Sobre el Artista
born: 21.10.1958 in Düsseldorf
work: in Düsseldorf and Mallorca
photo-apprentice, 1978
Art Acadamy: HfbK -study 1994
University: graduation: Diplom-Designer on university Essen: "Folkwang"
since 1988 freelance journalist and artist; www.dirk-kruell.de
reports in (summary):
various magazines like: Geo, ART, FAZ Magazin, New York Times Magazin, Zeitmagazin, Sports, Spiegel. Focus, Tempo, MAX, GQ, Playboy, Stern, ADAC + Spiegel-Spec., Wiwo...
client magazines: RWE, Ruhrgas, Renault, Mazda, Lancia, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes...
calendar projects for corp. communication use from 04 -12
awardee in (summary):
- Stern-Journalism prize
- Kodak-young acadamics competition,
- Science prize: (1st prize: report 2001: Dummies)
- Stipendium "VG Bild-Kunst" (04: Bonner Republik, 10: coal area in China)
- Hasselblad Master Finalist in Product Photography 2011
- PDN Photo Annual Award in Corporate Design 2011 + 2012
- IPA Lucy Award 2012: 1st Prize in the Category Automobile Advertisement
- "One eyeland" award 2012: Gold: advertising automotive
- “One eyeland award 2015: Bronze: Report: “Shanxi coal region“
- One Eyeland Award 2018: Gold in Art: „Plastic Army“
- PDN Award 2018: Winner in Personal Work: „Plastic Army
- Arte Laguna Special Prize 2018: „Biafarin“ for Plastic Army
- Staatspreis NRW: Plastik Army, Sieger in der Kathegorie Medien
diverse exhibitions (summary).:
- "Haus der Deutschen Geschichte" in Bonn 1998: “GI´s in Germany“
- "Gropiusbau" in Berlin 1999: „50 Jahre BRD“, „Ehemalige Kombinate“
- "Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen" 05, 06, 09 und 2011 with reports to the industrial
"Ruhr-region"
- "Ruhrmuseum Essen" 2010: “Ruhr.-region", diverse reports
- “Kunstmuseum Mülheim“ 2010: „chines cockery“
- Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen 2015: Projektzeit: „Kohleregion: Shanxi“
- „Triennale der Photographie“ Hamburg 2015: „Kohleregion: „Shanxi“
- „Galerie Z22“, Berlin 2015: „Dancing Dogs“
- Contemporary Art Ruhr Zollverein Essen 2017 + 2018: "Plastic Army“
- Galerie Flohr Santanyi 2018: Mallorca-Ferienlandschaft
- Galerie Z22 Berlin 2018: „Plastic Army“
- Arte Laguna, Venice 2019
- Fotoumweltfestival Zingst 2019
- f2 Fotofestival Dortmund-U 2019
- Landesausstellung Sachsen 2020 zur Industriekultur: „Die ehemaligen Kombinate“
- Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig 2020: Industriefotografie: „Das Auge des Fotografen“
honorary appoint in the "DGPH" in Köln (1994)
member of the photo-agency "Laif" in Köln (1996)
member in the "Pixelprojekt Ruhrgebiet"
member in the art community „Verein der Düsseldorfer Künstler“
collection:
- Ruhrmuseum Essen 2010
- Haus der deutschen Geschichte, Leipzig 2016
- Deutsche Fussballmuseum Dortmund 2018
current main projects: “coal area Shanxi + Mongolei“; „Homeland Rhine-Region“; „Plastic Army“