Karl Maria Udo Remmes

After studying biology and medicine, Remmes did his medical doctorate in 1986 in neuroradiology, and became a consultant radiologist specialized in cross sectional imaging. He was awarded a Graduation in Professional Photography by the New York Institute of Photography.

Remmes' first photo exhibition "Operaria" at the University of Düsseldorf presents a portrait of backstage operations of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Remmes worked at various European opera and ballet theatres such as the Teatro Regio of Turin, the Graz Opera, the English National Opera in London, the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland and at the Chang'an Grand Theatre in Beijing, China. In 2002, the Theatre Museum Düsseldorf established the "Remmes Collection". Remmes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine. He represented the City of Düsseldorf at the World Exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, showing his work in an exhibition on the interface between theater work and theatrical stage art in Liu Haisu Art Museum Shanghai • Illustration — Udo Remmes, Behind the velvet curtain, 2002

• 2000 Operaria, Universitäts- u. Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf • 2001 Gorgoneion, Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen / Kongresshaus Baden-Baden. Serenissima Serenata, Kosmas & Damian – In memoriam 9–11, Johannes-Kirche Düsseldorf • 2002 Behind the Velvet Curtain, 105. Deutscher Ärztetag Rostock. Operaria II, Leica-Gallery, Leica Headquarters Solms • 2003 Operaria II, Leica-Gallery Tokyo, Japan • 2003 Theatermuseum Düsseldorf: Moments of Art / Collection „Remmes". Behind the Velvet Curtain, Pontos de Vista, Portugal • 2004 Operaria III, Rathaus Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany • 2005 Operaria III, Landesärztekammer Hannover, Germany. Augenblicke der Kunst, Goethe-Institut Beijing, China. He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China • 2006 Portraits der Schauspielerin Gudrun Landgrebe, Galerie Petra Lange, Berlin, Germany • 2009 BlickWechsel oder Die Kunst des Zuschauens, Theatermuseum Düsseldorf, Royal Photographic Society, Ink Play – Play Ink, Theatermuseum Düsseldorf, Liu Haisu Museum Shanghai. Die Kunst des Zuschauens (The Art of Viewing), Park-Theater Iserlohn, Royal Photographic Society • 2010 Zuschauerkunst, Theatermuseum Düsseldorf. Moments of Art III, Liu Haisu Art Museum Shanghai in the framework of Expo 2010 Shanghai representing the City of Düsseldorf • 2013 Gudrun Landgrebe – Rückblick, Theatermuseum Düsseldorf