ANDY SCHOLZ | CV

1971 born in Varel, Germany
1993 - 1996 studied philosophy at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
1996 - 1997 studied at the school of art Braunschweig
1997 - 2005 studied photography at the "Essen Folkwangschule" under
Inge Osswald, Bernhard Prinz and Jörg Sasse

lives and works in Hamburg and the Ruhr area, Germany


Exhibitions (selection)

2009
GAM Obrist Gingold Galerie, Essen (E)
Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg (E)
Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle an der Saale (G, K)
2008
Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr "Nachruf" (G)
Deutsch-Russisches Haus, Kaliningrad, Russia (E)
Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle an der Saale (G, K)
2007
Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, "Aufruf" (G)
artMbassy Galerie, Berlin, "Magie Real" (G)
ART FAIR 21, Sonderausstellung "Gesellschafter Art award" (G)
Kunstmuseum Samara, Russia (E)
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, "Nordwest-Kunstpreis 2007" (G, K)
Haus der Kunst, Munich, "Große Kunstausstellung" (G, K)
GAM Galerie Obrist am Museum, Essen
2006
Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, "Slices of Life", Karlsruhe (G)
Galerie Robert Morat, Hamburg (E)
Stadtgalerie Altena, Westfalen (E)
Kunstverein Hannover, "Heimspiel" (G, K)
Kunst- und Kulturstiftung of the Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg, "Förderpreis 2006"
Kunstverein Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg (G)
Galerie Obrist am Museum, Essen, "Konstruktion der Landschaft" (G)
2005
Galerie Pernkopf, Berlin (E)
Galerie Ockhardt, Essen (E)
Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen
Städt. Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, "Privatkontakte" (G, K)
2004
Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen, "500meter" (G)
Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen, "KÖRPER LAND SCHAFFEN" (G, K)
Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, "warm up" (G)
2003
Galerie 20.21, Essen (G, K)
Kunstverein Bremerhaven, "warm up" (G, K)
2002
National Portrait Gallery, London, "John Kobal Award" (G, K)

Awards and Scholarships

2009 Scholarship for visual arts in Eckernförde sponsored by the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein
2008 Exchange scholarship for Kaliningrad, Russia, by the Künstlerhaus Lukas sponsored by the federal state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern
2007 Awardee ART FAIR 21 art award // Exhibition and stay in Samara, Russia sponsored by the Goethe Institute Moscow and by the Deutsch-Russisches Haus in Samara // Nomination for the Nord West Kunstpreis of the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
2006 Awardee of the Kunst- und Kulturstiftung, Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg // Awardee of the Kunstverein Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg // Supporting scholarship for visual arts in Altena, Westfalen
2004 Awardee of the Essen RAG photo competition
2002 Honouring at the John-Kobal-Award in London

(G)= collective exhibition (K)= catalogue (E)= solo exhibition