Otto Piene
- German artist
- His work focuses on elements like light, sky art eviroments
- 1928 born in Germany
- 1948 studied painting at Biochereschule and State Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
- 1950 studied at the State Academy of Arts, Duesseldorf
- 1951 studied philosophy at the Albertus Magnus University, Cologne,Germany
- 1951-1964 taught at the Fashion Institute, Duesseldorf
- 1957 he and Heinz Mack founded the group ZERO,which was also joined by Guenther Uecker.
- 1964 he and his group ZERO presented «ZERO-Lichtraum»(light ballet)
- 1964 professor of Visual Design at School of Architecture and Planning, MIT
- 1974-1993 Director CAVS
Awards
- Leonardo da Vinci Prize,2003
- the Grand Prize for Zero
- the Grand Prize of the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art
- the Kohler-Maxwell Medal for art-writing
- the sculpture prize of the American Academy of Arts
Related Informations
- http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-arts-ottopiene.php
- http://www.orbit.zkm.de/?q=node/86
- http://news.mit.edu/1993/piene-0908.html