Timo Dillner
Biografie / Biografia / Biography
born 1966 in Wismar (GDR)
1985 - 1989 study of pedagogics, art and germanistic in Greifswald
1989 - 1998 assistant in the museum of contemporary arts in Cottbus
1998 emigration to Portugal
since 2000 Writer and Artist in Lagos
2000 start of the artistic concept "paintings and poems"
since 2022 portuguese citizenship
Exhibitions (Selection)
2009 personal exhibition "Não Faras imagem para ti - You shall not make any graven image" at the Centro Cultural de Lagos, the catalog with an epilogue written by the Head of Language Department of the Goethe Institute, Lisbon, Dr. Dorothea Klenke-Gerdes
2010 participation in group exhibition "Retratos do Infante Henrique" at the Centro Cultural de Lagos
2012 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism", Casa Manuel Texeira Gomes, Portimão
2012 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism", Museu de Alhandra, Vila Franca de Xira
2013 participation on the 18th International Arts Exhibition in Vendas Novas (near Lissabon)
2013 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - New Ports", Galerie Baumhaus, Wismar (Germany)
2015 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - New Worlds", Museum Portimão; in the Catalogue a preface written by the portuguese embassador in Berlin, SE Luís de Almeida Sampaio
2017 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - Foundings", Museum Lagos
2018 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - New Horizons", Centro Cultural de Lagos
2018 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - Hand-Luggage", Museum of Faro
2022, first price of the Lagos´ LocalArte for the paining "De-masked"
2023, personal exhibition"Observações/ Beobachtungen". Galeria Municipal Centro de Interpretação de Vila do Bispo
2024, second price of the Lagos´ LocalArte for the paining"Quo vadis, Europa?"
Publications (Selection)
2005, Poems "Der Angeber", with Illustrations, BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2007, Essay "Kunst = [ist gleich]", BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2008, Fantasy-Novel "Der Tod des Königs", with Illustrations, BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2008, "das jahrhundertkunstwerk" (unter Pseudonym Jeremias Hock), BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2012, Catalogue "Der Poetische Contineralismus / O contineralismo poetico", BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2013, Catalogue"Der Poetische Contineralismus - Neue Häfen", BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2015, Catalogue"Der Poetische Contineralismus - Neue Welten", BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2015, DVD "Vocado/ Aufbeschworen - Heinrich der Seefahrer", sponsored by the Direcção de Cultura do Algarve
2019, Poems "Handgepäck" (bilingual g./pt.)
2020, "Procurando palavras para Lagos". BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2020, "Kunst = [ist gleich]/ Die Antwort auf die Frage Was ist Kunst?". BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2023, Catalogue"Observações/ Beobachtungen". BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
Projects (Selection)
2004-2020, Kunst =[ist gleich]
2008, das jahrhundertkunstwerk
2008, bilingual (dt./port.) Literatur- and Environment-Projekt "Kurt und der Verzauberer"
2010-2012 - Projekt "a galeria" with Exhibitions and Events in Lagos
2011-2015 - Projekt "Henrique, o Navegador - Heinrich der Seefahrer" (Poetry and Video)
2021 till now - Projekt "The Great Conquistadores" (Travelling Exhibition) - Painting, Fotography, Installation
RTP Internacional "Aqui Portugal" - Entrevista com Timo Dillner ("Aqui Portugal, Lagos", Parte 2)
12. September 2020
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Biografie / Biografia / Biography
born 1966 in Wismar (GDR)
1985 - 1989 study of pedagogics, art and germanistic in Greifswald
1989 - 1998 assistant in the museum of contemporary arts in Cottbus
1998 emigration to Portugal
since 2000 Writer and Artist in Lagos
2000 start of the artistic concept "paintings and poems"
since 2022 portuguese citizenship
Exhibitions (Selection)
2009 personal exhibition "Não Faras imagem para ti - You shall not make any graven image" at the Centro Cultural de Lagos, the catalog with an epilogue written by the Head of Language Department of the Goethe Institute, Lisbon, Dr. Dorothea Klenke-Gerdes
2010 participation in group exhibition "Retratos do Infante Henrique" at the Centro Cultural de Lagos
2012 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism", Casa Manuel Texeira Gomes, Portimão
2012 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism", Museu de Alhandra, Vila Franca de Xira
2013 participation on the 18th International Arts Exhibition in Vendas Novas (near Lissabon)
2013 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - New Ports", Galerie Baumhaus, Wismar (Germany)
2015 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - New Worlds", Museum Portimão; in the Catalogue a preface written by the portuguese embassador in Berlin, SE Luís de Almeida Sampaio
2017 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - Foundings", Museum Lagos
2018 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - New Horizons", Centro Cultural de Lagos
2018 personal exhibition "The Poetic Contineralism - Hand-Luggage", Museum of Faro
2022, first price of the Lagos´ LocalArte for the paining "De-masked"
2023, personal exhibition"Observações/ Beobachtungen". Galeria Municipal Centro de Interpretação de Vila do Bispo
2024, second price of the Lagos´ LocalArte for the paining"Quo vadis, Europa?"
Publications (Selection)
2005, Poems "Der Angeber", with Illustrations, BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2007, Essay "Kunst = [ist gleich]", BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2008, Fantasy-Novel "Der Tod des Königs", with Illustrations, BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2008, "das jahrhundertkunstwerk" (unter Pseudonym Jeremias Hock), BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2012, Catalogue "Der Poetische Contineralismus / O contineralismo poetico", BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2013, Catalogue"Der Poetische Contineralismus - Neue Häfen", BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2015, Catalogue"Der Poetische Contineralismus - Neue Welten", BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2015, DVD "Vocado/ Aufbeschworen - Heinrich der Seefahrer", sponsored by the Direcção de Cultura do Algarve
2019, Poems "Handgepäck" (bilingual g./pt.)
2020, "Procurando palavras para Lagos". BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2020, "Kunst = [ist gleich]/ Die Antwort auf die Frage Was ist Kunst?". BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
2023, Catalogue"Observações/ Beobachtungen". BuHch Kunst & Literatur, Lagos
Projects (Selection)
2004-2020, Kunst =[ist gleich]
2008, das jahrhundertkunstwerk
2008, bilingual (dt./port.) Literatur- and Environment-Projekt "Kurt und der Verzauberer"
2010-2012 - Projekt "a galeria" with Exhibitions and Events in Lagos
2011-2015 - Projekt "Henrique, o Navegador - Heinrich der Seefahrer" (Poetry and Video)
2021 till now - Projekt "The Great Conquistadores" (Travelling Exhibition) - Painting, Fotography, Installation
RTP Internacional "Aqui Portugal" - Entrevista com Timo Dillner ("Aqui Portugal, Lagos", Parte 2)
12. September 2020
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