1975 Born in Rostock, Germany1996-98 Study of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart 1998-2003 Study of sculpture at the School of Fine Arts Dresden (Prof. Eberhard Bosslet), Diploma 2003-2005 Master student with Prof. Eberhard Bosslet Old Sprelacart boards in different designs, insulators, used tarpaulin, as well as waterproof and resistant materials, constitute Christian Schnwlders visual language. He scoops to pursue the as necessary regarded strategy of building and doing handicrafts. The padded cupboards, security cabins or shrink-wrapped foam mattresses seem to suggest a defence against unknown destructive outside influences. The period in which we live is full of visible and invisible threats, prompting the desire to build caves again, as we once did in our childhood. This desire finds its counterpart perceived as a recommendation. Some of Christian Schnwlders works take up the concept todays longing for safety and intensify it to the absurd, while others redefine space and material.…Read More
Solo Exhibitions 2008 Unter Beobachtung, Galerie Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin 2007 Skinnerbox, Gallery Diskus, Berlin 2005 antipanic, Gallery Diskus, Berlin
Group Exhibitions (selection) 2008 EINZUEINS RGEN, Skulpturensommer, Rgen VOLTAshow 4, Basel Radical Advertising, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dsseldorf spielbein, Galerie Baer, Dresden 2007 Babylon, Galerie Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin Wenn der Sonnentau..., Kunstfonds, Residenzschloss Dresden, Dresden Wir haben keine Probleme, Kunsthalle Bergen, Norwegen Form follows... risk, National Gallery Bratislava Open End, Gallery Diskus, Berlin 2006 Es war alles noch viel schlimmer relocated, Btzow Brauerei, Berlin Es war alles noch viel schlimmer!, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg 2005 Boofe LE, Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig Open, Gallery Diskus, Berlin Transrapid, Knstlerhaus Friese, Hamburg Contiki, bro fr kunst, Dresden 2004 Sputniza, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden Trec, Kunstverein Hameln, Hameln Blhende Landschaften, Burg Knigstein, Knigstein ,…Read More