Vietnamese-born artist living in Germany
Dao Droste (born 1952) is a Vietnamese-born artist living in Germany.
She was born in Saigon and moved to Germany in 1971. Droste studied chemistry in Stuttgart and Heidelberg, earning a PhD. She went on to work in sculpture, painting and installation art. She established her own studio in 1987. She now lives in Eppelheim.[1]
Her large installation piece "Open-mindedness", which included 500 terra cotta faces, attracted international attention.[1]
As a Taoist, she explores the theme of mankind in harmony with nature in her art.[2]
Droste designed the statue for the One World Award which is sponsored by Rapunzel Naturkost and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.[3]
In 2015, she received the environmental prize awarded by the German Working Group for Environmental Management [de] (BAUM).[2]
Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Carl Bosch Museum [de] in Heidelberg, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Berlin and the city of Eppelheim.[1]
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