Stuart Wolfe

Stuart Nigel Reid Wolfe (born in London) is a British actor, circus acrobat, sculptor, painter and designer who lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

His sculptures Figuren gegen das Vergessen (″statues against forgetting″) were permanently installed at the memorial centre Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück of the former concentration camp near Berlin in 2006.

He also travelled to Israel and various countries in Africa before returning to London, where he completed his A-Levels and began his training as an actor at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Wolfe continued his acting training in Berlin by taking private lessons with Else Bongers and Otto Sander from the Schaubühne theatre.

In 1996 he was invited to several European countries to present his Figuren gegen das Vergessen as a travelling exhibition at different Holocaust memorial sites.

2003: Artist in Residence in Berlin Probably the most detailed description of the 1983 film Eine Liebe wie andere auch starring Stuart Wolfe in one of the two leading roles is provided by the Berlinale-programme, in which the two directors, Hans Stempel and Martin Ripkens, were interviewed.

[18] At the 2008 Berlinale, Stempel and Ripkens received a Special Teddy Award for this film, that from its very launch had been contested for breaking social conventions.

[19] The sculptor Wolfe attracted international attention with his ″Figuren gegen das Vergessen″, which were set up over several years at various locations (Anhalter Bahnhof Berlin, KZ-Memorial Site Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück et al.) and finally purchased by the Brandenburg Memorials Foundation.

The Working Group ″Confrontations″ Berlin is a partner of the Fritz Bauer Institute and dedicated to the pedagogical approach to the history and impact of the Holocaust.

[20] The website publishes biographies and articles by or about personalities such as Hannah Arendt, Fritz Cremer, Jürgen Habermas or film director Loretta Walz.

[23] In addition, Wolfe's design projects receive repeated recognition in blogs, press and TV reports in Europe,[24] Asia and Latin America, for example Costa Rica.

[25] Since this involves upcycling, his work is also perceived as part of the maker movement, which represents consumers making things themselves instead of buying mass-produced goods.