Siegfried Kaden Born in Dersden, Germany. Lives in Cuba since 1995.

Education

1971-73 Kunstakademie (University of Art), Vienna, Austria 1969-74 M Ed / Kunstakademie (University of Art), Stuttgart, Germany 1968-74 BA, MA, History of Art / University of Stuttgart, Germany 1967-68 Economics / University of Bochum, Germany

Professional Experience

2014 Curator of the exhibition “Kreyòl als Kultur des Widerstandes in der Karibik – words, images, sounds“. Munich, Germany 2011 Curator of the exhibition “Cuban Young Scene – big size works on paper“. Pasinger Fabrik. Munich, Germany 2007 Professor of Arts in Drawing, International Summer Academy of Arts. Salzburg, Austria 2006 Professor of Arts in Painting, International Summer Academy of Arts. Salzburg, Austria Curator of the exhibition “Die Revolutionen der Welt“. Galerie der Künstler. Munich, Germany 2000-03 Professor of Arts, Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro. Havana, Cuba 1999 Professor of Arts, Summer Academy for Arts, University of Irsee. Germany 1997 Professor of Arts, Instituto Superior de Artes (ISA). Havana, Cuba Professor of Arts, University of Wismar. Germany 1996-98 Vice-president of ARTHEON / Society of Contemporary Art and Religion. Frankfurt/Stuttgart, Germany 1993-94 Professor of Arts, University of Arts / FKM in Mannheim, Germany 1974-81 Art teacher. Maximilian Institut. Munich, Germany

Scholarships, Grants and Awards

1998 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) Havana, Cuba 1995 Award of the Foundation Gisela von Steiner. Munich, Germany 1985 Award of the Foundation of Books. Frankfurt, Germany 1984 National Award of the State of Bavaria. Germany 1982 Award of Art of the City of Mulhouse. Switzerland 1981 Award of Art of the City of Munich. Germany 1972 Gold Medals, University of Art. Vienna, Austria 1971 Gold Medals, University of Art. Vienna, Austria 1970 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) Vienna, Austria

Works in public collections (selection)

Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds, Herzog Franz von Bayern, Munich. Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt. Lenbachhaus-Museum of Contemporary Art, Munich. Graphic Art Collection of the Albertina, Vienna.

There are also works in the private collections of the Fred Jahn and Dr. Margret Biedermann galleries in Munich.

Siegfried Kaden | Vita 1/6 Books, Catalogues, and Films

2015 National Drawing Contest for young people; subject: “Mi Habana”. Centro Hispanoamericano de la Cultura. Habana Vieja, Cuba 2009 “Exhibition of Posters from GDR 1967-1990 - Donation Margrit and Gert Becker“, art collections. Chemnitz, Germany 2007 “Siegfried Kaden - Arbeiten 1973-2007“. Barbara Wally (Hrsg.), Hirmer Edition. Munich, Germany “Cuban Legends”. Salvador Bueno. Illustrated by Siegfried Kaden. Markus Wiener Publishers. Princenton, USA. 2005 “Afro-Cuban Myths: Yemaya and Other Orishas”. Romulo Lachatañere. Illustrated by Siegfried Kaden. Markus Wiener Publishers. Kingston, USA. 2000 Monthly drawings in the newspaper Tageszeitung. Berlin, Germany 1999 “Silent Days in Havana”. Minerva Edition, Wolfratshausen, Germany 1998/99 Weekly drawings from Havana for the German Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Leisure section 1996 “Little Hippology”. Steidl Edition, Göttingen, Germany 1995 “War Games”. Edition “Das Wunderhorn”, Heidelberg, Germany 1994 “The books of the artists - publications and editions since the sixties in Germany“, Texts from M. Glasmeier, Institut for foreing relationships (own publication) 1993 “Resurrection”. Hospitalhof. Stuttgart, Germany 1988 “Angels”. Vexer Edition, St. Gallen, Switzerland “Hannibal”. Animated comic film of own drawings. Stadtgarten, Cologne, Germany “Hannibal”. Rainer Edition, Berlin, Germany

TV Appearances

2015 Interview for the Public Television of Cuba, Radio Progreso, about “Living and Working in Cuba” by Daynelis Rodríguez and Jose Raúl Belén. Havana, Cuba. Interview for the Public Radio of Cuba, Radio Progreso, Radio Enciclopedia and Habana de TV about the Exposition “Muestra Permanente de Arte Contemporáneo Fernando Ortiz” at the Hispanoamericano de Cuba. Donated Work – Titel: “Humboldt”. Havana, Cuba. Interview for the Public Radio of Cuba, Radio Progreso, program “Epigramas”, about the Exposition in Germany “Living and Working in Cuba” (with the artist Cirenaica Moreira). Havana, Cuba. 2014 Interview for the Public Television of Cuba in Bayamo, program “Meridiano”, about the Exposition “Rostros de Mujeres Cubanas”, by Yudelkis Calaña de Bayamo and Aleida Piñero Meneses from Havana. Bayamo, Cuba. Entrevista para la radio estatal cubana Radio Progreso con motivo de la exposición “Rostros de mujeres Cubanas en Bayamo”. La Habana, Cuba. nterview for the Public Radio of Cuba, Radio Progreso, program “Epigramas”, about “The Work and the influence of living in Cuba”. Havana, Cuba. Interview for the Public Television of Cuba, by Aleida Piñero Meneses, about “The Work of the Artist”. Havana, Cuba. 2002 Public Television of Cuba: Exhibition of Drawings in “Galerie Luz y Oficios”. Havana. Cuba 1997 German Public Television “Capriccio”, Portrait of Siegfried Kaden 1993 German Public Television, Exhibition of the Artist “Resurrection” in Stuttgart,Germany 1991 German Public Television “Meeting of Bitterfeld” (conference of painters and writers of Germany)

Exhibition Catalogues

2006 „The Revolutions of the World“. Galerie der Künstler. Das Wunderhorn Edition, Germany 1995 Nisple Gallery. St. Gallen, Switzerland 1994 Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery. Bielefeld, Germany 1993 Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany 1993 “Resurrection”, Hospitalhof. Stuttgart, Germany 1992 “Flieger”, Kampl Gallery. Munich, Germany

Siegfried Kaden | Vita 2/6 1989 Ferran Cano Gallery. Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1987 Fred Jahn Gallery. Munich, Germany 1985 Palacio de la Madraza. Granada, Spain 1984 “Paintings”, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Museum of the City of Heidelberg. Germany 1982 Ariadne Gallery. Vienna, Austria 1981 “Wall Drawings”, Lenbachhaus-Museum of Contemporary Art. Munich, Germany

Reviews (Print media including)

Mention of the journalist Pedro García for Prensa Latina and El Orbe, appeared in La Jornada supplement of México city. Review publish in La Demajagua about the exposition “Rostros de Mujeres Cubanas”, by the journalist Zeide Balada. Review by Mr. Pedro la Hoz, vicepresident of UNEAC and critic from Granma. Art in America, USA; Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany; ART, Hamburg, Germany; Kunstforum International, Germany; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FAZ, Frankfurt, Germany; Tageszeitung taz, Berlin, Germany.

Personal Exhibitions

2015 “20 Años de Kaden en Cuba”. Centro Hispanoamericano de la Cultura. Habana Vieja, Cuba “Living and Working in Cuba” with the cuban artist Cirenaica Moreira. Nordheimer Scheune, Germany 2014 “101 Cuban Women”. Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba in Bayamo. Bayamo, Cuba “Siegfried Kaden, Painting – Drawing”. Asoc. Art and Culture in Hohenaschau. Aschau, Germany 2012 “After 15 years: cuban portraits“. EGC Gallery, Havana, Cuba Siegfried Kaden (Germany) and Lucía Falcone (Ecuador). Gallery of Art in the Town Hall of Munich. Germany 2009 “Siegfried Kaden – from the series‚ Heidelberg”. Ariadne Gallery. Vienna, Austria 2007 Salzburg City Gallery of Art. Austria 2005 K3 Gallery. Kottigstelzham, Germany 2003 Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany 2002 “Acuarelas Antillanas”. Centro Provincial de las Artes Plásticas y Diseño. Havana, Cuba Fundación Ludwig de Cuba. Havana, Cuba 2000 Museum of the Kunstverein. Kronach, Germany Oess Gallery. Konstanz, Germany Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany Diehl&Partner AG Gallery. Silvaplana, Switzerland Fred Jahn Gallery. Munich, Germany 1997 Tulla Gallery. Mannheim, Germany Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany 1996 Goethe Institute. Rotterdam, the Netherlands 1995 Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany Museum of the Kunstverein. Mannheim, Germany Nisple Gallery. St. Gallen, Switzerland 1994 Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery. Bielefeld, Germany Schuetz Gallery, Frankfurt. Germany “Working Place” Gallery. Heidelberg, Germany 1993 “Resurrection”, Hospitalhof. Stuttgart, Germany Fred Jahn Gallery. Munich, Germany Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany Axel Holm Gallery. Ulm, Germany Augenblick Gallery. Mannheim, Germany 1992 Kampl Gallery. Passau, Germany 1989 Ferran Cano Gallery. Palma de Mallorca, Spain Nisple Gallery. St. Gallen, Switzerland Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany 1988 EIGEN+ART Gallery. Leipzig, Germany Nisple Gallery. St.Gallen, Switzerland Artinizing Gallery. Munich, Germany

Siegfried Kaden | Vita 3/6 1987 Fred Jahn Gallery. Munich, Germany Van Aken Gallery. Cologne, Germany 1986 Fahlbusch Gallery. Ludwigshafen, Germany Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany Van Aken Gallery. Cologne, Germany 1985 Tilly Haderek Gallery. Stuttgart, Germany Espacio 41. Bonn, Germany Palazzo Vignotti. Cortona, Italy Van Aken Gallery. Cologne, Germany Museum of Fine Arts. Malaga, Spain Palacio de la Madraza. Granada, Spain 1984 Museum of the Kunstverein. Heidelberg, Germany Liesbeth Lips Gallery. Delft, the Netherlands Edition Staeck. Heidelberg, Germany Juana de Aizpuru Gallery. Madrid and Seville, Spain Joaquin Mir Gallery. Palma de Mallorca, Spain Goethe Institut. Madrid, Spain Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany Fred Jahn Gallery. Munich, Germany Ariadne Gallery. Vienna, Austria 1982 Ariadne Gallery. Vienna, Austria Fred Jahn Gallery. Munich Tilly Haderek Gallery. Stuttgart, Germany 1981 Forum Gallery, Art Forum, Lenbachhaus-Museum of Contemporary Art. Munich, Germany Van de Loo Gallery. Munich, Germany 1976 Van de Loo Gallery. Munich, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2015 Opening of the Muestra Permanente Colectiva de Arte Contemporáneo Fernando Ortiz. Centro Hispanoamericano de la Cultura. Donated Work, titel: “Humboldt”. Havana, Cuba 2012 Traunstein City Gallery of Art, “Every line is a trace“. Traunstein, Germany “Inventario“, Ludwig Fundation. Havana, Cuba 2010 “Contemporary German Graphic“, National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana. Havana, Cuba 2009 “Exhibition of Posters from GDR 1967-1990 - Donation Margrit and Gert Becker“, art collections. Chemnitz, Germany 2008 “Wenn Fluxus den New Pop berührt - Galeriade 2008“, Neue Kunst Gallery - Michael Oess, Karlsruhe “Review & Prospect“, Kampl Gallery, Munich “Images of the dance“. Biblioteca Nacional Jose Marti, Havana, Cuba “Points of View“, Humboldt Department, University of Havana. Cuba 2007 “Playrooms“, Neuötting City Museum, Germany 2006 Gallery of the artists, Munich. “Revoluciones del mundo” 2005 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Educación. México D.F., México 2001 Fama Gallery. Havana, Cuba Museo de la Revolución. Havana, Cuba 2000 “International Press Department”. Havana, Cuba 1996 DELTA Gallery “The Airborne Dream”. Rotterdam, the Netherlands 1995 “Drawings”, Kestner Society. Hannover, Germany International Church Congress. Hamburg, Germany 1994 “Time Out”, Gallery of the Artists. Munich, Germany “Confrontations”, Hans Mayer Gallery. Düsseldorf, Germany “Aspects”, Lenbachhaus-Museum of Contemporary Art. Munich, Germany 1993 “8th National Exhibition of Drawing”. Augsburg, Germany “Paths”, Weeks of Art in Wehr. Wehr-Oeflingen, Germany “Guest Rooms”, Polling. Germany “Germany in Fall”. Munich, Germany “Physiognomy and Shapes”. Klewan Gallery, Munich, Germany “Statements”. Fred Jahn Gallery. Munich, Germany

Siegfried Kaden | Vita 4/6 1991 “Drawings”. Schaedle+Arpagaus Gallery. Zürich, Switzerland “Relevant Art in Bavaria”. Museum of Contemporary Art in Wroclaw. Poland “3rd Convention of Bitterfeld”. Bitterfeld, Germany “Artists and Voyages”. Gallery of the City. Munich, Germany 1990 Society of “Griffelkunst”. Hamburg, Germany “Munich Studios”, City Gallery. Munich, Germany Weeks of Art. Wehr-Öflingen. Germany “6th National Exhibition of Drawings”. Augsburg, Germany 1989 “German Art Today”. European Community(EG). Brussels, Belgium 1988 Huisman Gallery. Apeldoorn, the Netherlands Community Museum. Weert, the Netherlands “Hotel Orient”, Gallery of the Artists. Munich “Ecce Homo”, Church of Stuttgart. Germany International Art Fair- Basel, Ferran Cano Gallery. Basel, Switzerland “Etchings”, Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany “Editions”, Schaedle and Arpagaus Gallery. Zürich, Switzerland “Mountains of Carrots”, Art Forum of the Lenbachhaus-Museum of Contemporary Art. Munich, Germany “Messagges”. Wehr-Öflingen, Germany “Editions of Tristan”. Figueras, Spain 1986 “Nothing without the Rose”, homage to Josef Beuys in Museum of Contemporary Art. Kleve, the Netherlands “Horror of War”, Maeder Gallery. Munich, Germany “Owilacht”, Karin Sachs Gallery. Munich, Germany “Art +” Gallery. Rotterdam, the Netherlands Ferran Cano Gallery. Mallorca, Spain “Still Life”, Biedermann Gallery. Munich, Germany 1985 Museum of Contemporary Art of the 20th Cent. “Orwell and the Present“. Vienna, Austria International Art Fair “Arco 85”, Ferran Cano Gallery. Madrid, Spain Haderek Gallery. Stuttgart, Germany “The Landscape of Art in Germany”. Bonn, Germany “Artists of Munich”, Museum of the “Secession”. Vienna, Austria “Department Store of Art”. Munich, Germany Reopening of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Augsburg, Germany Fahlbusch Gallery. Ludwigshafen, Germany Gallery. Munich, Germany International Trienal of Etching. Grenchen, Switzerland Juana de Aizpuru Gallery. Madrid, Spain “Power and Powerlessness”, Ariadne Gallery. Vienna, Austria “The Other Eve”. Wehr-Öflingen, Germany “Relevant Art”, Fahlbusch Gallery. Ludwigshafen, Germany “King Ludwig”, Maeder Gallery. Munich, Germany “The Other Eve”, Museum of Contemporary Women’s Art”. Bonn, Germany 1984 “Animals, Creatures, Monsters”, Museum Koenig. Cologne, Germany “Documenta”-Kassel, Germany- Workshop: Politically engaged Art. Kassel, Germany “Imagos dos 80”, Museo de Pobo Gallego. Santiago de Compostela, Spain “Jóvenes Salvajes”, DAU AL SET Gallery. Barcelona, Spain Art 15,84. Basel, Switzerland International Art Fair “Arco 84”. Madrid, Spain 1983 International Art Fair, Haderek Gallery. Düsseldorf, Germany International Art Fair, Ariadne Gallery. Basel, Switzerland Van de Loo Gallery, “Water Colors”. Munich, Germany “Thanksgiving”, Museum of the Lothringer Street. Munich, Germany “Aktuell 83”, “Italy/Netherlands/Switzerland/Germany” Lenbachhaus-Museum of Contemporary Art. Munich, Germany Rheinisches Landesmuseum. Bonn, Germany Art 14,83. Madrid, Spain Fira d’Art de Colonia, Germany Actual 83. Munich, Germany

Siegfried Kaden | Vita 5/6 1982 Art 13,82. Basel, Switzerland International Art Fair “Arco 82”. Madrid, Spain Fira d’Art de Colonia, Germany 1980 “Mail Art Exhibition”- Museum of Contemporary Art. Hannover, Germany “Griffelkunst”. Hamburg, Germany/New Acquisitions 1976 Baecker Gallery. Bochum, Germany 1972 “Confrontation”, Financial Palace of Prince Eugene. Vienna, Austria 1969 Society of Artists. Stuttgart, Germany

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