Norbert Kraus
Norbert Kraus (born June 17, 1957 in Aachen ) is a German sculptor and media artist .
life and work
Norbert Kraus studied sculpture from 1976 to 1985 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Erwin Heerich . In 1985 he passed the 1st state examination for secondary level II in art and philosophy.
Since 1993 Kraus has been teaching at the School for Art and Theater in Neuss and in 2006/07 received a visiting professorship at the Saar College of Fine Arts . In 2013/17 he was a lecturer at the Berlin Technical Art Academy and has been teaching at the Mediadesign Hochschule in Düsseldorf since 2018 .
Norbert Kraus lives in Düsseldorf.
Awards
- In 1982 he was named a master student
- In 1983 he received the Gebhard Fugel Art Prize
- In 1984 he received a grant from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to study at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
- In 1985 he received the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff grant
Solo exhibitions
- 1992: Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss
- 1998: Galerie Wolfram Bach, Düsseldorf
- 2001: Galerie Wolfram Bach, Düsseldorf
- 2001: Space for Art, Aachen
- 2005: Institute for Artistic Thinking, Grenzach-Wyhlen
- 2018: New Wuppertal Art Association, Municipal Gallery Iserlohn (with Katharina Mayer )
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 1985: Jürgen Ponto Foundation, Kunstverein Frankfurt , Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
- 1987: Exhibition halls Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
- 1998: Galerie Wolfram Bach, Düsseldorf
- 2001: Trend walls, Kunstraum Düsseldorf
- 2006: 2nd Biennale of Drawing, Kunstverein Eislingen
- 2014: Abtart Gallery, Stuttgart
- 2016: Daimon, onomato artists association Düsseldorf
- 2017: mono, onomato artists association, Digitale Düsseldorf
- 2018: 00000100 in a material world, onomato Künstlerverein, Digitale Düsseldorf
- 2018: convolution, Osthaus Museum , Hagen
Literature publications
- Norbert Kraus "Without Painter", Kunstforum International, Volume 89, 1987
- Norbert Kraus, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Förderstiftung , Berlin, 1987
- Norbert Kraus. Plastic, Kulturforum Alte Post, 1992
- Norbert Kraus, Raum für Kunst, text by Peter Joch , Aachen, 2002
- Echo, animation 2007–2009, DVD and booklet, edition 100
- Luci d'or - Three elegies, animation 2010, DVD and brochure, edition 500, text by Karl B. Buchholz
- Animation 2011–2015, brochure, Japanese binding, edition of 20
Web links
- Official website
- Biography on the website of the Institute for Visual Thinking
- Portrait on the pages of Kultur-und-schule.de of the state of NRW
- Literature by and about Norbert Kraus in the German National Library
- Literature by and about Norbert Kraus in international libraries
- Norbert Kraus on kunstaspekte.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraus, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and media artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |