Chris Newman
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Chris Newman (b. 1958 in London) is an experimental interdisciplinary artist using the medium of music, painting, video, drawing and literature. From 1976 to 1979 he studied music at King’s College London, taking a Bachelor of Music. He moved to Cologne, Germany, in 1980 to study with Mauricio Kagel (New Music, Theatre / Video) at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. First public performance singing own songs in 1982. He founded chamber-punk rock band Janet Smith in 1983. First concerts and video showings: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Theater am Turm, Frankfurt; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne; Cooper Union, New York.

Since the beginning of the 80’s Newman’s music pieces have been performed at concerts and festivals and re-corded for radio productions. He has published books of poetry and prose and issued a number of CDs. Chris Newman lives in Berlin.