Michael Ende

born in 1966 in celle, northern germany, mick ende has always stayed a northerner: calm, dry, subtle and indepentent. his slogan is that of the hannoveranian kings who once ruled britain: suscipere et finire - start things and finish em

it does not matter if you sit in a field of poppies next to your home or on a battlefield near sarajevo or basra: all you need is your wits and imagination to let art have its way. no prisoners, no surrender - and definetely no campbells.

mick ende grew up in a village in the heather, went to school, joined the army, ended up as captain and fought for a sarcastic idea of peace in bosnia an iraq. whenever he had time he lived in the art-metropolis of NY, betwen soho and tribeca, where he painted, printed, photographed and experimentated. via scotland he returned home.,