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Arnold Dreyblatt, (b. New York, 1953) Media Artist, Composer, studied Composition und Ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University and Media Studies at the State University at Buffalo/USA, lives since 1984 in Berlin. He was voted to lifetime membership in the Akademie der Kunste (Academy of Art) Visual Arts Section, Berlin in 2007. In 2009 he became Professor for Media Art at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Kiel, Germany.

Solo Exhibitions (Selection):
"Turntable History", Galerie Singuhr, Berlin (2009); "Unsaid", Jüdisches Museum, Berlin (2008); "Memory Lost", Galerie e/static, Torino (2007); "Inscriptions", Jewish Museum, Frankfurt (2005); "Eight Paths", Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin (2003); "From the Archives", Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (2002); "The Memory Project", Felix Meritis Foundation, Amsterdam (1998); "Memory Arena", Arken Museum of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen (1996) und Kampnagel Fabrik, Hamburg (1995); "T.: From the Great and Small Archives", Galerie ozwei, Berlin (1992)

Group Exhibitions (Selection):
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Medical History Museum, Berlin, MAK, Wien (2008); Galerie e/static, Torino (2007), Jewish Museum Wien (2007); Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum der Gegenwart (2006); Gallery of the Art Academy, Braunschweig(2006); Galerie ozwei, Berlin; Norwegisches Parlament, Oslo (2004); Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2003, 2004); Kunstverein Hannover (2003); Ostia Antica, Rom (2002); Jewish Museum, New York; Bern Bienale (2001); Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum der Gegenwart (1999)

Grants and Prizes (Selection):
1. Prize Competition: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection (BMELV); Berlin (2008); 1. Prize International Competition, Center for Holocaust and Minorities, Olso, Norwegen (2006); Commission, Irish Arts Council, Dublin (2004); Prize in Visual Art, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2000); Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, New York City (1998/1999); Kulturfonds e.V. Berlin (1996); Bild-Kunst e.V. Bonn (1995); Kunstfonds e.V. Bonn (1994); Philip-Morris-Artprize, München (1992)

Teaching:
Professor for Media Art, Muthesius Academy of Art and Design, Kiel (since 2009); Guest Artist: Stanford Universität, Palo Alto; Columbia College, Chicago; Hampshire College / Five Colleges Symposium, Amherst (2008); Lecturer, Universität der Künste, Instutue for Art in Context (2007); Lecturer, Summer Academy/Hans-Böckler-Foundation (2006); Lecturer, Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee (2005); Summer Academy/Hans-Böckler-Foundation (2004); Lecturer, University of Lüneburg, Cultural Studies (2002-2004); Guest Professor, Intermedia, Art Academy, Saar, Saarbrücken (2001-2003); Lecturer, Acoustic Media, Media Lab, Center for the Arts, MIT, Cambridge, Boston (2000); Lecturer, Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee (1998-1999); Lecturer, Universität of Lüneburg, Cultural Studies (1995-96); Lecturer, Wesleyan University (1980-82); Teacher, Video and Sound Program for Handicapped Children, Arts Resource Center, East Harlem (1979)

Publication (Selection):
"Who’s Who in Central & East Europe 1933, A Travel in the Text", Gerhard Wolf Janus Press, Berlin 1995; "Aus den Archiven", Stadtgalerie Saarbücken / Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2003. "Inschriften / Inscriptions", Jüdisches Museum, Frankfurt 2005; "Innocent Questions", Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2006.

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Arnold Dreyblatt (b. New York City, 1953) is an American media artist and composer. He has been based in Berlin, Germany since 1984. In 2007, Dreyblatt was elected to lifetime membership in the visual arts section at the German Academy of Art (Akademie der Künste, Berlin). He is currently Professor of Media Art at the Muthesius Academy of Art and Design in Kiel, Germany.

His early activities in music and performance included the albums Nodal Excitation, Propellers In Love and the opera project Who's Who in Central and East Europe 1933. His artistic practice of the last 20 years has ranged from large staged multi-day performances (The Memory Projects, 1995-2001), involved installations (such as From the Archives, 1999; The Wunderblock, 2000; Turntable History, 2009) and wall works (such as Ephemeris Epigraphica, 2006 and Memory Lost, 2007). At the same time he has continued to develop his unique work in composition and music performance.

Dreyblatt's visual artworks create complex textual and spatial visualizations for memory. These projects, which reflect on such themes as recollection and the archive, include permanent installations, digital room projections, dynamic textual objects and muti-layered lenticular text panels. He has exhibited and performed in galleries, museums and public spaces such as the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art, Berlin; The Jewish Museum in New York; the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna and Gallery e/static in Turin.

Permanent public art works are on display at the HL Holocaust Center in Oslo and the Jewish Museum in Berlin. He has recieved numerous commissions and awards including the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts in New York, and the Förderpreis of the Academy of Art (Akademie der Künste) in Berlin.

One of the second generation of New York minimal composers, Dreyblatt studied music with Pauline Oliveros, La Monte Young, and Alvin Lucier and media art with Woody and Steina Vasulka.

Arnold Dreyblatt has charted his own unique course in composition and music performance. He has invented a set of new and original instruments, performance techniques, and a system of tuning. Often characterized as one of the more rock-oriented of American minimalists, Dreyblatt has cultivated a strong underground base of fans for his transcendental and ecstatic music with his Orchestra of Excited Strings. His music has been performed by the Bang On A Can All-Stars, Jim O'Rourke, Pellegrini String Quartet and the Crash Ensemble. He has recorded for such labels as Tzaddik, Hat Hut, Table of the Elements, and Cantaloupe.

Kurz Biografie (Deutsch)

Arnold Dreyblatt studierte Medienkunst an der State Universität von New York in Buffalo/USA und Komposition sowie Vergleichende Musikwissenschaften an der Wesleyan Universität/USA. Seit 1984 lebt er vorwiegend in Berlin.
2007 wurde er zum Mitglied der Akademie der Künste Berlin gewählt. Er ist Professur für Medienkunst an der Muthesius Kunsthochschule in Kiel.

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl): "Turntable History", Galerie Singuhr, Berlin (2009); "Unsaid", Jüdisches Museum, Berlin (2008); "Memory Lost", Galerie e/static, Torino (2007); "Inscriptions", Jüdisches Museum, Frankfurt (2005); "Eight Paths", Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin (2003); "Aus den Archiven", Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (2002); "The Memory Project", Felix Meritis Foundation, Amsterdam (1998); "Memory Arena", Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Kopenhagen (1996) und Kampnagel Fabrik, Hamburg (1995); "T.: Aus den Großen und Kleinen Archiven", Galerie OZwei, Berlin (1992)

Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl): Akademie der Künste Berlin, Medizinhistorisches Museum Berlin, MAK Wien (2008); Galerie e/static, Torino (2007), Jüdisches Museum Wien (2007); Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum der Gegenwart (2006); Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig(2006); Galerie ozwei, Berlin; Norwegisches Parlament, Oslo (2004); Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2003, 2004); Kunstverein Hannover (2003); Ostia Antica, Rom (2002); Jewish Museum, New York, Bern Bienale (2001); Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum der Gegenwart (1999)

Stipendien und Preise (Auswahl): 1. Preis Wettbewerb Landwirtschaftsministerium (BMELV); Berlin (2008); 1. Preis Internationaler Wettbewerb Center for Holocaust and Minorities, Olso, Norwegen (2006); Werkauftrag, Irish Arts Council, Dublin (2004); Förderpreis Bildende Kunst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin (2000); Stipendium, Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, New York City (1998/1999); Kulturfonds e.V. Berlin (1996); Bild-Kunst e.V. Bonn (1995); Kunstfonds e.V. Bonn (1994); Philip-Morris-Kunstpreis, München (1992)

Lehrtätigkeit: Gast-Künstler: Stanford Universität, Palo Alto; Columbia College, Chicago; Hampshire College / Five Colleges Symposium, Amherst (2008); Lehrauftrag, Universität der Künste, Institut für Kunst im Kontext (2007); Lehrauftrag, Sommerakademie/Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (2006); Lehrauftrag, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (2005); Sommerakademie/Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (2004); Lehrauftrag, Universität Lüneburg, FB Kulturinformatik (2002-2004); Gastprofessur, Intermedia, Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Saarbrücken (2001-2003); Lehrauftrag, Akustische Medien, Media Lab, Center for the Arts, MIT, Cambridge, Boston (2000); Lehrauftrag im FB Bildhauerei, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (1998-1999); Lehrauftrag, Universität Lüneburg, FB Kulturinformatik (1995-96); Dozent, Wesleyan University (1980-82); Video-und Filmlehrer für geistig behinderte Kinder, Arts Resource Center, East Harlem (1979)

Publikationen (Auswahl): "Innocent Questions", Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2006; "Inschriften/Inscriptions", Jüdisches Museum, Frankfurt 2005 ; "Aus den Archiven", Stadtgalerie Saarbücken / Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2003