Veit Schmidleitner

Born in 1985 in Germany. Veit Schmidleitner had an education as a Varnisher and received his apprenticeship diploma in 2007. He studied graphic design in Marbella / Spain. Back in Germany he worked as a post producer for photography and got into working with metal through his Father and Mentor Günter De Rosa.

Schmidleitner started creating large-scale metal sculptures in 2011 and assisted other artists to complete their works. While working on commissions, Schmidleitner developed a way of merging laser cutting with his unique painting technique which enabled colours and shapes to form his own visual language which commonly depicts religious and social occurrences. He uses cryptographic elements to develop a story that is not being told, but rather needs to be called into question and interpreted. Colours are given a specific meaning and coupled with theme and presentation. With the gloss surface, viewers are exposed from different angles, to their own reflection and are thus an interaction of the form and color of the artwork.

1992 – 2004 Kurpfalz-Gymnasium Mannheim
2004 – 2005 airbrush artist
2005 – 2008 Ausbildung zum Fahrzeuglackierer
2008 – 2011 Studium / Visuelle Kommunikation Marbella Design Academy
2011 – 2013 Founder of the industrial art studio KWM
2014 – 20xx Founder of the art studio Quantum Oddity

2011 “Solar-System”, Mannheim, Wasserturm
2015 “Ex Libris” im Consulat de Lettonie / Saint Etienne
2016 “A little bit of history repeating”, Ludwigshafen
2016 Designbiennale in Saint-Etienne
2016 “Junge Künstler in der Villa”, Neustadt a.d. Weinstrasse
2017 London Contemporary Art Prize, Store Street Gallery, London
2017 "Coupure - Cutting Through Spaces" Ronewa Art Gallery, Berlin