Otto Piene
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biography
born in Laasphe/Westphalia
studies of Painting and Art Education at the Art Academies of Munich and Düsseldorf
lectureship at Düsseldorf Fashion School
studies of Philosophy at Albertus-Magnus-University Cologne, state examination
formation of the group "ZERO" with Heinz Mack
visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania
professor of Environmental Art at Cambridge University, Massachusetts
appointed headmaster of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in Cambridge/Ma.
professor of Visual Design for Environmental Art
participation in documenta 6 in Kassel
chairman of the advisory board of the Minister for Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia
Doctor of Fine Arts h.c. at the University of Maryland, BC
Sculpture Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
´Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts´of the World Cultural Council, Mexico City
laureate of Fine Arts of the Kulturstiftung Dortmund
Great Cultural Award of the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland
Max-Beckmann-Award of the city of Frankfurt am Main
exhibitions
Hommage zum 90. Geburtstag, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach (Germany)
(05.05.-14.07.2018)