Franz Ackermann (born 1963 in

Neumarkt-Sankt Veit Neumarkt-Sankt Veit (until 1934 Neumarkt an der Rott) is a town in the district of Mühldorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the river Rott, 10 kilometers north of Mühldorf, and 33 kilometers southeast of Landshut. Mayor Since 2002 Er ...

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) is a German painter and installation artist based in

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. He makes cartoonish

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Life

He attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in

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from 1984 to 1988 and the

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from 1989 to 1991. He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including the 2003

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, "Drawing Now: 8 Propositions" at the

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, "Hybrids" at

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, "Global Navigation System" at Pace le aloghy de Tokyo in

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and "Seasons in the Sun" at the

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. He is represented by neugerriemschneider in

, Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York, Meyer Riegger gallery in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

, Galeria Fortes Vilaca in

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and Gio Marconi in

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. His works are held in the collection of the

, in

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Franz Ackermann Mai 36 GalleryFranz Ackermann White Cube Artists''Artforum'', April, 2001.
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1963 births Living people People from Mühldorf (district) 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters 21st-century German painters 21st-century German male artists Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni German contemporary artists {{Germany-painter-stub

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