Though originally born in Germany, Trimpin resides in Seattle, Washington. He is a leader in sound sculpture design, combining composition, kinetics and computer technology. He has been performing and presenting work since 1984 and has exhibited widely throughout Europe and the States, including appearances at the Stedelijk Modern Art Museum (1986), at The Kitchen, New York (1992) and the Wexner Centre for the Arts (1994). He has collaborated with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and was Artist-in-Residence in Giverny in the Claude Monet garden in 1996. Trimpin's sculptures are a combination of the latest technologies as well as natural elements such as water, air and fire with these developed into challenging new modes. Both the sculptural installations and audio aspects are interesting for the scale and complexity of their constructions.