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 |