Lena Schmidt

The images of dark, wet, empty nighttime urban streets are haunting, populated by power lines and the harsh light of an uncovered street lamp. However, the canvas that German artist Lena Schmidt uses are pieces of found wood, which she works on with marker and knifes to come up with her cityscapes"”all of that eerie light, the brick facades, the watery streets are created by drawing and scraping, all in tones of off-white and black. Schmidt calls her artworks urbanscapes"”they refer to places that generate themselves from nonplaces, she says, from the transit zones of the city, traffic interchanges, road systems, crossroads and deserted old industrial brick buildings.

Born 1981 in Bremen. Lena Schmidt lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. She studied Fine Art at the Hochschule für Bildenden Künste Hamburg from 2004 to 2011 with Prof. Matt Mullican (Sculpture) and Prof. Mari Jose Burki (Video Art).

2012

“Power Lines” solo show, k’ – Zentrum aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, D, catalog

“A year of paintings and other pursuits”, group show, Victory Gallery, Portland OR, USA

“Party find ich unheimlich interessant”, group show, Galerie Oel-Frueh, Hamburg, D

“Love is the Law Magazine – Press Launch”, group show, the COB Gallery, London, UK

“Knock On Wood”, group show, Schau Fenster, Berlin, D

“Love is the Law Magazine Pre Launch Show”, group show, Cafe 1001, London, UK

2011

“Urban Scapes”, solo show, Victory Gallery, Portland OR, USA

“New Small Works”, group show during Art Basel Miami Beach, Primary Project Space, Miami, USA

“Kunst bei InterSearch”, group show, InterSearch, Hamburg, D

“WRY – Wendenstraße goes Galerie Genscher”, group show, Galerie Genscher, Hamburg, D

“Lucid”, Exhibtion with Evan Robarts, Primary Project Space, Miami, USA

“Helping Hounds of Hell” Charity group show, Berlin Art Projects Gallery, Berlin and Hamburger Botschaft, Hamburg and Berlin, D, catalog

“Dirty Works @ 30works Volume 2″, group show at 30works Gallery, Cologne, D

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