| Kurt Zapfel - | Biographical Notes, August 2000 |
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| Born in Riedlingsdorf, Austria, on January 10th 1962 | |
| 1981 - 1989: | Studies in Biology (Biochemistry) at Karl-Franzens-University
Graz
Thesis in Sensory Physiology (Polarisation Vision in wasps, role of ocelli) |
| 1990 - 1992: | Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Zoology (Dept. of Neurobiology), Vienna University (Wind Detection in hunting spiders, physiology of trichobothria) |
| 1989 - 1993: | Guest student at Salzburg
College in Salzburg: courses in Fine Art Photography
International Summer Academy Salzburg: Class in Paper Making & Sculpture |
| 1993 - 1995: | Masters in Fine Art course at Glasgow School of Art |
| 1995 - 1997: | Peace Studies at the European Peace University (EPU) in Stadtschlaining (Austria), Benicássim (Spain) and Dromahair (Ireland) |
| 1995 - 1998: | Informal apprenticeship in furniture making in Riedlingsdorf |
| 1997 - 1998: | Participation in an art-in-the-periphery (»Kunst im Dorf«) initiative in Riedlingsdorf |
| 1999 - 2000: | Artist in Residence at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, U.S.A. |
 Photo: Masatoshi
Nakagawa |
