Hans-Christian Schink (Berlin, Germany)
- 1961
- Born in Erfurt
- 1986-1991
- Studied photography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB)
Leipzig (Academy of Visual Arts) - 1991-1993
- Postgraduate at the HGB Leipzig, Master's degree
Awards and Grants
- 2012
- Artist in residence, Villa Kamogawa, Kyoto, Japan
- 2010
- Grant from the Kulturstiftung des Freistaats Thüringen
- 2009
- Invitation to the photography project European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today Vol. 11
- 2008
- NG REAL Photography Award; Grant from the Else Heiliger Fund at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- 2004
- Deutscher Fotobuchpreis (German Photo Book Award)
- 2002
- Artist in residence, Villa Aurora, Los Angeles
- 2000
- Prix Sinar at the Grand Prix Européen de la Ville de Vevey, Switzerland;
- 1999
- Grant from the Stiftung Kulturfonds
- 1998
- Grant from the Thuringian Ministry of Science, Research and Art
- 1997
- Artist in residence, Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Stiftung Kulturfonds
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
- 2011
- MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
Neues Museum Weimar
Angermuseum, Erfurt
Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus
Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt
Galerie de Zaal, Delft
Galerie Kicken Berlin
Galerie Rothamel, Fankfurt am Main - 2010
- Landesgalerie Linz at the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz
- 2009
- Galería Joanna Kunstmann, Palma de Mallorca
Galerie de Zaal, Delft - 2008
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Salta, Argentina
Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Dr. Genaro Pérez, Córdoba, Argentina
Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main - 2007
- Galería Arnés y Röpke, Madrid
- 2006
- Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Galerie Kicken Berlin
Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt am Main - 2005
- Kunsthalle Erfurt
Fotohof, Salzburg
Kunstverein Bochum
Kunstverein Schorndorf
Dany Keller Galerie, Munich - 2004
- Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
- 2012
- tarstruck, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, USA
- 2011
- Lichtempfindlich - Contemporary Photography from the Schaufler Collection, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Germany
Metropolis - City Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, The Netherlands
Leipzig.Fotografie / 1839-2011, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
Aspects of Color. A History of Color in Photography from Pictorialism to Contemporary, Kicken Gallery Berlin
Opera Seria. Serial Aspects in Contemporary Art, Nikolaus Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg, Austria - 2010
- Photos and Phantasy, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Beverly Hills Municipal Gallery
- 2009
- European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today Vol. 11, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Galerie der Stadt Wels, Austria
The Tropics, Iziko S. A. National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa - 2008
- inside // outside: Innenraum und Ausblick in der zeitgenössischen deutschen Fotografie, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
Die Tropen: Ansichten von der Mitte der Weltkugel, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
ING REAL Photography Award, Las Palmas II, Rotterdam - 2007-2008
- Os Tropicos, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília; Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
Reliquias & Ruinas, Centro Cultural Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro;
SESC Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil - 2006
- Was ist deutsch?, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
- 2005-2006
- Zwischen Wirklichkeit und Bild: Contemporary German Photography,
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo;
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto;
Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan - 2005
- Himmelsbilder, Dommuseum zu Salzburg
Multiple Räume (2): Park, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Landschaft als Metapher, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal
Transatlantische Impulse, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin - 2004
- The Nature of Artifice, 9. International Architecture Exhibition, Venice
Bibliography (Selection)
Hans-Christian Schink, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2011
Hans-Christian Schink: 1h, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2010
Hans-Christian Schink: Verkehrsprojekte - Traffic Projects, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2004
Hans-Christian Schink: LA, Fotohof Edition, Salzburg, 2004
Blink, Phaidon, London and New York, 2002
Architektur Landschaft Fotografie, Gebr. Mann, Berlin, 2001
Stadt Land Ost: City Scape East, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2001
VorOrt: Eine Sammlung topografischer Fotografien Ostdeutschlands, Leipzig, 1997, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2001
Hans-Christian Schink: Fotografie II, Passage, Leipzig, 2000
Hans-Christian Schink: Fotografie, Passage, Leipzig, 1998
