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9.10.1938 Born in Málaga on October 9th, in the same building where Picasso was born 57 years before. (Málaga - Spain) ► + info
1955 Begins study of industrial expert, but reading Dostojevski and starting to paint brings him to abandon his studies and to dedicate himself to painting on his own. (Spain) ► + info
1957 Makes his first solo exhibition in the "Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País" in Málaga. (Málaga - Spain) ► + info
1957 Founded with other painters "Grupo Picasso" in Malaga (Málaga - Spain) ► + info
1957 He collaborates regularly doing illustrations for poetry magazine Caracola . (Málaga - Spain) ► + info
From 1959 To 1960 Fullfillment of conscription in Santa Amalia (Málaga) (Spain) ► + info
1961 He moves to the small city of Hilden Gabelung in Germany, near Düsseldorf, and soon afterwards he is expelled from Germany for working illegally in a factory in Hilden. (Hilden Gabelung - Germany) ► + info
1961 Returns the same year to Cologne, stages an exhibition in the Gallery Boisserée which receives good reviews from John Anthony Twailtes from the newspaper Deutsche Zeitung.
From then on he settles in Cologne and later in Berlin, dedicating himself exclusively to painting. (Köln - Germany) ► + info
1961 In Cologne he establishes contact with representatives of the group Fluxus and assists with the first happenings of Vostell. He makes friends with the musician Cornelius Cardew, for whom he illustrates the cover of the musical score of a concert. In 2008 he will create a large painting titled "¿ Quien mató a Cornelius Cardew?" (Who killed Cornelius Cardew) as tribute to Cardew's strange and tragic death in London. (Köln - Germany) ► + info
1963 During a short visit to Málaga he meets the actor Anthony Quinn who buys many paintings and drawings and arranges an exhibition at the Gallery Forum in New York, where MOMA buys a drawing for its collection. (Malaga - Spain) ► + info
1964 He moves to Rome and exhibits at Liberia Internazionale Terzo Mondo and Gallería Scorpio in Rome. (Roma - Italy) ► + info
1964 He meets painter Emilio Vedova who buys a drawing. (Roma - Italy) ► + info
1966 Returns to Spain, now residing in Málaga. He dedicates himself to painting, drawing and etching. Participates in the exhibition "Artistas Graficos Españoles" in the Modern Art Museum of Johannesburg, and represents Spain in the IX and X Biennal in Sao Paulo and also at the I, III, IV, and VI International Drawings Exhibition at Rijeka (Croatia) (Malaga - Spain) ► + info
1969 He marries Margret Reimann, with whom he will have two children. (Malaga - Spain) ► + info
From 1977 To 1979 After the death of dictator Franco and in the first constituent and democratic election in Spain in 1977, he was elected senator by the province of Malaga during the Constituent Legislature by the Democratic Senate (a candidacy of independent intellectuals) until 1979. (Spain) ► + info
From 1978 To 1987 Brinkmann is a founding member of the Palmo Collective in Malaga in December 1978. (Málaga - Spain) ► + info
From 10.2.1982 To 17.2.1982 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1983 He has a contract with Gallery Pierre Huber (Geneva) and presents a "one man show" for them at Basel Art Fair. There he meets writer and Nobel Prize winner Maria Vargas Llosa, who buys one of his paintings. (Genève - Switzerland) ► + info
1983 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1984 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1985 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1986 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1987 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1988 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1989 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1990 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1991 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1992 He opens another studio in Madrid, in the house where Cervantes was born and died, working between Málaga and Madrid (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1992 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1993 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1994 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1995 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1995 Creation of the group „Aorist“, with Theo Scherling, Hans Schnell, Norbert Käss () ► + info
1996 At the Estampa art show the Albertina Museum buys three etchings. (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1996 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1997 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1998 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
1999 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2000 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2001 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2002 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2003 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2004 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2005 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2006 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
24.3.2006 Honour (Málaga - Spain) ► + info
2007 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2008 Is invited to be featured artist at the III Beijing International Art Biennal in Peking (Beijing - China) ► + info
From 13.2.2008 To 18.2.2008 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2009 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2010 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2011 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
2012 Exhibition at fair (Madrid - Spain) ► + info
31.3.2012 Honour (Spain) ► + info
From 4.9.2015 To 6.9.2015 Exhibition at fair (Turkey) ► + info
From 22.9.2015 To 25.9.2015 Exhibition at fair (Matadero de Madrid - Madrid - Spain) ► + info
From 21.3.2017 To 25.3.2017 Exhibition at fair (Hong Kong - Hong Kong) ► + info
5.6.2019 Debate (Malaga - Spain) ► + info
From 19.9.2019 To 22.9.2019 Exhibition at fair (Chicago - United States) ► + info
From 6.9.2024 To 8.9.2024 Exhibition at fair (The Javits Center. - United States) ► + info
(Unknown date) Exhibition at fair () ► + info