Rolf Wicker
Rolf Wicker (* 1965 in Ravensburg ) is a German sculptor .
Life
After training as a stonemason / stone sculptor in Ravensburg, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 1990 and at the Berlin-Weißensee Art Academy (KHB) from 1993 . In 1996 he was a master student of Prof. Berndt Wilde , and in 1998 he worked in New York. Wicker has received several art awards and grants.
Rolf Wicker is a freelance sculptor and guest lecturer for the subject of Artistic Basics at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art. In 2015 Wicker received a professorship for basics and sculpture at Burg Giebichenstein, Halle Art College . He is a member of the German Association of Artists .
Scholarships and Awards
- 1997 scholarship for young talent from the Berlin Senate
- 1999 Schöppingen Artist Village Scholarship
- Fine Arts Award of the State of Brandenburg
- Upper Swabian Art Prize of the OEW - Youth Promotion Prize
- 2000 DAAD annual scholarship Rome
- 2000 Will Grohmann Prize from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of the Arts
- 2001 Artist in Residence. Porto Alegre, Brazil
- 2003 Working grant from the Senate Administration for Science, Research and Culture, Berlin
- 2006 HAP Grieshaber scholarship from the HAP Grieshaber Foundation at the Municipal Art Museum Spendhaus Reutlingen
- 2007 Lothar Fischer Prize for Sculpture, Lothar Fischer Museum, Neumarkt id Oberpfalz
Individual evidence
- ↑ laende.kressbronn.info: Brief CV of Rolf Wicker (accessed on April 8, 2017)
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "W" / Rolf Wicker (accessed on April 8, 2017)
- ↑ Mittelbayerische.de: A Berlin sculptor receives the Lothar Fischer Prize 2007 (accessed on April 8, 2017)
Web links
- Literature by and about Rolf Wicker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rolf Wicker at artfacts.net
- Homepage of Rolf Wicker
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wicker, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ravensburg |