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GUNTER DEMNIG - Artist
| 1947 | Born in Berlin |
| 1967 | Abitur (Final school examination) |
| From 1967 | Art education studies at the HfbK in Berlin with Prof. Herbert Kaufmann |
| 1969 – 1970 | Industrial Design Studies, HfbK Berlin |
| From 1971 | Art education studies at the Kunstakademie / GhK Kassel First State Examination to teach in secondary schools; sculpture and works |
| 1977 | Art studies at the University of Kassel, FB Kunst, Atelier Kramer |
| 1977 – 1979 | Restoration of monuments, planning, site supervision, implementation |
| 1980 – 1985 | Artistic post at FB Kunst, University of Kassel |
| From 1985 | Studio in Cologne, temporary work at the MOLTKEREI workshop and the artists' space FUHRWERKSWAAGE. Planning and organisation of space installations and performances. |
| From 1994 | Curator at IGNIS cultural centre, cycle of exhibition COINCIDENCE, meetings in Cologne |
| 1990 | First project commemorating the deportation of Sinti and Roma from Cologne in 1940 |
| 1993 | Design of the STOLPERSTEINE project |
| 1997 | First installation in Kreuzberg, Berlin (without permission, legalised later) |
| From 2000 | STOLPERSTEINE in Germany |
| From 1987 | Member of INTERNATIONALES KÜNSTLERGREMIUM |
| Awards | |
| 2004 | Received Max-Brauer-Preis from the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung FVS, Hamburg |
| 2004 | Received Herbert-Wehner-Medaille from the union ver.di |
| 2005 | Received Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland from Horst Köhler |
| 2005 | Received Das Rote Tuch Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf; Jugendmedienpreis |
| 2005 | Received German Jewish History Award Berlin |
| 2006 | Received Bertini-Preis, Hamburg |
| 2006 | Received Alternative Ehrenbürgerschaft from the city of Cologne |
| 2007 | Received Giesbert-Lewin-Preis from the city of Cologne |
| 2008 | Received Botschafter für Demokratie und Toleranz, Berlin |
| 2009 | Received Josef-Neuberger-Medaille from the Jüdische Gemeinde Düsseldorf |
| 2009 | Received Erich-Mühsam-Preis from the city of Lübeck |
| 2010 | Received Rheinlandtaler from the city of Cologne |
| 2011 | Received Otto-Hirsch-Medaille from the town of Stuttgart |
| Projects since 1980 (Selected) | |
| 1980 | DUFTMARKEN CASSEL-PARIS |
| 1981 | --BLUTSPUR KASSEL-LONDON-- |
| 1982 | ARIADNE-FADEN KASSEL-VENEDIG |
| 1982 | FLASCHENPOST KASSEL – NEW YORK |
| 1984 | LANDSCHAFTSKONSERVEN |
| 1988 | EINREISE ENTRY ENTRÉE VJEZD BERLIN/W |
| 2000 | STOLPERSTEINE |
| Solo exhibitions and participation since 1981 | |
| 1981 | Kunstakademie Kassel (E); Kunstverein Stuttgart. |
| 1982 | Alte Oper, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1983 | Galerie Brusten, Wuppertal (E); Kunstmarkt Göttingen. |
| 1984 | MOLTKEREI-Werkstatt, Köln (E); Bonner Kunstwoche. |
| 1985 | Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven (E); Kasseler KV; Friedensbiennale Hamburg; Kunsthalle Köln. |
| 1986 | Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (E); Stadtmuseum Köln (E); Solitude Stuttgart. |
| 1987 | Kunstverein Darmstadt; Künstlerforum Bonn; Hamburger Kunsthalle. |
| 1988 | Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (E); Kommunale Galerie Bremen (E); Münchener Stadtmuseum; Moscow State Museum; Ermitage Leningrad; Glaskasten Marl; Kunstverein Stuttgart. |
| 1989 | Stichting Logos, Gent (E); Studio Galerie, Hamburg (E); Kunstverein Ludwigsburg; Kunsthalle Berlin. |
| 1990 | Het Hemelrijken, Eindhoven (E); Kunstverein Kassel; Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. |
| 1991 | Kunstverein Lingen (E); ZKM Karlsruhe; KAOS-Galerie, Köln. |
| 1992 | Kasseler Kunstverein (E); Ludwig Forum, Aachen. |
| 1993 | Städtische Galerie Fellbach (E); Ludwig Forum, Aachen. |
| 1994 | EXIT-Art, Köln (E); Galerie 68elf, Köln (E); Antoniter-Kirche, Köln (E); Muzejsko Galerijski Centar, Zagreb; Städtische Galerie Göppingen; Akademie der Künste, Berlin. |
| 1995 | Stadtmuseum Köln; Kunsthalle Köln; Kunsthaus Hamburg |
| 1996 | ACP-Galerie Peter Schuengel, Salzburg (E); Egon-Schiele-Zentrum, Cesky Krumlov (E); Kölnisches Stadtmuseum (E); Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin; Akademie der Künste, Berlin. |
| 1997 | Internationales Klangfestival, Osnabrück; Oberösterreichische Landesgalerie, Linz; Internationales Klangfestival, Luzern; DOMFORUM, Köln (E); Städtische Galerie Katowice; Kunstverein Lingen. |
| 1998 | Musiques en Scène, Lyon; Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt; Internationales Musikfestival Millstadt. |
| 1999 | Deutschlandradio Köln, COINCIDENCE, "Gesetzestafeln" |
| 2000 | "THE WALLS OF JERICHO" – MusikTheater mit Opera mobile,Antwerpen "HÖRGÄNGE", Klanginstalllation im Hermannshof Völksen |
| Kasseler Kunstverein;- SCHWARZE MAUER , Klanginstallation | |
| 2001 | Stadtmuseum Bydgosz; Bleirolle HIER WOHNTE |
| Galerie 68elf; EISENBAHN + STOLPERSTEINE | |
| EL-DE-Haus, Köln, Verbrannte Dichter | |
| Städtische Museen, Heilbronn; MASCHINENTHEATER | |
| Hermannshof Springe; AUTOMATEN | |
| 2002 | Kultur Köln 30; MENSCHENRECHTE (HUMAN RIGHTS) |
| Duisburg; HIER WOHNTEN SIE (THEY LIVED HERE); Bodenmosaik vor Hbf | |
Gunter Demnig
Kölner Strasse 29-31
D-50226 Frechen
www.gunterdemnig.de
www.stolpersteine.eu
Tel. +49 (0)22234 / 80 97 398
Fax +49 0177 / 20 61 858
Email: gunter.demnig@stolpersteine.eu