Corbinian Böhm (born

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, 7 August 1966) is a

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painter,

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and

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Biography

Böhm has grown up with five siblings in Harlaching, a borough of Munich. One of his brothers is the

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Benedikt Böhm. After finishing his

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with the abitur he studied

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at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich until 1990. Afterwards he first graduated from an apprenticeship as

(wood, stone) and then he was majoring in

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at the

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. He was taught there by

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, Pia Stadtbäumer, Antony Gormley, Timm Ulrichs, Asta Gröting and

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. Since 1995 he is working with his partner Michael Gruber under the name

Empfangshalle Empfangshalle (literally ''lobby'') is the name of a German performing art duo. It was founded by Corbinian Böhm and Michael Gruber in Munich (Germany) in 1995. Medium of their works is the society. They perform their art projects in the open, e ...

. In 2000 he got his "Meisterschüler" diplom (comparable with a Master of Fine Arts degree).

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