Corbinian Böhm

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Corbinian Böhm
Born 1966
Munich, Germany
Nationality German
Field Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Installation art
Training Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Corbinian Böhm (born 1966 in Munich, Germany) is a German painter, installation artist and sculptor.

[edit] Biography

Böhm has grown up with five siblings in Harlaching, a borough of Munich. One of his brothers is the ski mountaineer Benedikt Böhm. After finishing his secondary education with the abitur he studied art history at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich until 1990. Afterwards he first graduated an apprenticeship as sculptor (wood, stone) and then he was majoring in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He was taught there by Hans Ladner, Pia Stadtbäumer, Antony Gormley, Timm Ulrichs, Asta Gröting and Rita McBride.

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

In 2000 he got his "Meisterschüler" diplom (comparably with the Master of Fine Arts).

Persondata
NAME Böhm, Corbinian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bini
SHORT DESCRIPTION German Painter, installation artist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH