K.R.H. Sonderborg
born in 1923 as Kurt Rudolf Hoffmann in Sønderborg / Als, Denmark
since 1951 pseudonym K. R. H. Sonderborg
1923 resettles with family to Hamburg
1941 – 42 Gestapo-imprisonment in Hamburg
1947 - 49 Studies at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg (Painting, Graphics and Textiledesign)
1953 Member of Group "ZEN 49"
1953 Studies at Atelier 17 with St. W. Hayter in Paris
In the following years Sonderborg lived and worked in London, Cornwall, New York, Ascona, Rom and Paris
1965 - 1990 Professor for Painting at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, Stuttgart, Germany
1969-70 Visiting Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
1986 Visiting Professor at the Art Institute in Chicago
K. R. H. Sonderborg lives in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Cornwall and on the island Fano
SOLO SHOWS (selection)
1965 Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover
Koelnischer Kunstverein
1963 7. Biennale São Paulo
1964 Biennale Venedig
1965 Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1972 Kunstforening Oslo
1976 Grand Palais, Paris, FIAC
1978 Kunstmuseum Aalborg
1985 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
1987 Saarland-Museum / Saarbrücken
Kunstverein Wolfenbuettel
1988 Salon d'Automne de Lyon, FRAC
1992 Maerkisches Museum, Witten
1993/94 Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
19?? Kunstverein Braunschweig
19?? Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
19?? Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum
19?? Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum
19?? Kunstverein Freiburg
2003 Kunsthalle Emden, Retrospektive mit Katalog
AWARDS (selection)
1963 1st international award for drawing at the 7. Biennale São Paulo
1984 Member of the Akademie der Kuenste, Berlin and Chevalier de l' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris
1989 Staatspreis des Landes Baden-Wuerttemberg