PETER ROYEN

In 1962 Royen designs and executes the interior decoration of the Masonic lodge in Duisburg, and in 1966 the surrounding gable wall of the Kö-Center in Dusseldorf (the wall was destroyed in the course of later reconstruction work). In 1972 he gains third prize in the competition for the interior decoration of the Grevenbroich municipal savings bank.

In 1974 as successor to Gyorgy Kepes, he is appointed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as Professor of Environmental Art and Director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies. In 1977 he awards first prize in a competition entitled Object with Water for Dusseldorf-Garath (not implemented) and contributes a screen-print to the graphic art portfolio of the Antwerp Cathedral Guild. In 1981 together with Otto Piene and others, he participates in the first Sky Art Conference at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the MIT. In 1984 he awards the Federal Cross of Merit. From 1989 to 1990 he holds the chair of the Advisory Board for planning and preparation at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts (KHM) and member of the Board of Trustees for the new Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM) in Karlsruhe. In 1996 he receives the Honorary Award of the Villa Massimo in Rome. From March 2003 on he is a honorary member of the Malkasten artists’ association in Dusseldorf. In 2013 he is honoured with the Artist Award of the Dusseldorf Artists. That same year, Peter Royen dies in Dusseldorf.