1939

 

Born in Bremen, Germany

1957

 

Student trainee - apprentice secretary, London

1959-65

 

HfBK, Berlin, Sculpture class of Prof.Dierkes, Meisterschüler (master student)

1966-67

 

Airlift Memorial Fellowship, Postgraduate Course at St. Martin´s School of Art, London, with Sir Anthony Caro, Philip King, Isaac Witkin

1967-68

British Council Scholarship Sculpture Department - St. Martin´s School

1968-72

 

Part-time lecturer Wolverhampton Polytechnic Sculpture Department - England; Studio in London, large fiberglass sculptures

1973-75

 

Instructor for sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Papier-mâché sculpture and painting

1975-76

 

Associate Professor for sculpture, University of California, Turlock, cast ceramics and painting  

1976-2002

 

Professor, Head of Foundation Department Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Works in Wood

Since 1979

 

Studio in Tobago

Galeri,Vol. I
Art and Design Magazine of the Caribbean, "Luise Kimme, Native Wood" - 1990

 

1991 Düsseldorfer Hefte
6. Mai 1991, Ein Portrait der Düsseldorfer Bildhauerin Luise Kimme, die auf Tobago lebt

 

Düsseldorfer Illustrierte
Bildhauerin Luise Kimme, 6. Juni 1991, Nr. 6

 

National Geographic
March 1994 - pages 78 and 79
The Wild Mix of Trinidad and Tobago- Palette of Peoples

 

art
Nr. 5, Mai 1995 Bildhauerei im Rhythmus von Reggae

 

Caribbean Beat
Jan./Feb. 1997 Blue doors in the sky, "Luise Kimme creates unique wooden sculptures"

 

AD Architectural Digest
Aug./Sept.99, "Tanz im Paradies der Rhythmen"

 

Brigitte
Sommer 2000, Portrait der Bildhauerin Luise Kimme

 

Caribbean Travel & Life
July 2003- http://www.caribbeantravelmag.com
Article by Julie Feiner; "Larger than life, Luise Kimme", 3 pages. Photos: Stefan Falke, (the artistic expressions of Trinidad and Tobago spring from a cultural mix of more than 40 nationalities.)

Island Life No. 20, Issue 2. 2003 "Princess with a Chainsaw" .
In her Tobago "Castle", Luise Kimme cuts huge trees down to size. Text by Donna Yawching, Photography by: Robert Parkin, 4 Pages.

Maco - Caribbean Living- Vol 5- issue 2- Beyond the Pink Flamingos- pages 58/59 and 64

Documentary
Albert Prince and Luise Kimme on Gayelle I - 21st March 1985

 

Caribscope
Luise Kimme Tobago, April 1991

 

Sculpture Class at U.W.I.
Gayelle, 6th September 1990

 

Deutsche Welle TV
Bildhauerei, Luise Kimme

 

WDR-Film
Von Susanne Bohnet 1996, Weltkulturspiegel

 

Wolkenlos,Vox TV
12. April 1997

 

Vox Tours, Vox TV
8. April 2001- Portrait Kimme in Tobago