Bernhard Schmid (sculptor)
Bernhard Schmid (born September 10, 1966 in Schwabmünchen ) is a German wood sculptor .
Life
Bernhard Schmid completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter and started his own business in 1988 as a furniture maker and interior designer in Langerringen . He has been living and working in a wooden house he built in 1999 in the municipality of Rettenbach in the Bavarian district of Günzburg . In 2003 Schmid gave up his business completely and since then has worked exclusively as a freelance artist.
plant
Bernhard Schmid collects trees from Germany in order to artistically design roots, trunk and wood. He works with various types of wood, including cherry trees, apple trees and beech trees, but also with striking trunks of exotic trees such as sequoias from the Stuttgart Botanical Garden Wilhelma . Schmid became known for large-format works carved out of tree trunks and polished smooth, which as "archaic giants, filigree spheres, shadowy figures that always reflect the philosophical depth and psychological understanding of the inner life of their creator". In addition to the large-format sculptures, Schmid also works on smaller wooden pictures drawn on or mounted on sketchbooks, as well as on light installations, furniture and smaller sculptures.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2003: Turbolence , Günzburg land surveying office
- 2006: Pioneering spirit , Banz Monastery
- 2007: Ira , Museum of the City of Schwabmünchen and Ulrichsbasilika in Augsburg
- 2007: Resonance , Roggenburg Abbey
- 2010: Freiraum , Augsburg
- 2012: 50 rings experience , Friedrichshafen
- 2014: Mammutbaum - Wilhelma-Saat 1864 , book presentation with art exhibition, Wilhelma , Stuttgart
- 2015: 150 years of Nagold State Cycles - 150 years of Sequoia , Baden-Württemberg State Cycles in Nagold
- 2016: Quinte der Kraft , exhibition series in Kloster Holzen , Allmannshofen
- 2018: Kairos - Chronos - Aion , Land Surveying Office Günzburg
- 2019: Mensch - Baum , project exhibition with the Forest and Environment Museum in Ebersberg
Publications
- with Georg Simnacher: Structures of Trees. Ursus Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-394141405-1 .
- At the apple tree. DRW-Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-87181-870-7 .
- Sequoia: Wilhelma Saat 1864. DRW-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-387181889-9 .
- Light trails. DRW-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-387181928-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/guenzburg/Eine-Leidenschaft-fuer-die-Baeume-id43972791.html
- ↑ According to the trade magazine Exakt (issue 5/2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and wood sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwabmünchen |