Dao Droste (born 1952) is a Vietnamese-born artist living in Germany.
She was born in Saigon and moved to Germany in 1971. Droste studied chemistry in Stuttgart and Heidelberg, earning a PhD. She went on to work in sculpture, painting and installation art. She established her own studio in 1987. She now lives in Eppelheim.[1]
Her large installation piece "Open-mindedness", which included 500 terra cotta faces, attracted international attention.[1]
As a Taoist, she explores the theme of mankind in harmony with nature in her art.[2]
Droste designed the statue for the One World Award which is sponsored by Rapunzel Naturkost and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.[3]
In 2015, she received the environmental prize awarded by the German Working Group for Environmental Management (BAUM).[2]
Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Carl Bosch Museum in Heidelberg, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Berlin and the city of Eppelheim.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Dao Droste". Ernst Strassacker GmbH & Co.
- ^ a b "Dao Droste presents "Over the Lotus Sea"". Paqué Klavier.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dao Droste, Artist of the One World Award Statue". One World Award.