Manfred Schmid (artist)

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Manfred Schmid (* 1958 in Bremen ) is a German artist and craftsman who is mainly known for his work with urushi lacquer.

Career

Schmid grew up in Bremen and initially trained as a cabinet maker . He was self-employed in this profession for ten years when he decided to study Japanese lacquer in Barcelona . From 1998 to 2004 he laid the foundation stone for his current profession at Escola Massana and Escola Llotja.

Manfred Schmid is one of the few artists in Germany who work with urushi today. He combines the highly complex traditional Japanese techniques of lacquer art with contemporary European design. The objects that leave his studio are unique pieces that have matured over several months or years to fully bring out the special gloss of the black lacquer.

Schmid has been living and working again in his native Bremen since 2004. From here he developed his work and participated in numerous national and international exhibitions in Germany, Spain, Japan and the USA.

Awards

  • 1999: Scholarship from the Carl Duisberg Society for Japanese Lacquer Technology at the Escola Massana in Barcelona, ​​Spain
  • 2003: Form 2003, Tendence Lifestyle, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2007: Bavarian State Prize for outstanding achievements in innovation and design of Japanese lacquer objects (IHM Munich)
  • 2008: Justus Brinckmann Prize, Museum for Art and Commerce Hamburg
  • 2009: Hideo Nakashima Award, special prize of the Ishikawa International Urushi Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan
  • 2012: Auguste Papendieck Prize from Sparkasse Bremen

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2001: Bells Oficis Gallery, Barcelona, ​​Spain
  • 2003: Form 2003. Tendence special exhibition, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2005: Master of Modernism. Special exhibition, Munich
  • 2006: Japanese Laquerware. Special exhibition at the Ritz Carlton Miami, USA
  • 2006: Dimensions, Large Vessels. Crafts Gallery, Munich
  • 2007: portrait. Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association , Munich
  • 2007: Munich Art Fair
  • 2008: Museum for Arts and Crafts , Hamburg
  • 2008: Grassimuseum, Museum of Applied Arts , Leipzig
  • 2009: Ishikawa International Urushi Exhibition
  • 2012: State Art Collections, Pillnitz Castle, Dresden
  • 2012: Museum for Lacquer Art , Münster

literature

  • Museum of Lacquer Art Münster: Urushi. Japanese lacquer as a material from European artists , Münster 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and artisan
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen