Christian Schoen

Christian Schoen (* 1970 in Marburg) is German Art Historian and Curator. He works on classical art (such as Albrecht Dürer or Auguste Rodin) and contemporary art phenomena. From 2000 to 2003 he co-curated the municipal gallery Lothringer13 in Munich. In 2005 he was appointed director of the Center for Icelandic Art, which he was leading until 2010. As Commissioner he was responsible for the Icelandic Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2007 and 2009. 2006 to 2008 he was memeber of the advisory board and the acquisition committee of the Reykjavík Art Museum. He initiated the art festival Sequences in 2006. Since 2001 he is director of Osram Art Projects and assistant professor for transdisciplinary methods at University St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Publications (selection)

• Icelandic Art Today, (Ed. C. Schoen by H.B. Runólfsson), Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2009 ISBN 978-3-7757-2295-7
• Ragnar Kjartansson - The End, (Ed.), Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2009 ISBN 978-3-7757-2333-6
• LIST icelandic art news, (Ed. with Jón Proppé) Reykjavik 2008, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
• Osram Art Projects 2007, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
• Homesick, (Ed. by Hannes Sigurðsson), Akureyri 2006, ISBN 9979-9632-4-7
• Apfelböck oder über das Töten, Belleville, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
• Albrecht Dürer. Adam und Eva Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01244-7
• lothringer13/halle. Aktuelle Kunst und neue Medien. Dokumentation 2000-2003,(Ed. by C. Schoen and M. Rosen) Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1840-0

Essays

• Prolog für eine erfahrbare Zukunft/Prolog For a Future That Can be Experienced; in: repair. sind wir noch zu retten, Cat. Ars Electronica Festival, Ostfildern (Hatje Cantz) 2010, S. 216f
• Finnbogi Pétursson. Earth; in: ebda., S. 220f
• Benjamin Bergmann. Never Ever; in: ebda., S. 222
• Icelandic identity; in: Vanessa Adler (Ed.), Egill Saebjörnsson – The Book, Berlin 2009
• The Dead King; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Ragnar Kjartansson – The End, Ostfildern 2009, p. 63-78
• Iceland stuck between a rock and hard place; in: The Art Newspaper, #202, May 2009
• The End; in: Making Worlds - Fare Mondi, Cat. 53rd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Verona 2009, p. 68/69
• Finnbogi Pétursson; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Icelandic Art Today, Ostfildern 2009, p. 90-95
• Georg Guðni; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Icelandic Art Today, Ostfildern 2009, p. 102-107
• Rúrí; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Icelandic Art Today, Ostfildern 2009, p. 258-263
• Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Icelandic Art Today, Ostfildern 2009, p. 276-293
• Carolee Schneemann: The Icelandic Muse – Interview, LIST #18, 2008 (online)
• Vito Acconci – Interview, LIST #18, 2008 (online) and LIST 2008, p. 8
• Ragnar Kjartansson – Interview, LIST 2008, p. 16-17
• Rúrí – Interview, LIST 2008, p. 20-21
• Art Is Alchemy Is Art. Notes on Húbert Nóí’s Work, LIST 2008, p. 24
• Human Nature - Helgi Þorgils Fríðjónsson; in: Helgi Þorgils Fríðjónsson, Nordatlantens Brygge / North Atlantic House, Kopenhagen (Kat.), Reykjavík 2008, p. 50-51 (engl./danish)
• Telling the Truth: Interview with Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson; in: Helgi Þorgils Fríðjónsson, Nordatlantens Brygge / North Atlantic House, Kopenhagen (Kat.), Reykjavík 2008, p. 52 ff (engl./danish) 65 00 N, 18 00 W. Observation from Inside and Out, LIST 2007, p. 4-5
• The Golden Plover Has Arrived – Eyfjörd’s Venice Project, LIST 2007, p. 14-15
• Steina Vasulka – Interview, LIST #4, #5 (online) und LIST 2007, p. 23
• Roni Horn, Interview (with Jón Proppé), LIST 2007, p. 26-28
• Monika Tress – Cadavres Exquis. Remnents of Existence, Nürnberg/Reykjavik 2007
• Tinsel Town/Mader, Stublic & Wiermann; in: DAMn, 10 – Design, Art & Architecture Magazine 2007
• Introduction Cat. Icelandic Pavilion at Biennale di Venezia: Steingrimur Eyfjörd: The Golden Plover Has Arrived, Reykjavik 2007
• Off With Their Heads. Interview with Diana Thater; in: OSRAM ART PROJECTS 2007
• Mader, Stublic, Wiermann: reprojected; in OSRAM ART PROJECTS 2007, Munich 2007
• Óðauðleg fegurð, Morgunblaðið (Lesbók), 8. Dezember 2007
• Ragnar Kjartansson: The Great Unrest; in: A Prior Magazine, 12, 2006, p. 141-163
• Flora Islandica: Junge Kunst in Island, in: Kunst und Kirche, 1/2006, p. 33-39
• Die Zeichen der Dinge. Zur Bedeutung der Fotografie im Werk Rodins; in: Auguste Rodin. Der Kuss. Die Paare, Ausst. Kat. Hypo-Kunsthalle München/ Museum Folkwang Essen, Munich 2006, S. 60
• Tobias Regensburger: Kunst – Leben – Überleben, Documentation of the project CAMP 2004 [MUC]
• Tobias Regensburger: Art – Life – Survival; in: NYartsmagazine November/December 2004
• Adam und Eva, nach Albrecht Dürer, in: Beutekunst unter Napoleon. Die französische Schenkung an Mainz 1803, Ausstellungskatalog Landesmuseum Mainz 2003, p. 299 – 304
• Adam und Eva, Achille Calzi und Ludovico Ferretti, in: Beutekunst unter Napoleon. Die französische Schenkung an Mainz 1803, Ausstellungskatalog Landesmuseum Mainz 2003, p. 304 – 305
• Adam und Eva, Johann Wierix, in: Beutekunst unter Napoleon. Die französische Schenkung an Mainz 1803, Ausstellungskatalog Landesmuseum Mainz 2003, p. 305 – 307

Exhibitions

• Harun Farocki. Umgießen, 2010, Osram Seven Screens
• Ragnar Kjartansson. The End, 2009, Isländischer Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia (Kommissar)
• Rúrí. Aqua – Silence, 2009, Osram Seven Screens
• Bjørn Melhus. Screensavers, 2008, Osram Seven Screens 2008
• Anouk de Clercq. Motion for Newton, Osram Seven Screens 2007
• Steingrimur Eyfjörd. The Golden Plover Has Arrived, 2007, Icelandic Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia (Kommissar)
• ART+COM. Digital Sparks, 2007, Osram Seven Screens
• Diana Thater. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, 2007, Osram Seven Screens
• Haubitz+Zoche. 2027, 2007, Osram Seven Screens
• Mader/Stublić/Wiermann. reprojected, 2006, Osram Seven Screens
• HOMESICK (mit Guy Ben-Ner, Libia Castro + Ólafur Ólafsson, Chantal Michel, Nevin Aladag, Katrín Sigurdardottir und Haraldúr Jónsson), 2006, Akureyri Art Museum (Iceland).
• Tobias Regensburger: CAMP 2004, public space München
• Apfelböck oder über das Töten (AES+F, Heather Burnett), 2003, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, München
• WIR, HIER! (Benjamin Bergmann, Maja Bringolf, Heike Döscher, Jürgen Heinert, Wolfgang Stehle, Stefan Wischnewski und Martin Wöhrl), 2003, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, München (Co-Kurator)
• The Chrono-Files (Jörg Auzinger, Maia Gusberti, Michael Aschauer, Sepp Deinhofer und Nik Thoenen, Peter Cornwell, Anja Krautgasser, infossil, Niki Passath, Axel Heide, Onesandzeros, Philip Pocock und Gregor Stehle, Artchalking) 2003, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, München (Co-Kurator)
• Event Horizon (Kim Nekarda, Claudius Böhm und Renata Sas, Beate Geissler und Oliver Sann, Nathalie Grenzhäuser, Sebastian Hammwöhner, Uwe Henneken, Dani Jakob und Gabriel Vormstein, Thomas Kratz, Euan Macdonald, Adolf Mathias and Sven Sahle, Christopher Winter) 2002/2003
• Bjørn Melhus. Primetime, 2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, München (Co-Kurator)
• CUBE (Holger Mader, Alexander Stublić, Heike Wiermann, Thomas Troge), 2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, München (Co-Kurator)
• SIGHT | SEEING (Angelika Böck, Freya Hattenberger, Sean Jonpaul, Pia Linz, Nadine Minkwitz, Jordi Moragues, Axel Roch, Silvia Maria Schopf), 2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich(Co-Curator)
• Balance (Dorothee Golz, Annika Larsson und Lars Siltberg), 2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (Co-Curator)
• Thomas Steffl: Baumgrenze Dezember 2001/2002, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (Co-Curator)
• MAKE-WORLD FESTIVAL / The Artist as an Expert (Jennifer Reeder, Herbert W. Franke, Entropy8Zuper!, beige und Marko Peljhan), 2001,
• Locomotion (Eadweard Muybridge, Andreas Siefert, Stabile Seitenlage, Chris Ziegler), 2001, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (Co-Curator)
• Zoomtown (Peter Haimerl), 2001, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich(Co-Curator)
• InSITEout (apsolutno, Comutation, Angela Dorrer, IF, Volker Möllenhoff, Stefanie Senge, Tunnelrecords), 2001
• Fiction & Science (Roseline Ranoch, Fabian Winkler und Wolfgang Käppner, Dorcas Müller, Thorsten Hallscheidt und Kalle Laar), 2001
• Offensive Malerei (Christian Hahn, Stephan Jung, Caroline von Grone, Ulrich Lamsfuß, Jeremy Blake, Hilko Neupert, Karl Rueskäfer und Anton Henning), 2001, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (Co-Curator)
• PHANTOMBUERO Flotation 2, 2000, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (Co-Curator)
• Art For A Better Life (Simone Böhm, Max Mohr, Tobias Regensburger, Pierrick Sorin), 2000, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, Munich (Co-Curator)

External links

• Homepage von Christian Schoen
• Homepage des Center for Icelandic Art
• Homepage der Osram Art Projects

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