Discover the contemporary work of Gepe
School education:
1978 - 1980 Vocational school for design, Rheinbach
1981 - 1982 Technical college for design, Cologne | with graduation; the university of applied sciences entrance qualification
1982 - 1985 Media University of Applied Sciences Cologne, studied communication design and free painting (Prof. Karl Marx)
1984 - 1985 studied "Method Acting", Actors Studio (Prof. Walter Lott)
1981 Social year, Camphill Community, Aberdeen, Scotland (art and music therapy)
Awards
1991 Fuji Fine Arts Award
Memberships
COMO International Society for Arts and Culture
New Society for Fine Arts (ngbk)
European Artists e. V.
[HAP] Harlem Art Project | New York City
Artists Space | New York City
BBK e.V.
Projects | Workshops | Installations (selection)
since 1983 | „Blind- and Intuitive-Painting and -Writing“ | Self-awareness, intuition training, creative education, art experience, experiment
since 2008 | „Assembly Line Art©“; Concept Art Performance, art experience, experiment
since 2010 | „Drip It©“ and „Drip It Tag©“; works of art, creative education, art experience
since 2012 | „COMOKunstWundert©“; Art surprise and low-threshold entry into the art collection (CRM)
since 2016 | „Dripping Paint Bucket©“; Installation, signage, awareness raising
since 2016 | „Ready Made Natural Art©“; Art works, workshop, awareness raising, nature-art experience
since 2016 | „Véjets Obtrou©“; Upcycling art, awareness raising, creative education
since 2016 | Concept "Versatile inspiring and interlocking art and cultural projects" | resulting from this:
since 2017 | "SOOTAC", "Synthesis of the arts and cultures"; "Total work of art", educational concept, self-discovery, creative education, joy in diversity
since 2017 | "Assemblage d'Artéfact Urbain", themed collages made from street garbage, upcycling art, creative education, urban art experience
since 2017 | „Artists Palette Catering©“; Product design for exhibition productions, among others
since 2017 | „Cars and Arts©“; GT3 motorsport event
since 2018 | „Resting Bench Sculpture Garden©“; Installation, art experience, community improvement
since 2018 | „Urban Discoveries“; Relationship and identification assistance, art experience, community improvement
since 2018 | „NYC-SOMTOM©, „State of mind - town of mine, Humanity in the heart“; Humanism and Enlightenment, communal identification and social community building
Since 2020 | "RE:Reanissance Emmaburg", Hergenrath, Belgium | Monument protection and cultural participation | Cultural, development, financing and operating concept for the listed Eyne / Emma Burg in East Belgium
Exhibitions | Symposia (selection) [G = group exhibition | E = solo exhibition | P = project and presentations | S = symposium |
K = catalog | R = press reports | D = documentation]
1977 › G | “Cologne Art Summer”, IGH,
1982 › E | Government President, Cologne
1983 › E | “Galeria Cadaqués”, Cadaques, E (K)
1984 › E | “The white gallery”, Cologne (K | R)
1985 › G | Art Cologne, Cologne (K | R)
1986 › E | “Galerie Image”, Amsterdam, NL (K)
1986 › E | (Galerie Futurespace”, Amsterdam, NL (K)
‘93-‘95 › P | Stage sets and costume design (R)
1996 › E | Gikom GmbH, Bonn (K | R)
1997 › E | Argus, Bergisch Gladbach (K | R)
‘97-‘99 › E | Cologne, Bonn, Aachen, Mönchengladbach and Berlin (K | R)
2004 › E | Kunsthalle Wil, CH (K | R)
2004 › E | Gallery “Tornado-am-Ostkreuz”, Berlin (K | R)
2006 › E | Eater & Esser, Cologne (K)
2007 › E | Private bank Merck Finck & Co., Cologne (K | R)
2008 › E | Volksbank Viersen eG, Viersen (K | R)
2009 › E | GOP AG, Bonn (K)
2010 › P | “Jackson at Singel”, Akzo Nobel b.v., Amsterdam, NL
2012 › G | „COMO Autumn Salon 2012”, Bonn, (K | R)
2013 › G | COMO exhibition „Bouffon©”, Museum for Related Art, Cologne (K | R)
2013 › G | „COMO in the blue LAND©”, Gallery „The Blue Castle”, Murnau (K | R)
2013 › G | „COMO united© 01”, Bonn (K)
2013 › G | “COMO Autumn Salon 2013”, Bonn (K | R)
2014 › E | “Gepe Retrospective 01”, Bonn (K | R)
2014 › G | “COMO a COMO© 01”, Spazio Natta, Como, Italy (K | R)
2014 › G | “22. EA Symposium 2014”, European Artists e.V., Essen (R)
2014 › G | “COMO unites© 02”, Bonn (K)
2014 › G | “COMO Conspectus© 01”, Bonn (K | R)
2015 › E | “Gepe Retrospective 01”, Kulturpunkt Wipperfürth (K | R)
2015 › G | Zollstock Cultural Hall, Cologne (K)
2015 › S | 23rd European Artists Symposium, Essen
2015 › G | “COMO unites© 03“, COMO Exhibition Hall Bonn and Aachen (K)
2015 › G | „Art20“, European Artists e. V., Kunsthalle Paderborn, Paderborn (R)
2016 › P | „COMODADA© 2016“, 100 Years of Dadaism, Zurich, Switzerland (K | R)
2015 › P | „Drip-It©“ Event, Modoc Culture and Event Hall, Bergisch Gladbachh (R)
2015 › G | Kulturhalle Zollstock, Cologne (K)
2017 › E | „Ready Made Natural Art©, exhibition and workshop, Modoc Culture and Event Hall,
Bergisch Gladbach (R)
2018 › E | [HAP] Harlem Art Projects, New York City, USA (K)
2018› C | Cars and Arts© | Motorsport and Art | Marcel Hartmann Racing
2018 › G | „Open Art Space“, Crossart Int., Cologne
2018 › G | „Guerilla Flash Art No.01“, Düsseldorf
2019 › G | Artists Space, Fundraising Exhibition New York City, USA (K)
2019 › G | “Guerrilla Flash Art No.02”, Düsseldorf
2019 › G | “Salon Coloré”, Munich (K)
2019 › G | “Art Points”, Düsseldorf (K)
2019 › P | “Cars and Arts©”, SRO Motorsports Group, 24H of Spa, Begium
2019 › P “Cars and Arts©”, Automobile Club de l’Ouest, 24H Le Mans, France
2020 › P | “NYC SOMTOM©, New York City, USA (D)
2020 › S | “Symburgium”, Emmaburg, Hergenrath, B
‘20-‘23 › P | “RE:Renaissance Emmaburg©”, Monthly “RE:Project Weeks” on the Emmaburg/Eyneburg in Hergenrath, B, (D)
