Jürgen
Bickel

Lived in Nuremberg since 1951.

1966 Graduated as a wholesale merchant (Chamber of Industry and Commerce)

1970-1974 Studied economics at the Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences Graduated: Business Administration (FH)

1974-2012 Worked in industry and in training and continuing education.

1978-1982 Head of the Business Administration Department at Molkereizentrale Süd GmbH & Co KG in Nuremberg.

1983 Commercial Director, authorized signatory of a construction management company in Nuremberg.

1983-1994 Moved to training and continuing education as a trainer and lecturer at the German Employees Academy (DAA) and Education Secretary at the German Employees' Union (DAG) in Nuremberg.

1985-2014 Examiner at the Nuremberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) for industrial and commercial business administrators (Awarded the Gold Badge of Honor: 1995 and 2008)

1985 - 2019 First exhibition as curator for Susanna Egresi at the Fränkische Galerie in Nuremberg.

Until 2019, curator of approximately 100 exhibitions in Germany and abroad (solo and group exhibitions for approximately 50 artists). Manager of the Hungarian artist Susanna Egresi and the Nuremberg painter Claus Schobig.

1986 Founding member of the international artist group "Nuremberg Fantasists." Other founding members: Claus Schobig, Kunihiko and Atsuko Kato, Herwig Lewandowski, and Susanna Egresi.

1987 Founding member and chairman of the board of the Association for the Promotion of Fantastic Realism in Franconia. Director of the Art Club Gallery at the Gesellschaft Museum in Nuremberg.

1990-1992 Gallery owner of the Galerie Phantastica in Nuremberg. 1995 Founding member of the association: Surrealismus Aktuelle e.V., based in Hohenölsen/Weida. Other founding members: Hans-Peter Müller Alexandra Müller/Jontschewa, Claus Schobig, and others _______________________________________ Artist group: "Nuremberg Fantasists" (Founding members) Claus Schobig Susanna Egresi Atsuko Kato Kunihiko Kato Herwig Lewandowski Artists - Exhibitions: "fantastic Art": (Selection) Claus Pöhlmann Stephan J. M. Scherer Manfred Hönig Hans-Peter Müller Alexandra Müller/Jontschewa Wolfgang Harms Jo Niklaus Hans Niklaus Johann (Jean) Meier Peter König Michael Engelhardt Ondrej Kohout