born 1962 in Limbach-Oberfrohna in Saxony. Studies in art history. 1992 PhD at the University of Leipzig with thesis on the painter and illustrator O. Th. W. Stein. Since 1993 deputy director/head of the academic area of the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts Leipzig Exhibitions and publications above all in art of the 20th and 21st centuries and in museum history.
Email: olaf.thormann@leipzig.de