Dierk Engelken

• 26.7.1941 born in Elbing, Germany,  painter and sculptor; President of Honour of IAA (International Association of Art); Member of Bundesverband Bildender Künstler, Bonner Künstlergruppe, VG Bild Kunst
• living and working in Bonn; studied at Universities of Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf; Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ;
• 1969  “Meisterschüler”; 1973-2001 gave lectures of Art at Pädagogische Hochschule Rheinland and Universities of Cologne and Bonn; chairman of Germination Deutschland; Personal exhibitions in Germany and foreign countries; exhibitions and Art Actions since 1969 in about 160 cities.
• Since 1970 about 180 essays  have been published in catalogues, magazines, press, radio and television about the works of Dierk Engelken.
• Author of more than 320 essays and critics about art.