Arnold Dreyblatt
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Arnold Dreyblatt

Media Artist, Composer, studied Composition und Ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University and Media Studies at the State University at Buffalo/USA, lives since 1984 in Berlin. He was voted to lifetime membership in the Akademie der Kunste (Academy of Art) Visual Arts Section, Berlin in 2007.


Solo Exhibitions (Selection): Galerie Ozwei, Berlin (1992); Arken Museum for Modern Art, Copenhagen (1996); Felix Meritis Foundation, Amsterdam (1998); Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, (2002); Gallery Anselm Dreher, Berlin (2003); Jewish Museum, Frankfurt (2005); Gallery e/static, Torino (2007); Gemäldegalerie (Painting Gallery), Berlin (2007)

Group Exhibitions (Selection): Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum of Contemporary Art (1999); Jewish Museum, New York (2001); Bern Bienale, Bern (2001); Ostia Antica, Rome, (2002); Kunstverein Hannover (2003); Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2003); Galerie ozwei, Berlin (2004); Norwegisches Parlament, Oslo (2004); Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig(2006); Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum of Contemporary Art (1999 & 2006), Jewish Museum, Vienna (2007)

Grants and Prizes (Selection): Philip-Morris-Artpreis, Munich (1992); Kunstfonds e.V., Bonn (1994); Publication Grant, Bild-Kunst e.V., Bonn (1995), Kulturfonds e.V., Berlin (1996); Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, New York City (1998/1999); Prize in Visual Arts, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2000); Commission, Irish Arts Council, Dublin (2004); 1st Prize International Public Art Competition, Center for Holocaust and Minorities Museum, Olso, Norwegen (2005), 1st Prize International Public Art Competition, Art Institute, Braunschweig (2007)

Teaching: Video and Film Instructor, Arts Resource Center, East Harlem (1979); Lecturer, Wesleyan University (1980-82); Guest Lecturer, University Lüneburg, Department of Cultural Studies (1995-96); Lecturer, Sculpture Dept., Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee (1998-1999); Guest Lecturer, Acoustic Media, Media Lab, Center for the Arts, MIT, Cambridge, Boston (2000); Guest Professor, Intermedia, Academy of Visual Arts, Saar, Saarbrücken (2001-2003); Guest Lecturer, University Lüneburg, Department of Cultural Studies (2002-2004); Guest Lecturer, Sommer Academy/Hans-Böckler-Foundation (2004 and 2006); Guest Lecturer Art Academy Berlin- Weißensee (2005), Guest Lecturer, Institute for Art in Context, University of Art, Berlin (2007)

Publication (Selection): Who’s Who in Central & East Europe 1933, Eine Reise in den Text, Gerhard Wolf Janus Press, Berlin 1995; Aus den Archiven, Stadtgalerie Saarbücken / Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2003. Inschriften/Inscriptions, Jüdisches Museum, Frankfurt 2005; Innocent Questions, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2006.