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Dao Droste (born 1952) is a Vietnamese-born artist living in Germany.
She was born in Saigon and moved to Germany in 1971. Droste studied chemistry in Stuttgart and Heidelberg, earning a PhD. She went on to work in sculpture, painting, and installation art. She established her own studio in 1987. She now lives in Eppelheim.[1]
Career
[edit]Her large installation piece "Open-mindedness", which included 500 terra cotta faces, attracted international attention.[1]
As a Taoist, she explores the theme of mankind in harmony with nature in her art.[2]
Droste designed the statue for the One World Award, which is sponsored by Rapunzel Naturkost and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.[3]
In 2015, she received the environmental prize awarded by the German Working Group for Environmental Management (BAUM).[2]
Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Carl Bosch Museum in Heidelberg, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Berlin, and the city of Eppelheim.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Dao Droste". Ernst Strassacker GmbH & Co.[permanent dead link]
- 1 2 "Dao Droste presents "Over the Lotus Sea"". Paqué Klavier.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Dao Droste, Artist of the One World Award Statue". One World Award.
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- 1952 births
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- Vietnamese women artists
- 21st-century Vietnamese painters
- Vietnamese sculptors
- Vietnamese contemporary artists
- 20th-century Vietnamese artists
- German women painters
- German women sculptors
- German installation artists
- German people of Vietnamese descent
- 21st-century German women artists
- Artists from Ho Chi Minh City
- 21st-century Vietnamese women
- 21st-century Vietnamese artists