Nina Schmitz

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Nina Schmitz (born April 2, 1968 in Geseke ) is a German photo artist and filmmaker ( director and script ).

Life

Nina Schmitz studied photography with Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1996 she was honored as a master student by Bernd Becher. Since then she has exhibited in national and international exhibitions. Nina Schmitz was listed together with Oliver Mauelshagen as part of the artist duo Schmitz & Mauelshagen in the German Association of Artists in the form of a joint entry in the membership directory. In 2004 she made her first films as a director. In 2007 she directed the art advertising campaign "AWISTA Angels" for the Düsseldorf garbage disposal. Since 2009 she has lived in Berlin with her two daughters. Here she realizes the Transfer FilmArt project "Happy Together in Berlin".

Awards and grants

  • 2004: Karl Hofer Prize Berlin, for the project "Skyangels, the Film", catalog
  • 2004: 4th Grand prix international de photographie de Vevey Prix Bron, Switzerland, catalog
  • 2002–2004: art and finance grant, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2002: Festival Voies Off des Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles
  • 2002: Welde Art Prize 2000, Schwetzingen Art Association, catalog
  • 2001: Aenne Biermann Prize 2001, Museum of Applied Arts Gera, catalog
  • 2000: European Award for Women Photographers 1999/2000 Dryphoto, Prato, Italy, catalog
  • 1999: Grant from the Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 1995: European Architectural Photography Prize 1995

Exhibitions

as a photo artist (selection)

  • 2007: E / Kunstraum Düsseldorf, “Skyangels, AWISTA Angels and other heroes”, cinema film premiere, catalog
  • 2006: E / Galerie Revolver "Helden" and Miss Kittykat Films, Düsseldorf
  • 2005: G / Festival Voies Off des Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles 2005 “10ème édition”, France
  • 2004: E / Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, "Skyangels", catalog "MovieStars"
  • 2004: G / The House of Photography, Moscow, “Of bodies and other things”, catalog, curated by Klaus Honnef and Gabi Honnef-Harling and
  • 2004: G / Museum Bochum, “Of bodies and other things” and
  • 2003: G / City Gallery, Prague, “Of bodies and other things” and
  • 2003: G / German Historical Museum, Berlin, "Of bodies and other things"
  • 2003: G / Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, "A Thousand Hounds", catalog and
  • 2003: G / Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan, "A Thousand Hounds"
  • 2002: E / Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, "Lovestories"
  • 2002: E / Galerie Kämpf, Basel, Switzerland, "Still Waters"
  • 2002: G / Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Iceland “10 Years Aenne Biermann Prize - the best of 5”
  • 2001: G / museum kunst palast, "today until now, photography from Düsseldorf, part 2", catalog
  • 2001: E / Kulturforum Alte Post Neuss, "Jugendportraits", catalog
  • 2001: E / photo gallery Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, "Jugendportraits", catalog
  • 2001: G / Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster, "The better person"
  • 2001: G / Kunsthaus Köln, "Contemporary Photography"
  • 2001: G / Städt. Galerie Lüdenscheid, "Artistic Photography"
  • 2000: G / Neue Manege Moscow, catalog, "2356 KM, Art from Düsseldorf in Moscow", Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
  • 2000: E / Galerie Kämpf, Basel
  • 2000: E / Escale 23, Düsseldorf
  • 2000: G / Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, "seeing what is seen"
  • 2000: E / Galerie SchauRaum, Düsseldorf, "WeldeKunstPreis"
  • 1998: G / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, "yesterday exactly now - work of a photographic school"
  • 1998: E / Galerie SchauRaum, Düsseldorf, "Youth Portraits"
  • 1997: E / Galerie SchauRaum, Düsseldorf, "Portraits"
  • 1995: G / ACE Meeting, Geneva
  • 1995: G / Galerie Aedes East, Berlin
  • 1995: G / The Mathew Architecture Gallery, Edinburgh

E = solo exhibition, G = group exhibition

Publications

selection

  • 2007: "Skyangels // AWISTA Angels and other heroes", with photographs by Nina Schmitz & Oliver Mauelshagen and a film by Nina Schmitz Catalog, 113 pages, 211 images, hardcover, with texts by Klaus Honnef and Ralf Böhme, Frank Eyes Verlag, ISBN 978-3-9811759-0-5
  • 2004: "Movie Stars: Nina Schmitz & Oliver Mauelshagen", catalog 72 pages, 40 illustrations with texts by Peter Prahl and Grit Weber, Schaden.com, ISBN 3-932187-37-7
  • 2003: "Of bodies and other things, German photography in the 20th century", Klaus Honnef and Gabriele Honnef-Harling, Edition Braus, pp. 254/255
  • 2002: Allegra, 01/2002, p. 182, Interview: Julia Grosse
  • 2001: "Youth portraits - Nina Schmitz", photo gallery - AlteFeuerwache, Mannheim + Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss, catalog, text: Heike von den Valentyn, Dr. Rupert Pfab and Nina Schmitz
  • 1994: "Tabu, Im Sperrgebiet", db, deutsche bauzeitung, 11/94, pp. 76–81
  • 1994: "Freudenhäuser" Bauwelt No. 13.4/94, pp. 706-715

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Schmitz & Mauelshagen ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 25, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de

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personal data
SURNAME Schmitz, Nina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 2nd, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Geseke