About The Artist
Paul Kroker: Curriculum Vitae
Etelser Str. 17 B, 27299 Langwedel (Germany), ++04235 92829, paulkroker@gmx.de, www.beatrizszonell.jimdo.com.
b. April 19, 1949, Berlin (Germany)
Senior Lecturer in German literature (Universities of Milan, Siena, Bergamo. 2002-05 Director of Bachelor Studies in Linguistic Mediation, 2004/05 Director of Master Studies in Translation for Visual Arts (Foundation Milan).Translations from English and Italian, including 2004: MoMa – Highlights, Museum of Modern Art, NYC.1993: 1st One-Person Show Macere, Libreria Unione, presented by Generalkonsul Dr. Michael Engelhard, Milan. 1996/2000 Curator of Art exhibitions and Art Director of Spazio d’Arte/ Rapsodia Café and Backstage Gallery, Milan. 2001 Curator of the Art-Music-Literature-Event Romantik 2001, Bergamo/Milan.
Selected One-Person Shows
1996 Constructa Romantika, Istituto di Cultura Germanica, Bologna/Italy;
1998 Constructa Romantika 3, Circolo Culturale Bertolt Brecht, Milan;
2001 ein heilig ding, Goethe-Institut Milan;
2003
• angele, Pizia Arte, Teramo/Italy, www.piziarte.net;
• Sacralità e sopraffazione, Galleria Cortina, Milan;
2004 weiberleiber, Munix, City of Rome X, Cinecittà;
2008 WARNING, CYBERLEIBER ONLY!, Etelser Hunde-Zwinger, Langwedel/Germany;
2010
o Blaue Blume Rote Fahne, Galerie unterwegs, Berlin;
o Paul Kroker´s Digital Art, Lambda Gallery, Padova;
o Publikumspreis “Lieber Maler, male mir (m)ein Bild”, Neonchocolate Gallery Berlin,
Rathaus Langwedel, Volksbank Hoya.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005
• HYPE, Assab One, Milan, www.hypegallery.com, 2006 HYPE, The Old TPG, Amsterdam
and Café Moskau, Berlin;
• Justice for All:? Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty, Austin/Texas, www.deathpenaltyartshow.org
2007 The Virtual Residency, www.virtual-residency.net;
2011 „Fritz, Heinz & Luci“, Städt. Galerie, Schwabacher Kunsttage 2011, Schwabach/Germany.
Selected Awards
1997 Concorso di Pittura F.Sassetti, Milan, 2nd prize;
2000 4° Biennale d’Arte, City Council of Limana (Italy), 3rd prize;
2002 BondArt 2002, Borgata Bonda (Biella, Italy), 1st prize ex aequo;
2010 Kunstpreis Bad Zwischenahn, Nominee;
2012 The KressProject, Georgia Museum of Art, Honorable Mention.
His works have been commented on by (Selection)
Christian Neuhuber, LENZ-BILDER. Bildlichkeit in Büchners Erzählung und ihre Rezeption in der bildenden Kunst, Wien/Köln/Weimar, 2009, pp.314-316;
Carlo Quadrino, „Paul Kroker, il connubio tra le arti“, www.genomart.org, 04.07.08;
Inka Sommerfeld, „Kritische Pornografie“, Weser Kurier, 10.6.2008;
Orsola Riva, “Il ritorno del Romanticismo”, Corriere della Sera, 11 March 2001, Milan/Italy.
Selected Online Galleries
artfolio: http://www.kunstwerke.ws/mainindex.php?ARTISTID=1993&ART=0
artists.de: http://www.artists.de/paulkroker.html
Artmajeur: http://www.artmajeur.com/paulkroker/
ArtReview: http://www.artreview.com/profile/PaulKroker
jungkunst.de: http://www.jungkunst.de/user/1020/paul-kroker/
PICTIFY: http://pictify.com/user/paulkroker
SAATCHI ONLINE: http://www.saatchionline.com/krokerpaul
virtual art space: http://www.3dvas.com/galleries/gallery.php?ex=2172
dimensionearte: http://www.dimensionearte.it/artista_biografia.php?codiceutente=1921&id_lingua=1&id=2278
zeigdeinekunst: http://www.zeigdeinekunst.de/zdk-portal/userProfile/show/2764
References
Marina Falco, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, mfalco.arte@gmail.com;
Patrizia Raimondi, Galleria L´Ariete, Bologna, patrizia@galleriaariete.it.
