Wolfgang H. Scholz

Wolfgang H. Scholz (born October 5, 1958 in Dresden ) is a German painter, photographer and film director. He lives and works in Mexico City and Munich .

Life

Scholz grew up in Dresden in an old family of craftsmen. In the early 1980s he studied civil engineering and painting / graphics in Dresden, and from 1987 to 1988 graphology with Ingeborg Rudolph in Leipzig. In 1989 he went to Munich , where he had a teaching position at the University of Television and Film (HFF) from 1990 to 1991 . He has worked for various television stations since 1992, including Bayerischer Rundfunk , Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , Second German Television and ARTE . In 1994 he founded the production company Sic! Together with Meinhard Prill . Film GmbH and shot his first feature film “Schattensucher”, which describes his childhood in Dresden.

In 2001 Scholz went to Mexico City. He is married to the Mexican dancer, choreographer and director of the Centro Cultural "Los Talleres" Isabel Beteta De Cou in Mexico City. In 2013 he was appointed to the Saxon Academy of the Arts. The UNAM film library and the Chopo Museum (Mexico City) presented an extensive retrospective of his work in 2016 and 2017.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2017: Galerie The Clemente, New York, USA
• Chopo Museum, Mexico City
• 2016: Filmotéca UNAM, Mexico City
• 2015: Museum of Modern Art, Querétaro, Mexico
• 2014: Goethe-Institut, Mexico City
• Galerie Blanco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2013: Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Montes de Oca Theater, San José, Costa Rica
• La Casona Municipal, Cordoba, Argentina
• 2012: Museum Regional, Guadalajara, Mexico
• 2011: Museum Ex-Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico
• José María Velasco Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2010: UAM Gallery Iztapalapa, Mexico City
• 2010: Estación Coyoacán of Modern Art Gallery, Mexico City
• 2009: New Sächsischer Kunstverein (with Gerda Lepke ), Dresden
• 2009: Museum del Arzobispado, Mexico City
• 2008: "Seminario de Cultura Méxicana" gallery, Mexico City
• 2005: Museum del Chopo , Mexico City
• 1994: Black Box, Gasteig , Munich
• 1991: Carl Baasel Gallery, Starnberg

Selection of group exhibitions

• 2017 Savvy Contemporary, Berlin

House of the Book, Leipzig

• 2015 Chopo Museum, Mexico City

City Hall, Dresden

• 2014 Museum dos Correo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Museum dos Correo, Brasilia, Brazil Galerie Nuett, Dresden Centro de Expresiones Contempoáneas, Rosario, Argentina

• 2013 BBK Gallery, Munich
• 2012 Galerie Vértice, Guadalajara, Mexico
• 2008 Museum of Art, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
• 2006 Metropolitana Gallery, Mexico City
• 1995 Festival of the A * Devantgarde in the New Theater, Munich

Art fair, Walter Bischoff Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

• 1993 Theaterhaus, Stuttgart

"20 Munich Artists", Old Town Hall Munich

• 1991 Walter Bischoff Gallery, Stuttgart
• 1990 "Ausgebürgert", Albertinum, Dresden
• 1989 BBK Gallery, Munich

Multimedia presentations (selection)

2017 El Vacio - The Void

• Foro CC Los Talleres, Mexico City

2013 Melancholy - Part 1

• Museum Ex-Teresa Arte Actual , Mexico City
• Montes de Oca Theater, San José, Costa Rica
• Centro de Expresiones Contemporáneas, Rosario, Argentina

2013 The Inner Labyrinth

• Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City
• Theater Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
• Center of Contemporary Arts, Rosario, Argentina

2005 Ser Viviente (living beings)

• Museum del Chopo, Mexico City
• Centro Cultural Theater “Los Talleres”, Mexico City

2002 Cicles

• Theater of the Instituto Peruano-Norteamericano Lima, Peru
• Miguel Covarrubias Theater (UNAM), Mexico City
• Theater de la Danza, Mexico City

2001 Landscapes of Love

• Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, USA
• Fringe Festival for Independent Dance Toronto, Canada
• National Theater Havana, Cuba
• Centro Fotográfico “Álvarez Bravo”, Oaxaca, Mexico
• Theater de la Danza, Mexico City
• Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City

Films (selection)

• Krähenzeit (2014) feature film
• The picture in me (2009) feature documentary
• Strange Neighbors (2003) documentary
• Lost Wings (1999) feature film
• The Real Dream (1995) documentary
• Schattensucher (1994) feature documentary film
• The Stone Printer by Otto Dix (1992) Documentary
• Kohllothar (1989/90) documentary film
• Bodybuilding (1988) documentary
• Dream 1 (1986) short film / feature film

Awards (selection)

• 2016 Gold Remi Award, Houston International Film Festival, USA
• 2015 Award (screenplay), Int. Filmmaker Festival, Milan, Italy
• 2010 Platinum Remi Award, Houston International Film Festival, USA
• 2004 Saxon Journalist Prize (1st Prize)
• 2000 Silver Award, Houston International Film Festival, USA
• 1991 International Film Festival Dresden (1st prize)

Web links

• Official website of Wolfgang H. Scholz
• Wolfgang H Scholz at the Saxon State Library , artist books (edited with Jens Wonneberger )
• Wolfgang H. Scholz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Wolfgang H Scholz at the Professional Association of Visual Artists Munich

supporting documents

• Kohlmeyer, Agnes (2004). “Flaming Red” catalog, A Workbook 2005, Venice, Italy
• Pérez y Pérez, Rafael Alfonso (2008). "La Deconstrucción del Mundo Real", Museo Arzobispado, Mexico City
• Lozano, Ernesto (2011). "Laberinto Racional" La Razon de Artes Visuales, Mexico City
• Zavala Alonso, Manuel (2016). "Tiempo de Cuervos" Arte e Historia de Ciudad de México