Julia Schmidt

born in 1976 in Wolfen, lives and works in Leipzig
Villa Romana Fellow 2008

Interview with Julia Schmidt

Biography

2001
diploma, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig

2000
BA Glasgow School of Art

1998 – 2000
Glasgow School of Art

1995 – 1998
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig

Awards and Scholarship

2006
Working grant Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn e.V.

2004
Working grant Kulturstiftung Sachsen

Untitled (production) (2007), oil on mdf, 164 x 125 cm
Courtesy Casey Kaplan Gallery

Untitled (kiosk) (2007) 159 x 130 cm, oil on mdf
Courtesy Casey Kaplan Gallery

Solo Exhibitions

2009
Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig

2008
Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York

2007
Tourism and Painting, Kunstpreis der Sachsen LB
Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg *

2006
New Fabrics, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York

2004
hard edge soft focus, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig *

2003
Plasil, Galerie Liga, Berlin

2002
where the debris meets the sea, Galerie Liga, Berlin


Group Exhibitions (selection)

2008
Cell Project Space, London

2007
This Winter, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
Insubstantial, Pageant Faded Work on Themes of Decay, Time's Passage, Presence and Absence, and Mortality, Western Bridge, Seattle, Washington
Compilation III, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
Die Präsenzproduzenten, Columbus Art Foundation, Ravensburg, DE

2006
Artists from Leipzig, Arario Beijing, Beijing

2005
Criss-Cross, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, CR
The Party, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
2nd Prague Biennial of Contemporary Art
we reserve the right to refuse service, Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
Julia Schmidt / Oliver Kossack / Julius Popp / Rigo Schmidt, Union Gallery, London
Aspekte der Sammlung Olbrich, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen
Leipziger Malerei, ARARIO Gallery, Cheonan, KP *

2004
Portal 3, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Alles muss raus!, Kunstraum B/2, Leipzig

2003
Use Your Illusion, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow

2002
6 aus 11, Galerie Liga, Berlin

2000
Good Luck for You, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Tonight, The Modern Institute, Glasgow

* catalogue