Thomas Richter (sculptor)

Thomas Richter (* 1942 in Chemnitz ) is a German architect , painter and sculptor .

Live and act

Richter grew up in Hohenstein-Ernstthal and Rostock . Since 1956 he was a student of the graphic artist Armin Münch in Rostock. After graduating from high school in 1960 in Lichtenstein / Sa. he left the GDR and studied architecture and building history at the Technical University of Berlin until 1964 , painting with Vincenz Pieper and sculpture with Erich Fritz Reuter . He then worked as an architect in Nuremberg and Erlangen while studying art history , archeology and philosophy in Erlangen.

Since 1972 he has been working as a freelance artist.

Solo exhibitions

• 1990: Bamberg, Schrottenbergpalais , performance emotion-paintings: "Licht im Stein"; Erlangen, KVE -Kunstkabinett; Jena, Galerie Kukuk, performance emotion-paintings in collaboration with the Ensemble for Intuitive Music , Weimar; Regensburg, gallery "Sennebogen"; Erlangen, "Aurum" gallery.
• 1991: annual gifts for the art associations Erlangen and Bamberg; Erlangen, gallery of Siemens AG; Berlin, cultural cooperative Berlin-Steglitz .
• 1992: Fürth, Hamilton Gallery
• 1993: Bad Ischl, gallery in RYTMOGRAM
• 1994: Bamberg, Small Gallery
• 1995: Lichtenfels, city ​​palace .
• 2001: Berlin, Dachgalerie Kaiserdamm 36: "Location Search"
• 2001: Art Museum Erlangen : "Cut Worlds", works from 30 years.
• 2002: Bamberg, gallery at the ETA-Hoffmann-Theater .
• 2006: Pommersfelden , "Kellerhaus".
• 2008: City Academy Erlangen : Sculpture Garden

Participation in exhibitions

• 1990: Nuremberg: ART 5 ; Berlin-Steglitz, Art Cooperative: International symposium and performances on understanding borders: TheWallInside.
• 1995: City Museum Erlangen : Internat. Exhibition on the topic: "Crossing Borders". This was then shown in Padua, Stoke on Trent and London.
• 2000: Heidenheim, at the artist symposium ARCHE-2000 in the old Benedictine monastery: "From heavy to light", sculptural installation and sound-text performance with the participation of Wu-Wei (mouth organ) and Reinhard Knodt (texts).
• 2007: Tarnowskie Góry (Pl) culture days for the district partnerships Erlangen / Höchstadt and Tarnowskie Gory: exhibitions, performance; Tarnowskie Gory (Pl), Internat. Symposium "Srebrem Pisane" (written in silver), organized by the "Friends of the Tarnowitz Land" on the "Dni Gwarkow".

Projects

• 1995: Erlangen-Büchenbach , regular kindergarten: sculptural designs of the surrounding walls and gates (competition).
• 1996: Burgwindheim : HolzFachZentrum Vogel: Design of the exhibition and seminar rooms, sculptural designs in the outdoor area.
• 2001: Erlangen: Fifty-Fifty-Cabaret-Theater: wall installation outside.
• 2002: Erlangen- Frauenaurach : day care center: ensemble of figures in the open air area; Erlangen: "Artists shape their city", flag for the city anniversary of Erlangen.
• 2003: Erlangen: Office for Culture and Leisure, interior design in the museum corner.
• 2004: Erlangen: At the Fifty-Fifty-Cabaret-Theater: figure ensemble for the Commedia dell'arte.

Awards

• 1976 Culture Prize of the City of Erlangen

Publications

• "A letter to reflect on the beautiful" in KRIWIT: mappa mundi, annual ISSN  0948-5198
• "TWI" catalog, 1990, Kunstamt Berlin-Steglitz.
• "My Dublin is here", 1990, text portraits of award winners from the Erlangen cultural scene.
• "About Borders-Together", 1995, catalog for the exhibition, ISBN 3-930035-02-2 .
• "Schnittwelten", 2001, catalog for the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Erlangen .
• "(In) Simultaneous", 2007 catalog, studio edition
• "Erlangen, Art in the Cityscape", publisher: Bernd Nürnberger , ISBN 978-3-940594-07-5

Web links

• CV on your own website

Individual evidence

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