Raymond Thelen

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Edition 1 (9 × 12 × 7.5 cm) from the organic / inorganic series , 2006
Edition 2 (24 × 16 cm) from the organic / inorganic series , 2006
Temple of the I , exhibition dielektrikum , Galerie plan.d., Düsseldorf 2005

Raymond Thelen (* 1955 in Düsseldorf ) is a German artist.

biography

After training as a tax specialist (1976–1979) and studying law at the University of Cologne (1980–1985), Raymond Thelen studied with Rolf Sackenheim and Beate Schiff at the Düsseldorf Art Academy (1984–1987). Study visits to southern France, Italy, Greece and Israel followed.

Parallel to his artistic activities, Raymond Thelen worked as a landscape planner (1984–1989) and founded a service company in the field of network technology (1986).

The artist is a member of the gallery plan.d. He lives in Ratingen near Düsseldorf .

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Raymond Thelen's artistic focus in the 80s and 90s was on painting and etching . Since 2005 he has increasingly turned to sculptural work.

In terms of content, the artist takes up semantic questions under perceptual psychological premises. Raymond Thelen: "Seeing is knowing and knowing is seeing." He exemplifies the unquestioned use of terms such as ' organic ' and ' inorganic ' in the areas of art production and art criticism .

Metaphysical questions, which center on the relationship between art , spirituality and science , are increasingly finding their way into Thelen's artistic work.

Activities (selection)

  • 1979: Co-founder of the AUXILIUM art education center in Düsseldorf
  • 1984: Foundation of the Art Station in Ratingen
  • 1986: Foundation of the Art and Culture Initiative in Ratingen

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2000: Score in 9 pictures, Goetheinstitut Izmir, Turkey
  • 2005: Dielectric, gallery plan.d., Düsseldorf (with Sonja Tintelnot)
  • 2006: organic - inorganic, Vestischer Künstlerbund, Recklinghausen (with Christa von Seckendorff)
  • 2006: spring-zeit, Galerie plan.d., Düsseldorf (with Ansgar Skiba and Zipora Rafaelov)

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 2002: primavera en la habana, piece of music in 9 pictures, Havana, Cuba
  • 2006: back room. Ideas for installations and space-related work, Netzhaus, Düsseldorf
  • 2006: Advent calendar, Netzhaus, Düsseldorf

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personal data
SURNAME Thelen, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf