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Wolfgang Volz

(German, born 1948)

women of new york, # 19 by wolfgang volz

Wolfgang Volz

Women of New York, # 19, 1981

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Biography

Timeline

1948
Born in Tuttlingen, Germany
1969
Photography class with Prof. Otto Steinert, at the University Folkwangschule, Essen, Germany.
1971
Meets the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude for the first time, marking the beginning
1974
Final exam in photography with Prof. Erich vom Endt at Folkwangschule with a planetary travel guide of planet earth
1975
First exhibitions (leading to more than 400 gallery- and museum exhibitions around the world)
1977 - 1986
Realization of more than 100 covers for business magazines „Wirtschaftswoche“ and „DM“.
1978
First prize of „Deutscher Wirtschaftsfoto Preis"
1988
Sylvia and Wolfgang are married by Tom Golden, project director of the yellow Umbrellas, on top of the Grapevine near Bakersfield, California during the staking of Christo and Jeanne-Claude‘s Umbrellas
1996
Infinity Award for Applied Photography, International Center of Photographie, New York, USA
>>>>>> Photographs of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's works by Wolgang Volz are to be found under the artist "Christo and Jeanne-Claude" in artnet price database. The information (by Wolfgang Volz) is included in the work titles.

Exhibitions

2006
Wolfgang Volz - Das Auge von Christo und Jeanne-Claude, Museum Haus Ludwig für Kunstausstellungen Saarlouis, Germany (solo)
Photographien von Kunstlandschaften, Kunstverein Region Heinsberg, Germany (solo)
Wolfgang Volz - Das Auge von Christo und Jeanne-Claude, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany (solo)
2005
The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005 (realization together with Christo and Jeanne-Claude, exclusive photographer and technical director)
ManMade Planet - Photographies by Wolfgang Volz, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA (solo)
2004
ManMade Planet - Photographien von Wolfgang Volz, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany (solo)
ManMade Planet - Photographies by Wolfgang Volz, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
CHINA-USA - Landscapes by Wolfgang Volz, Museum Haus Ludwig für Kunstausstellungen, Saarlouis, Germany (solo)
2003
ManMade Planet - Photographien von Wolfgang Volz, Ludwig Galerie, Schloss Oberhausen, Oberhausen (solo)
2002
China Landscape, Ludwig Galerie, Schloss Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany (solo)
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