Vita


1954	Born in Steinkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
1974	Training as a stone mason and goldsmith
1976 - 1981	Sculptor training by Robert Jacobson, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
1986	Grant recipient, Bavarian Ministry of Science and Art
1980 - 1989	Director of the School for Modern Design, Villa Pacieri, Rome, Italy besides that: project work as a goldsmith
1989	Recipient of Schwabinger Art Award, Munich, Germany
1990	Grant recipient, Mathias-Pschorr-Foundation, Munich, Germany
2000	Recipient of the Nymphenburg Award for Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
2002	Recipient of the International Award for Sculpture, Kinetik Art Organisation, USA
2005	UNESCO Aschberg residency, France
2006 / 2012	Grant recipient, Bavarian Government, Munich, Germany
2006	Grant recipient, Siemens Arts Program, Munich, Germany
2007	Grant recipient, German Embassy Bangkok, Thailand
2007	Promotion by the Goethe Institute Bangkok, Thailand
2007 - 2010	Visiting Professor at the Southeast University School of Architecture, Nanjing, China
2008 - 2010	Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Chongqing, China
2009 - 2012	Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Single exhibitions / Installations

2011 - 2012	Mobile Space: a set of sixteen art pavilions touring seven Indian cities showcasing German corporations and organisations as the centrepiece of the event series ’Germany and India 2011-2012’
2011	wasser-werke, Technical University Munich, Germany
2011 - 2012	80 sqm ’Central’ Bamboo Pavilion for the World Garden Expo Chongqing, China
2011	Two 55 sqm ’Navette’ Bamboo Pavilions for the Garden Expo Xian, China
2010	German-Chinese House, EXPO Shanghai, China
2009	European Dome, Central World Plaza, Bangkok, Thailand
2009	Germany Esplanade, fifth station Wuhan, China
2009	Wasserwerke, Kallmann-Museum, Ismaning, Germany
2009	Germany Esplanade, fourth station Shenyang, China
2009	Amazonia, Ecuador, Rainforest Academy, planning - buildings - models, studio exhibition, Munich, Germany
2008	Germany Esplanade, third station Guangzhou, second station Chongqing, China
2008	Royal Castles - Residences II, Gallery - South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
2007	Germany Esplanade, first station Nanjing, China
2007	Treehouse, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2007	Yü / Under Water, Galerie der Kulturen, Munich, Germany
2007	experience bamboo, Architekturgalerie, Technologisches Institut Bandung Java, Indonesien
2006	Royal Castles, Guangzhou, China
2006	experience bamboo, Goethe-Institut, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005	open spaces, CMU Faculty of Fine Arts, Exhibition Hall CMU, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2005	experience bamboo, Art Museum Chiang Mai, Goethe-Institut Bangkok, Thailand
2005	East - West, Gallery Orplid, Munich, Germany
2004	Jingdezhen, Galerie der Kulturen, Munich, Germany
2002	Skyplace, Gallery Gaya, Ubud, Bali/Indonesia
2001	Son, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany
2000	Screen House, Hypohochhaus, Munich, Germany
1999	Untergrundspiele, Subway, Munich, Germany
1998	Windows: Marco Polos Dream Palazzo Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy Donaufestival, Krems, Austria Haus der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany Orensanz Foundation, New York, USA
1997	Windows: Marco Polos Traum Zhejiang - Museum, Hangzhou, China
1997	Depot X - ltd. landscape II, Sieben Kapellen, Innsbruck
1996	Depot X - ltd. landscape I historic Factory Building, Munich, Germany
1995	Stones & Voices, Museum Stiftung für konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, Germany
1995	Aeronauten, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
1993	Global Bridge, Amerikahaus, Munich, Germany
1990	Installation über der Isar, Munich, Germany
1989	Hochseilmobil, European Patentamt, Munich, Germany
1985	Begehbare Maschine, Galerie Quanta, Milan, Italy

Group exhibitions

2011	bamboo, Xue Xue white Galery, Taipeh, Taiwan
2010	Updating China, Art & Architecture on Sustainable Urban Development, Himalaya Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2009	Amazonia, Ecuador, Photographs, Galerie der Kulturen, Munich, Germany
2009	Recycling Art, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2009	Recycling Art and Pavilion Building, LuXun Academy of Fine Arts and Glass Pavilion Zhongshanpark, Shenyang, China
2008	Pavilion Buildings, Galerie - South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
2007	Pavilion Buildings, Nanjing Library, Jiangsu, China
2007	living spaces, Galerie Sunaryo, Jakarta, Indonesia
2005	Pai River, Pai, Thailand
2004	Antistatic, Geldern, Germany
2003	Hartmann Art, Heidenheim, Germany
2002	Landpartie, Kallmann-Museum, Ismaning, Germany
2001	zeitgleich, Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
2000	Pool, Kallmann-Museum, Ismaning, Germany
2000	Offene Räume, Leere, Limit, Landschaft, Grand Central Station, Stuttgart, Germany
1999	Cuma 4000: Quid Vides, 3 Installationen, Cuma, Naples, Italy
1994	the international Dairy Show, Beuerberg, Germany
1992	Große Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
1991	Münchner Räume, Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany
1990	Gesichter, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
1988	Colori di Vento, C. Culturale, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

Permanent installations and Buildings

2012	120 sqm ’Conference’ bamboo pavilion at the Architectural Park Boisbuchet, France
2011	Two 55 sqm ’Central’ bamboo pavilions at the Botanical Garden Shanghai, China
2008	Living Dome, Landfoundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2007	Sculpture, Hacker-Pschorr, Munich, Germany
2005	Still´s from Beijing, Urban Science, Beijing, China
2003	Fernweh, City Regensburg, Germany
2002	Damoto, LVA, Augsburg, Bavaria, Wind-Sculpture made of aluminum, 5,25m long and 4,30m high
2002	Ardeo, City Hall, Erding, Germany
2001	Flügel, Stadt Wiesloch, Germany
2001	Pool II, Gemeindewerke Ismaning, Germany
2000	Situ, temp. Castel Nymphenburg, Munich
1999	Balance II, Oberstufenzentrum, Cottbus, Germany
1998	Seven Roses, Affetside, Manchester, Great Britain
1998	Fünf Rahmen, geteilt, Two Installations Kunststoffmuseum, Lingen, Germany
1998	Geteilt, Lightbox 5,50m hoch, Kunststoffmuseum, Lingen
1998	In Balance, Förderzentrum, Poing, Germany
1997	Diagonal, Verlag Mauritius, Mittenwald, Germany
1996	Tenso, Pfennigparade, Munich, Germany
1995	Bogen, I.B.M.Gebäude, Munich, Germany
1994	Kita, Tagesstätte - School, Munich, Germany
1994	Arbeitszeit, 3 Installations, Klöckner-Humbold-Deutz- Hochhaus, Cologne, Germany
1994	Der Garten von Las Fosses, Agen/Bordeaux, France
1993	Praxisinstallation, Munich, Germany
1987	Drehturm, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany

Teaching

2009	Thailand, Bangkok, Silpakorn University, Faculty of Architecture: one week workshop in combination with lectures with 9 students; result was a pentagonal inside twisted tower of bamboo pipes, which was then presented in Bangkok as “European Dome” on a central place during the “Green Weeks” of the European Union
2009	China, Wuhan - School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, „Recycling-Art“ Workshop, Winter semester with 17 students in cooperation with the LuXun-Akademie of Fine Arts, Faculty of Enviromental Arts, Shenyang
2009	China, Shenyang - LuXun-Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Enviromental Arts, ”Recycling-Art“ Workshop, summer semester with 20 students in cooperation with 9 students of the University Weihenstephan Institute for Landscape Architecture, Munich, Germany
2008	Germany, LMU Technical University Munich, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hausladen, Department for Clima Design at the Faculty of Architecture Pavilion-Workshop "Bamboo buildings & renewable Energy", Master course
2008	China, Chongqing University, Faculty of Architecture, Sustainable Construction - Walkable Rooms - Workshop Summer Semester
2008	Germany, Fachhochschule Weihenstephan, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Ingrid Schegk, "Skeleton Buildings" - Design-Workshop, Summer Semester - final year
2008	China, Southeast University SEUARCH - School of Architecture, Nanjing, Mobile Constructions - Art and Architecture - Workshop Winter Semester, with Guest Students of the Fine Art Faculty
2007	Germany, LMU Technical University Munich, Faculty of Architecture, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Barthel, Workshop Membrane Structures - Pavilion Buildings
2007	China, Nanjing Southeast University, School of Architecture, Lecture Germany Esplanade and Pavilions, Discussion with Architect Albert Speer
2007	Thailand, Chiang Mai, CMU University, Faculty for Architecture, Bambus - Baumhaus – Workshop und Installation mit 80 Studenten 1. und 3. Jahr, Mit Förderung der Deutschen Botschaft Bangkok und der Projektwerkstatt Berlin
2007	Vietnam, Universität Hanoi, Architekturfakultät und Goethe-Institut Hanoi Vortrag, Exkursion und Ausstellung "Experience Bamboo"
2007	Indonesia, Java, Technical Institute Bandung, Faculty of Architecture, Winter Semester, Workshop / Seminar Bamboo - Installation
2006	Thailand, Merim, International School, Prem-Center Workshop Bamboo - Installation
2005	Thailand, Chiang Mai, CMU University, Academy of fine Arts and Faculty for Architecture with UNESCO Aschberg Bursary, Thailand, Winter Semester Workshop Bamboo - Installation
2003	Germany, Faculty of Architecture of RWTH-Aachen, Department of building construction, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Führer Bamboo lecture in Summer Semester
2000	Austria, University Innsbruck, Architect Class Prof. Schaur, Summer Semester, Workshop about Bamboo with practical applications