Biography

Catalogues

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 2008	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”