international work and sculpture symposia

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2024

• International Crafts Fair Munich, Germany, special show Exempla 2024 'Natural Stone'

• stone workshop Wunsiedel (teaching assignment), Germany

• NordArt, international exhibition

• 5. European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organiser) 

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2023

• NordArt, international art exhibition (regular annual participation since 1998, organiser of the sculpture symposium 2013-2017)

• stone workshop Wunsiedel (teaching assignment), Germany

• GLAZIALE Brandenburg, Schwedt/Oder, Germany  

• art KARLSRUHE, Germany 

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2022

• working stay in Iceland, commissioned by the municipality of Snæfellsbær, sculpture 'Frelsisvitti' for the village of Hellisandur

 

2021

• Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

• 4. European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organiser) 

 

2020

• 3rd International Desert Sculpture Symposium MINQIN, China 

• art KARLSRUHE, Germany 

 

2019

• Red Sea International Sculpture Symposium 2019, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Os Sculpture Symposium, Bergen, Norway

• stone sculpture symposium, Remstal Garden Show, Baden-Würtemberg, Germany

• art KARLSRUHE, Germany 

 

2018

• 5. Simposio de Escultura, Santiago de Chile 

• 1. Kyiv International Sculpture Symposium, Kiev, Ukraine

• 3. European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organiser)   

• International Sculpture Symposium Minamikyushu, Japan

• art KARLSRUHE, Germany

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2017

• Puerto Vallarta 1st International Sculptors Forum, Mexico

• The Silk Road International Art Exhibition, Xi'an, PR China

• 3. Schorndorf Sculpture Symposium, Germany

• NordArt, international exhibition and sculpture symposium, Büdelsdorf, Germany, organiser of the sculpture symposium 2013-2017

• art KARLSRUHE, Germany

 

2016

• International Sculpture Symposium in Bento Goncalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• Changsha International Sculpture Art Festival, PR China

• NordArt Public Choice Award 2016

• 5. China Wuhu Liu Kaiqu Award International Sculpture Exhibition, PR China, Bronze Award

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2015   

• 1. International Bisanthe Stone Symposium, Tekirdag, Turkey

• 2. European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organiser)       

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2014   

• Sculpture Saint John, Canada (site manager and teacher)

• International Urban Sculpture Festival 2014 (JIMO),

      Qingdao, PR China

 

2013   

• West Rutland Art Park, international sculpture symposium in Vermont, USA

• 'Stations of the Cross - Way of Martyrs Lübeck', Germany (curator and organiser) 

• Os International Sculpture Symposium, Bergen, Norway

• teaching assignment at Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan

 

2012   

• 1. International Pergamon Stone Sculpture Festival, Turkey

• Sculpture Saint John, Canada

• 1. European Sculpture Triennial in Neustadt i.H., Germany (curator and organiser)         

 

2011  

• sculpture workshop in Agia Varvara, Cyprus

• Tsinghua University Centennial International Sculpture

      Exhibition, Beijing, PR China

 

2010  

• Bronze Sculpture Exhibition in Tongling, PR China

• Spinetoli, sculpture symposium, Italy

• Urban Sculpture Symposium, Tangshan, PR China

• Elbasan, sculpture symposium, Albania

• Abu Dhabi International Sculpture Symposium (ADISS), United Arab Emirates

 

2009   

• Sweida, sulpture symposium, Syria

• Tudela del Duero, sculpture symposium, Spain

• Os International Sculpture Symposium, Bergen, Norway

 

2008  

• Korça, sculpture symposium, Albania

• Cerisy-la-Foret, sculpture symposium, France

• Bingen on the Rhine, sculpture symposium, Germany 

• Biennale de Sculpture, Ouistreham-Riva-Bella, France

      (awarded)

 

2007  

• Icheon International Sculpture Symposium, South Korea

• Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, Maine, USA

• Os International Sculpture Symposium, Bergen, Norway

• Cerisy-la-Foret, sculpture symposium, France

• Dubai International Art Symposium, United Arab Emirates (awarded)

 

2006  

• Puerto del Rosario, sculpture symposium, Fuerteventura, Spain

• Yesemek Bienal, Turkey 

• Comblain au Pont, sculpture symposium, Belgium

 

2005  

• Atatürk University, sculpture symposium, Erzurum, Turkey

• Dubai International Art Symposium, United Arab Emirates (awarded)

 

2004  

• Hacettepe University, sculpture symposium, Ankara, Turkey

• Caldas da Rainha, sulpture symposium, Portugal

 

2003  

• Büyükcekmece, sculpture symposium, Istanbul, Turkey

• City of Uto, artist in residence, Kyushu, Japan

 

2002  

• Brusque, sculpture symposium, Santa Catarina, Brazil

• Le Sidobre, sculpture symposium, Castres, France 

• `Way of Friendship´, sculpture path in Bilka, Czech Republic

 

2000  

• Aswan International Sculpture Symposium, Egypt

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1999

• travel grant for Greece, visits of antique places, Dr. Günther-Schirm-Foundation Lübeck, Germany

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1998  

• Cavaion Veronese, sculpture symposium, Italy (awarded)

 

1997

• LEONARDO scholarship of the European Union,

  working-stay at Carrara, Italy