KLAUS HU, living and working in Berlin, born 1963 in Heidelberg / Germany.
Studio based arts in painting, photography and research. 
As extended practice he compiles curatorial and site specific concepts with the main focus on: 
1: strata / geology / genealogy of history 
2: the digital / the sensual / appropriation 
3: landscape / land-use / conflicts on resources 
4: escapism /  sci-fi and narrative territories
 
He had been invited for residencies at SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE New Mexico, USA in 2013 / studio grant / https://sfai.org/residents/klaus-hu/ focusing on land and land-use in the South West of the USA with the outcome as solo exhibition at Somos Berlin in 2015. Followed by a short invited Villa Medici, Rome research residency in 2018 he currently continues his studio based practice on a shift of perception in the painting process on distant landscapes and contradicting historical perspectives (HI ALTITUDE 2019 21) for re-assessment of current ecological conflicts. Further he preparares a transatlantic curatorial project LAYERS OF TIME including American and European artists and historical archives, compiled in 2017 / 18 with subjects on memory, history, perception and cultural differences.
He took part in international site-specific competitions from 2003 - today, e.g. MAXXI, Rome, Italy, SHARJAH, UAE and GERMAN PARLIAMENT, Berlin, Germany and conference ISEA - Singapore 2008 with the paper “On Space and Narrative Identity”. 
He has selfpublished 6 books on painting / photography. 
His education was in anthropology, Germanic and Romance studies / literature at University of Heidelberg 1982 / 83 and at University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) from 1985 / 1991, and 1998 / 99 in stage design, photography and video at Achim Freyer and Katharina Sieverding. In 1992 he received the Berlin Senate fellowship / working grant for 1 year.
 
KLAUS HU is represented by VG BILD-KUNST BONN / Germany.
 
main links
WORKS   http://klaushu.blogspot.com
BOOKS  http://klaushu.blogspot.de/2013/07/books-editions.html
VIDEO/KEYNOTES http://youtube.com/klaushu
INTERVIEW about UNSETTLED LANDSCAPES with Brainard Carey at YALE UNIVERSITY RADIO http://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/klaus-hu