Pit Kroke (born Rolf Peter Kroke: March 1, 1936 Fürstenwalde/Spree, Germany - November 1, 2016 Berlin, Germany) was a German artist and architect.
He studied sculpture under Hans Uhlmann at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. There he also worked on experimental photography and abstract film, as well as working on architectural studies. In 1964, he went to Sardinia, where he initially worked as an architect. In 1981, he approached the free artistic activity again, which he devoted himself exclusively to since then. Since 1993, he has lived and worked in Berlin and Sardinia. He died 2016 in Berlin.
References "Studie 23" 1958 short film, Directors Pit Kroke, Peter Lilienthal, Jörg Müller. IMDB
Geschichtswand - Willy-Brandt-Haus - Berlin - Momentaufnahmen der deutschen Sozialdemokratie
Solo exhibitions 1986
Galleria “Nuova 2000”, Bologna 5 Large sculptures in the historic Old town of Bologna
1987
Galleria “Arte Duchamp”, Cagliari Erection of the sculpture Bos in Piazza della Costituzione, Bologna
1989
Galleria “Il Millennio”, Rome Museo “Galleria d’arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose”, Bologna
1990
Sculpture mile, Inner city of Munich 18 large sculptures in public space Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
1991
Installation of the sculpture KEANAA in Essen Galleria “Il Millennio”, Rome Opening exhibition Goethe-House, New York City Temporary installation of the sculpture TIKO Central Park South, New York City District Museum, Hanover
1992
Erection of the sculpture Tiko in front of the Queens Museum, New York C. Erection of the sculpture got in Hanover
1993
Galerie Pabst, Frankfurt/Main Galerie Tammen & Busch, Berlin
1994
Sculpture project “City Signs” in the Old Museum, Berlin Saxon Kunstverein, Dresden Town House Münster Platz, Ulm
1995
Galerie Utermann and GalerieTammen & Busch, 7 large sculptures in the sculpture Park Harenberg City center, Dortmund Formation of the sculpture Gran Golar in the sculpture Garden of the Teutloff Collection at Brock University, Toronto
1996
Municipal Cultural centre EXMÀ, Cagliari Temporary installation of the sculpture Lenz in Hackische Höfe, Berlin
1997
“Turnaround Time” at the Harenberg city center, Dortmund Architecture Gallery Aedes East, Berlin Galerie Tammen & Busch, Berlin
1998
Installation of the sculpture Lenz at Olivaer Platz, Berlin
2003
“Seeing and thinking” 19 in the Academy of Arts, Berlin
2008
“Sculptural architecture – architectural sculptures” at the gallery Aedes am Pfeffer Mountain, Berlin
2010
Establishment of TIKO Gerisch Foundation, Neumünster LINK
2013
Installation DANOA Sculpture Park Queen Elisabeth Bergen Clinics, Berlin
2016
Exhibition Comune San Teodoro, Italy Exhibition and installation Sculpture “Porta/Porta” San Teodoro, Italy
2018
Ausstellung im Kabinett Pit Kroke: Zeichen • Skulptur • Grafik • Schmuck. Kunsthandel Dr. Wilfred Karger Berlin
2019
“Photographie concrete” PhotoSanitGermain – Galerie Gimpel & Müller Paris https://pitkroke.com/concrete-photography-1958-1960/
Group exhibitions
1995 - Galerie L. Teutloff, Sculpture Park, Bielefeld 1997 Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, exhibition “Pictures of Germany” Galerie Pels-Leusden, “sculptures” Berlin/Kampen 1996 Substation Berlin Kreuzberg, exhibition “Aggregate State” video sculpture Zippo State Chancellery in Brandenburg, Potsdam “graphic works” 1999 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg – “Projects for Bunker Gallery” in Emscherpark 2000 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, “Global Art Rheinland 2000 – Cultural Spaces” sculpture since 1970 2009/10 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, “from Picasso to Warhol. Avant-garde sculpture jewellery “ Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster “seduction and Order” with Heike Weber, 2012/14 Kings Elisabeth Bergen Klinik Park, Berlin “sculptures” 2013/14 Kurhaus Ahrenshoop, “Berlin am Meer”, art trade Brusberg, sculpture 2TTRO Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen “Stahlkplastik in Germany yesterday and today” 2015 Museum in the culture store, Würzburg “photograph and data image – traces of concrete photography” 2021 “Photographie concrete” PhotoSanitGermain – Galerie Gimpel & Müller Paris