BIOGRAPHY
WERNER REICHHOLD

Born 1925 in Berlin, Germany. He studied in Berlin, Hamburg and Paris,

and taught art at the now called Fachhochschule Hannover, Germany.

He lived till 1981, in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany; then he moved with his wife, Jane, to Gualala, California, U.S.A.

Books by Werner Reichhold

Handshake

1989, AHA Books, 100 pages, 7: 9". The book contains 51 installations and drawings plus text, haiku and kanji. Winner of Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award.

Tidalwave

1989, AHA Books, 172 pages, 8,5:11”. 95 haiku, 25 installations, 16 drawings, 10 collages, 6 photographs.

Bridge of Voices

1990, AHA Books, 142 pages, 8,5: 11". Haiku sequences, tanka and renga (partly translated into French, German, Italian, Hebrew and Arabic). 29 collages, installations and drawings.)

Sensescapes

1991, AHA Books, 11:17". The book contains haiku, tanka, free-verse and dialogues. A multi media show with collages, installations, photo-collages and poetry.

Layers of Content

1993, AHA Books, 5,5:8,5". The book contains fifty-two haiku sequences and mixed genres with an introduction by Kevin Bailey, Editor of the magazine Haiku Quarterly, England.

In The Presence

by Jane Reichhold and Werner Reichhold, 1998, AHA Books, 5,5:8,5". The book contains tanka sequences by Jane Reichhold and Werner Reichhold. The book is dedicated to the Imperial Family of Japan, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, in celebration of the invitation to the New Year's Poetry Reading (Utakai Hajime) at the Imperial Court on January 14th, 1998.

On the Internet:  AHA Books Online

CYBERTRY I, 1995. Fifteen poems, including haiku, tanka sequences and ghazals.

CYBERTRY II, 1996. Mixed genres: Prose and haiku, prose and tanka - sijo sequence and prose, free verse, dialogue, tanka and haiku - ghazal, haiku and tanka - Six Portraits - Two Plays. Symbiotic Poetry: alternately written prose, haiku and tanka (together with Jane Reichhold.)

CYBERTRY III, 1998.  Twelve free verse poems

CYBERTRY IV, 1998,  Notationen: a collection of poems in German

Participation in Anthologies

Round Renga Round, 1990, Fifteen Kasen Renga, AHA Books

The San Francisco Haiku Anthology, 1992, Smythe-Waithe Press, U.S.A.

duizend kolibries, 1993, The Netherlands

Haiku Moment, 1993, Charles E. Tuttle, U.S.A.

Dreams Wander, 1994. Haiku Society of America, Members' Anthology, U.S.A.

One Breath, 1995, Haiku Society of America, Members' Anthology, U.S.A.

Jahrbuch der Deutschen Haiku-Gesellschaft, 1995, Germany

Wind Five Folded, 1994, an Anthology of English-Language Tanka. AHA Books, U.S.A.

Haiku for Lovers, 2003, MQ Publications, London, England

1961   Knaurs Lexikon der modernen Plastik

1962   Plastik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Gerd von der Osten

1962   Standplastiken aus Stahl, Paul Vogt

1963   Junge deutsche Bildhauer, Udo Kultermann

1964   Plastik der Gegenwart, Ulrich Gertz

1970   Deutsche Kunst - eine neue Generation, Rolf Gunter Dienst

1972   Deutsche Kunst der sechziger Jahre, Jürgen Morschel

1982   Kunst und Kirche, Hartmut Winde

Werner Reichhold's poems appeared in the following magazines:

Mirrors,  Lynx,  Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Raw NerVZ, Luna Bisonte Prods, The American Tanka, (all USA), and The Tanka Journal (Japan), Haiku International (Japan),  The Haiku Quarterly (England), Vierteljahresschrift der Deutschen Haiku-Gesellschaft, Albatross (Romania),  Sparrow (Croatia), Woodpecker (The Netherlands)

Since 1993, Jane and Werner Reichhold are Co-editors of Lynx, an International Journal for Linking Poets, published by AHA Books as a hard copy till 1998, since 2000 online.

Jane and Werner Reichhold were invited by The Imperial Family of Japan, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, in celebration of The New Year's Poetry Reading (Utakai Hajime) at the Imperial Court on January 14th, 1998.

Werner Reichhold
Art Exhibits

One man exhibits:

1955    Galerie von der Hoeh, Hamburg, Germany, sculptures und drawings

1960    Galerie Brusberg, Hannover, G., steel sculptures and drawings

1966    Galerie Brusberg, Hannover, G., steel sculptures and drawings

1978    Kunstverein Oldenburg, G., steel sculptures and drawings

1978   Galerie Falazik, Neuenkirchen, G., steel sculptures and drawings

1979    Galerie Levy, Hamburg, installations

1979    Kunsthaus Hamburg, G., Museumsinsel, steel installation

1980   Am Bahnhof Dammtor, Hamburg, G., "Krakencatcher", steel installation

1980   Städtische Sammlungen Duisburg-Rheinhausen, G., steel-objects,

          photomontages

1980    Hamburger Kunsthalle, G., steel-objects und photomontages

1980    Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, G., steel-objects und photomontages

          "Landzeichen"

1982    Landesbildstelle Hamburg, G., photo installations

1982    Gnadenkirche Hamburg, G., multimedia installation

1983    Mendocino Art Center, CA, USA, paper installation

1983    Bananabelt Gallery, CA, USA, paper installation

1983    North Light Gallery, CA, USA, drawings

1985    Kunstverein Pforzheim, G., Installation "Brennt der Raum?"

1985    Galerie Broetzinger Art, Pforzheim, G., paper installation, drawings and

          photographs

Group Exhibits

1957    Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany, Plastik und Zeichnungen

1958    -1983, Deutscher Künstlerbund, G., (yearly exhibits)

1960    Deutsche Kunst nach 1945 : Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago de

          Chile, Montevideo

1962   Deutsche Plastik, Schweden: Malmö, Stockholm, Göteborg, Vasteras,

    Norrköping, Helsingborg

1962    Kunstverein Hannover, exhibits in Spring and Autumn

1963    Museum Dortmund, G., Creatura

1963   Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg, G.

1963    Villa Massimo, Roma, Italia, winners of the Rome Award

1963    Junge Stadt Sieht Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg, G.

1963    Museum Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, G., Darmstädter Sezession

1964    Steel sculptures, Salon Comparaison, Paris, France

1964    Augsburg, G., Deutsche Bildhauer

1964    Kunstverein Hannover, G., Frühjahrs-und Herbstausstellung

1966    Akademie der Künste, Berlin, G., Junge Generation

1966    Foundation Pagani, Milano, Italia, Sculptures

1966   Musée Rodin, Paris, France: Third International Exhibit of  Contemporary

          Sculpture

1966    Skulptur in unserer Zeit, Erlangen, G.

1967    Paris, France: Tendences

1967    Museum Folkwang, Essen, G., Hamburger Graphiker

1967    Hannover, G., Deutsche Zeichner

1967    Darmstadt, G., 2. Internationale der Handzeichnung

1967    Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, G., Wege 1967

1967    Kunstverein Hannover, G., Fruehjahrsaustellung

1972    Kunsthaus, Hamburg, G., Hamburger Bildhauer

1973    Sammlung Carl Vogel: Deutsche Zeichnungen der Gegenwart: Bielefeld,

          Hamburg, Osnabrück G., Oslo, Norwegen

1974    Haus der Kunst, München: Zeichnungen

1976    Deutsche Bildhauer, Helsinki, Finland

1977    Galerie Falazik, Neuenkirchen, G.: Material aus der Landschaft - Kunst in die   Landschaft, sculpturen

1979    Europäischer Skulpturenpark, Willebadessen, G., Eisenplastiken

1979    Kunstverein Stuttgart, G., Szenen der Volkskunst

1979    Tokio, Japan: Deutsche Metallbildhauer

1980    Rottweil: Koffer für Rottweil, steel sculpture

1983    Sammlung Siegenthaler, Bad Säckingen, Schweiz

1983    Galerie Falazik, Neuenkirchen, G., Von Gestern bis Morgen

1984    Dortmund, G.: Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts

1985    Wihelm Hack-Museum: Sammlung Westermann

1985    Muenster, G.: Das Tier in Skulptur und Zeichnung

1987   Copy-Art, Stuttgart und Pforzheim, G.

1987   Medium Photocopy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Centre Bronfman

1988   Goethe-Haus, New York, USA : Copy-Art, Installations

1989   Fellbach, G., Rathaus, Sammlung Westermann

1995   Rastatt, Städtische Galerie Fruchthalle, Sammlung Westermann

Reichhold’s works are included in 56 international catalogues, published by museums and galleries between 1955 and 1995

Collections / Collectors

Germany:

Jürgen Weichardt  -  Ulrich Gertz  -  Roland Rasmussen  -  Ruth Dunkelmann  -  Helmut R. Leppien  -  Alfred Hentzen  -  Carl Vogel  -  Dieter Brusberg  -  H. Brockstedt  -  Guenter Westermann  -  Howard und Rosemarie Beinhoff  -  Sabine Sommerkamp  - Cordelia Ewerth  -  Inge Chevalier  -  Christoph Meckel  -  Helmuth Winde  -  Ingo und Cordelia Ewerth  -  Ulrike Loos  -  Elke Paulus  -  Wolfgang Koehtke  -  Siegfried Salzmann  -  J. und U. Meyer-Rogge  -  Thomas Kubisch  -  Tilmann Osterwold  -  Ruth Falazik  -  Eduard Beauchamp  -  Helmut Rogge  -  Rolf Nesch  -  Peter und I. Jakobi  -  Peter Goettsche  -  Ernst und Karin Lewrenz  -  Horst Sandtmann  -  Sigfried Salzmann -   Harry und Annelie Ludzuweit

U.S.A.

Robert Gibson  -  Millert Sheets  -  F. und L. Watrous  -  C. Hardy  -  C.  Erdei  -  Kathleen Finck  -  Ilse and Henry Reichhold  -  Heidi Vetter  -  Carlos Breuer -     Heidi and Don Endemann  -  Bill Elmore  -  Leslie Scalapino  -  Tom White

Switzerland

Ernst und Nadia Zietzschmann  -  Fred Siegenthaler

France

Walter Breuer

Italy

Alberto Tessore  -  Direktor Gericke  -  Erna Pautassi  -  Sammlung Pagani  -  Direktor Rosenberg

Awards

1961    Lichtwarck-Stipendium der Stadt Hamburg, Germany.

1961    Rom Award

1965    Edwin Scharff-Preis