Jürgen Knubben (Rottweil - Germany, 1955). Lives and works in Rottweil.
Jürgen Knubben began his career as a sculptor in 1973, with his first participation in the show Junge Kunst at the Stadtmuseum in his home town of Rottweil. From 1977 to 1982 he studied at the University of Tübingen. Since 1993, Knubben has worked as director of Forum Kunst Rottweil (Art Association), curated numerous performances by German and international artists, initiated symposia and art projects and had many solo and group exhibitions around the world.
Among the various honours he has received are the Bamberg Art Award in 1994 and the Rottweil Culture Foundation Prize in 1997 and 2007. In 2006, Knubben was a visiting professor at the University of Taipei, Taiwan. He also represented Europe at the International Horticultural Exposition in Xi'an, Republic of China, in 2011, creating two site-specific sculptures.
In 2012, his work entitled Tête à tête (Nofretete) was included in the exhibition Im Licht von Amarna at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, to celebrate the centenary of the excavation of the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti.