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Biography
Right now you will only find a curriculum vitae for Roger Lips in table
format in this section. The version that includes periods of his life,
pictures and certificates is already indicated in the navigation menu,
and will be available sometime in 2000.
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Selfportrait, 1984 |
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1952 Born in Essen
1972 High school graduation (“Abitur”) in Bochum
1975 Studies at the Folkwangschule in Essen
1980 Exams as an academically trained graduate designer (studied
under Prof. S. Lengyel)
1981 Educational trip through Switzerland, Spain and Italy
1982 Lived in Bonn and Cologne as a free-lance artist
1984 Intensive involvement with photography as a medium, which
now replaces painting as the main emphasis for his work
1986 Participation in the International Photoscene Cologne; since
then lively involvement with exhibitions, Acquisitions/Collections Ludwig,
Cologne
1989 Became ill with the immune deficiency disease AIDS
1994 Died in Cologne
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