Jürgen Claus

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 include: 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.