Pavel Schmidt (artist)

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Pavel Schmidt (born April 19, 1956 in Bratislava ) is a Slovak-Swiss artist (drawings, objects).

Life

After a stay in Mexico , Schmidt came to Switzerland with his parents in 1968 , where he grew up first in Biel / Bienne (citizens of Biel / Bienne) and then in Solothurn . He studied chemistry in 1977/78 at the University of Bern, from 1978 to 1990 studies, assistant and professor at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. From 1989 to 1991 he headed Daniel Spoerri's class as an interim professor . He has been a freelance artist since 1991. Schmidt lives in Solothurn. In 1994 the first garden gnome explosion took place on the 55th anniversary of the beginning of World War II on the Westerplatte in Gdansk. Since then, over 20 more explosions have taken place.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2002 La Triennale de la Sculpture Suisse, Bex
  • 2005 La Triennale de la Sculpture Suisse, Bex
  • 2006 "about 7 meters of wine", Museum Goch, DE
  • 2006 "artcanal", Le Landeron
  • 2006 "Daejeon", KR
  • 2007 Espace Jean Tinguely-Niki de Saint Phalle, Friborg
  • 2007 "his - his", Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Friborg
  • 2007 "kafka prescribed & registered", Center Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel (CH)
  • 2008 Jewish Museum Berlin : "kafka"
  • 2008 La Triennale de la Sculpture Suisse, Bex
  • 2008 ps Museum Tinguely, Basel (CH)
  • 2008 "particle flurry", Jewish Museum, Hohenems, AT
  • 2009 "Kafka", Princeton University, Princeton, US
  • 2009 4th Swiss Triennial of Sculpture in Bad Ragas and Vaduz, CH / LI
  • 2010 Goethe-Institut Prague , Franz Kafka, P. Celan, September
  • 2011 Harvard University , Boston, USA, September
  • 2011 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, July
  • 2011 Immeasurably measured, Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, May
  • 2011 From hearts and minds - Forum Gestaltung, Magdeburg, April
  • 2011 Salmegg House, Rheinfelden (De)
  • 2013 Luxury Museum, Potsdam (De)
  • 2015 Pharmacy-historical museum of the University of Basel (CH)
  • 2017 Musée Halle Saint-Pierre, Paris (Fri)
  • 2017 demolition Bad Ragaz (CH)
  • 2018 Paulskirche, Frankfurt a M. (De)
  • 2018 House of Art St. Joseph, Solothurn (CH)

Awards (selection)

  • Art Prize of the City of Munich
  • Guest stay at the Villa Romana, Florence
  • Prize for artistic creation, Canton Solothurn
  • Studio grant in Genoa from the Kunstverein Olten and the Canton of Solothurn
  • Culture Prize of the City of Biel

Works in public collections (selection)

Germany

Italy

Switzerland

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Schmidt Pavel . In: SOkultur, Kulturschaffende . Cantonal Board of Trustees for the Promotion of Culture in Solothurn. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ Martin Kraft: Schmidt, Pavel. In: Sikart

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Pavel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak-Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Bratislava