Currivulum Vitae
1955 Born in Karlsruhe, Germany
1971 Pilot’s license for single engine and glider planes
1977-83 Art Institute, Karlsruhe (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste) with Prof. Max G. Kaminski and Prof. Gerd van Dülmen
1979-82 Art History, Karlsruhe University, Germany
Foreign Studies and travels to the Caribbean, Malaysia, Indonesia and Ceylon
1983 State Exam, Awarded Master’s Degree
1983-84 Grant from German-French Cultural Exchange Society, Work-Fellowship in Paris
1983 Commissioned work for public art by Fraunhofer Institute, Dortmund University, Germany
1986 First visit to the United States. Studio work in New York and Chicago
1987-88 National Endowment for the Arts from the Cultural Ministry, Baden-Württemberg
Stipendium at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1988 Established a permanent studio in Chicago
Florian Depenthal has established an international presence with permanent studios in Karlsruhe, Germany; Chicago, Illinois and since 1999 in Miami, Florida
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2019
ArtSpace Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami
2016
Casa Clara, Venetian Ilands, Miami
2013
Frank Pages Art Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland
2012
Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, Miami
2011
Frank Pages Art Galerie, Baden-Baden, Germany
2010
Villa im Arcadium, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie 48, Saarbrücken, Germany
Selected Group Shows
2017
ArtSpace Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami.“Art Visions International“
2013
ART Istanbul Contemporary, Turkey
2011
Galerie Haus Schneider Uschi Kolb, Karlsruhe, Germany
ART Istanbul, Turkey
2010
Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami – Five Abstract Visions
ART Zurich, Switzerland, ART Karlsruhe, Germany
2009
Frank Pages Art Galerie, Baden-Baden, Germany
ST-ART, foire europeenne contemporaine Strassbourg, France
ART Karlsruhe, Germany
2008
Galerie Haus Schneider Uschi Kolb, Karlsruhe, Germany
Frank Pages Art Galerie, Baden-Baden, Karlsruhe, Germany
ART PARIS, France, ART Karlsruhe, Germany, ART Zurich, Switzerland
Collections
Grant Thornton Collection, Chicago, Lake Point Tower Collection, Chicago, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin,
Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Stone Container Corporate Collection, Chicago,, Art Institute Karlsruhe, Germany,
Cultural Ministry, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Alpirsbach Collection, Germany, Pfizer International, Germany
DEPFA Bank, Deutsche Pfandanleihe, Wiesbaden, Germany, Bank of Frankfurt, Sparkasse, Germany,
ZKM, Museum collection city Karlsruhe, Germany, Regierungspraesidium Karlsruhe, Governement collection,
Germany, Medical Clinik Ulm and Karlsruhe, Germany, Fraunhofer Institut, Dortmund, Germany
Jean Marie Pierson collection, Paris, France, Willis Tower Chicago, MGB Collection