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Thomas Berger Resumé / Lebenslauf |
born in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
now living and working in New Hampshire and Maine, where I established a business for Landscape design and installation, combined with a stone sculpting business and a small nursery which also serves as a sculpture garden. In short, the business centers around nature in garden and art.
Education:
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1982
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degree in Agriculture (Diplom-Agraringenieur) from Gesamthochschule Kassel University
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1989
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additional studies ending with degree as Wirtschaftsingenieur (an agronimist with additional qualification in economics, in my case focused on cooperatives and economics for development) |
Professional Career:
| 1982 - 1983 | working on farms in Germany, France and Australia |
| 1984 - 1987 | volunteer in Republic of Niger, stationed in Tillabéry, working as agricultural consultant within the "Service d'Agriculture", focusing on education and technical supervison of Integrated Pest Management in rice, vegetables, millet and other crops |
| 1989 | short-term consultant in an agro-forestry project in Niger |
| 1990 - 1994 | desk officer at Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (German Volunteer Service) head office in Berlin, responsible for all programs in Benin, Burkina-Faso and Ghana |
| 1994 | worked at Reinhold Fehmer GmbH during summer and fall to gather landscape experience |
| 1995 | moved to Portsmouth, NH and started own landscaping business |
| 1998 | Leon E. Pearson award for Landscape Excellence, Merit Award, by NH Landscape Association |
| 1999 | purchased property in Kittery, ME and started Nursery in the following year |
| 2001 | construction of building for the nursery, including a design office |
Publications:
| 1984 - 1987 | two articles in the Nigerian Newsletter for Pest Control ("Bulletin de Liaison / Protection des Végétaux") about pest control problems in rice |
| 1984 - 1987 | designed a large number of short guides for education of farmers and professionals in pest control management in Niger |
| 1993 | "Partizipation und Pädagogik", an article that appeared in "Jürgen Hopp / Peter Schwiebert: Wüstenwind und Tropenregen, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin,1993" |
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1999 |
"Classic Cobblestone Pavement", in New Hampshire Landscape Association Newsletter |
Art Career:
| 1980 | participation in students art show at GHK University, Standort Witzenhausen: paintings and sculptures |
| 1988 | designed 3 postal stamps, released the same year in Niger: "Insectes Utiles", showing a praying mantis, a mason's wasp and a certain beetle |
| 1988 | "Leben im Sahel - Mali", participated in organization and set-up of a show about life in Mali, included set-up of a market-scene with original items, and a model landscape showing a typical village and surroundings. |
| 1989 | "Die Nebel von Gizeh", a solo-show at Volksbank Nürtingen with surrealistic oil paintings |
| since 2003 | permanent exhibit of my sculptures started in my nursery in Kittery |
| 2007 | art show "Sacred Places", with sculptures by Thomas Berger and paintings by Polly and Peter Moak, at Kittery Art Association, ME |
| 2007 | installation of public sculpture "Echinoderms" in Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne Point, Rye, NH |
| 2007 | installation of public sculpture "Butterfly" (butterfly and caterpillar) at "Park of Changes" in Kittery, ME |
| 2007 | set-up of a sundial at the children's garden at Strawberry Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH |
| 2007 | participation in art show at Sandy Point Discovery Center in Stratham, NH |
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2008 |
February: participation in "60th Annual NHAA Currier Exhibition" at NH Institute of Art, Manchester, NH |
| March: art show "Organic Remnants" at Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery on State Street in Portsmouth | |
| April: participation with one sculpture at "A Golden Show" - at the Kittery Art Association | |
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