Alice and Andrew
Alice Kinser, born 1955, USA and Andrew Walther, born 1952, USA
Alice and Andrew have been working together since 1988 and have been associated with the Ultimate Akademie in Cologne, Germany since 1989. Since 1990 they have functioned as the "Mobil Unit", which was formed under the auspices of the Al Hansen Welt Kunst Labor System Deutsche Amt, carrying out independent travel-related research projects. Alice and Andrew have been giving collage workshops in Germany, The Netherlands and Thailand since 1999. They received the Otzenrath Stipendium in 2000. While working with ecoTribe Teuge in The Netherlands from 2002 to 2009 they founded the Teuge Institute Off Technology and Gallery Boven. In 2009 they returned to California to participate in a community development project with "Rancho de los Gatos Locos."
Selected projects:
1989-90 "Wall Song"
1992 "Wet Networking"
1990-94 "Take It!"
1994-96 "Violating Thoreau"
1997 "In Search of the Great Irish Elk"
1998 "Nostradamus"
1998-99 "The Cologne Exchange"
1998-99 "God´s Nails"
2000-01 "Green Portfolio"
2002 "Sold Picture Gallery"
2002-08 "Teuge Institute Off Technology"
2007-2008 "The La Garrotxa Project"
Selected solo exhibitions:
1990 Ultimate Akademie, Cologne Germany
1992 Bonte Zwaan, Amsterdam, Holland
1992 Weekend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1992 Ultimate Akademie, Cologne Germany
1994 Kunsthalle Weyertal, Cologne, Germany
1994 Ultimate Akademie, Cologne Germany
1995 Teatre Recreatiu, Llucmayor, Mallorca, Spain
1996 Weekend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1999 Arting, Cologne, Germany
2002 Ultimate Akademie, Cologne, Germany
2008 Escola d'Art d'Olot, Olot, Spain
Selected group exhibitions:
1991 Syndicat D’Initiative, Le Boulou, France
1992 Piazza Virtuale, Kassel, Germany
1993 Weekend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1993 Halle Kalk, Cologne-Kalk, Germany
1995 Atelier Dupont, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
1996 StadtBibliothek, Cologne, Germany
1996 Rhine-Ship "Helvetia", Cologne, Germany
1996 Bangkok Skydome, Bangkok, Thailand
1997 an gardin geal, Bricklive Mountain, County Sligo, Ireland
1998 Calcographie, Cologne Germany
1998 Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1998 La Ruta del Viento, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands
1998 DuMont-Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
1999 Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1999 Galerie 68elf, Cologne, Germany
1999 Weekend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2001 Theron Business Consulting, Cologne, Germany
2002 Art Bar SamSam, Apeldoorn, Holland
2003-09 Gallery Boven, Teuge, Holland
2005 KelderKunst, Deventer, Holland
2006 25th Anniversary Weekend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2007 Fira del Diboux, Olot, Spain
2006-2009 Kunstroute Teuge, Holland