1964 born in Recklinghausen 1985 - 1993 Studies at Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1992 Masterstudent under Prof. Gerhard Richter

Solo Exhibitions 2011 "...den Wald vor lauter Bäumen....", Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 2009 Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 2007 "AkikoAlinaAlinka ....."Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 2005 “Frank Bauer”, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 2003 „Privatleben“, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 2002 „The Morning After…”, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam (NL) Museo Art, Nuoro (I) 2001 Galeria Mario Sequeira, Braga (P) Studio D`Arte Cannaviello, Milano (I) "Frank Bauer", Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf „Frank Bauer – Neuer Realismus“, Kunstverein, Emsdetten 2000 Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brüssel (B) Kunstverein, Leimen 1999 "Nachtleben", Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 1997 Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 1996 "Frank Bauer", Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf Rathaus-Galerie, Konstanz Group exhibitions 2012 "Menschenbilder", Museum Frieder Burda, Badan-Baden 2010 "Es werde Dunkel! Nachtdarstellungen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst", Stadtgalerie Kiel und Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr 2009 „Es werde Dunkel! Nachtdarstellungen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst“, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen und Städtische Galerie Kiel „Kunstdialog in gemeinsamer Bewegung“, Museum of Art, Wuhan, China 2007 "Deutsche und amerikanische Malerei aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda", Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden 2006 Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel 2005 “Affetti Collaterali”, Guidi & Schoen, Genua (I) “Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße 2005”, Kunsthalle Bremen „Dreams are my Reality“, La B.A.N.K., Paris (F) 2004 „New German Painting“, Regina Gallery Moskau (RUS) 2003 “We’ll Slide Down the Surface of Things”, De Vleeshal, Middelburg (NL) “Hands up, Baby, Hands up”, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg „Deutsche Malerei 2003“, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt 2001 „Self and the Other“, Galerie Christa Burger, München Galerie Jahn, Landshut 2000 Avesta Art 2000, Biennale, Avesta (S) 1998 op-art-company, Karlsruhe „Salon 98“, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin bei Tishmann & Speyer Properties, Frankfurt a. M. Messebeteiligungen Seit 1997 Art Cologne, Köln Art Brussels (B) Art International New York (USA) Art Frankfurt (G) Arte Fiera Bologna (I) Art Rotterdam (NL) Toronto Art Fair ( C) ViennAffair (A) Art Moscow (RUS) Cornice art fair, Venedig (I) palmbeach³, West Palm Beach (USA)

Park landscapes It is rather everyday objects and peripheral situations that turn up in his paintings. A breakfast table left without being cleared appeals as much to him as park landscapes outdoors. “All things fabricated by human beings should appear as natural as possible, and natural fprms should appear as artificial and direct as possible”, the painter says. When the artist approaches park landscapes he accentuates the artificial. He is not interested in depicting a weeping willow as true to nature as possible. He rather contents himself with bare outlines which “signal authenticity”. He reduces everything to colours and forms in order to highlight contrasts. The nature as he sees it seems to be so fabulous, fictitious, and disturbing that the viewer begins to marvel at minor details. Heinz-Norbert Jocks, Düsseldorf