Ben Siebenrock

Ben Siebenrock at a sculpture symposium at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences, 1976

Ben Siebenrock (born November 12, 1951 in Marbach am Neckar ; † May 2, 2018 in Kiel ) was a German sculptor .

biography

Siebenrock studied from 1975 to 1977 at the Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel with Jan Koblasa and from 1977 to 1983 at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig with Emil Cimiotti . In 1978 he and Siegfried Neuenhausen devoted himself to artistic project work at the Oslebshausen correctional facility in Bremen , where he was head of the permanent sculpture workshop from 1980 to 1981. From 1980 to 1982 he conducted studies in the studio of the Italian sculptor Francesco Somaini (1926–2005) in Como .

In 1982 Siebenrock founded his studio, the artist house Langseehof in Kiel . From 1990 to 1991 Siebenrock had a teaching position for sculpture at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences . In 2009 he opened an open-air gallery for large sculptures, the Steinpark in Warder .

Works

Bust of Johann Peter Hundiker , 1979, bronze, Vechelde Castle Park

1979: Busts of Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Johann Peter Hundiker , bronze , Vechelde Castle Park
1983: The ravages of time , Carrara marble , Lübeck
1986: Stage design for the blind (after Catherine the Great) with performances in Flensburg, Schleswig, Rendsburg, Neumünster
1986: Touch in one point , Untersberg marble , three parts, Bildungshaus Salzburg St. Virgil
1986: Spine , Untersberg marble, Salzburg St. Virgil Education Center
1988: Renaturation through art , Dannewerk gravel pit

Awards

1978: Prize in the competition for the Brahms monument in Hamburg
1988: Annual grant, Künstlerhaus Selk
1990: Environment Prize of the City of Schleswig
2001: Guest lecture at Bradley University, Illinois

Web links

Commons : Ben Siebenrock - collection of images

Ben Siebenrock's website

Individual evidence

↑ Obituary notice: Ben Siebenrock. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .

↑ Mourning the sculptor Ben Siebenrock. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .

↑ artist Lang Seehof , accessed on January 22, 2017

↑ Ben Siebenrock: Stone Park Warder. Retrieved April 17, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Siebenrock, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 12, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marbach am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH	2nd May 2018
Place of death	Kiel

[1] Obituary notice: Ben Siebenrock. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .

[2] Mourning the sculptor Ben Siebenrock. Retrieved May 9, 2018 .

[3] rtist Lang Seehof , accessed on January 22, 2017