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PERSONAL DETAILS

NAMEHorst Kornberger
ADDRESSPO Box 456, Hamilton Hill, WA - 6963, Australia
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WEBSITEwww.sofia.net.au
www.horstkornberger.com
DATE OF BIRTH2 December 1959
PLACE OF BIRTHKlagenfurt, Austria
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1998 Certificate for Waldorf Education Teacher TrainingThe Sophia Centre for Anthroposophical Studies, Perth, Western Australia
1996 Bachelor of Arts (Anthroposophical Studies)Rudolf Steiner College, Sacramento California
1993 Goethean StudiesRudolf Steiner College, Sacramento California
1991 Diploma for Speech Formation and Dramatic ArtThe London School of Speech Formation and Dramatic Art, East Grinstead, England
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 Biography – the adventure of your life a course integrating biographical writing, story telling and drama
2009 Lecturer in the Curriculum Journey, Rudolf Steiner College
2008 Seven Steps to Creativity - creative writing for everyone
2004  – 2009 Facilitation of study meetings for the teaching faculty of the Perth Waldorf School
2007 Lecturer and co-ordinator in Foundation Studies in Anthroposophy
2007 Co-founder of Rudolf Steiner College, Perth
2006 Developing the Metamorphosis Process– working with communal imagination
2006 The Calling - a course for men seeking orientation in their lives
2006 Biographical Writing – from memory to imagination
2005 Pioneering online creative writing course Working the Word
2004 Founder and director of the School of Integral Art
2004 Founder and lecturer in Story Medicine Programme
2003 Founder, director and lecturer in Working the Word - Creative Writing in Process
2000 Co- founder and main lecturer in Parenting as a Sacred Art
2001  – 2004 Co-founder of Vortex Flowforms – production and distribution of Flowform water features in Western Australia
1999  – 2003 Director and Main Lecturer of the Goethean Studies Programme at the Sophia Centre for Anthroposophical Studies, Perth
1997  – 1998 Coordinator and Lecturer of the Waldorf Teacher Training Programme at the Sophia Centre for Anthroposophical Studies, Perth
1995  – 1996 Lecturer for Goethean Studies, Anthroposophy and Speech and Drama at Rudolf Steiner College, Sacramento, California
1994 Coordinator and Main Lecturer of the Foundation Year at the Sophia Centre for Anthroposophical Studies, Perth
1993 Lecturer at the San Francisco Waldorf Teacher Training College and Rudolf Steiner College, Sacramento California
1992 Speech Therapist at the Raphael Medical Centre, Sacramento, US
1986 Co-founder of the “Stadtinitiative Wien” (A cultural centre for Anthroposophy in Vienna, Austria)
1979 Designer for the Brass-Foundry Jesch, Eberndorf, Austria
1993  – 2009 Numerous workshops public lectures and in-services for Waldorf Schools
1970  – 2008 Working as a visual, environmental, installation and conceptual artist
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1983 Lightwork Installation and Paintings, Monastery of St Georgen, Austria
1984 Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Caneri, Graz, Austria
1986 Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Modena, Vienna, Austria
1987 Lightwork Installation, Christian Community Hall, Vienna, Austria
1992 Paintings, Peaceful Valley Studio, Colfax, California, USA
1993 Paintings, Rudolf Steiner College, Sacramento, California, USA
1997 Colourscape, Gadfly Gallery, Nedlands, Western Australia
1999 Intensification, Moores Building, Fremantle Western Australia
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1984 Eberndorfer Kultursommer, Eberndorf, Austria
1985 Lightwork Installation, Bleiburger Stadthalle, Bleiburg, Austria
1992 Tuttle Mansion Art Centre, Auburrn, California, USA
1993 Brendas Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1999 Kompost (The Heap between Ecology and Art) Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
2000 Time- Emit, The Honeyclock, The Moore’s Building, Fremantle, WA
2000 –2003 The Viridian Project, Ecological Art, Kellerberrin, WA
2005 Buddha in Honey, George Street Gallery, East Fremantle, WA
2005 Supermart, Breadbox Gallery, Northbridge, WA
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BOOKS

2008 The Power of Stories, published by Floris Books, UK
2008 The Writer's Passage – a journey to the sources of creativity
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PUBLICATIONS

1999 Immanent Triangles and Squares in “Mathematisch-Physikalische Korrespondenz” Nr. 197 (International Journal for Mathematics and Physics) pp3-24, Switzerland.
2000 Elaboration on the Theorem of Morley in “Mathematisch-Physikalische Korrespondenz” Nr. 203 (International Journal for Mathematics and Physics) pp26-34, Switzerland.
2000 Kompost Down Under, in “New Views” 2nd Quater 2000 pp26-24, Great Britain
2009 The Language of Childhood, in ‘eye’ (early childhood educator) magazine , Great Britain
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POETRY PRIZES AND COMMENDATIONS

2000 First Prize, Festival of Love Poetry, WA State Literature Centre, WA
2000 Significant Merit, Southern Cross Literary Competition, Ballarat Writing Council, VIC
2001 First Prize, Write Away Poetry Competition, State Literature Centre, WA
2000 Highly Commended, Banjo Paterson Writing Award, Banjo Paterson Arts Council
2002 Commended Entry, Newcastle Poetry Prize National Anthology, NSW
2004 Short listed for Tom Collins Poetry Prize, Tom Collins Writers Centre, WA
2007 Three poems selected for West Australian Anthology: ‘Weighing of the Heart,’ OOTA
2008 Poem ‘Ginos’ included in FAWWA (Fellowship of West Australian Writers) 70th Anniversary Anthology ‘Lines in the Sand’
2008 Poem ‘Perth’ selected for ‘Filed of Ideas’ Installation in Wolfs Lane, Perth
2008 First Prize C.J. Dennis Literary Award for ‘The Earth from Space’
2008 Commended entry Peter Cowen 2008 Patrons Prize for ‘The Plagues in 2007’
2009 Highly commended at the Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize for ‘The Maritime Museum’
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PERFORMANCE

2002 The Sermon of Spices, Mundaring Weir Hotel, Mundaring
2003 The Edge of the World, Darlington Hall, Darlington, WA
2007 Poet Essences, La Tropicana, Fremantle
2007 Downpour – installation/performance and video clip
2007-08 Director of The Bee Master, a play written by Jennifer Kornberger
2008 Directed ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘Our Town,’ Perth Waldorf School
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