Erik SCHMIDT

Profile

Erik Schmidt, born in Herford, Germany, 1968, lives and works in Berlin.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2014Erik Schmidt | Blank, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2013 Downtown, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
2012 Downtown, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2015 IN SITU, Jason Mccoy Gallery, New York, USA
2014 Tag-ten, Taguchi Art Collection, Matsumoto City Museum of Art、Nagano, Japan
2013 PAINTING FOREVER! KEILRAHMEN, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

Public collections (selected): The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA; MARTa Herford, Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Germany; N.B.K., Videosammlung Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; Sammlung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Germany; Deutsche Bank Collection; CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, CAIXA, Barcelona, Spain, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria.

Single Catalogues:
2012 Erik Schmidt - Downtown, Walther König, Köln
2010 Gatecrasher, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
2006 Erik Schmidt - Hunting Grounds, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfieldern
2004 Erik Schmidt - Urban Posing, Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft, Köln
Grants
2015 International Cultural Exchange, Tokyo Wonder Site, Berliner Senat and Tokyo Wonder Site
2010 Sponsorship for film and catalogue production „Gatecrasher",LWL Kulturstiftung
2004 Sponsorship catalogue-production, Erik Schmidt - Urban Posing, Stiftung Kunstfonds Verlagsförderung für Snoeck
2006 Artist in Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, Senatsverwaltung Berlin
2004 Exhibition grant for NYC, Senat von Berlin
2002 Scholarship at ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany

http://www.carliergebauer.com/artists/erik_schmidt

About works / performance

2014, exhibiton view BLANK, carlier|gebauer, Berlin, Germany

2013, exhibition view, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany

2013, exhibition view, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany

Batman 2013, oil on canvas, 140 x 90 cm

Recorded and released 2012, oil on canvas, 120 cm x 170 cm

Isn't it occupy 2013, oil on canvas, 250 x 150 cm

Oxford street 2012, oil on canvas, 100 cm x 80 cm

downtown 2012, Video, Full HD

New York Times 1 2012, 56 cm x 30 cm, oil pastel on newspaper

Working the landscape 2008, 150 cm x 300 cm, oil on canvas

Hunting Grounds 2008, Film, 16mm transferred to DVD
Editing: Stephanie Kloss