Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen

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Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen (born June 20, 1951 in Witten ) is an art theorist and curator for contemporary art . He was director of the Kunstverein in Hamburg and from 2002 to 2011 rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . Since 2012 he has been the curatorial director of the teaching laboratory for tacit and artistic knowledge (LIKWI) at Zeppelin University . Since 2016 he has been a professor at the Faculty of Design and Arts at the Free University of Bozen .

life and work

Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen studied linguistics and philosophy at the University of Cologne and until 1982 at the University of Konstanz . From 1985 to 1987 he also studied communication design at the UW - Comprehensive University of Wuppertal , where he in 1987 with the work "rules of the game - trends in contemporary art" doctorate .

Schmidt-Wulffen worked as a freelance journalist and art critic from 1982 to 1992 . From 1988 to 1992 he held a teaching position at the HFBK Hamburg . From 1992 to 2000 he was director of the Kunstverein in Hamburg, so during his term of office the renovation and relocation to the current building on the Klosterwall fell . In 1995 he was appointed professor (part-time) at the HFBK Hamburg.

After a visiting professorship in 2000/01 in the Visual Arts department at Columbia University in New York City , he was elected Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in April 2002 . From 2011 to 2016 he was rector of the New Design University St. Pölten. His brothers Thomas Wulffen and Christian Wulffen also deal with aspects of art .

In 2012 he received the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for services to the Republic of Austria .

Publications (selection)

  • PERFEKTIMPERFEKT - Paths to the art of the 21st century . modo-verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, ISBN 3-922675-47-6 .
  • Rules of the Game - Trends in Contemporary Art . DuMont, Cologne 1987, ISBN 3-7701-1805-7 . (Also presented as a dissertation.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.unibz.it/de/faculties/design-art/academic-staff/person/32104-stephan-august-schmidt-wulffen
  2. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)