Regina Schween

Born in N. Gemany, I moved to Hamburg when I was three and spent my childhood there. Since my Art Studies at HAW Hamburg approximately 30 years ago, I have been working as an artist. I now live in a little village in the north of Germany called Oelixdorf.

I paint mainly portraits and figures in oil on canvas. Nothing interests me so much as a human face does and I use only best materials when painting.

My inspiration I take from Chaim Soutine, David Bomberg and Frank Auerbach, among others.

Generally, I make a sketch of my model before starting to paint. My interest lies in the appearance and psyche of my model. Dialogue between my model and myself are pivotal to my being able to capture the model from inside and out. Technically I use oil on canvas to convey what I see and feel in my model.

Currently, contrary to my portraits to date, I am searching for the anonymity and exchangeability in people. I see a change in society such that individuals, in the throes of individualisation, become more and more alike. It is no longer the individual that I depict but the exchangabilty of individuals.

I live and work in Oelixdorf, Germany

2000 – 2005
Intensive Drawing under Andreas Pfad

1992 – 1996
Studies of Sculpture at the FIU Hamburg under Karin Genoux

1988 – 1992
Art School at HAW Hamburg, specialist subject: painting

Upcoming

Group exhibition “Panoptikum” by Wolf Eismann in Kultur and Bürgerhaus Marne, Marne, Germany in 2021. The opening is on Sunday, 13th June 2021.

Permanent exhibition in my studio in Oelixdorf, Germany.

2020

Group exhibition “Augenstimmen 2020” by Bettina Winkler in Galerie 11, Itzehoe, Germany

2019

Group exhibition “Selfie” in Wenzel-Hablik-Museum, Itzehoe, Germany.

Group exhibition “Dörfer zeigen Kunst 2019” in Behlendorf near Ratzeburg, Germany

2018

Group exhibition “Ausklang 2018” in Galerie 11, Itzehoe, Germany

Solo exhibition in Galerie Maritim, Meldorf, Kunstgriff 2018

Participation in shortlist exhibition for 10th Meldorf Cultural Prize at Dithmarscher Landesmuseum, Meldorf, Germany

Solo exhibition “EASE & EASEL” at Galerie 11, Itzehoe, Germany under Anne-Gret Winkler

Participation in longlist digital exhibition for JOPP 2018, London, GB

2017

Group exhibition “DRUCK” at Wenzel-Hablik-Museum, Itzehoe, Germany

Group exhibition “Dörfer zeigen Kunst 2017” in Behlendorf near Ratzeburg, Germany

2016

Solo exhibition in Bürgerhaus Niendorf in Hamburg, Germany under Regina Dannenfeldt

Group exhibition at BBK in Kiel, Germany

2015

Exhibition at the Galerie Sarafand...