A.D. Trantenroth

b. 1940 in Bochum (D); German sculptor, object artist and illustrator

Completed an apprenticeship as an optician and ceramicist
1964-1968 Studied ceramics at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design under Prof. Uli Günther and sculpture under Prof. Herbert Baumann
1968-1973Freelance sculptor in Wunsiedel
1973-1978Freelance sculptor in Großgeschaidt, Heroldsberg
1979-1980 Teaching post at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1979-1985Freelance sculptor in Bocholt, city artist
since 1985Freelance sculptor in Weißenstadt in the Fichtel Mountains

International Sculpture Symposia, Grants, Awards:

1968Krastal, Carinthia, Austria
1969St. Margarethen, Burgenland, Austria
1971Burlington, Vermont, USA
1971Urbanum Symposium, Nuremberg
1972/73 Grant from the Kulturkreis of the Federation of German Industry (Steinwerk Zeidler + Wimmel, Kirchheim)
1975Grant from the Kulturkreis of the Federation of German Industry (Steinwerk Zeidler + Wimmel, Kirchheim)
1978  Berlin Art Award (awarded by the Academy of Arts Berlin)
1978

Art Award of the city of Bocholt (appointment as city Artist)

1979/80 First International Steel Symposium "Stadt und Bildhauerei", Bochum
1981 Sculpture symposium, Wedaupark, Duisburg
1988Grant for the completion of a particular project from the Kunstfonds e.V. Bonn; "Straße der Skulpturen", tombak pieces in the town of St. Wendel

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