Gerd Stern

German/American, (1928–2025)

Poet, painter, sculptor, and media artist Gerd Stern was born in Saarland on the German/French border October 12, 1928 and emigrated to the United States with his family as the Nazis rose to power. He is a founder of USCO (along with Michael Callahan and Steve Durkee), one of the first arts/technology cooperatives, active since the early 1960s.