HOLGER WENDT: CV - Curriculum Vitae

Holger Wendt, Sweden - Artist and TCM Acupuncturist

Born 1957 in Sweden, lives in South Sweden (2018), married to Susanne, father of 5 children and grandfather. Loves to travel, meet friends and sing.

A short list of my life in action so far - some photos below

----- Until 26 years - from wheelchair to art

1963-73 skills in wheelchair, (broke my legs a lot), Lund, Sweden

1975 worked in hospital, nurseries and hitch hiked through West Africa

1976-79 - culture worker in what later became Kulturmejeriet i Lund, one concert every week - studied art, part time studies, Lund

1979-82 - moved north and studied art, mainly in Gothenburg

1983 - completed 4 years of education in art, last 2 years in Gothenburg School of Art, sculpture dep.

1983 - designed and led a workshop based on the book "The Aquarian Conspiracy"

----- Ten intensive years, father, global commitment

1982-1992 - worked with The Hunger Project as editor, translator, educator, project leader and global financial member. Visited many cities in Europe and USA, and also Japan and Senegal. Introduced several workshops and programs for Education and Leadership in Sweden, "Leadership Intensive" and "The Mens Seminar" are two examples. Worked as illustrator and started development of the off-grid place "Vindarnas Hus". In this period I had several teachers, among them Frederick Franck. Susanne and I had 4 children.

----- Back to south Sweden - from art to medicine

1993-95 - art teacher in senior high schools in Lund and Helsingborg

1995-98 - studied Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM, at the Neijing Academy in Sweden, practice in Shanghai

1998 (and onward) started to practice acupuncture in clinics in South Sweden

1999 - fifth child. Made a film of the birth, later shown to becoming parents

2001 - studied Korean Hand Acupuncture with Dr. Dieter Schmidt in Flensburg

2001 - developed and led my own first workshops in TCM

2002 - taught Korean Hand Acupuncture, KHA in hospitals, and since then for groups of health practitioners

2003 - completed 2 years study of West Medicine, Albas, Sweden

----- Another 14 years - medicin, zen and singing

2004 - studied medicine in Korea and lectured at the Swedish Acupuncture Association

2005-08 - led one-year education programs in Sweden and Norway based on KHA and TCM, arranged first workshops in Vindarnas Hus, and every summer since, led seminars in Face Diagnostics and Ear Acupuncture, participated in several seminars for teachers in Stockholm and TCM congresses in Germany and England. Led a workshop in KHA at the Rothenburg TCM Kongress

2010 - participated in a 3 week retreat with qigong and lectures on Classical Chinese Medicine, including the work of 5EEH-Therapy in China, arranged by Dr. Heiner Fruehauf

2012 - published a book on zen and drawing

2012-13 - represented Sweden in ETCMA, European TCM Association

2013 - joined the hip hop choir Klubbkören, Malmö

2014-15 - member of the governing board of ETCMA

2015 - lectured at the Irish Acupuncture Association, Dublin

2016-18 - prioritised family matters, practiced acupuncture, led workshops and continued development of Vindarnas Hus.

2018 - a 3 month adventure with Susanne to South Africa, Mauritius,

2018 - clinic at Infinite Yoga and at Yin Tang in Malmö

----- from the silver to the golden age - to come, hopefully

A few photos