Verena Schöttmer

SHORT INFO

Verena Schöttmer's (*1978 in Meppen, lives in Hamburg) work includes installations, sculptures and paintings. In her works, she combines manifestations of traditional arts and crafts with (pop) culture, social codes and quotations from everyday life. Schöttmer has been awarded numerous scholarships, including the Georg Meistermann Scholarship, Germany (2013-2015); the Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and Media, Hamburg (2014); the Scholarship of the Art Fund Foundation (2020) and the Dorothea Erxleben Scholarship (2021-2023). She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Kunstverein Hamburg; Griffith's Arts Center, Canton, New York; Kunstverein im Weißen Haus, Vienna. Most recently, she was an artist in residency at the 18th Street Art Center, Los Angeles. Following her participation in the group exhibition You, too. Take care. in our Berlin branch, we are looking forward to Verena Schöttmer's solo exhibition and future collaborations. www.verenaschoettmer.com



Education

2021-2023 Teaching position at the Braunschweig University of Art
2012 Diploma at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts
1999-2000 Studied art at the Akademie vor beeldende Kunst in Enschede, Netherlands

Scholarships/Nominations

2023 Artist in Residence, 18th Street Art Center Los Angeles, USA
2021-23 Dorothea Erxleben Scholarship
2022 Artist in Residence, CCA Andratx, Mallorca Spain
2021 Scholarship Hamburgische Kulturstiftung (not accepted)
2020 Art Fund Foundation, work grant
Project funding by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media
2019 Artist in Residence, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, L.A.
2018-22 Studio grant from the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Stormarn, Trittau
2018 Artist in Residence Eastside International, Los Angeles
Project funding by the Ministry of Culture and Media, Hamburg
2016-17 Working grant from the Sparkasse Stormarn Cultural Foundation (Artist in Residence at the watermill in Trittau)
2016 Nomination Kunst am Bau Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin
Nomination Kunst am Bau Stadthöfe Hamburg
Nomination Art in Architecture Church of St. Elisabeth Kassel
2014 Hamburg Work Scholarship from the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media
Artist in Residence, das weisse haus, Vienna
2013-15 Georg Meistermann Scholarship Germany
2009-2012 Scholarship holder of the Cusanuswerk Germany, artist support

Exhibitions / Selection

2023 ALLES STILL, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg
2023 You too! Take Care!, Gallery Mathias Güntner Berlin
2022 If I was a Yeti I would freeze your heart, Galerie Wassermühle Trittau (solo)
Transformers, Lycra Room, Hamburg (solo)
The Light burns blue, Galerie der Wassermühle Trittau Spagat (with Anna Mieves), Galerie Genscher, Hamburg A5, beginning of South to end of May, Art Space, Leipzig Fliegen and friends, Goldene Pforte Dresden
Friendly Reminder, Art Bar Kippy, Amsterdam
Winter Show, CCA Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
2021 End of Psüch - ICH, Gallery Melike Bilir, Hamburg
Glück & Streben, Gallery of the Trittau Watermill
Schleicher, In the Box, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn Hamburg (solo)
2020 Quarantine Copy, Kunstverein Miago, Philippines Patio, Gomoartspace, Vienna
A Table Rose Twice, Frise Hamburg
Shades of Blue, Gallery of the Sparkassenkulturstiftung Stormarn New Viewings online, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
Art Basel by Berlin analog, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
2019 greenscreengreentrees, Art Bar Kippy (Althuis Hofland Fine Arts), Amsterdam
Waves, 18th Street Art Center, Los Angeles Crush on You, Golden Pudel Club Hamburg ÷, Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg (solo)
Instant Scale, Gallery of the Trittau Watermill
2018 Ghostwritings (Snippet), Il Caminetto, Hamburg (solo)
The new Mona Lisa, Galerie Melike Bilir, Hamburg
Rhythm et les fleurs, as part of the exhibition André Mulzer, Galerie Jürgen Becker, Hamburg
A Kiss is just a Kiss, Kunstverein Koppelschleuse Meppen
open studios, Eastside International, Los Angeles
2017 Ghostwritings, gallery of the watermill Trittau,
Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Stormarn, Schleswig Holstein (solo)
5, Bräuning Contemporary Gallery, Hamburg
Turn a page, sing a line, form a sheet, Griffiths Arts Center, New York
2016 Europe, Künstlerforum Bonn (solo)
Art Walk, Petersburger Salon, Fleetstreet Hamburg
2015 The Ditch, Kunstverein in Hamburg (Series: I, Too, Wondered Whether I Could Not Sell Something And Succeed In Life) (solo)
P/ART Hamburg
Annual editions 2015, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Index 15, Kunsthaus Hamburg
2014 Blvd, Bräuning Contemporary Gallery Hamburg
unto void fulfills this place, Kunstverein das weisse Haus, Vienna
2013 Selection exhibition of the Hamburg Work Scholarship of the City of Hamburg, Kunsthaus Hamburg
november rain, Bohemia, Berlin
Room, Kapriole Hamburg
2012 Sunset Strip, Hamburg University of Fine Arts (solo)
From Hamburg, Kunstakademie Wien, Steinsaal
Really beautiful, but wrong is also beautiful, Atelier Frankfurt, exhibition (as part of the Georg Meistermann Scholarship )
Central Horizon Ltd, Penny Temporary Arts, Neumünster
LAmerica - China is, Phoenixhallen Hamburg, Falckenberg Collection
2011 Achtung Bussard, Kunststätte Bossard, Jesteburg Peep Show, Tape Modern - Berlin
A24, art in the harbor, Düsseldorf
November Rain, Bohemia, Berlin (solo)
Lothar von Reisig, Kooperative Kunst, Hagen (NRW), Produzentengalerie Stressing spiritual needs even when selling ice-cream, DNA-Galerie Berlin Paco, Stadtgalerie Kiel, group exhibition under Sebastian Severin, as part of the Gottfried Brockmann Prize
2010 Mischpoke, Gallery Linda, Hamburg
Frame-10 Positions on Painting from Düsseldorf and Hamburg, Gallery of the HfbK
From the things and back, Lenikus Collection, Vienna
2009 The bohemian corpse, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg Harburg
Krabben im Nebel, Kunstverein Ettlingen 2008 MOFA, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn Hamburg