Frances Scholz

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Frances Scholz (* 1962 in Washington, DC ) is a German-American artist. She is a professor of painting at the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts (HBK Braunschweig).

Life

Frances Scholz studied painting under Kuno Gonschior at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1982 to 1988 . In 1983, at the beginning of her studies, she received the Peter Mertes grant from the Bonner Kunstverein . This was followed in 1992 by the sponsorship award of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , in 1995 the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff grant and the grant from the Künstlerhaus Villa Waldberta of the City of Munich, in 1996 a working grant from the Art Fund Foundation (Bonn), and in 1999 the grant from the German Academy Rome ( Villa Massimo ) and in 2002 a scholarship in Los Angeles from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2016, Frances Scholz was “Artist in Residence” of the Chinati Foundation in Marfa (Texas).

The artist's works have been shown in the following institutions, among others: CAPC Museum (Bordeaux), Museum Abteiberg (Mönchengladbach), Bonner Kunstverein , Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft (Nuremberg), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Kunstverein Arnsberg , Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (NAK), Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA, Los Angeles), Museum Ludwig (Cologne), Bundeskunsthalle (Bonn), Kunstverein Hannover . Permanent works are the mural “Waterloo” from 2009 in the Orchesterzentrum NRW (Dortmund) and the work “Porenbau” from 2001 in the rotunda of the Biocenter of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn .

Waterloo (2009)
Photo: Alistair Overbruck
Pore ​​construction (1999)
Photo: Wolfgang Nettekoven

Numerous well-known artists, musicians, authors and actors such as John Kelsey, Norman Klein, Chris Kraus , Andreas Neumeister , Julia Scher , Kasper König , Cosima von Bonin , “Cyan Kid”, Per Mertens, “The Warnings and Mark von Schlegell ”and Paul Giamatti . The films have been shown at Witte de With (Rotterdam), MAMCO (Geneva), Arnolfini (Bristol), Greene Naftali Gallery (New York), the Kölnischer Kunstverein and the Babylon cinema in Berlin .

Frances Scholz has been professor for painting at the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK Braunschweig) since 2002 . In 2008 she married the American writer and art theorist Mark von Schlegell, with whom she lives in Cologne.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 2017: Clages, Cologne, "Frances Scholz - uncombed"
  • 2017: ak Raum, Cologne, "Frances Scholz: Hugging Machine (TG Throne)"
  • 2017: The Kitchen, New York, "Frances Scholz: AMBOY (New York Premiere / Special Performance)"
  • 2016: Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, "Frances Scholz, Orange You Glad You Can Read"
  • 2016: Museum Ludwig (Filmforum) , Cologne, "Amboy - The European Premiere"
  • 2016: The Chinati Foundation / Locker Plant and Crowley Theater, Marfa (Texas), "Frances Scholz, Open Studio and Film Screening"
  • 2016: The Emily Harvey Foundation , New York, "Friend 'Talk and Screening' Starlite '"
  • 2015: Etablissement d'en face / WIELS , Brussels, "PUBLICATIONS + EDITIONS presents Frances Scholz and Mark von Schlegell"
  • 2015: Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts ( California College of the Arts , CCA), San Francisco, "Amboy, Frances Scholz and Mark von Schlegell"
  • 2015: am, London, "Frances Scholz, Episodes of Starlite I – V"
  • 2014: Tif Sigfrids, Los Angeles, "Frances Scholz: Amboy"
  • 2014: Satellite Space, Los Angeles, "Frances Scholz / Fischli & Weiss , China City / The least resistance"
  • 2013: Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles , "Frances Scholz, Starlite Screening"
  • 2013: Zeppelin Museum, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen
  • 2012: Jack Chiles Gallery, New York, "Starlite in the Credit System"
  • 2012: Chisenhale Gallery, London, "Filmscreening"
  • 2010: Babylon Kino, Berlin, "Filmscreening"
  • 2010: Kölnischer Kunstverein , Cologne, "Filmscreening"
  • 2010, 2005, 2003, 1999, 1996, 1995: Sprüth Magers Galerie , Berlin, London
  • 2010, 2007, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1996, 1994: Tony Wüthrich Galerie, Basel
  • 2008: Greene Naftali, New York, "Filmscreening"
  • 2008, 2001: Arnsberger Kunstverein, Arnsberg
  • 2004: Reena Spaulings Fine Arts, New York
  • 2001, 1998, 1996: Galerie Gabriele Rivet, Cologne
  • 2006, 2000, 1997: Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
  • 1999: Villa Massimo, Rome, "Just about"
  • 1994: Albrecht Dürer Society, Nuremberg
  • 1993: Authors Galerie Kostka in the water tower, Cologne-Braunsfeld
  • 1993: Bonner Kunstverein, Peter Mertes grant
  • 1992: HAM Gallery, Nagoya
  • 1990: Municipal Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach
  • 1988: Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin

Group exhibitions

  • 2017: Galeria Studio, Warsaw, "Films by Frances Scholz as part of a collaboration with Aura Rosenberg on 'Berlin Childhood around 1900'"
  • 2016: Hall for Art, Lüneburg, "Fantasy"
  • 2015: Bundeskunsthalle , Bonn, "Artists against AIDS"
  • 2015: Kunstverein Hannover , "Space Stations - 87th Autumn Exhibition [...]"
  • 2014/2015: SCHAUWERK SINDELFINGEN , “LADIES FIRST! - Artists from the Schaufler Collection "
  • 2013: ltd, Los Angeles, "A short history of Cologne"
  • 2013: Kunstmuseum Bonn, Videonale 14th
  • 2012: Municipal Gallery Kubus, "Places, Places, Endroits"
  • 2011: CAPC Museum, Bordeaux, "Dystopia"
  • 2011: Mamco, Geneva, "Episodes of Starlite I, II & III, as part of the Cosima from Bonin Exhibition Loop # 3"
  • 2011: Arnolfini, Bristol, "Episodes of Starlite I & II, as part of the Cosima by Bonin Exhibition Loop # 2"
  • 2010: Witte de With , Rotterdam "Episodes of Starlite I, as part of the Cosima from Bonin Exhibition Loop # 1"
  • 2010: Schmela Haus, K21, Düsseldorf, "Filmscreening"
  • 2008: Badischer Kunstverein , Karlsruhe , "Rome, Report"
  • 2009, 2006, 2005 ,: Bonner Kunstverein
  • 2006: Dorottya Gallery, Budapest, “Videonale Bonn. Presentation and video selection "
  • 2006: Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, "Fascination Football"
  • 2005: Kunstverein Region Heinsberg , anniversary exhibition, 20 × 20
  • 2005: Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich, "PPP- Pier Paolo Pasilini and Death"
  • 2004: ACC, Weimar, "Glück"
  • 2003: media.art.zentrum, "Erlangen, PPP, Ostia am Meer"
  • 2000: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, "Against the Grain - the Miess Collection"
  • 2000: 4th Werkleitz Biennale , "Real Work"
  • 1999: Kunsthalle Nürnberg , Nürnberg, "CHROMA Painting of the 90s"
  • 1998: Bonner Kunstverein , Bonn, "Videonale 8"
  • 1998: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf, Karl Schmidt Rottluff grant
  • 1996: Kunstmuseum Bonn , "Color"
  • 1996: Sofia City Gallery, "Near and Far"
  • 1986: Frankfurter Kunstverein , "Dynamic"

literature

  • Monika Sprüth, Philomene Magers (ed.): Frances Scholz. I give abstraction back to the world. DuMont, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-8321-9028-6 .
  • Sebastian Egenhofer: Washout. On the painting by Frances Scholz. Edited by Christoph Steinweg. Fölbach, Koblenz 1998, ISBN 3-923532-87-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Frances
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American artist (painting, drawings)
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC