Life
Klaus Kammerichs
| 1933 | Born in Iserlohn. Son of a type-setter and passionate amateur-photographer |
| 1947ff. | After having studied photography work as a professional photographer (journalistic, industrial, advertising) |
| 1950 | A first desire for first hand knowledge of modern art prompts him to cycle to Paris |
| 1953 |
Workshop about “Subjective Photography” with Otto Steinert in Saarbrücken Early successes with his own creative works, especially portraits taken during his journeys to France and Spain |
| 1954 | First participation on famous Cologne “photokina”-exhibitions, foundet bei L. Fritz Gruber |
| 1956 | Studies of fine art with Otto Coester and Otto Pankok at Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf |
| 1959 | “Discovery of the Month” in the New York magazin “Modern Photography” |
| 1971 | First individual exhibition in Gallery Niepel, Düsseldorf |
| seit 1973 | Professor at the “Fachhochschule Düsseldorf”, there dean from 1978 – 1984 |
| 1974 | First four-dimensional sculpture, a symbolically kinetic interpretation of space, time and movement |
| seit 1975 | Public commissions |
| seit 1985 |
Individual exhibitions in Poland, Japan and USA. Monumental outdoor-sculptures in Gifu (Japan), Düsseldorf, Munic, Bad Segeberg, Leinfelden and Bonn |
| 1985 – 1986 |
Research semester (sabbatical) Canada / USA. Contact |
| seit 1986 | Together with the writer Eva Weissweiler experimental videos and documentary-films for German TV |
| 1986 | Creator of the famous Beethoven-sculpture “Beethon” in Bonn, which has become a frequently visited landmark of Germany’s former capital |
| 1988 |
Lecturer at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 1992 – 2019 | Studio and second home in Demerath (Vulkan-Eifel) |
| 1994 | David-Octavius-Hill-Prize of the “Deutsche Fotografische Akademie” |
| 2003 | Married to the writer Eva Weissweiler |
| 2008 | Three life-size Karl-Marx sculptures (concrete) in the garden of the Karl-Marx House in Trier |
| 2010 – 2015 |
Photographic creative courses with mentally ill patients of the LVR-Klinik Merheim 5 large exhibitions in Cologne, large formats permanently in the clinic |
| 2014 | Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle, Saale, takes over photographic Frühwerk (1948 – 1954) |
| 2019 | Positioning the sculpture “Robert and Clara Schumann” Schumann-Haus Zwickau |
| Evolent relocation and re-esituation of the large sculpture “Hand mit Zeichenstift” 1985, to the new campus of the HSD (Hochschule Düsseldorf) |
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| 2021 | Positioning the large sculpture “Eishockey-Mannschaft” 1973, to the Düsseldorfer DEG Eissporthalle |
| Klaus Kammerichs is father of three children, grandfather of five grandchildren and great-grandfather of one great-granddaughter. |