Stephan Schelenz

In everyday life, we perceive our surroundings fleetingly – we register, categorize, and reduce to the essentials. This rapid perception allows us to function and make decisions. But in doing so, we often lose sight of what truly matters: textures, nuances, the extraordinary within the familiar.

My work begins precisely here. I am interested in what becomes visible when we interrupt this automatic response and begin to look more closely. In my photographic art, I discover new perspectives, unexpected structures, and surprising connections in the seemingly ordinary.

All works are created in a square format – a deliberately chosen frame that demands stillness and concentration. Within this frame, lines, surfaces, and forms are often taken from chance situations, yet their position is precisely composed. Through clearly defined image compositions, deliberate abstraction, and a sensitive interplay of color, form, and texture, the motifs coalesce into independent compositions in which color is not decorative but rather structural.

My images demand a different way of seeing: one that pauses and takes its time. Details can become landscapes, movement can become graphics, everyday things can become art. Every image opens a space for per...

Graphic Desiger, Photographer

2021 „Gehege“, Vitrine im Allianzhaus Mainz
12/21–2/22 Vitrine im Allianzhaus Mainz
3/22–6/22 „Freiflächen“, Vitrine im Allianzhaus Mainz
5/22 The Pier, Mainz
12/22–2/23 Vitrine im Allianzhaus Mainz
9/23 – 1/24 „paarbilder“ (Einzelausstellung), Vitrine Galerie Mainz
9/24 – 2/25 „paarbilder“ (Einzelausstellung), Wiesbadener Bücherbasar
9/24 - 11/24 ART EN VITRINE (Gruppenausstellung), Haus Burgund, Mainz
09/25–1/26 Allianzhaus Mainz