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
1968-1973	Freelance sculptor in Wunsiedel
1973-1978	Freelance sculptor in Großgeschaidt, Heroldsberg
1979-1980	Teaching post at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1979-1985	Freelance sculptor in Bocholt, city artist
since 1985	Freelance sculptor in Weißenstadt in the Fichtel Mountains

International Sculpture Symposia, Grants, Awards:

1968	Krastal, Carinthia, Austria
1969	St. Margarethen, Burgenland, Austria
1971	Burlington, Vermont, USA
1971	Urbanum Symposium, Nuremberg
1972/73	Grant from the Kulturkreis of the Federation of German Industry (Steinwerk Zeidler + Wimmel, Kirchheim)
1975	Grant 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
1988	Grant for the completion of a particular project from the Kunstfonds e.V. Bonn; "Straße der Skulpturen", tombak pieces in the town of St. Wendel