Vita |
| 1944 |
Born in Gardelegen |
| 1962-65 |
Apprentice photographer at the Staatliche Museen Berlin |
| 1965-66 |
Studies at the art colleges Darmstadt Werkkunstschule and Saarbruecken Werkkunstschule (Professor Oskar Holweck) |
| 1966-69 |
Studies of the arts and photography (Professor Kilian Breier) at the Hamburg Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste (academy of fine arts) |
| 1969-70 |
Photographer in Nuremberg |
| 1970-72 |
Art director, photography, at the Vogelsaenger Studios near Bielefeld |
| seit 1970 |
Lecturer of photography, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld |
| seit 1975 |
Appointed tenured professor of photography, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld
Lives and works in Bielefeld, Germany;
frequent participation in exhibitions both in his own country and abroad,
numerous publications
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represented by:
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York
Galerie Photo Edition, Berlin
Galerie in focus, Köln
Galerie Scheublein + Bak, Zürich
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Member of:
Bundesverband Bildender Künstler (BBK)
Deutsche Fotografische Akademie
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)
Bund Freischaffender Fotodesigner (BFF)
Fördergemeinschaft Fotografische Ausbildung (FFA)
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Works in public and private collections:
Spallart, Wien, Österreich
Museum für Kunst und Geschichte, Fribourg, Schweiz
Artothek des Bielefelder Kunstvereins
Stadt Detmold
Fotografische Sammlung der Stadt Leinfelden
Stadthalle Bielefeld
Kunstverein Marburg
Sammlung Peter C. Ruppert, Kulturspeicher Würzburg
Schupmann Collection
DZ-Bank, Frankfurt
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Vita (in detail) |
| 1944 |
Born in Gardelegen, Germany, on February 18,
of a master builder father, Karl, and Erika Holzhaeuser
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| 1950-56 |
Elementary school, Berlin |
| 1956-62 |
High school, Berlin |
| 1962-65 |
Apprentice photographer under Walter Steinkopf and Floris Michael Neusuess at the Staatliche Museen Berlin.
Initial experiments in photography
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| 1965-66 |
Darmstadt Werkkunstschule (art college),
courses in basic artistic and creative principles |
| 1966-67 |
Saarbruecken Werkkunstschule (art college),
studies of normative foundations for creative production under Professor Oskar Holweck
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| 1967-69 |
Hamburg Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste (academy of fine arts),
studies of the arts and photography (Professor Kilian Breier) and of normative aesthetics (Max Bense).
First own Mechano Optische Untersuchungen (research on the photographic presentation of serially altered optical phenomena)
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| 1968 |
Marriage to Baerbel Kopiski |
| 1969 |
Work on experimental industrial photography for a Nuremberg-based manufacturer |
| 1969-71 |
Art director, Vogelsaenger Studios, Oerlinghausen/Bielefeld |
| 1970-74 |
Lecturer of photography, Bielefeld Werkkunstschule (art college) |
| 1972 |
Co-opted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie (German society of photography);
own studio for production of experimental photographic images
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| 1973 |
Co-opted by the Bund Bildender Kuenstler (association of creative artists);
joined Bund Freischaffender Fotodesigner (association of independent photographic designers) |
| 1975 |
Appointed tenured professor of photography, Fachhochschule Bielefeld (university of applied sciences) |
| 1977 |
Co-opted by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner, now Fotografische Akademie GDL (German academy of photography) |
| 1978 |
First release, at the Bielefeld Kunsthalle (art gallery), of Spielstrategie (a performance and portfolio linking apparative graphics with a musical composition), created together with Gottfried Jaeger and Walter Steffens |
| 1979 |
Work on Aufglasmalerei (paintings on glass, combined with photography), initiation of the Bielefelder Symposien ueber Fotografie und Medien (symposia on theoretical, practical, and historical aspects of photography in the media)
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| 1982 |
Work on a group of productions named Landschaft (landscapes) |
| 1983 |
First Lichtmalerei (paintings with light), a personal domain ever since |
| 1984 |
Co-founder and deputy chairman, Foerdergemeinschaft Fotografische Ausbildung (society for the advancement of photographers' training), responsible for planning and realization of annual symposia
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| 1986 |
Co-opted by the Mannheim Freie Akademie der Kuenste (free academy of the arts) |
| 1994 |
Work on Computergrafik |
| 1995 |
Work on Multimedia-Projekte |
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Lives and works in Bielefeld, Germany;
frequent participation in exhibitions both in his own country and abroad,
numerous publications
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