Klaus Rinke
Year of birth, place
1939
Wattenscheid
Germany
Year of death, place
2026
Biography
| 1954-1957 | Apprenticeship as a decorative and poster painter in Gelsenkirchen |
| 1957-1960 | Studied at the Folkwang School in Essen |
| 1960-1964 | Stayed in France |
| 1962 | First solo exhibition in Le Havre |
| 1967 | Gave up painting and worked with the element of water to visualize processes of time and space |
| 1969-1976 | Sculptural actions and primary demonstrations; from 1971, performance art and photo series, body art, action art, and spatial installations |
| 1974 | Began teaching at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. Founded an interdisciplinary class with sculptors, painters, filmmakers, and photographers |
| 1978 | Spent an extended period in Australia |
| Teaches in Düsseldorf and lives in California on his cactus farm | |
| Bibliography (selection): | |
| Photo Art. Dieter Appelt, Anna and Bernhard Blume, Thomas Florschuetz, Jürgen Klauke, Astrid Klein, Sigmar Polke, Klaus Rinke, Katherina Sieverding. Text by Wulf Herzogenrath and Gabriele Muschter. ifa 1995. | |
| [2002] | |