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Ben Willikens    (German, 1939)

 Ben Willikens - Cut Raum h: 65 x w: 50 cm / h: 25.6 x w: 19.7 in
Ben Willikens
Cut Raum 2005
 
 Ben Willikens - Raum 407 (Paintings) h: 135 x w: 115 cm / h: 53.1 x w: 45.3 in
Ben Willikens
Raum 407 2006
 
 Ben Willikens - Raum 413 (Paintings) h: 130 x w: 200 cm / h: 51.2 x w: 78.7 in
Ben Willikens
Raum 413 2006
 
 Ben Willikens - Raum 419 (Atelier Fenster) (Paintings) h: 200 x w: 200 cm / h: 78.7 x w: 78.7 in
Ben Willikens
Raum 419 (Atelier Fenster) 2006
 
 Ben Willikens - Raum 470 (Cut) (Paintings) h: 140 x w: 100 cm / h: 55.1 x w: 39.4 in
Ben Willikens
Raum 470 (Cut) 2007
 
 

Biography
1939 Born in Leipzig, Germany
1959 - 1962 Studied philosophy and literature, Hamburg
1964 Awarded a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
1965 Lived in London, England
1965 Recieved scholarship for the Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin
1962 - 1967 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Heinz Troekes
1970 Villa Romana Prize, Florence, Italy
1972 Villa Massimo Prize, Rome, Italy
1982 Professor for Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Braunschweig, Germany
1983 Hans Molfenter-Prize, Stuttgart
1991 - 2005 Professor for Painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany
1999 - 2005 Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany
Lives and works in Stuttgart and Munich, Germany

Exhibitions
2009 Städtische Museen, Heilbronn, Germany (solo)
2009 Museum am Dom, Würzburg, Germany (solo)
2008 GaleriArtist, Istanbul (solo)
2008 Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich (solo)
2007 Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath (solo)
2007 Galerie Elisabeth Michitsch, Vienna (solo)
2007 Kunsthaus Potsdam, Germany (solo)
2007 Galerie Rieker, Heilbronn, Germany (solo)
2007 GaleriArtist, Istanbul (solo)
2007 Kunstmuseum Celle mit Sammlung Robert Simon, GErmany (solo)
2006 GaleriArtist, Berlin (solo)
2006 Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich (solo)
2006 Haus Huth-Daimler-Chrysler Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
2006 Galerie Hans Mayer, Duesseldorf (solo)
2005 Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim (solo)
2005 Exhibition for Ruhr festivals, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (solo)
2004 Lindenau Museum, Lindenau, Germany
2004 Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany (solo)
2004 Glyptothek, Munich (solo)
2003 Stiftung for Concrete Art, Reutlingen
2003 Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage e.V. Cologne
2003 Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich
2002 Josef Albers Museum, Quadrat Bottrop
2001 Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich Germany
2000 Volpinum Art Collection, Andra and Ernfried Fuchs, Wien Austria
1999 Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
1998 Busch-Reisinger Museum at the Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass USA
1997 Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
1997 Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Germany
1995 Aerosalon, DASA/Carol Johnssen, Paris
1994 Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
1992 Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich
1991 Galerie Kö 24, Hannover
1991 Kunstverein Pforzheim, Germany
1985 Deutsches Architectur Museum, Frankfurt
1981 Sprengel Museum, Hannover
1975 Kunsthalle Tuebingen, Germany
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