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Born Tony Kremp on May 6th 1974, in Germany, he
assumed the artist's pseudonym Tony Caulfield in the year 2001.
The older
works of art currently displayed in the art
section were created by Tony Caulfield between 1997 and 2000, using a mix
of different colors (predominantly acrylic) and various techniques, and are signed
with his civil name.
His newer paintings were created between 2007 and
today (mainly acrylic on canvas); they are signed Tony Caulfield.
| The artist derived inspiration from intense
life experiences prior to and during the creation period, including depression
and Near Death Experience.
During this period of time, Tony Caulfield
(as Tony Kremp) also took a few semesters of philosophy and English language and
literature studies at the Universität
des Saarlandes.
The paintings were presented to the public for the
first time through the exhibitions Nemesifications (1997) and Nemesifications
& more (1998), as well as through numerous virtual galleries - e.g. on the
Saatchi
Gallery website.
A selection of the works was used to illustrate Tony
Caulfield's book Das
Buch des Wahns (The Book of Madness).
Tony had started writing this collection
of seven short novels, belonging to the genres of horror/splatterpunk and fantasy,
in 1996.
The book was first published in 2005.
In 1999, Tony founded his first company Kirsticon
Enterprises, which was renamed to Art
& Design Company (ADC) in 2006, and received an award and funding from ExTra!
(Existenzgründer-Training), an event by the University
of Kaiserslautern, for the Kirsticon Enterprises business plan.
In 2000 Tony Caulfield (as Tony Kremp) was nominated
for the Rising Movie Talent Award given by AAA (Actors And Arts) and German
TV network Sat.1.
From 2002-2003 Tony Caulfield starred in Realmaker Production's
mystery/action thriller Accept
and Magicland Pictures' horror thriller Slayer.
In 2003, Tony had another leading role
in Lee/Leroc's Evil
Knights, a horror movie with mythical and parody elements that combines a
dark story with action sequences, special effects and loving homages to horror
film legends.
In 2005, Tony Caulfield starred as Professor Hoden
Langston in Dogma 2005 Productions' crime/comedy feature Das
Geheimnis der Stählernen Holztür (The Mystery of the Steely Wood Door) and
played the Master of the Circle (Master Narrator) in Lee/Leroc's
horror/comedy feature Unbelievable
Terror.
He also did a cameo appearance in Henning Christiansen's
Blaupause
(Blueprint).
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Since 2004 Tony Caulfield has been co-producing a double-CD
album with English, German and French songs based on the works of poet Arthur
Rimbaud, titled Art
Rimbaud Project.
Tony did the vocals for some of the songs, is featured
in a music
video and portrayed and voiced Arthur in a flash-animated Arthur
Rimbaud biography.
The album was released in 2006.
Tony Caulfield's
further finished projects include the development of the treatment for a feature
film (working title: Elegy For A Clown's Heart), the publishing of various
texts
and numerous projects in the fields of graphic design, web design and advertising
design, as well as translation and localization.
In 2007, Tony Caulfield published his second book, a
non-fiction book titled Du
mußt sühnen - Dokumentation eines psychologischen Mordversuchs (You must expiate
- Documentation of a psychological murder attempt).
The book is illustrated
with paintings he created in 2006.
In November 2007, Tony Caulfield founded Floracentric
Enterprises, a group currently including Art
& Design Company (ADC), the art label Tony
Caulfield, Eskapismus.com
and Horse Resource.
On Halloween (31.10.) 2008, some of Tony Caulfield's paintings were
on display at the art gallery fingerspitzundkunst
in Kaiserslautern (in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), on the occasion of his reading
from Das Buch des Wahns which took place there.
In the morning
of the same day, Tony also did a live reading of some passages from this book
at the local radio station Antenne
Kaiserslautern.
The next reading
from the same book, together with the opening of a three-weeks-long exhibition
- this time including new paintings from the creation period 2006-2009 - took
place on April 4, 2009 at the Café23
in Kaiserslautern.
On May 30, 2009, another
single exhibition at the gallery fingerspitzundkunst started with a vernissage.
The works were on display until June 26.
27.-28.06.2009: Förderverein
Künstler gegen Armut e.V. (Artists Against Poverty Association) presents The
World's Longest Political Painting. 54 artists, incl. Tony Caulfield, paint
on a canvas sized 1m x 120m and create visual statements concerning the topic
of "poverty in Germany".
04.-05.07.2009: Altstadtfest
Kaiserslautern. Tony paints live in front of the fingerspitzundkunst gallery
and takes part in the gallery's group exhibition.
23.08.2009: fingerspitzundkunst
presents Art
& Barbecue at the Black & White Club, Kaiserslautern. Four artists are painting
a wall which borders on the club's outdoor area: Caro Parsons, Sonja Blügel, Santiago
Munoz Prado and Tony Caulfield.
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25.09.2009: Group
reading with Wiebke Kunert, Robert-C. Scheel, Uwe Kraus, Dr.
Rainar Nitzsche,... at Café23. Tony reads Die
Reise zu meiner Anima: Selbsterkenntnis und Neugeburt.
31.10.2009: Halloween reading. The local radio station Antenne
Kaiserslautern airs another (previously recorded) reading
of story excerpts by Tony Caulfield, while Tony reads his latest
short novel "Der Fluch und Niedergang des Hauses Voltar:
Die Abessinischen Greuel (The Curse and Fall of the House of Voltar:
The Abyssinian Atrocities)" live at the gallery fingerspitzundkunst.
06.11.2009: Another vernissage
at the gallery fingerspitzundkunst, opening a group exhibition
running until the end of 2009.
26.11.2009-16.09.2010: Exhibition of select works at the gallery
Der kleine Kunstbahnhof,
St.Julian.
23.01.2010: Reading
from "Der Fluch und Niedergang des Hauses Voltar: Die Abessinischen
Greuel" - together with writer Manuel Sedó Y Hartel - and vernissage
"Otherworlds/Anderwelten". Exhibition until 20.02.2010.
31.01.2010: Reading
from "Der Fluch und Niedergang des Hauses Voltar: Die Abessinischen
Greuel" and Die
Sieben Todsünden im Leben des gemeinen Künstlers (satire)
+ vernissage "Die Sieben Todsünden" ("The 7 Deadly Sins"). Exhibition
until 28.02.2010.
KUNSTATELIER
FORMA:T, Cologne.
04.03.2010: Reading of dir
träumte meines toten früher antwort... and Axotottel
Copycat at the opening
night of the event series "Lauterns neuer Feier-Abend" at
the lounge twenty
one, Kaiserslautern. One-night exhibition of seven paintings.
09.04.-17.07.2010: Vernissage
"Otherworlds / Anderwelten" at the restaurant Hermann's
(Kaiserslautern), in the course of the art event series "Late
Night Art". 30pc of the revenue go to the children's medical unit
of the Westpfalz Clinical Center.
16.04.2010: Group
reading with Charlotte Van Satansbraten, Dr. Rainar Nitzsche
and Robert-C. Scheel at Café23. Topic: "Total Eclipse of the Sun
- Various writers tell of their darkest hours...". Tony reads
Schweigehaft.
29.04.2010: Reading of Die
Sieben Todsünden im Leben des gemeinen Künstlers in the course
of part
seven of the event series Lauterns neuer Feier-Abend at the
lounge twenty
one, Kaiserslautern. One-night exhibition of seven paintings.
01.06.2010: Reading
of a shortened version of Axotottel
Copycat during a poetry slam event organized by the Kultur.Kollektiv
e.V., at the pub Benderhof (Kaiserslautern).
26.06.2010: Reading
titled "shortkatz" at the art studio fingerspitzundkunst
(Kaiserslautern) during the "Lange Nacht der Kultur" ("Long Night
of Culture").
02.+03.07.2010: Reading of short satire texts (02.07.) together
with writer Robert-C.
Scheel at the art studio fingerspitzundkunst
and live painting in front of the studio (both days) during the
"Altstadtfest"
in Kaiserslautern.
16.07.2010: Reading
of "Der Fluch und Niedergang des Hauses Voltar: Die Abessinischen
Greuel" at the restaurant Hermann's
(Kaiserslautern).
07.09.2010: Reading of Der
Senkelfürst during a poetry slam event organized by the
Kultur.Kollektiv
e.V., at the pub Benderhof (Kaiserslautern).
17.09.2010: Vernissage
and reading titled "shortkatz" at the advertising
agency TAILOR
& PARTNER (Kaiserslautern). The exhibition runs until
October 13. 30pc of the revenue go to the charity organization
KuBus.
October 2010: The anthology Casus
Belli (anthologist: Torsten Scheib), including Tony Caulfield's
short novel "Der Fluch und Niedergang des Hauses Voltar: Die Abessinischen
Greuel", is published by Eloy Edictions.
16.10.2010-16.01.2011: Vernissage
and exhibition titled "Otherworlds" at the Café
Unterhammer (Kaiserslautern).
25.10.2010: Halloween
reading of "Der Fluch und Niedergang des Hauses Voltar: Die
Abessinischen Greuel" at the Art-Boutique,
Pirmasens.
06.11.2010: Reading
of Die
Sieben Todsünden im Leben des gemeinen Künstlers at Weingut
Mantel, Diedesfeld.
19.11.2010: Reading
of "Der Fluch und Niedergang des Hauses Voltar: Die Abessinischen
Greuel" at the Café
Unterhammer (Kaiserslautern).
07.12.2010: Reading of Fragen
über Fragen during a poetry slam event organized by the
Kultur.Kollektiv
e.V., at the pub Benderhof (Kaiserslautern).
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Currently, Tony is working on new art and design projects,
and prepares for upcoming exhibitions, readings and a new film project.
Here
is a printable pdf file (ca. 1MB) of Tony Caulfield's complete resumé.
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