Otto Schliwinski
Otto Schliwinski (born March 5, 1928 in Moldzien , Lyck district ) is a German painter and graphic artist .
Life
Schliwinski grew up as the son of a horse breeder in East Prussia . In 1945 he survived the air raids on Dresden . In Essen he became a planning engineer in bridge construction. He worked in this profession until 1978. But Schliwinski began studying painting and graphics in Gelsenkirchen much earlier. Training as a draftsman laid the foundation for dealing with forms of artistic expression. In 1979 he started his own business as a freelance painter and graphic artist. He worked first in Essen, later in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
He attended the Folkwang School in Essen after his first artistic studies . Since 1961 he has exhibited in more than 60 solo exhibitions around the world. He was visiting professor at Sydney College of the Arts and Brisbane College of Photography and Art .
Prices
- International Parliament Gold Medal on Security and Peace
- Gold medal from the Accademia Italiana
- Nicolaus Copernicus Medal (Poland)
- Culture Prize of the Landsmannschaft East Prussia (1997)
Exhibitions
His first solo exhibition took place in 1961 in the Ruhrland Museum in Essen. His travels took him to all five continents, exhibitions and study trips to more than 74 countries, often through the mediation of Goethe Institutes. He also worked as an ambassador for East Prussia.
A selection from 40 years of exhibitions from 1961 to 2001:
- 1961 Ruhrland Museum, Essen
- 1964 Forum of Fine Artists, Essen
- 1968 Museum Herne
- 1969 Gladbeck Museum
- 1970 Forum for visual artists, Essen
- 1971 Culturcentrum Neerpelt / Belgium
- 1973 Gelsenkirchen City Museum
- 1974 Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen
- 1974 Riley Gallery, New York / USA
- 1974 Goethe Institute, Montreal / Canada
- 1976 Goethe Institute, Glasgow / Great Britain
- 1977 Radhus Gallery, Den Burg / Netherlands
- 1977 Goethe Institute, Copenhagen / Denmark
- 1978 City Gallery Torhaus, Dortmund
- 1979 Kunstkabinett am Steintor, Hanover
- 1979 Goethe Institute, Trieste / Italy
- 1980 Gallery ex libris, Ibiza / Spain
- 1981 Galerie Deutschlandhaus, Berlin
- 1982 Artcenter, Hong Kong, with Goethe-Institut China
- 1982 Goethe Institute, Lagos / Nigeria
- 1982 Santica Gallery with Kobe Shinbun, with Goethe-Institut / Japan
- 1982 Galerie Studio 37, Kyoto, with Goethe-Institut / Japan
- 1984 House of the German East , Munich
- 1984 House of the German East , Düsseldorf
- 1985 Gallery Shilpakorn University, Bangkok, with Goethe Institute / Thailand
- 1985 Faculty Sil-pakorn University if Arts, Nakorn-Phatom / Thailand
- 1985 Goethe Institute, Sydney / Australia
- 1985 Goethe Institute, Jakarta / Indonesia
- 1985 Heritage Art Center, Manila, with Goethe-Institut / Philippines
- 1985 ITB University, Bandung, Goethe Institute / Indonesia
- 1987 House of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- 1988 Bavarian State Ministry, Munich
- 1988 Municipal Gallery, Neuburg a. D.
- 1989 Goethe-Institut Lyon / France
- 1990 Artvision Gallery, Düsseldorf
- 1991 Johannes Kühl Gallery , Dresden
- 1992 Muzeum Warmii i Mazur , Olsztyn (Allenstein)
- 1992 Galeria Zamek w Reszlu / Poland, with the Goethe Institute, Warsaw
- 1993 Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus, German-Eastern European Forum, Düsseldorf
- 1993 Deutschlandhaus Foundation, Berlin
- 1994 Muzeum Warmi i Mazur, Olsztyn (Allenstein)
- 1994 Ełckie Centrum Kultury (Lyck) / Poland
- 1994 Jebel Ali Gallery, Dubai / Arabia
- 1995 Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates
- 1995 Kaliningrad Art Gallery (Koenigsberg) / Russia
- 1995 German Consulate General Shanghai / China
- 1996 Klaipeda, Memel / Lithuania
- 1997 exhibition halls, Düsseldorf
- 1997 Galeria del Monte, Forio / Italy
- 1997 Goethe Institute, Mexico City / Mexico
- 2001 Ełckie Centrum Kultury, Ełk / Poland (only German participant).
- 2002 Jaud Gallery, Garmisch-Partenkirchen "oblique cut".
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Schliwinski in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Otto Schliwinski
- Exhibition in the Jaud Gallery, Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( Memento from October 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schliwinski, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moldavia , Lyck district |