ALEXANDRA SCHUMACHER

/// www.alexandra-schumacher.de ///

born 1972 in Delmenhorst
lives and works in Berlin

Vita
2009 teaching assignment for Fine Arts, Institute for Architecture, Technische Universität Berlin
2005 master class with Karin Sander
2002/2003 Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen, Denmark, sculpture (Morten Stræde)
2001-2004 Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, sculpture (Inge Mahn, Karin Sander), MFA
1998-2001 Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, sculpture (Wolfgang Luy)
1994-1997 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, mathematics, MSc
1993/1994 University College Dublin, Ireland, mathematics (DAAD scholarship)
1991-1994 Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universität Oldenburg, mathematics

Grants and Awards
2012Artist in Residence, Künstlergut Prösitz, Sachsen
2009 artist in residence, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Schöppingen /// project grant, Senate of Berlin, Berlin
2008 artist in residence, Altes Spital, Solothurn, Switzerland
2007 workshop scholarship, Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Worpswede /// project grant, Mart Stam Gesellschaft, Berlin /// artist in residence, USF, Bergen, Norway
2004 project grant, VZW Microproductie, Ghent, Belgium /// Mart Stam Förderpreis, Berlin

Exhibitions (selected)
2012Procedere, Stedefreund, Berlin /// Space Release #3, What I predict to remember - what I predict to forget, Stedefreund, Berlin /// Missglückte Grazie, Mastul e.V., Berlin
2011 Preview Berlin 2011 (E)  /// Project 8 - based around Babusch, Babusch, Berlin /// Penultimate, Schalter, Berlin /// Carrier Grade, Vero Linzmeier Galerie, Berlin (E)
2010 Structures, Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria /// INVITATION, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt /// Les Chants de Maldoror, Stedefreund, Berlin (with Tamara Lorenz and Christof Zwiener) /// The Hidden Space, Standpoint Gallery, London, U.K.
2009 Zeigen, an audio tour through Berlin by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin (cat.) /// Room for Improvement, Reinraum e.V., Düsseldorf (solo) /// ARMELLA SHOW, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt /// Attention, Erlkönig, Gebäude, ..., Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst, Zwickau /// Club 89, Marks Blond, Berne, Switzerland /// Conquest of Space, Vlasak Contemporary, Berlin (solo) /// Pleasure Beach, Stedefreund, Berlin (with Astrid Busch) /// Schicksal oder Vaseline?, Showroom, Berlin /// Werkschau, Architekturforum Touringhaus, Solothurn, Switzerland (solo) /// Alexandra Schumacher, Lokal.int, Biel, Switzerland (solo)
2008 Stedefreund @ Preview 2008, Berlin /// V22 presents: The Wharf Road Project, Wenlock Building, London, UK /// Anonyme Zeichner Selection, Galerie in der Stadtscheune, Otterndorf /// Berlin Now, Art Athina, Athen /// Spielraum, Galerie Vero Wollmann, Stuttgart /// The Weakest Link, Stedefreund, Berlin (cat.)
2007 Scheinriesen, Stedefreund, Berlin /// Wir haben keine Probleme, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway (cat.) ///  SUBSUBNETCITY, atelierberlin by Dina4 Projekte München, Berlin /// Ars Vivendi, Burgsitz, AltStadt Neu, Spangenberg /// Prøverommet, BIT, Bergen, Norway (solo) /// Alles Gute, liebe Kunst, Stedefreund, Berlin
2006 Glamour of Efficiency, Stedefreund, Berlin (with Susanne Huth) /// President’s XI, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Dusseldorf /// Landnahme, Galerie Vero Wollmann, Stuttgart
2005 Electric Ladyland, Umformwerk Bewag, Berlin (cat.) /// Freischwinger, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (cat.) /// Die Offenheit des geschlossenen Systems, AdKV booth, Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main (solo)
2004 Explosio, Vattenfall Europe, Berlin (cat.) /// Überqueren-bien roulé, Het Binnenhuis, Ghent, Belgium /// Späte Freuden der Disziplin, Ritterhof, Berlin (cat.) /// Bergzelt, Project Space A43, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin (solo)
2003 Udformation, Værløse Kommune sculpture park, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.) /// Art From Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Georg Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand /// Forårsudstilling, Charlottenborg art center, Copenhagen, Denmark /// Formskrift, Kunstakademiets Udstillingsted, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)