Otfried Culmann

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Birth and childhood

1949
March 11, Billigheim/Southern Palatinate (Germany)



The 60s

1964-68
Master school and school of applied arts, Kaiserslautern/Germany (by Prof. Helmut Göring)
1968-70
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich/Bavaria (by Prof. Mac Zimmermann)





The 70s

1970-73
Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart (by Prof. Brudi)
1973-76


Academy of Fine Arts Munich/Bavaria | Master student by Prof. Mac Zimmermann | Art diploma
First award winner of Johann Christian von Mannlich-Award, Munich/Bavaria
Picasso-medal - Award by Vereinigung Pfälzer Kunstfreunde (VPK), Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
1977
Villa Massimo-scholarship, Rome/Italy
1978

Bought his birth house, a former vicarage at Billigheim, Southern Palatinate (Germany), where now his studio and art gallery are placed.
Hans-Purrmann-Award for fine arts, Speyer (Germany)
1979
Award „Young Palatinate artist”, ministry of education and cultural affairs - Rhineland-Palatinate





The 80s

1981

Birth of son Cornelius
Surrealistic novel „The man with the arena in his mind”
1983/84
Casa-Baldi-scholarship, Olevano - Romano/Italy
1984
Birth of son Philipp
1986
Surrealistic novel „Invisible room”
1988
OTFRIED H. CULMANN monograph by G.R. Hocke





The 90s

1996
Co-founder and board member of ”Center of fantastic arts e.V.” Bonn/Rolandseck (Germany) an international fantastic artists association
1997
Scholarship by Palatinate Art-Foundation
1998

Conception and organisation for an exhibition "Ariadne's thread" at HERRENHOF Neustadt/Mussbach, supported by german television
with more than 350 exhibits, one of the largest exhibition of fantastic contemporary art.
1999
THE INNER EYE (First monograph)





2000 - 2009

2004
Journey to the inner continent (Second monograph)
2007
2. art-imaginär (exhibition)
2009
3. art-imaginär (exhibition)





2010 - today

2010
First exhibition at Castle Riegersburg (Austria)
2011

4. art-imaginär (exhibition)
Otfried H. Culmanns Dreamworld (III. monograph)
2012
Otfried H. Culmanns Expedition into the Labyrinth (IV. monograph)
2013
5. art-imaginär (exhibition)
2014
Otfried H. Culmanns PARIS (V. monograph)
2015

Opening of his private Surrealistic Dreamgarden for visitors
6. art-imaginär (exhibition)






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