Andreas Schmidt is a Berlin based artist and gallerist.International Exhibitions Overview
Biography Schmidt received a first class Bachelor of Arts (Photography) degree from Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design in 1992, after having moved to England from Germany in 1989.Career Public ProfileLondon Artist Guide Print Media Schmidt's early work consisted mainly of straight analogue photography with a later shift in his art practice from 2008 onward towards appropriation, performance, print-on-demand artist's books and video.Print on demand books Overview of Art books Video´s by Andreas Schmidt Overview of Art in Motion by Andreas Schmidt
Work In 2005 German fine art and photography book publisher Hatje Cantz, published his first hard-back monograph Las Vegas to international critical acclaim.Press Article Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Las Vegas In the accompanying essay, Christoph Ribbat states about Schmidt's photography: "His work hints at the soberness of the New Topographics, the humor of New Color, the clever objectivity of newer German photo art." Described by J. G. Ballard as "the poet of the hotel corridor", Schmidt's second book, The City was published by Hatje Cantz in 2009 and presents dystopian interior and exterior photographs of London's financial district.
Schmidt was a founding member of ABC Artists' Books Cooperative in early 2009 and left the group in 2014. His work was shown at the From Here On group showOfficial Website Les Recontres De La Photographie Exhibition - From Here On at Les Rencontres d'Arles, Arles in 2011, Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp in 2012 and Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona in 2013 curated by Martin Parr, Joachim Schmid, Joan Fontcuberta, Erik Kessels and Clément Chéroux, showcasing art works by 36 artists (Mishka Henner, Penelope Umbrico, Doug Rickard, Corinne Vionnet, Thomas Mailaender, Willem Popelier, Constant Dullaart, Jon Rafman, etc.) The exhibition, included a large panel triptych by Schmidt called "RGB".Cataloge - From Here On RGB In 2011, Schmidt's artist book Four SeasonsOfficial Website Photoeye Book Four Seasons featured in Photo-Eye's books of the year 2011 list and Schmidt's artist book The Cost of Photobooks: A History Volume IIOfficial Webpage Le Monde was listed by Le Monde as one of the 10 best photo books of 2011.
On 14 November 2013 Schmidt launched GESAMTBUCHKUNSTWERKSKULPTUR,Press Article Schweinfurter Tagblatt 77 artist's booksThe making of GesamtBuchKunstWerkSkulptur a custom-made shelving unit containing 77 artist's books at Offprint Paris.Eyecurious Blog Entry Marc Feustel Blog Entry
His artist book The Time MachineOfficial Website Victoria and Albert Museum Series and SequencesArts Libris Seminar 2014 Seminar Collecting Artists' Books. Reviewed by Elizabeth James, V&A Museum The Time Machine (forward to 15:10) was included in the group exhibition A History of Photography: Series and Sequences at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2015 which also featured work by Nicholas Nixon, August Sander, Eadweard Muybridge and Lewis Baltz among others.
Schmidt's work is held in a number of private and public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, FRAC Centre, Orléans, France, Centre Des Livres Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA. After having lived in London for 22 years, Schmidt moved to Berlin in 2014 and opened Galerie Andreas Schmidt specializing in photography and contemporary art in 2016.
Publications Camera Austria 45,Official Website Camera Austria Camera Austria 45 Vienna, Austria, 1993 Surface – Contemporary Photographic Survey, Booth-Clibborn Editions, United Kingdom, 1996 Eyemazing ‘Built’, Issue 2, Spring 2004 Las Vegas, (monograph), Hatje Cantz,Official Website Las Vegas - Monograph Germany, 2005 The City,Press Article Boerse am Sonntag 2010 The City - Book Review (monograph), Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2009 Various Small Books Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha,Official Website MIT Press Art Book MIT press, USA, 2013 From Here On, PostPhotography in an Age of Internet and the Mobile Phone, RM/Arts Santa Monica, Spain, 2013 Post-Photography: The Artist with a Camera, Laurence King, United Kingdom, 2014 Ego-Update,Official Website Artbook Cataloge Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, Germany, 2016.
Exhibitions 2017 Fotofestival Lodz 2017,Official Website Fotofestiwal International Festival Of Fotography in Lodz Lodz, Poland ‘Books to Play with’ (Group) 2015 Ego Update,WDR Television Interview NRW Duesseldorf, Germany (Group) 2014 Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton (Group) 2013 Minnesota Center for Book Arts,Official Website Artslant Worldwide Exhibition Directed:Andreas Schmidt Recent Exhibits The Intersection of Bookart and Film, Minnesota, USA 2013 Centre Des Livres Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France images / images of images / no images (Group) 2013 Gagosian Gallery, NYC, USA ‘Ed Ruscha Books & Co.’ (Group) 2012 Photographers’ Gallery,Official Website Photographers’ Gallery Exhibition London, UK ‘The Animated Gif’ (Group) 2012 The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA ‘Photographers & Books’ (Group) 2011 Les Rencontres d'Arles, France ‘From Here On’ (Group) 2011 Kunsthalle Schweinfurt, Germany, ‘Parallel Natur’Presse Article Andreas Schmidt Exhibition Kunsthalle Schweinfurt - (Solo with Herbert Mehler) 2008 Goethe Institut,Official Website Goethe Institut Atopia Exhibition London, UK (Solo)
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