Cologne | |
| since 2015 | lecturer at Academy for Painting Berlin |
| 2015 | curator of the exhibition "Zhú - Bambus - Take" (in cooperation with the Tenri Japanese-German |
| Institute, Cologne and the Chinese-German Society, Cologne), | |
| Tenri Japanese-German Institute, Cologne | |
| 2018 | curator of the exhibition "The Creativity of Plants" (in cooperation with the Tenri Japanese-German |
| Institute, Cologne), | |
| Tenri Japanese-German Institute, Cologne | |
| since 2021 | artistic advisor of the AIR programme of the Ludwig Seeburger Foundation neV., Maulbronn, Germany |
| 2022 | participating artist of Grootbos Florilegium, South Africa / Video |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
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| 2020 | Berlin | Gallery ROOT |
| 2018 | Lüdinghausen | Kulturforum Lüdinghausen |
| 2016 | Freiburg (Elbe) | Kunstverein Kehdingen |
| Jena | Gallery Huber & Treff | |
| 2015 | Bonn | Space of Art and Nature - Cornelia Genschow Gallery |
| 2013 | Frankfurt | Gallery Ulrich Gering |
| 2011 | Cologne | Gallery skala |
| Bonn | Space of Art and Nature | |
| 2009 | Brühl | Gallery Brühl |
| 2008 | Cologne | Tenri Japanese-German Institute |
| 2007 | Tokyo | German Cultural Center |
| Münster | Gallery Pohlkötter | |
| Jena | Gallery Huber & Treff | |
| 2004 | Jena | Gallery Huber & Treff |
| 2002 | Triberg | Gallery Georg Reichenauer |
| Frankfurt | Gallery Ulrich Gering | |
| 2001 | Cologne | Gallery skala |
| 1998 | Schaffhausen (CH) | Gallery ka |
| Cologne | Gallery skala | |
| Frankfurt | Gallery Ulrich Gering | |
| 1996 | Cologne | Gallery skala |
| Solingen | Kunstverein Solingen | |
| 1995 | Cologne | Cologne Municipal Museum |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| | | |
| 2024 | London | Society of Botanical Artists SBA |
| "Plantae 2024" (online) | ||
| Berlin/Tokyo | Charlottenburg Palace/Tokyo Tower | |
| "Japan Art Festival" | ||
| Walldürn | Gallery Fürwahr | |
| "naturgegeben" (with Cornelia Genschow, Samo Skoberne and Yuri Brodsky) | ||
| 2022 | Grootbos/Cape Town | The Hannarie Wenhold Botanical Art Gallery |
| "Grootbos Florilegium" | ||
| 2021 | Krakow (PL) | Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology |
| "Exploring Botany" | ||
| Jena | Gallery Huber & Treff | |
| "Neustart - Allein im Atelier" | ||
| 2020 | Moscow | Kashirke Art Gallery - Society of Artists of Botanical Arts SABA |
| "Medicinal plants" | ||
| Cologne | Tenri Japanese-German Institute | |
| "30 Years Art in Cologne - Andreas Hentrich and friends" | ||
| New York | Wave Hill | |
| "ASBA 23rd Annual International" | ||
| London | Society of Botanical Artists SBA | |
| "Plantae 2020" (online) | ||
| 2019 | Thüngersheim | Forum Botanical Art |
| "The movements of plants" (with Sylvia Peter and Mary Dillon) | ||
| Pittsburgh (US) | Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation | |
| "16th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration" | ||
| 2018 | Bonn | Space of Art and Nature - Cornelia Genschow Gallery |
| "Ornamental fall" (with Lisa Creagh) | ||
| Thüngersheim | Forum Botanical Art | |
| "Botanical Art Worldwide - Flora's New Masters" | ||
| 2017 | Seligenstadt | Kunstforum Seligenstadt |
| "Naturstücke" | ||
| 2016 | Thüngersheim | Forum Botanical Art |
| "a covert paradise" (with Verena Redmann and Peter Lippmann) | ||
| 2015 | Oldenburg | Gallery Kunstück |
| "Pflanzenwelten" | ||
| 2014 | Cologne | Gallery Esch-Renner |
| "Natur" (with Matthias Brock and Jörg Munz) | ||
| 2013 | Cologne | Gallery skala |
| (with Ayuko Matsui and Hirofumi Fujiwara) | ||
| 2012 | Kurashiki (J) | Yumikobo |
| "Begegnungen in Okayama" (with Ayuko Matsui) | ||
| Gütersloh | Gallery Siedenhans & Simon | |
| "Naturalien" (with Samo Skoberne) | ||
| 2011 | Cologne | Tenri Japanese-German Institute |
| "Begegnungen" (with Ayuko Matsui) | ||
| Paris | Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée | |
| "Aux quatres coins du monde" | ||
| 2010 | Frankfurt | Gallery Ulrich Gering |
| "Soeben eingetroffen" | ||
| 2009 | Frankfurt | Gallery Ulrich Gering |
| "Frisch gestrichen" | ||
| 2007/08 | Cologne | Gallery skala |
| "Neues auf der Bildfläche" (with Herbert Linden) | ||
| 2006 | Cologne | Gallery skala |
| "reality revisited" (with Gerd Lieder) | ||
| Oldenburg | Gallery Kunstück | |
| "Tierisch" | ||
| 2003 | Frankfurt | Gallery Ulrich Gering |
| "Durch die Blume" | ||
| Wuppertal | Bandfabrik Wuppertal | |
| "Falten und Verbinden" (with Masaki Yukawa) | ||
| 2002 | Cologne | Gallery skala |
| "Struktur und Raum" (with Herbert Linden) | ||
| Cologne | Cologne Municipal Museum | |
| "Querblick" | ||
| 2001 | Frankfurt | Gallery Ulrich Gering |
| "Menschenbilder" | ||
| Solingen | Museum Baden | |
| "Zehn Jahre Kunstverein Solingen" | ||
| 1998 | Frankfurt | Gallery Ulrich Gering |
| "Hinter der Fassade" | ||
| 1997 | Luxemburg | Salon de printemps, Municipal Theatre |
| 1996 | Blankenheim | Museum Blankenheim |
| "Lieben Sie Rot - Aspekte einer Farbe" | ||
| 1993 | Luxemburg | Salon de printemps, Municipal Theatre |
| "Europäischer Kunstpreis 1993" | ||
| 1992 | Nettetal | Municipal Gallery |
| "Nettetaler Kunstpreis 1992" | ||
| Cologne | Gallery Inge Baecker | |
| "Europäische POP ART" |
since 1997 regular participation at national and international art fairs (with Gallery Ulrich Gering, Gallery Esch-Renner)