Biography 1928 born in Laasphe, Germany Otto Piene lived and worked in Groton near Boston, MA, USA and maintained his studio in Dusseldorf. 1950 – 1953 Art Studies, Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf feloow students includes, among others, Heinz Mack, Hans Salentin, Joseph Beuys, Erwin Heerich and Günter Grass 1957 founded the artist group ZERO with Heinz Mack 1968 first international Fellow of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA conferral of the first German Light Art Award, Kunstmuseum Celle Otto Piene died in July 2014 in Berlin
