As a sculptor I have always done a lot of drawings, technical ones out of practical necessity and free ones for joy and pleasure of the immediacy of expression they offer. The need to make more out of the medium drawing has, over time, led me to cut into the drawings in order to gain a sense of space and make the drawing come into life.
In this way I made my first reliefs that were initially very hermetic volumes which possessed strongly pictorial qualities. I have always been fascinated by their dual function as image and object. The deliberate positioning of the relief image on the wall then prompted me to work with side-specific installations to integrate the respective architectural situation into my artistic concept.
Andreas Kocks
| geboren 1960 in Oberhausen |
| 1980 | Studium an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf bei Norbert Kricke, Ulrich Rückriem und Erich Reusch |
| 1987 | BFA in Integration of Fine Art and Architecture, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| 1989 | MFA in Sculpture, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| 1998-2006 | Arbeitsaufenthalt in New York |
| 2010/11 | Lecturing Artist at SCAD, Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France, Atlanta, Savannah, GA, USA |
| Lebt und arbeitet in Königsdorf | |