Stephan Klenner-Otto

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Stephan Klenner-Otto (born October 3, 1959 in Kulmbach , Upper Franconia) is a German artist.

life and work

Klenner-Otto trained as a draftsman and printer from 1975 to 1979. As early as 1976 he began with group and solo exhibitions. In 1982 he moved to Frickenhausen (Baden-Württemberg), followed by exhibitions in the Stuttgart area, northern Bavaria, Thuringia and Vienna in 1990. In 1993 he was a founding member of the artist group “das müller bundt” and three years later co-initiator of the nationwide art project “26. April 1986 ". On September 1, 1996 he moved to Neudrossenfeld. In 1998 he initiated the Neudrossenfeld sculpture exhibition and was a cultural sponsor that year. In the next few years he took part in numerous exhibitions. In 2005 Klenner-Otto was co-organizer of the Caspar Walter Rauh - exhibition in St. Petri in Kulmbach, in 2006 co-organizer and exhibitor of Thematica 2006 and two years later of Thematica 2008.

Klenner-Otto draws and etches on subjects such as Richard Wagner , Jean Paul , ETA Hoffmann , Goethe as well as bizarre, fantastic narrative pictures. He paints large formats for profane and clerical spaces, but the focus of his artistic activity is on etchings on literary topics. The artist, who was born in Kulmbach and who once looked over Caspar Walter Rauh's shoulder there, shares his preference for the subtle, fragile and bizarre. He paints and draws freely imagined heads that tend to become a horror cabinet of devastation and imprecation. When it comes to celebrities, he holds back in this regard, apart from his “Hoffmann (Suff)” and a Thomas Mann who turned him into a deformed caricature. But he emphatically demonstrates his mastery as a fabulous designer of physiognomies. In 1998 Klenner-Otto received the Kulmbach district's cultural promotion award.

Exhibitions and works

1997
  • 1. Wood printing exhibition, Lukas No 2 in the Frankenwaldgymnasium, Katzwanger cultural center
  • BAT Casino Gallery
1998
  • Exhibitions in Upper Franconia, Berlin and Baden-Württemberg
1999
  • Altarpiece for the Church of St. George, Frickenhausen-Linsenhofen
  • Exhibitions in Hof, Pegnitz, Waischenfeld
2000
  • Jean Paul Calendar and Jean Paul Etchings
  • Various exhibitions on Jean Paul, for example in the History Museum Bayreuth and the University of Würzburg
  • Etchings for ETA Hoffmann in the Galerie Fischer
2001
  • Etching cycle for Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" in the Meier Gallery
2002
  • Etching cycle on Wagner's Ring at the Goethe-Institut Dublin and on Wagner's Ring Symposium at the University of Limerick
  • Exhibition in Berlin-Lichtenberg about ETA Hoffmann and Jean Paul
  • Exhibition in the Hoffmannmuseum Bamberg
  • Anniversary exhibition about Kulmbach
  • Exhibition of cross pictures in Frickenhausen
2003
  • Etching cycle for the Passion, various exhibitions in German-speaking countries
2004
  • Illustration for " Rat Krespel " by ETA Hoffmann (Serapion vom See publishing house)
  • Artist group Arte Vista exhibitions: Villa Wertheimstein in Vienna and Giechburg (Bamberg district)
  • further solo exhibitions in German-speaking countries
2005
  • Exhibitions in German-speaking countries
  • Altarpiece for the Altenplos parish
  • Portfolio with color etchings - airships
2006
  • Illustrations for the Sandman by ETA Hoffmann
  • Symposium in Neumarkt an der Raab and various exhibitions as part of Focus Europe
2007
  • Exhibition at the Goethe Institute in Glasgow and various exhibitions as part of Focus Europe
  • Portfolio with etchings 'prominent heads'
2008
  • Book publication 'Der Sandmann' by ETA Hoffmann
  • various illustrations for texts / Brothers Grimm, Ror Wolf, Caspar Walter Rauh ...
2009
  • Exhibition in the Alfred Kubin Gallery "Elixirs of the Devil" in the ETA Hoffmann House
  • Kubin / Rauh / Klenner-Otto in the Villa Dessauer in Bamberg
2010
  • Villa Dessauer / Bamberg, German Graphic Museum / Bad Steben, Academy of Sciences / Berlin

Prizes and awards

  • 1998: Kulturförderpreis of the district of Kulmbach
  • 2011: Artist of the month May of the European metropolitan region of Nuremberg
  • 2015: Culture Prize of the Upper Franconian Foundation

Memberships

BBK Oberfranken artist group, "das müller bundt", Kunstverein Hof eV, Kunstverein Bamberg eV, ETA Hoffmann Society, Jean-Paul Society, Kulmbacher Literature Society

Public work and ownership

  • Frickenhausen-Linsenhofen, St. Georgskirche, Golgatha church image
  • Altenplos, parish Neudrossenfeld / Altenplos, altarpiece
  • Bamberg State Library , etching cycles for ETA Hoffmann

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personal data
SURNAME Klenner-Otto, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Kulmbach , Upper Franconia