Volker Schlecht

Residence: 
Berlin, Germany
Educational Status: 
professional
Art School (enrolment, degree): 
Education (attended Art Schools), Projects & Exhibitions (max 10), Awards: 
Professor of Illustration at BTK university of art and design Berlin. Studied communication design at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle.
exhibitions (selection): 2016 "Das Ende vom Lied" Künstlerhaus Bethanien; 2009 Tape Modern No. 9 »Berlin«, Tape Galerie Heidestrasse, Berlin; 2007 "Drushba Pankow" Galerie Linda, Hamburg; 2005 »Young german illustrators", Kulturbrauerei Berlin; 2003 »(No) Comic – Young unplugged drawings« at »Berliner Kunstprojekt« Berlin;
awards (selection): 2002 e.o.plauen grant/award; several awards at animation and shortfilm festivals like the Grand Prix of the Stuttgart International Animation Festival 2016, the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Shortfilm Award 2009, Interfilm Berlin Award 2009, Best Animated Film at Filmfest Dresden 2001 and 2009; several awards for illustration (as a member of Drushba Pankow) like the 3x3 Magazine’s Merit Award 2013, European Design Award Gold 2010, red dot award 2007
Style: 
black and white drawings, naturalistic, sarcastic
Favorite themes: 
human face and body, still life, ancient mythology
Inspiration: 
David Hughes, George Grosz, Paul Klee, Albrecht Dürer, Giorgio Morandi, William Kentridge, Klaus Ensikat, Horst Janssen, Jan van Eyck
Technique: 
ballpen and pencil drawings on paper or similar material, eventually combined with acrylic or water color

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