Leonardo Electronic Directory
Jürgen Claus
Leonardo Editorial Board Member
Jürgen Claus
RaumSolar
Lachnerstrasse 3
80639 München
phone: 0049 – 89 – 15 89 00 11
Germany
Overoth 5
4837 Baelen
Belgium
phone: 0032-87-74 37 91
fax: 0032-87-74 37 96
Email: jurclaus@euregio.net
Web: http:// www.jurgenclaus.de
RaumSolar
Lachnerstrasse 3
80639 München
phone: 0049 – 89 – 15 89 00 11
Germany
Overoth 5
4837 Baelen
Belgium
phone: 0032-87-74 37 91
fax: 0032-87-74 37 96
Email: jurclaus@euregio.net
Web: http:// www.jurgenclaus.de
BORN 1935 in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION 1954-60 Universities of Marburg, Munich, Germany (Theater, Philosophy, Art)
His appointments: 1972 Artist-in-Residence, Institute for Humanistic Studies, in Aspen, USA; 1883 Fellow, 1987-89 Research Affiliate, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT,Cambridge; 1990-2000 Professor Media Arts at Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany.
He is the director of Centre Overoth, in Baelen, Belgium.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Institute for Humanistic Studies, Aspen, USA 1972
Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Germany 1975
University of the Arts, Osaka, Japan 1975
Nature Museum, Lucerne, Switzerland 1979
prodomo, Vienna, Austria 1986
Autoren Galerie, Munich, Germany 1979-2004
Katholische Akademie, Freiburg, Germany 1996
RaumSolar, Munich, Germany 2003-2007
Museum Reich der Kristalle, Munich, Germany 2009
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Biennale San Marino, Italy 1970
ArtTransition, Cambrige, USA, Munich, Germany 1975, 1983, 1990
Electra, Musee d’art moderne, Paris 1983-84
Ars electronica, Linz, Austria 1986
Lumia, International Lyskunst, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark 1999-2000
ELEMENTA 1, Otto Galerie, Munich, Germany 2005
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Karlsruhe 2006
Trilog: William Blake – Jean Lurcat – Jürgen Claus, RaumSolar Munich 2007
Finnisage 1967/68: Hans Richter – Jürgen Claus, RaumSolar Munich 2008
Performing the City, Lothringerstrasse 13, Munich 2008
SELECTED WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Collection Pansa di Biumo, Italy
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, USA
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Städtische Sammlung, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PUBLIC SOLAR WORKS
Solar Crystal, Juelich, Germany 1995
Solar Icosahedron, Geislingen, Germany 1997/98
SOME AWARDS & GRANTS
Prix Lago Maggiore, Videoart Festival, Locarno, Switzerland 1988
European Solar Prize, Bonn, Germany 1995 (with Nora Claus)
Deputy Governor, ABIRA, American Biographical Institute – Research Association, USA (from 2000)
BOOKS (Selection)
Theorien zeitgenössischer Malerei, rowohlts deutsche enzyklopädie, Germany 1963
Teorie della pittura contemporanea, Il Saggiatore, Milan, Italy 1967
Kunst heute, rowohlts deutsche enzyklopädie, Germany 1965
Expansion der Kunst, rowohlts deutsche enzyklop&aum;ldie, Germany 1970
Expansion del Arte, Mexico 1970
Planet Meer, Verlag DuMont Schauberg, Cologne, Germany 1972
ChippppKunst, Ullstein Materialien, Berlin, Germany 1985
Das elektronische Bauhaus, Edition Interfrom, Osnabrück, Germany 1987
Kulturelement Soinne, Edition Interfrom, Osnabrück, Germany 1997
Der Wille zur Imagination, Edition RaumSolar, Munich 2007
Die Sonne und Wir – We and the Sun. Edition RaumSolar, Munich 2009
BIOGRAPHY
Jürgen Claus: SonnenMeer. Ed. Heiner Stachelhaus. Wienand Verlag, Cologne 1995
EDUCATION 1954-60 Universities of Marburg, Munich, Germany (Theater, Philosophy, Art)
His appointments: 1972 Artist-in-Residence, Institute for Humanistic Studies, in Aspen, USA; 1883 Fellow, 1987-89 Research Affiliate, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT,Cambridge; 1990-2000 Professor Media Arts at Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany.
He is the director of Centre Overoth, in Baelen, Belgium.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Institute for Humanistic Studies, Aspen, USA 1972
Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Germany 1975
University of the Arts, Osaka, Japan 1975
Nature Museum, Lucerne, Switzerland 1979
prodomo, Vienna, Austria 1986
Autoren Galerie, Munich, Germany 1979-2004
Katholische Akademie, Freiburg, Germany 1996
RaumSolar, Munich, Germany 2003-2007
Museum Reich der Kristalle, Munich, Germany 2009
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Biennale San Marino, Italy 1970
ArtTransition, Cambrige, USA, Munich, Germany 1975, 1983, 1990
Electra, Musee d’art moderne, Paris 1983-84
Ars electronica, Linz, Austria 1986
Lumia, International Lyskunst, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark 1999-2000
ELEMENTA 1, Otto Galerie, Munich, Germany 2005
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Karlsruhe 2006
Trilog: William Blake – Jean Lurcat – Jürgen Claus, RaumSolar Munich 2007
Finnisage 1967/68: Hans Richter – Jürgen Claus, RaumSolar Munich 2008
Performing the City, Lothringerstrasse 13, Munich 2008
SELECTED WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Collection Pansa di Biumo, Italy
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, USA
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Städtische Sammlung, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PUBLIC SOLAR WORKS
Solar Crystal, Juelich, Germany 1995
Solar Icosahedron, Geislingen, Germany 1997/98
SOME AWARDS & GRANTS
Prix Lago Maggiore, Videoart Festival, Locarno, Switzerland 1988
European Solar Prize, Bonn, Germany 1995 (with Nora Claus)
Deputy Governor, ABIRA, American Biographical Institute – Research Association, USA (from 2000)
BOOKS (Selection)
Theorien zeitgenössischer Malerei, rowohlts deutsche enzyklopädie, Germany 1963
Teorie della pittura contemporanea, Il Saggiatore, Milan, Italy 1967
Kunst heute, rowohlts deutsche enzyklopädie, Germany 1965
Expansion der Kunst, rowohlts deutsche enzyklop&aum;ldie, Germany 1970
Expansion del Arte, Mexico 1970
Planet Meer, Verlag DuMont Schauberg, Cologne, Germany 1972
ChippppKunst, Ullstein Materialien, Berlin, Germany 1985
Das elektronische Bauhaus, Edition Interfrom, Osnabrück, Germany 1987
Kulturelement Soinne, Edition Interfrom, Osnabrück, Germany 1997
Der Wille zur Imagination, Edition RaumSolar, Munich 2007
Die Sonne und Wir – We and the Sun. Edition RaumSolar, Munich 2009
BIOGRAPHY
Jürgen Claus: SonnenMeer. Ed. Heiner Stachelhaus. Wienand Verlag, Cologne 1995
Updated 5 November 2009
