
Twickenham, Greater London, United Kingdom
Born to an Anglo-Irish mother and a Sudeten-German father in Wiesbaden, Germany, Scholz grew up in a...
About the artist
Joined In 2023
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About the artist
Joined In 2023
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Born to an Anglo-Irish mother and a Sudeten-German father in Wiesbaden, Germany, Scholz grew up in a bilingual family home, dividing his time between Ireland and Germany. After his formative years, Scholz studied photography at the Technological University Dublin (TUD) under the tutelage of Dr. Anthony Haughey, developing a keen interest in visual narratives. Scholz then relocated to London, United Kingdom, undertaking postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he deepened his understanding of critical and contemporary art-making theories and practices under the mentorship of several Turner Prize–winning artists including Dr. Elizabeth Price, Grayson Perry, Mark Leckey, and Laure Prouvost.
Using both 19th-century and modern photographic techniques,
I aim to innovate in terms of sustainable photographic printing
practices and processes considering the emerging climate crisis,
and to push technical, creative as well as conceptual boundaries.
I create images in response to specific sites and my practice concerns the connections between humans, nature, and the wider environment.
I investigate processes of deep time in terms of geology; and immediate impulses caused by adverse weather and a warming climate...
2020 QTLS, Society for Education and Training, London, UK
2017 PGCE, UCL, Institute of Education, UK
2015 MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2009 BA (Hons) in Photography, TU Dublin, Dublin, IE
2022 Salon/22, Photofusion, London.
2022 Rotlicht Festival for Analogue Photography 2022, Vienna.
2022 RWA 169 Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol.
2022 HALFTONE, The Library Project, Dublin.
2022 Extraction: Loss and Restoration, King’s Lynn.
2022 Black Swan Arts Open 2022, Frome.
2022 PhotoIreland Festival 2022, Dublin.
2022 Bath Photo Festival, Bath.
2022 Rotterdam Photo Festival: The Human Blueprint, Rotterdam.
2022 Climanosco: Oceans on the Rise, Schaffhausen.
2021 Health and the Climate & Ecological Emergency, UCLH, London.
2021 Rotlicht, Festival for Analogue Photography, Hybrid 21, Vienna.
2021 Salon/21, Photofusion, London.
2020 Photo Fringe 2020: TAKE/MAKE, Brighton.
2020 Earth Photo 2020, Royal Geographical Society, London.
2020 190th Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin.
2019 Creekside Open 2019, London, selected by Sacha Craddock.
2019 189th Annual Exhibition, RHA Dublin.