Otto Piene

Otto Piene (18 April 1928 – 17 July 2014) was a German artist.

Otto Piene
Otto Piene in 2007
Born	Otto Piene (1928-04-18)April 18, 1928 Bad Laasphe
Died	July 17, 2014(2014-07-17) (aged 86) Berlin
Nationality	German
Known for	kinetic art, Performance art
Movement	Zero (art)
Awards	Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts (2003)

In 1957, Piene and Heinz Mack founded the group ZERO.^[1] For the closing of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Piene created the sky work Olympic Rainbow, made up of five differently colored helium-filled polythene tubes.

Piene died in Berlin after presenting an art exhibit there.^[2] He was 86 years old.^[2]