Udo Dziersk

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Udo Dziersk (born Gelsenkirchen, 1961) is a contemporary German painter.

Since 2002 Udo Dziersk has been professor of the Orientierungs-Bereich at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf,{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de/fachbereiche/kunst/orientierungsbereich/prof-udo-dziersk.html |title=Kunstakademie Düsseldorf: Prof. Udo Dziersk |publisher=Kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de |accessdate=2012-01-04}} mentoring newcomers of the student body before they assume their direction by joining a class. He was a student at the academy under Gerhard Richter and later Markus Lüpertz from 1983 to 1988 and did studies aside with Per Kirkeby and Georg Baselitz.{{cite web|url=http://www.halle6.de/ind2/kuenst1/dzierkue/dzierkue.html |title=Udo Dziersk |publisher=Halle6.de |accessdate=2012-01-04}} His works are often inspired by the experiences and impressions of his extensive travels around the world, though as cultural stimulus for what develops from sketches to canvas.