Presented by Nicole Pennington

Background  April 5 th Born in Rheydt, Germany  Studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts, Münster Academy of Fine Arts, and Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, Germany  Served as a guest professor at several art schools including:  De Ateliers, Amsterdam  The Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg  The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen  Nominated as professor of sculpting to the University of Art Berlin  Lives and works in Rheydt

1 st Exhibition  Age 16: Pubertäre Verstimmung

 “My work is not about making you fearful. It is about helping you to reflect upon and overcome your fear”  -Gregor Schneider

Haus U R  1985 after his father died  Unterheydener Straße in Mönchengladbach- Rheydt

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Totes Haus U R  "Totes Haus u r Venedig 2001"  Won the "Golden Lion" at the 49th Biennale in Venice, with his solo exhibition\  Totes Haus u r constructed for one year inside the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles

Cube  Invited to realize the CUBE VENICE at The Piazza di San Marco in Venice during Biennale  Inspired by the Kaaba in Mecca  CUBE HAMBURG

Bondi Beach, 21 beach cells  square meters installation composed of 21 identical cells on the Australian eastcoast, the Bondi Beach

End  November 8, September 6, meter high, black outdoor-sculpture "END" accessible to the public  In front of the museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach

Controversy  Raised controversy about his own couched idea  "I want to show a person, which dies a natural death or just died a natural death. My target is to show the beauty of death.“  Wants to lead death out of the social taboo with this public dying-room and make it into a positive experience similar to the birth of a human being.

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