GREGOR SCHNEIDERPresented by Nicole Pennington

Background

April 5th 1969- Born in Rheydt, Germany 1989-1992- Studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of

Arts, Münster Academy of Fine Arts, and Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, Germany

1999-2003- Served as a guest professor at several art schools including: De Ateliers, Amsterdam The Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

2009- Nominated as professor of sculpting to the University of Art Berlin

Lives and works in Rheydt

1st Exhibition

1985- Age 16: Pubertäre Verstimmung

“My work is not about making you fearful. It is about helping you to reflect upon and overcome your fear”

-Gregor Schneider

Haus U R

1985 after his father died Unterheydener Straße in

Mönchengladbach-Rheydt

http://www.gregorschneider.net/

http://gregorschneider.net/gallerie.html

Totes Haus U R

2001- "Totes Haus u r Venedig 2001" Won the "Golden Lion" at the 49th

Biennale in Venice, with his solo exhibition\

2003- Totes Haus u r constructed for one year inside the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles

Cube

2005- Invited to realize the CUBE VENICE at The Piazza di San Marco in Venice during Biennale

Inspired by the Kaaba in Mecca 2007- CUBE HAMBURG

Bondi Beach, 21 beach cells 2007- 400 square meters installation

composed of 21 identical cells on the Australian eastcoast, the Bondi Beach

End

November 8, 2008 - September 6, 2009- 14 meter high, black outdoor-sculpture "END" accessible to the public

In front of the museumAbteiberg in Mönchengladbach

Controversy

2008- Raised controversy about his own couched idea

"I want to show a person, which dies a natural death or just died a natural death. My target is to show the beauty of death.“

Wants to lead death out of the social taboo with this public dying-room and make it into a positive experience similar to the birth of a human being.

Works Cited

http://gregorschneider.net/biografia.html

http://www.gregorschneider.de/ http://www.gregorschneider.net/ http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Schneider