The Bloody War 1 (2014) Painting by Berthold Von Kamptz

1973 Born in Hamburg
1989-90 Plays in bands like "The Highways" and "Flash". Works in low-budget film productions with e.g. "Mandy" (see
"Zoomed out - The book about the festival").
1991/2 The low-budget film "Psycho- The Secret of the Phantom Killer" (1991, 115 min., director, screenplay, music:
Berthold von Kamptz) ran successfully in several cinemas including "Markthalle", "Koralle-Kino" and 'Metropolis Cinema' on
the 6th Fantasy Filmfest Hamburg 1992.
1992/93 solo tour as a musician (songwriter, singer, keyboarder) through Hamburg and the surrounding area, e.g. Rathausmarkt
(Rock against drugs), market hall, Rieckhof Harburg. Won 5th place at the Sittensen Music Festival. Began
reinforced with painting and drawing - also on Tounee. Renewed film project (In the Crossfire Generation X). Big
Sat 1 report on the shooting. Invitation to the Ilona Christen show.
1994 art courses at the art school Blanckenese Hamburg with Jens Hasenfeld.
1995 Founded with J.J. (Jörn Sass) the Graceland Studio (Moorweidenstrasse 36)
1995-98 Worked as a music producer with J.J. (Jörn Sass) at Graceland Studio. Works on various musical
projects and an own CD, releases at IDPC-Demo-Placement, participation in a
Christmas CD for the children's charity Hamburg, a pop song ran on the Reeperbahn fashion show on television.
1997 model for the women's magazine "Tina". Nude model for painting/art.
1995-99 studies at the institute for graphic design in Hamburg.
1997-98 publication of a series of postcards at "ExtraCard" and 'Go Card' New York. 'Pentiment' -Course with Friedich Karl
Waechter (University of Applied Sciences for Design 1997). Renewed screening of "Psycho" in the technical college for
Layout. First exhibitions e.g. Language club Pro Lingue (group exhibition), technical college for design
and Institute for Graphic Design HH.
1999 death of the mother. Worked mainly as a freelance artist in Hamburg. Mainly painted socially critical
Paintings in oil and acrylic. Great success with the exhibitions in the Sasel-Haus, Museumsdorf Volksdorf.
HH-1 TV interview.
2002 founding of The Ultra Creative Project (music painting project) with his then partner Ella Baran
and E. Sobczak.
2003 Foundation of the Ultra Creative Gallery Hamburg (the former gallery of the Jewish artist Arie Goral-Sternheim).
2003-08 studies at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts with Prof. Michael Lingner, Prof. A. Hoops, M. Köttering and
at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences with Prof. Reinhard-Schulz Schaeffer, Prof .R. Stoye, D.
Ullrich from the Zebra group with a diploma (FH). Exhibitions at home and abroad. Learns Cindy G. from
Dominican. Republic (who was also a model for his pictures), separation in the same year. Start of work
on the photo books "The Special Dance On Fire" and "The Last Tango In Hamburg" (with the model "Tracy"), which is in
small edition was published in 2017. Learn "Mara" B. from the Dominican Republic.
since 2010 lives with Mara B. and works as a freelance artist in Hamburg and in the Dominican Republic.
Works on various film projects "Missing in Hamburg", "Lost in Paradise", "The Special Deadly Game",
"Jim Meets The Vampire".
2010 Birth of daughter
2011 Birth of son
2014 Participation in the vernissage artist fair in the culture church Altona and in the 3rd vernissage
Art fair 'Schloss Schwetzingen'.
2017 Participation in theater projects with the author Sigrid Bernstein at Rehhoffstrasse 3. Partially published on
YouTube.
2018 Featured as an artist in various online art portals/communities such as Saatchi-Art, FineArtAmerica, Artmajeuer,
DeviantArt, Artist.com.

• Nationality: GERMANY
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary German Artists