Lemke Patrick

1972 Born in Montreal, Canada1976Family returns to Germany1992 He moves to Hamburg1992-1994 Scholarship of the National Union of the Raiffeisenbanken1993 The exhibition of his drawing The penis of Adolf Hitler turns into a scandal documented by TV and newspapers1994-1996 Studies at Art Academy Berlin 1996-2001 Studies at Art Academy Duesseldorf1999 Prize of the Hypothekenbank Essen2000 Prize of the Art Academy Duesseldorf, residence at Italy (Roma, Assisi, Siena)Guest Residence at the Villa Romana, Firence, Italy2001 Markus LuepertzPrize2003 Prize of the Boston Consulting Group Munich2004 His work is documented in the movie I cannot close my eyes (directed by Kevin Clark, Cinematographer Winnie Heun) of the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television, Los Angeles, California2006 Lectureship for Painting and Drawing at the Art School Wegberg2007 Artist in residence, Starke Foundation, Berlin

Exhibitions (selected)1992 Neue Pinakothek, Munich (Group Exhibition, catalogue)1993 Menschensucht (Addicted to People), Communal Art Gallery Menden and Foreign Culture Center, Hamburg (Solo Exhibition)1994 Phone Art, Art Works Gallery, Berlin (SE)1998 Gallery Joerg Theiss, Berlin (SE)1999 Gallery Joerg Theiss, Berlin (SE)Gallery of Alpirsbach, Alpirsbach (GE)PSM, Artists in Private rooms, Cologne (SE)Twenty past Night, Collection Mueer, Leverkusen (SE, with Bianca Grueger, catalogue)2000 Karl Schwesig Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Gelsenkirchen (GE, catalogue)Young Artists of the Art Academy Duesseldorf, Communal Art Gallery, Kaarst (GE)Between Sky and Earth, Kreuzkirche, Bonn (GE)Inter Art Forum Gallery, Duesseldorf (GE)ArToll-Laboratory, Bedburg Hau (GE)2001 Gallery Donath, Troisdorf (GE)Inter Art Forum Gallery, Duesseldorf (GE)Heidelbach & Krolik, Essen (SE)Power Black, Artpoints, Duesseldorf (SE, with Sven Vieweg)2002 Bass, Communal Art Gallery and Museum Menden (SE)Turpentine-Coctail, Gallery Etage 20, Duesseldorf (SE, with Leander Kresse)Great Shot, German Olympia Museum, Cologne (GE, catalogue)Contacts, Gallery Christine Hoelz, Duesseldorf (GE)Colour Defects, Due Gallery, Bochum (SE)Gallery Donath, Troisdorf (GE)Inter Ar...