Torsten Schlüter is a German painter, performance artist and author.

1981 -1986 training in architecture and in artistic creation with successful university studies in architecture at Bauhausuniversity Weimar. Since 1986 going away from the architecture and alloning concentration than an authodiact on painting. Due to his “turning away from the politically imposed academic path” the authorities make him a persona-non-grata in Weimar. The Island of Hiddensee

Hiddensee

Hiddensee is a carfree island in the Baltic Sea, located west of Rügen on the German coast.The island, located 54°33' north longitude 13°07' east, has about 1,300 inhabitants. It was a popular vacation destination for East German tourists during German Democratic Republic times and continues to...

 is increasingly becoming his refuge.
1986-1987 odd jobs as a painter of signs, a carpenters assistant, a stage scene painter and a tennis trainer. Creation of set and costumes for the theatre. 1987 (to 2011) he is starting the yearly “Summer Art Garden” on the Island Hiddensee. Since 1988 he works as a freelance artist. 1989 Political involvement with Neues Forum (New Forum

New Forum

New Forum was a political movement in East Germany formed in the months leading up to the collapse of the East German state. It was founded in September 1989 and was the first independent political movement to be recognised by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-led state on 8 November 1989...

). After the Wall is fall, he begins to travel and work on the road especially in Africa and India. 1990 studio in the Atelierhaus Weimar

Weimar

Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...

. 1994 studio in the Kulturbrauerei

Kulturbrauerei

The Berlin Kulturbrauerei is a building complex. Originally built and operated as a brewery, its courtyards and unique architecture have been protected as a monument since 1974 and it is one of the few well-preserved examples of industrial architecture in Berlin dating from the end of the 19th...

, Berlin. 1995 creation of the official logo of the Island Hiddensee. 1996 studio Hackesche Höfe

Hackesche Höfe

The Hackesche Höfe is a notable courtyard complex situated adjacent to the Hackescher Markt in the centre of Berlin. The complex consists of eight interconnected courtyards, accessed through a main arched entrance at number 40 Rosenthaler Straße....

, Berlin. 1997 “Tulipamwe”, the North-South divide covering art work (Germany and France), with initiated by Jack Lang. 2003 studio in Berlin Mitte. 2004 He receives the Southwest German watercolor painting award. 2004 artist engagement for “Iron Union” – “1. FC Union Berlin

1. FC Union Berlin

1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to...

”, Goethe Institut Berlin. 2007 and 2010 “Hiddensee Edition”. 2008 project “Well women-High Priestesses of the Market”, Gerhart Hauptmann Haus, Hiddensee.

Various study and work related visits to Andaman Islands, France, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Mexico, Namibia, New York, Sri Lanka.

art books

• Witches and practice witchcraft, 1992
• Hiddensee Notes, 1996
• Tulipamwe, 1997
• Mata Nataraya - Hippies, hindus, cock fights“, 2000
• Northern lights” – Hiddensee; 2001
• Northern lights II - Hiddensee”, 2005
• Woman at the Well, 2008