The Berlin artist Rolf Sturm was born in Braunschweig in 1939. From 1960 to 1965 he studied at the University of the Fine Arts in West Berlin, graduating in 1965 as a master student. He then worked for two years as an art teacher and guest lecturer in Berlin. From 1968 to 1972 he was a freelancer and founded the gallery “Zentrifuge” in Berlin. In his work, Sturm casts doubt on the everyday and reflects the familiar in often funny, distorted mirror images. He had numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad. Until his death in 2021 he ran his own art gallery in Albrechtstrasse Berlin.