Claudia Schmacke Antwerpener Strasse 26, 50672 Köln, Germany Phone/Fax: + 49.221. 5102686 · Cell. Europe: + 49.175. 8207392 Cell. USA: + 1.917. 4426290 [email protected] www.schmacke.net

Education

1992 MFA (Meisterschüler), Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, Germany

1989-1992 Postgraduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf with Fritz Schwegler

1988 BFA Kassel University, Germany

1986-1988 Studied at Gerrit-Rietveld-Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1983-1986 Studied Fine Arts at the Kassel University and the Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany

1963 Born in Witten, Germany

Professional Experiences

1994 - Present Lecturer/adjunct Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany

1991- 1998 Freelancer at the Collection of Modern Art of the State of North Rhine- Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany (department for education and communication)

Visiting Artist/Lectures/ Visiting Professor/Workshops

2003 Faculty of visual Arts, University Salvador di Bahia, Brazil (Artes Visuais/EBA/UFBA)

Instituto do Artes do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA

Kunstskolen I Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway

2002 Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA

2002 Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic

Symposia "Excavating the Future" Goethe Institut Prague 1998 Academy of Fine Arts, Trondheim Norway

1995 Academy of Fine Arts, Trondheim, Norway

Awards/Fellowships:

2003 Fellowship from the Kunststiftung North Rhine Westphalia for a Artist-in-Residency in Rio di Janeiro, Brazil in 2004

Fellowship from the Cultural Ministry of the State of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany for a project at the Aldrich Museum, USA

2002 Vordemberge award (for visual arts) of the City of Cologne, Germany

Artist-in-Residence, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2001 Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (Award from the John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund, Cambridge, MA)

Artist-in-Residence, Art Omi, Ghent, NY, USA

“WorldViews” LMCC/World Trade Center, New York City, USA (was planned from on November 2001)

2000 Artist-in-Residence, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA (Fellowship from the cultural ministry of North Rhine Westphalia)

1997 Fine art prize of the Westphalian Industry/GWK, Münster, Germany

1992 Fellowship from Pépinières européenes, Paris, France for a five month residency in Bratislava, Slovakian Republic

1990 DAAD fellowship for project in Italy

Solo Exhibitions:

2004 Gallery Rebecca Container, Genoa, Italy (May)

2003 Plane Space, New York City, USA

Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil

Museu di Arte Sacra, Galeria Fidanza organized by the Casa dos Estudos Germanicas, Belém, Brazil

2002 The Work Space, New York City, USA >Phenomenology< with Nade Haley and Mary Ziegler

BBK, Cologne, Germany with Rosa Barba 2001 Deutzer Brücke, Cologne, Germany >BrückenMusik VII< with Johannes Fritsch and Rolf Julius

Kunstverein, Recklinghausen, Germany >Shift<

Moltkerei, Cologne, Germany

2000 North Utstillingssted, Copenhagen, Denmark with John-Øivind Eggesbø

Interval, Witten, Germany *

artothek, Cologne, Germany *

1999 Art in the Box, Goethe Institut, New York City, USA >Duo for Antifreeze<

Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, USA

Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gallery Lygnaß, Herne, Germany >Aquaaria<

1998 Rebecca Container Gallery, Genoa, Italy >Klar<

Kunstverein Köln rechtsrheinisch, Cologne, Germany

Sequenz, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

1997 Gallery Patricia Dorfmann, Paris, France >Une heure d’eau< *

EI Huis / Experimental Intermedia, Gent, Belgium >Voor een publiek<

Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Foyer, Münster, Germany with Danuta Karsten

1996 Kunstverein Drensteinfurt, Germany *

1995 Goethe Institut, Oslo, Norway >Diagonal der Zeit< with John-Øivind Eggesbø

1993 Gallery Patricia Dorfmann, Paris, France with Renate Koch Group Exhibitions (Selection):

2004 Kunstverein Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten, Germany (September) >Die Werft< *

Lodz Biennial, Lodz, Poland (October) *

Gasteig, Munich, Germany (in preparation) >Overtures - am wasser< *

2003 Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA >River half empty< *

Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA >Water Water<

2002 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York City, USA >Looking in<

Artists from Germany, Cuba, Ukraine, Norway and Zimbabwe in Public Spaces in Gelsenkirchen, Germany >Overtures - über wasser< *

2001 The Drawing Center, New York City, USA >12 Views< *

Goethe Institut, New York City, USA >Photo image<

Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany >Stadt Landschaft Fluss< *

2000 Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York >Trajectories<

kjubh kunstverein, Cologne, Germany >Small size mixed<

Norwich Gallery, England >East / Riverside< *

Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen, Germany >Raumbezogene Projekte 2000<

Kulturamt Mönchengladbach, Germany, project in public spaces >Sehstörungen< *

Kunstverein Hürth, Germany >Internationaler Kunstpreis 2000< *

1999 Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten, Germany >Strategie und Spiel<

Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany >Spiral<

Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, Recklinghausen, Germany >Übergänge< *

1998 Schwarzenbergsche Meierei, Schrattenberg, Austria *

Aarschot, Belgium >Speelhoven 1998< *

Kunstcentrum, Sittard, Netherlands >met elkaar<

1996 Unge Kunstneres Samfund, Oslo, Norway

Struts Gallery, Oslo, Norway >Struts Shop< Cologne >Art Cologne<

1995 Henie-Onstad-Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway >ad HOK< *

CSKX Studio, London, UK and Artaque, Karlsruhe, Germany >The house no garden project<

Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany >D.O.K.U.<

1994 Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands >60 rooms with a view< *

Russian Winter Festival, Gorky Park, Moscow >+4<

Project in public spaces, Oslo, Norway >Prosjekt I Gamlebyen< *

Gallery de L’Esplanade, La Défense/Paris >art(s) d’Europe< *

Astrolabe, La Rochelle, France >De création contemporaine< *

1993 Montreuil / Paris, France

Grand Palais, Paris, France >FIAC< *

Foundation of Visual Artist, Essen, Germany *

1992 Museum Ehrenhof Düsseldorf >Macroville<

Gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakian Republic *

1989 Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany

Museum Kiel, City Gallery Wolfsburg and Museum Bochum, Germany >Forum Junger Kunst< *

· Catalogue / Video / CD-ROM published for the exhibition

Works in public collections:

Deutsche Hypothekenbank, Munich, Germany

Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, France

Collection of the City of Cologne

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska

Art Omi, Ghent New York, USA