Christopher Manke
1953 born in Schönecken, grew up in the Ruhr area -
lives and works in Lünebach/Eifel
1972 - 1977 Studied sculpture at FH Dortmund
since 1993 teaching at the European Academy for Fine Arts, Trier
Prices
1988 Art Prize of the district of Trier-Saarburg - 1989 Perron Prize of the City of Frankenthal - 1992 Art Prize 2nd Small Plastics Biennale Hilden - 1993 Burgundy grant from the State of Rhineland-Palatinate - 1999 Recognition of the German Landscape Architecture Prize together with the landscape architects Ernst-Heckel-Lohrer and the architect Schwarz - 2000 Art Innovation Art Prize, Bremen
Working in public space
1988 fountain for the administration building of the Stihl company, Weinsheim (sandstone) - 1989 stele on the market square, Jockgrim (sandstone) - 1990 plastic for the state representation of Rhineland-Palatinate, Bonn (cast iron) - 1991 plastic for the University of Trier (Corten steel) - 1994 fountain, Saarbrücken-Folsterhöhe (red Swedish granite) - 1995 plastic Rodalben (sandstone/steel) - 1996 wall design gymnasium Burbach (steel) - 1997 plastic Geological State Office Mainz (corten steel/sandstone) - 1997 plastic vocational school for economics Koblenz (cast iron /sandstone) - 1997 Garden of Iron, (steel), Federal Garden Show Magdeburg 1999 - 1998 stone settings in the ramparts, Federal Garden Show Magdeburg 1999 - 1999 Konz, sculpture at the mouth of the Saar into the Moselle (sandstone)
solo exhibitions
1989 Galerie Vulkan Mainz - 1989 Galerie Gärtner Mönchengladbach - 1990 Kunstraum Loft Köln - 1991 Schloss Waldthausen Mainz - 1992 Galerie Vulkan Mainz - 1992 Kunstverein Frankenthal - 1994 Galerie Steinacker Koblenz - 1994 Galerie Walther Düsseldorf - 1994 Galerie Waldherr Kirchheim-Bolanden - 1996 Galerie Vulkan Mainz - 1998 Gallery Waldherr Kirchheim-Bolanden - 1998 Society for Fine Arts, Trier
symposia
1989 Intern. Sculptor's Symposium Jockgrim - 1993 Intern. Sculpture Symposium Stronie-Slonskie, Poland - 1994 International Snow Sculpture Symposium Winnipeg, Canada - 1995 International Snow Sculpture Symposium Winnipeg, Canada - 1995 Intern. Sculpture Symposium Rodalben - 1997 International Snow Sculpture Symposium Winnipeg, Canada - 1997 Intern. Sculpture Symposium Germersheim - 1999 Intern. Sculpture Symposium Konz/Oberbillig - 1999 Intern. Wood Symposium Boppard