Klaus Urbons

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Full Name	Klaus Urbons
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Sep 30, 1952(1952-09-30)
Age	72
Birthplace	Göhren
Country	Germany
Birth City	Göhren
Horoscope	Capricorn

Klaus Urbons Biography

Klaus Urbons is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on September 30, 1952 in Göhren, Göhren, Germany. Klaus Urbons (Göhren on Rügen, 1952) is a German photographer and xerography printmaker. He is a pioneer and leading figure of copy art in Germany and not only. He founded the Museum für Fotokopie, and is the author and translator of books on the history of Copy Art and photocopiers, as well as a curator and a collector.

In 1984 the international exhibition project, curated by Urbons, “Art Shelter — Kunstschutzkeller”, took place. It has been a 1 year long project that involved a large group of international artists.

In 2013, Urbons co-founded the “Makroscope: Centre for Art and Technology” in Mülheim.

In 2017, Klaus Urbons was awarded the Prize Ruhrpreis für Kunst und Wissenschaft [de] .

Since 1980, Urbons has been self-employed as an author, graphic-designer, curator, artist and has been researching on the history, technology and art of photocopying, electrography and digital media. He is one of the major experts in this field worldwide.

Klaus Urbons Net Worth

Klaus Urbons is one of the richest Photographer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Klaus Urbons 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1976, he co-founded the first artist’s gallery and picture lending library in Mülheim an der Ruhr, called “Atelier i.d. Altstadt”.

In December 1977 the first artistic works with copiers were produced and displayed. In the following years, two other artist’s galleries evolved from this first project: the “Panoptikum” (1978–1980) and the “Holoskop” (1980–1984).

In March 1985 Klas Urbons founded the “Museum für Fotokopie” in Mülheim an der Ruhr, an international forum for technology and Art produced with photocopiers. The Museum built up one of the most important collection of Art in this field, covering the technological and artistic history of modern photocopying Art. More than 20 exhibitions of Copy Art produced by artists from Germany and abroad have been organized by the Museum as well as competitions and workshops. The Museum also collected several devices from the very early stages of this printing technique in the 1950s: in Germany called Blitzkopie and in the USA called xerography. The collection of about 100 copying machines and consumables, technical library & documentation as well as a prospectus collection (since 1950) is hosted by the German Museum of Technology (Berlin) in 1999.

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Klaus Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Klaus Urbons celebrates birthday on September 30 of every year.