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JT VISUMAN INFORMATION

Geometria est archetypus pulchritudinis mundi.

1962 Jörg Tenbrock born in Rheine/Westphalia, Germany.
1981-95 university studies in mathematics, economy, geography, cartography, philosophy.
1992   unfolding of the project visuman
2002   unfolding of the project Edamon Namusiv
2009   curator DASLABOR der Experimentalraum Berlin

JT lives since 1983 in Berlin, from 1993 until 1997 in Hong Kong. The project visuman is launched during JT’s travels and stays in Asia, America and Europe. Exhibitors and collectors around the planet love the truth in the forms painted by visuman.

The technique of Visuman drawings is Japanese ink on paper or cardboard from 1992 until 2OOO. The transapparatus picture is a visuman-technique, using a copier to implement a drawing into a new picture. Colour fills form.
Since 2OOO visuman is painted in acrylics. Colour folds form.
In 2OO1 the virtual visuman, digitized and generated by the machine, becomes a fellow being in a fractalized world. Form fills form.
In 2OO2 the fractal geometry, evaluated by the virtual visuman on the screen the year before, becomes painted reality on canvas. Form folds form.

Some declarations:
Visuman shall be the visual man, whose communication skills are principally visual. Visuman is an abstraction: television-head, on-and-off-button-body, cable-legs. Visuman inhabits a world shown in graphs of mathematical functions. Therefore truth is represented at its best. Visuman pictures are recognised as something similar to all attempts to gain knowledge of truth. The self-similarity of non-linear functions in visuman pictures explains the satilar patterns shown in the artwork of the world’s cultures.

Visuman, defined as a function himself, emotionalizes truthfully the beauty of the world, represented in mathematical functions and their geometrical surface

You may be right that visuman is - geometry - is the arche-type of the beauty in the world.

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VISUMAN EXHIBITIONS

2010
June 2010, "FRIENDSHIP", Kunsttage Werden, Essen
April 2010, "DRAGON AND VOLCANO", tease art fair, RheinTriadem, Cologne
March 2010, "Werkschau", Studio Visuman, Berlin
February 2010, "Dragon plus Dragon and Volcano", Studio Falk Richwien, Berlin
January 2010, "VV & FEE", Frozen Sudhaus, CoachingCulture Gallery, Berlin

2009
December 2009, "VV & FEE", Frozen Sudhaus, CoachingCulture Gallery, Berlin
December 2009, "VISUMAN", YUENART, Düsseldorf
December 2009 “Ethics as Aesthetics of Existence", Phil. Café Professor Vorholzer, Berlin
December 2009 “Ethics as Aesthetics of Existence", Phil. Café Horst J. Krauth and Professor Engelstädter, Löwenpalais Villa Starke, Berlin
December 2009, "Visuman & Friends: Ethics as Aesthetics of Existence", DASLABOR der Experimentalraum, Berlin
December 2009, "WERKSCHAU RICHWIEN-VISUMAN-YUEN", Studio Falk Richwien, Berlin
September 2009, "VISUMAN ", Artpath/Kunstspur Essen, Essen
September 2009, "Earthtone, Virtual Visuman, & Genius Gentlemen Freeze Easily", Gallery Marktlücke, Wittstock
August - December 2009, "Virtual Visuman", Gallery Rehformhaus, Halle/Westfalia
August 2009, "MAN-MANDALAS", Artspots/Kunstpunkte Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
August 2009, "Time-Axis-Manipulation", Gallery Botschaft , Düsseldorf
August 2009, "Virtueller Visuman", Neuköllner Hängung, CoachingCulture Gallery, Berlin
June – August 2009, "EBARpaper ", space 798, Düsseldorf
March – April 2009, "MAN-MANDALAS", Rochow, Salon für Design, Berlin
January 2009, "EBAR 2009 Eva Bunker and Adam Rocket", DASLABOR der Experimentalraum, Berlin
January 2009, "DANCE WITH THE WORLD – Fractals of Ethics", Art&Champagne Gallery, Berlin

2008
December 2008, "Christmas Market", gallery turn-berlin, Josettihöfe, Berlin
December 2008, "WeihnArt 2008", Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
November 2008 – January 2009, "DANCE WITH THE WORLD – Fractals of an Ethic", Art&Champagne Gallery, Berlin
October 2008, "VIRTUAL VISUMAN", Gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Main
October 2008, "magistrale – Focus Art", with André Chi Sing Yuen, Foto- und Lichtpauserei, Berlin
September 2008, "Kunstspur Essen", Essen
August 2008, "18x24", Gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Main
June 2008, "FOLD R 2008 POSTPOSTPOSTMODERN RHIZOMATIC", DASLABOR der Experimental-raum, Berlin
June 2008, "VISUMAN PLUS", Leon Lazar & Semper, Berlin
May 2008, "RHIZOMATIC", Leon Lazar & Semper, Berlin
March 2008, "BOXEN –naughty by nature-", Café Stadler, Berlin
March 2008, "HEMISPHERES V", Gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Main
February - March 2008, "VISUMAN", Art & Champagne gallery, Berlin
January - April 2008, "sense:ability meets visuman", sense:ability communications GmbH, Berlin
January 2008, "Weihnachtsausstellung", Art&Champagne gallery, Berlin
January - March 2008, "EARTH-TONE IV", Bebob, Berlin

2007
December 2007, "Christmas-exhibition", Art & Champagne Gallery, Berlin
December 2007, "Christmas-exhibition", Gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Main
November 2007, "VIRTUAL VISUMAN", ART-i-GEN, André Yuen, Düsseldorf
October - November 2007, " HEMISPHERES IV", Gallery Artbox, art-fair Cologne Fine Arts, Cologne
October 2007, "sense:ability meets visuman", sense:ability comunications GmbH, Berlin
October 2007, "EARTH-TONE IV", hairdressing salon Bebob, Berlin
June - July 2007, "Best of Visuman -Werkschau-", DASLABOR Experimental-raum, Berlin
May 2007 "migration and elite in a ‘globalised‘ world", philosophical circle Professor Vorholzer, Berlin
March 2007 "EARTH-TONE-HEMISPHERES III", Café m, Berlin
March - September 2007 "Virtual Visuman", Salon Johannes Glende & Mary Bauermeister, Rösrath
March 2007 "HEMISPHERES II plus VIRTUAL VISUMAN", gallery Artbox, Frankfurt
February - August 2007 "HEMISPHERES I", Café rosenrot, Berlin
January 2007 "EARTH-TONE VISU_PROFIL_MAN", gallery Artbox, Frankfurt

2006
December 2006 "EARTHTONE VISU_PROFIL_MAN", gallery Artbox, Frankfurt
October 2006 " CLOUD_CARPET" feat. Marcel Munte, berlin insane, Volksbühne, Berlin
October 2006 "creative inspiration by art", philosophical circel Professor Vorholzer, Berlin
September 2006 "The Shepherd Looks After His Sheep and The Implosion Of The Apple", gallery g.artenhaus, Berlin
September 2006 "EARTH-TONES III", Quintessenz, gallery Q, Berlin
August 2006 Visuman and Anja Exner, "YELLOW MAGIC_black-box-bleaching", gallery sidewalk association, Berlin
July 2006 "WOLKENTEPPICH/CLOUD_CARPET", preview, Café m, Berlin
May 2006 "PattyInSpace und Genius Gentlemen Freeze Easilyt", feminism supplement, junge welt, Berlin
May 2006 "Katherina I gold", gallery Spaziofrog, Neapel
April 2006 "Virtual Visuman", gallery 61, Bielefeld
April - July 2006 "PattyInSpace", Café m, Berlin
March 2006 "ERDTÖNE_EARTHTONES", gallery Q, Berlin
February 2006 "EARTH-TONES II", gallery Artbox, Cologne Fine Arts, Cologne
January 2006 "CONNECTED: Schirmer-Yuen-Visuman", privat gallery f, Bad Nauheim

2005
December 2005 "CONNECTED: Schirmer-Yuen-Visuman", privat gallery f, Bad Nauheim
November - December 2005 "ART AND DESIGN", gallery kunstfokus, Berlin
November - December 2005 "QUNST%", artistgroup Q, gallery sidewalk association, Berlin
October 2005 "EARTH-TONES", gallery Artbox, artfair Kunstköln, Cologne
October 2005 "Quotations / Zitate", artistgroup Q, gallery sidewalk association, Berlin
July 2005 "IBMPCG Sea of Flowers as Polychrome Genesis of Sexuality" gallery Zitronengrau, Rheinsberg
June 2005 "GENIUS GENTLEMEN FREEZE EASILY" gallery 61, Bielefeld
May 2005 "PattyInSpace" artistgroup Q, gallery sidewalk association, Berlin
May 2005 "SPACESTATION" chambers Kracht-Vorholzer, Berlin
April 2005 "Patty and friends" G-Haus, Düsseldorf
February 2005 "VIRTUELLER VISUMAN PLUS and GOLDEN MOMENTS" gallery Artbox, Kunstmesse Kunstköln, Rheinhallen, Cologne

2004
December 2004 - January 2005 "PORTRAIT and CITY-PICTURE" Espresto AG, Berlin
November- December 2004 "PATTY IN SPACE" gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Mayn
November 2004 "ART_i_GEN" MOVING ARTS visual tour, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne
September-December 2004 "PORTRAIT and CITY-PICTURE" Artpark, gallery K44, Berlin
September 2004 "GOLDEN MOMENTS" gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Mayn
July 2004 "VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS and GOLDEN MOMENTS" Erich Mühsam Festival, RAW-Temple, Berlin
May 2004 "ART_i_GEN" MOVING ARTS visual tour, Stadtbad Oderberger, Berlin
May 2004, "ART_i_GEN" MOVING ARTS visual tour, Secondfloor, Hamburg
May 2004 "ART_i_GEN" MOVING ARTS visual tour, Zeche Zollverein, Essen
May 2004 "VIRTUAL VISUMAN" gallery Artbox, artfair ART-Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Mayn
March 2004 "PETER MANNSDORFF AND EDAMON NAMUSIV" Durchblick e.V. and gallery L.A., bookfair Leipzig, Leipzig
January - December 2004 "VIRTUAL VISUMAN PLUS" gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Mayn
January 2004 "THE KISS", pictures for shortfilm 'a morning in life', Berlin
January 2004 "VIRTUAL VISUMAN AND 18 MOMENTS", Diesel-store, Berlin

2003
December 2003 - January 2004 "EVA BUNKER AND ADAM ROCKET", drawing room Heidi Magdalena Müller, Casa Paradiso, Intragna, Ticino, Switzerland
December 2003 " UNSCHEDULED_PEARL PLUS EB_AR", all-is-art gallery, Berlin
November 2003 "BENEFIZ_KUNST_AUKTION", Art&Management, Jeannette Drews and Auktionshaus Quentin, Haus am Französischen Dom, Berlin
October 2003 "PARADISE AIR-RAID SHELTER ALEXANDERPLATZ" M.A.I.S.-V, in association with Artforum Berlin, Berlin
September 2003 "VISUMAN PLUS VISUWOMAN", featuring Edamon Namusiv, gallery Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin
September 2003 "UNSCHEDULED_PEARL_2PLUS1 VERSUS VIRTUAL_VISUMAN_PORN" gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Mayn
August - September 2003 "VIRTUAL VISUMAN CHANNELLING UNSCHEDULED_PEARL_2PLUS1" changing channels, London Biennale Pollinations, Backfabrik, Berlin
April 2003 "SAFETY 03" gallery Pozzo Pozozza, Berlin
April 2003 "VIRTUAL VISUMAN" art fair 'Art Frankfurt', gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Mayn
March 2003 "ACTION TERRITORY NOW" gallery Haus Schwarzenberg, Berlin
March - April 2003 "TWIN TOWER NOW" gallery Books, Berlin
Februaryy 2003 "VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS GIOVANNI" Vegaz at Helsinki, Berlin
Februaryy 2003 "VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS GIOVANNI" cc supreme,Fritz Fischer, Berlin
Januaryy 2003 "THE SHEPHERD LOOKS AFTER HIS SHEEP" (group exhibition) 90°, Berlin

2002
December 2002 - "VISUMAN AT HOME" Galerie At Home, Berlin
December 2002 "6 OF 18 MOMENTS" Gallery Von der Bank, Frankfurt/Mayn
November 2002 "18x24" (group exhibition) R&R Gallery, Berlin
November-December 2002 "18x24"(group exhibition) Gallery Das Wohl, Hamburg
October - November 2002 "18x24" Gallery Artbox, Frankfurt/Mayn
October 2002 "VISUMAN" Drawing Room A. & R. von Lerchenfeld, Berlin
September-October 2002 "TWIN TOWER TUNE" Biennial Liverpool, M.A.I.S.-project, Liverpool
March-June 2002 "VIRTUAL VISUMAN" Gallery Goldberg Institut, Berlin
Februaryy-March 2002 "18x24 incitement of art purchase" Gallery Goldberg Institut, Berlin

2001
April - May 2001 "VISUMAN AND THE INFINITE SOUL" M.A.I.S. (group exhibition), Berlin
February - May 2001 "SPACESTATION" Gallery Gül, Berlin
January 2001-Januaryy 2003 "12 ILLUMINATED PICTURES" Brainpool TV, Sat.1 Serie 'Der Doc', Cologne
January - March 2001 "IN THE HIGGSFIELD" FORMAT (group exhibition), Gallery 10000, Berlin

2000
December 2000 - March 2001 "MOMENT" Gallery S.M.A.L.L., Recklinghausen
December 2000 "HYPERBOLISM" maou-maou gallery (group exhibition), Berlin
October/December 2000 "VISUMAN +NK: ILLUMINATED TRANSAPPARATUS PICTURES" Drawing Room at Oxymoron, Hackesche Höfe, Berlin
October 2000 "THE IMPLOSION OF THE APPLE" interlink-artspace, Gallery Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
September 2000 "FOLD M2000" Gallery M, Berlin
May 2000 "VISUMAN IN THE TRANSAPPARATUS LEVEL OF ARBITRARINESS" M.A.I.S. (group exhibition), Cologne
Januaryy - May 2000 " ILLUMINATED PICTURES" Gallery United Arts, Stilwerk, Berlin
Januaryy - March 2000 "LITTLE PINK CLOUD" Firmenzentrale Philip Morris, Berlin

1999
December 1999 "VISUMAN ON CD" Gallery Flora + Fauna, Berlin
March 1999 "VISUMAN -7 YEARS VISUMAN-" Goldmine Club, Berlin
November 1998 - November 1999 "VISUMAN SHOWROOM" Oxymoron, Hackesche Höfe, Berlin
November 1998 - May 1999 "ILLUMINATED PICTURES" Subgroand at Pfefferberg, Berlin

1998
August 1998 "VISUMAN AND THE FOLD: sequence M3-->(3/4)M<--M4" Gallery Avalon, Hackesche Höfe, Berlin
March - May 1998 "VISUMAN + VISUMAN feat. André Yuen: THE UNFOLDING OF THE MACHINE 9" Il Calice, Berlin

1997
November - December 1997 "VISUMAN AND THE FOLD: THE UNFOLDING OF THE MACHINE 8 " POP 2000 at Postfuhramt, Berlin
April 1997 "VISUMAN CONSTRUCTS A HOUSE," empty building site Sophienstraße, Berlin
March - July 1997 "VISUMAN IN A SHOP" Gallery Institut, Berlin
January 1997 "THE UNFOLDING OF THE MACHINE 4" Gallery K2 at K-Club, Humboldt Universität, Berlin

1996
December 1996 "THE FOLD" Foyer der Humboldt Universität, Berlin
August - October 1996 "VISUMAN AND THE FOLD" Gallery Darling + Mionda, Berlin

1995
August 1995 "THREE SINGLE VISUMEN" Gallery DNA, Provincetown, Boston
July 1995 "BLACKBOX - INSIDE THE BIG BLACK BOX" Gallery Groupie de Luxe, Berlin

1994
December 1994 - Februaryy 1995 "GREY MAGIC (black box bleaching)" Gallery The Time Is Always Now, Hong Kong
July 1994 "VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS GIOVANNI" Privatsalon Peter Pinheiro, Montreal
June 1994 "THE BIG TRANSAPPARATUS PICTURE" Privatsalon Katharina Sigwart, Berlin

1993
September 1993 "EVERYTHING DISAPPEARS versus SPACE- IT DISAPPEARS" Mathematikgebäude der Technischen Universität, Berlin