Reinhard Reitzenstein is an environmental sculptor. He creates works through which he investigates ways to unite and interconnect nature, culture, science, and technology. Born in Uelzen, Germany in 1949; he and his family immigrated to Canada in 1956. Reitzenstein went on to study at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto from 1968-1971. Reitzenstein works in several parallel areas: indoor installation and sculpture using cast, spun and welded metals, wood, glass, photography, digitally processed images; large scale drawings; outdoor tree-based installations and sound art. Much of his work centers around the tree as an archetype for the self and the symbiotic relationship humans share with the forests of the world. The tree serves as a marker of the ravages upon, and attempts at reconciliation with nature. He has held over 100 solo exhibitions and participated in over 300 group exhibitions throughout North and South America, as well a abroad. He has completed numerous public and private art commissions and is represented in over 50 public and corporate collections internationally, among them include: The National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Confederation Centre for the Arts, Lutz Teutloff Collection, Bielefeldt, Germany; Caracas, Venezuela; and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Reitzenstein has been an instructor in sculpture and interdisciplinary studies at the University of Guelph from 1980-1998, at Brock University 1991-94, Queens University 1997 and Toronto School of Art 1998-2000 and Sheridan College 2000. Furthermore, he serves as the Head of the Sculpture Program in the Department of Art at SUNY Buffalo.