reiner maria matysik, born 1967, lives in berlin, studied fine arts at the braunschweig university of art (hbk) and at the ateliers arnhem. in 2004 he directed the artistic development project institute of biological sculpture at the hochschule für bildende künste braunschweig. he was a lecturer at the institute of visual arts, faculty of architecture, technical university braunschweig; 2008–2009 visiting professor of sculpture at the fachhochschule kunst arnstadt. since 2016 he is a professor for three-dimensional design / material.form.object at the university of art and design burg giebichenstein halle. he has exhibited his artworks in institutions such as the gerhard-marcks-haus, bremen; centre pasquart, biel, switzerland; neue gesellschaft für bildende kunst, berlin; projektraum deutscher künstlerbund, laboratoria moskau; museum koenig, bonn; georg kolbe museum and künstlerhaus bethanien, berlin; staatliche kunsthalle baden-baden; fondación cesar manrique, lanzarote; kunstverein hannover; martin-gropius-bau, berlin; kunsthalle bern, switzerland. he is the recipient of grants from the studienstiftung des deutschen volkes, kunstfonds e.v., daad, kfw bank, stiftung nord/lb · öffentliche, and the berlin senate.