(*1959 Wurzen, DE) Klaus Killisch studied painting at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee. His neo-expressive style and his motifs inspired by punk, rock and pop were considered subversive during the GDR era. His style of breaking up and overlapping categories is characteristic of his work. Killisch repeatedly succeeds in presenting complicated themes in painting in an amusingly effortless way. He was invited to the Venice Biennale in 1990 and has had many international exhibitions since then.
