Klaus Schroeder

Klaus Schröder is known for the superior mastery of balancing between painting and sculpture. His works range between freestanding wood sculptures, wood reliefs, combinations of wood and metal, as well as floor and wall sculptures or objects.

All works avoid any kind association, but explore the possibilities of pure sculpture.

Unlike many contemporary sculptors, Klaus Schröder uses the unspectacular, and explores the more classical sculptural method, through the varied interplay of leaving and working on the piece. The characteristics are the stronger signs of working and a ‘rough‘ surface. This is not planed and polished, but the wood keeps its largely natural character.

He calls his relief work ‘panel objects’, a composite term that refers equally to the old panel painting, and to modern art objects. While some of his work (some even as a triptych) can’t deny their relationship to ‘classical murals’, others stress their closeness to sculptural form-language and explore the sense of shape in this borderline area of surface and space.

In particular the reliefs work in this area. They live from the interplay of geometric shapes, constructions and free designs.

This is also true when he extends the panel object from ...

Exhibitions (Selection)

2018 - HKB-Gallery at the Maxipark, Hamm
2016 - Gallery FlowFineArt, Hitdorf
2015 - Dr. Carl Dörken Gallery, Herdecke
Kreishaus Ennepetal
2014 - Art Gallery l'unico, Krefeld
Gallery FlowFineArt, Hitdorf
2013 - Exhibition "small formats"
Gallery at the animal park Dortmund
Gallery FlowFineArt, Hitdorf
2012 - Gallery Epikur, Wuppertal
2011 - Siegerland-Museum "NRW-artist meets Rubens"
Art award Ennepe-Ruhr
Stadtwerke Witten / Kreishaus
Schwelm art auction Bangladesch
FEZ Forschungszentrum Witten
Gallery Epikur, Wuppertal
Gallery FlowFineArt, Hitdorf
2010 - "Sehenswert", Skulptur in Witten, Ruhr, capital of culture in Europe
2009 - Gallery Epikur, Wuppertal
Exhibition in favor of the German association of child protection
Lions Club / Forum Stadtwerke Witten
2008 - Art in the "Kluterthöhle", Ennepetal
FlowFineArt Gallery, Hitdorf
Gallery Epikur, Wuppertal
2006 - Hagenring Gallery, Hagen
Zeche Zollverein, Essen, KunstQuadrate
2004 - Art Frankfurt Gallery Epikur
2003 - Modular Lighting Germany, Köln
Bundes...