Utz Kampmann Biography
Utz Kampmann was born in 1935. Between 1957 and 1963 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin under the guidance of Karl Hartung. In 1964 he received the prestigious Villa Romana Prize together with Clemens Fischer, Winfried Gaul and Rolf Szymanski, and in 1965 he obtained the German Youth Art Prize. In the same year, he held his first solo exhibition at the Müller Gallery in Stuttgart. He is known for his sculptures made with acrylic blocks and plexiglass, but also for his colorful objects and kinetic works.
From 1966 to 1968, Kampmann served as color coordinator for the construction of the Märkisches Viertel in Berlin. In 1963, he participated in the "Young West" exhibition at the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, while in 1967 he took part in the Biennale de Paris. In 1968, he was represented with four cubic acrylic glass sculptures at the 4th edition of the Kassel Documenta.
In 1970, Kampmann moved to Lütisburg, Switzerland, and starting in 1975 he lived on several islands in Greece, including Rhodes. In 1980, he returned to Berlin, where he devoted himself to the renovation of the Martin-Gropius-Bau, under the management of his half-brother, Winnetou Kampmann. In 1991, Kampmann settled in Cogolin, where he passed away in 2006.
