Spine of Time

Jochen Proehl

Born in Lübeck in 1958, Jochen Proehl now lives and works as a successful artist in Istanbul and Berlin. In 1978–1982 he studied German language, literature and history at the Technical University of Berlin. Afterwards, he completed his master as a student of Klaus Fußmann in 2001 at the Berlin University of the Arts.Since then he has not only worked as a guest lecturer at Christian Albrecht University in Kiel and substitute professor at Muthesius University in Kiel, Germany (2008–2013), but also as a lecturer at various universities in Istanbul, including Marmara University, Yıldız Technical University, Okan University, and Işık University (2013–2016). His personal experience and artistic drive lead him to the role of Director of the Istanbul Berlin Art Bridge and founding curator of the BAUART Gallery,both at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul.