Jörg Schemmann
Vita
1959 born in Hagen
1991-96 domiciled in Hof, Bavaria
1986 participation in a symposium of sculptor in Javea/Spain
1995 design of the civic font in Hof, Bavaria
1999 work stay in San Francisco/USA
Design of the turn of the millenium-monument in Rehau
2000 participation in the international symposium "Grenzgänge", Fulda
lives and works in Regensburg
Awards
1996 Artprize of the "Nürnberger Nachrichten"
2003 Artprize of the "Nürnberger Nachrichten" (1. Prize)
Memberships BBK Niederbayern/Oberpfalz
Solo-Exhibitions (Selection)
1980 "10 Tage ein Feuerzeug sehen", Aktion, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen (K)
1982 Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen
1990 "Arbeiten im Steinbruch", Bergbau- und Industriemuseum Ostbayern, Theuern (K)
1998 "Kiefern", Kunstverein Hof (K)
2000 "Pines and urban trees", Gallery Peter Bäumler, Regensburg (K)
2001 Gallery Hagenring, Hagen;
Wildthurner Kunsttage, Schloß Wildthurn near Landau (K)
2003 Kunstforum Halberstadt, Galerie Kunsthof, Halberstadt
2004 Sparkasse Regensburg (with Herbert Muckenschnabl and Franz Pröbster Kunzel)
2006 "überm Horizont", IHK Regensburg
2007 Gallery Arsprototo, Erlangen;
interior ministry, very high building authority, Munich
2008 Gallery Voigt, Nuremberg;
Ernst & Young, Frankfurt;
KIK St. Josef, Regensburg
Group-Exhibitions (Selection)
1980 "Förderpreis zum Keo-Preis", Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen
1987 Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst (K)
1988 Bürgerhaus Eching;
Große Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich (K)
1993 "67. Jahresschau", Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg (K);
"11 x Junge Kunst", Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg (K)
1994 "Hagener Künstler 1994", Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen (K);
bavarian gardening show?, Hof (K)
1996 Artprize of the "Nürnberger Nachrichten", Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg (K);
bavarian gardening show, Amberg (K)
1997 contemporary painting and sculpture in Franconia, Kunstverein Erlangen, Schloß Weißenstein, Pommersfelden (K);
Bayreuther Kunstausstellung, Neues Schloß der Eremitage, Bayreuth (K)
1998 "Sammlung des Kunst- und Gewerbevereins", Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg (K);
"8 Arbeiten zum Thema Gemüse", Donaumarkt, Regensburg
1999 "Kiefern", Stadthalle Weiden (K);
annual exhibition, BBK Niederbayern/Oberpfalz, Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg (K)
2000 "Wald", Kunsthaus Nuremberg
"1. KunstGipfel", Monte Kaolino, Hirschau (K);
"Grenzgänge", Kunststation Kleinsassen
2001 Fa. Schwan-Stabilo, Nuremberg;
Gallery in the Möbelhaus Kainz, Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg;
Fa. Rödl und Partner, Nuremberg;
"Natur und Kunst", Bezirk Oberpfalz, Oberpfälzer Freilandmuseum Neusath-Perschen (K)
2002 "Great east bavarian exhibition", Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg and Stadtmuseum
2003 Artprize of the "Nürnberger Nachrichten", Kunsthaus, Nuremberg (K); "Great east bavarian exhibition", Handwerksmuseum und Kapuzinerstadl, Deggendorf
2004 anniversary exhibition, Gallery Peter Bäumler, Regensburg;
Kunst am Bau, Landgericht Regensburg;"Geist der Natur", Sparkasse Regensburg
2005 "Impulse II", Galerie LS Landskron-Schneidzik, Stein;
„Aqua - Dialog mit dem Wasser", Kurhaus der Stadt Schleiden;
"KunstSaat 9", Kunstverein Hof;
"Bäume", Gallery Peter Bäumler, Regensburg;
"Wald", Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz, München (K);
Artprize of the "Nürnberger Nachrichten", Kunsthaus, Nuremberg (K);
"Landschaft", Galerie Voigt, Nuremberg;
great east bavarian exhibition, Schloß Gern, Eggenfelden (K)
2006 „great east bavarian exhibition", Kunst- und Gewerbeverein, Regensburg (K);
Artprize of the "Nürnberger Nachrichten", Kunsthaus, Nürnberg (K);
Artprize of the "Nürnberger Nachrichten", Museum of contemporary art Skopje/Mazedonien (K);
"10 Jahre Kunstverein Hof", Kunstverein Hof, Hof (K);
2007 "Great east bavarian exhibition", Kunst- und Gewerbeverein, Regensburg (K)
2008 "Art in Motion", Schloßpark, Erlangen (K);
"Great east bavarian exhibition", Kulturviertel, Deggendorf (K);
Artprize of the "Nürnberger Nachrichten", Kunsthaus, Nürnberg (K)
About the artist:
In Jörg Schemmann's landscape paintings, one can only see the vastness of the sky, not the horizon itself. The large paintings of pine forests, fruit trees and plants are dominated by a light of high contrast, which creates depth and range in a weightless image world. The images resemble photographs from a distance, but are in fact pure and uninhibited paintings that have little to do with reality or effigies. The viewer gets magically and quietly drawn into the visual event. The viewer might take a share of some sort of feeling of freedom, if he or she truly gets involved. That is what Schemmann seems to want. But the mediated endlessness leaves enough room for interpretation.
Since 2009, Schemmann pays particular attention to creating space in his Shadow Paintings. The shadow itself communicates the existence of an imaginary space, but also the possibility of infinity continuation.
