Quint Buchholz was born in Stolberg near Aachen in 1957 and grew up in Stuttgart. He studied history of art for four terms, followed by painting and graphic design at the Munich Academy of Art under Prof. Gerd Winner. He has worked as a painter and illustrator since 1979, illustrating over fourty books for German and international publishers. From 1982 onwards his works have also been exhibited in over seventy solo exhibitions in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Taiwan. In recent years he has also worked as a stage painter, creating sets for The Golem in 2005 and Caligula in 2007, both of which were staged by Jochen Schölch for the Metropoltheater in Munich. In 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2017 Quint Buchholz ran the Illustration workshop at the Kunst leben (Live Art) summer school in Kloster Irsee. In addition to that he occasionally runs courses at the Bad Reichenhall Art Academy and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kolbermoor. At the end of 2008 a theatrical interpertation of The Collector of Moments opened at the Theâtre de Cornouaille in Quimper, Brittany, directed by Jacques Nichet and with Jacques Echantillon in the lead role. The production then went on tour to nine other French cities. A German production of Der Sammler der Augenblicke (The Collector of Moments) opened in March 2011 at the Munich Metropoltheater, directed by Jochen Schölch. After fourteen sold out performances it returned to the theatre in November 2011. Since December 2013 it has been a regular part of the Munich Metropol Theater’s program.