Christian Schoen

Christian Philipp Schoen (* 1970 in Marburg ) is a German art scholar, curator and local politician. He deals with classical art (such as Albrecht Dürer , Leopoldo Retti or Auguste Rodin ) and current art phenomena.

Schoen grew up in Kiel, graduated from high school there and began studying art history, psychology and political science in 1990. The graduation took place in Munich, the doctoral topic in 2000 was Albrecht Dürer ( Adam and Eve: the paintings, their history and reception by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Hans Baldung Grien ). He worked on events at the “Burda Academy for the Third Millennium”, was a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and organized series of lectures for the University of Munich and the City of Munich's Department of Culture.

From 2000 to 2003 he headed the municipal exhibition hall Lothringer13 in Munich, from 2001 to 2013 the Osram Art Projects . In 2005 he was appointed director of the Center for Icelandic Art , which he managed until 2010. As commissioner he was responsible for the Icelandic pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2007 and 2009. Between 2006 and 2008 he was an advisory board member and member of the purchasing committee of the Reykjavík Art Museum. He was the initiator and chairman of the international art festival Sequences . As a freelance curator, he realizes international projects at exhibition venues and in public spaces. He is also an author for classical and contemporary art and lecturer for interdisciplinary methods at the University of St. Gallen .

As a non-party candidate, he ran for Bündnis90 / Die Grünen as mayoral candidate for the 2014 local elections in Ansbach . Since March 2014 he has been a non-partisan member of the city council, deputy mayor and deputy parliamentary group leader.

As chairman of the Förderverein Retti eV (named after the court architect Leopoldo Retti ), he campaigns for the preservation of listed buildings and ensembles in Ansbach.

Publications (selection)

• Leopoldo Retti and his Ansbacher Rokoko-Palais through the ages, Ansbach 2018 ISBN 978-3-9818-0071-5
• Rúri. Fragile Systems , Copenhagen, Nordatlantens Brygge 2016 ISBN 978-8-7934-1103-6
• Kaspar Hauser . Bildwelten , Regensburg, Pustet 2016 ISBN 978-3-7917-2822-3
• The court architect Leopoldo Retti and his Ansbach city palace (ed.), Ansbach 2016 ISBN 978-3-9818-0070-8
• passage2011 Hirmer, Munich 2012 ISBN 978-3-7774-5671-3
• Rúrí , Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2011 ISBN 978-3-7757-2995-6
• Osram Seven Screens , Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2011 ISBN 978-3-7757-2804-1
• Icelandic Art Today , (Ed. M. Halldór Björn Runólfsson), Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2009 ISBN 978-3-7757-2295-7
• Ragnar Kjartansson - The End , (Ed.), Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2009 ISBN 978-3-7757-2333-6
• LIST icelandic art news , (Ed. M. Jón Proppé) Reykjavík 2008, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
• Osram Art Projects 2007 , Munich 2007, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
• Homesick , (Ed. M. Hannes Sigurðsson), Akureyri 2006, ISBN 9979-9632-4-7
• Apfelböck or about killing , Belleville, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
• Albrecht Dürer. Adam and Eva Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01244-7
• lothringer13 / hall. Current art and new media. Documentation 2000-2003 , (Ed. M. Margit Rosen) Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1840-0

Exhibitions (selection)

• Diffuse self. Dieter Roth , Al Hansen , Marcia Herscovitz , Wolf Vostell u. a., LOFT, Ansbach
• Philipp Geist . 500, 2017, Chiesa Luterana di Venezia, Venice
• Rúri . Fragile Systems, 2017 Nordatlantens Brygge , Copenhagen
• Kaspar Hauser . Bildwelten, 2016 Margrave Museum Ansbach
• The Hybris Project, 2015, Halle 14 , Leipzig / 2016 ACC Gallery , Weimar
• Turning point, 2014, Retti-Palais , Ansbach
• powerwalk, 2014, Schafhof - European Artist House Upper Bavaria, Freising
• passage2011, 2013, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík
• Caroline von Grone, Human being - being framed, 2013, Chiesa Luterana di Venezia, Venice
• Annika Larsson, The Familiar Objects, 2013, Osram Seven Screens, Munich
• Climate-Change-Minds, 2012, (on behalf of the German Federal Government), Kunstmuseum Bonn, Foreign Office u. a.
• passage2011, 2012, Kunsthallen Emden
• Rúrí - Retrospective, 2012, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík
• Herlinde Koelbl. You enchanted me with the look of your eyes, 2011, Osram Seven Screens
• passage2011. an actionist, transalpine drama. GAEG: Thomas Huber u. Wolfgang Aichner, 54th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia 2011
• Saskia Olde Wolbers. Cellule, 2011, Osram Seven Screens, Munich
• Harun Farocki . Casting, 2010, Osram Seven Screens, Munich
• Ragnar Kjartansson . The End, 2009, Icelandic Pavilion, 53rd International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia (Commissioner)
• Rúrí. Aqua - Silence, 2009, Osram Seven Screens, Munich
• Bjørn Melhus . Screensavers, 2008, Osram Seven Screens 2008
• Anouk de Clercq. Motion for Newton, 2007, Osram Seven Screens, Munich
• Steingrimur Eyfjörd. The Golden Plover Has Arrived, 2007, Icelandic Pavilion, 52nd International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia (Commissioner)
• ART + COM. Digital Sparks, 2007, Osram Seven Screens
• Diana Thater . OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, 2007, Osram Seven Screens (in cooperation with the Pinakothek der Moderne and the Bavarian State Theater)
• Howitzer + Zoche . 2027, 2007, Osram Seven Screens
• Mader / Stublić / Wiermann. reprojected, 2006, Osram Seven Screens
• HOMESICK (with Guy Ben-Ner , Libia Castro + Ólafur Ólafsson, Chantal Michel, Nevin Aladag, Katrín Sigurdardottir and Haraldúr Jónsson), 2006, Akureyri Art Museum , Akureyri , Iceland .
• Tobias Regensburger: CAMP 2004, in public space in Munich
• Apfelböck or about killing (AES + F, Heather Burnett), 2003, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich
• WE HERE! (Benjamin Bergmann, Maja Bringolf, Heike Döscher, Jürgen Heinert, Wolfgang Stehle, Stefan Wischnewski and Martin Wöhrl), 2003, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• The Chrono-Files (Jörg Auzinger, Maia Gusberti, Michael Aschauer, Sepp Deinhofer and Nik Thoenen, Peter Cornwell, Anja Krautgasser, infossil, Niki Passath, Axel Heide, Onesandzeros, Philip Pocock and Gregor Stehle, Artchalking) 2003, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (Co-Curator)
• Event Horizon (Kim Nekarda, Claudius Böhm and Renata Sas, Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann, Nathalie Grenzhäuser, Sebastian Hammwöhner, Uwe Henneken, Dani Jakob and Gabriel Vormstein, Thomas Kratz, Euan Macdonald, Adolf Mathias and Sven Sahle, Christopher Winter) 2002 / 2003
• Bjørn Melhus. Primetime, 2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• CUBE (Holger Mader, Alexander Stublić, Heike Wiermann, Thomas Troge), 2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• SIGHT | SEEING (Angelika Böck, Freya Hattenberger, Sean Jonpaul, Pia Linz, Nadine Minkwitz, Jordi Moragues, Axel Roch, Silvia Maria Schopf), 2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• Balance ( Dorothee Golz , Annika Larsson and Lars Siltberg), 2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• Thomas Steffl: Tree line December 2001/2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• MAKE-WORLD FESTIVAL / The Artist as an Expert (Jennifer Reeder, Herbert W. Franke, Entropy8Zuper !, beige and Marko Peljhan ), 2001,
• Locomotion (Eadweard Muybridge, Andreas Siefert, Stabile Seitenlage, Chris Ziegler), 2001, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• Zoomtown (Peter Haimerl), 2001, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• InSITEout (apsolutno, Comutation, Angela Dorrer, IF, Volker Möllenhoff, Stefanie Senge, Tunnelrecords), 2001
• Fiction & Science (Roseline Ranoch, Fabian Winkler and Wolfgang Käppner, Dorcas Müller, Thorsten Hallscheidt and Kalle Laar), 2001
• Offensive painting (Christian Hahn, Stephan Jung, Caroline von Grone, Ulrich Lamsfuß, Jeremy Blake, Hilko Neupert, Karl Rueskäfer and Anton Henning), 2001, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• PHANTOMBUERO Flotation 2, 2000, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)
• Art For A Better Life (Simone Böhm, Max Mohr, Tobias Regensburger, Pierrick Sorin), 2000, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (co-curator)

Web links

• Literature by and about Christian Schoen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Christian Schoen's website
• Christian Schoen's website for the 2014 local elections