| Corbinian Böhm | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 7, 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 Munich, August 7, 1966) is a German painter, installation artist and sculptor.[1]
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 from 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.[2]
In 2000 he got his "Meisterschüler" diplom (comparably with a Master of Fine Arts degree).