Vita
Werner A. Schöffel (*1962)
The works of art arise in a stringent conceptual manner often over multi-year periods. New realities that are non-documentary are recreated. On that account the work is not photography in a conventional sense but rather the use of photographic means that often lead to diverse forms of installations. Werner Schöffel often focuses on existential questions about volatile nature in contrast to human-made stuff. Time and personhood in today’s consumptive societies are main topics. Anyhow they do not attempt to explain anything or to be pleasingly but tend to disturb the observer.
Exhibitions (a selection):
2024 EA ·The Fence· Kunst am Bauzaun, Neu-Ulm
2023 GA ·Jetzt:Alle· BBK Annual Exhibition, Kunsthaus Hamburg
2022 EA ·Ein Gebäude in Eisenach· KUNST Pavillon, Eisenach
2020 GA ·Labyrinth· Galerie Morgenland, Hamburg
2017 EA ·Elimar & Mariel· Galerie Morgenland, Hamburg
2017 BUNKERHILL Galerie ·Ombra della sera·
2014 IE ·#08 vagari· Einstellungsraum, Hamburg
2014 GE ·Kunst in Osterwaal·
2013 IE ·#06 vagari· Kunsthaus einseins, Hamburg
2013 IE ·#05 vagari· organised by BBK, Hamburg
2013 GE ·Skulptur in Bissee·
2012 GE ·Möhnewandel im Bilde· Stockebrandsche Haus, Möhnesee-Körbecke
2012 GE REIHE SCHAUPLATZ – VON – Galerie Morgenland, Hamburg
2011 GE ·1-2-Dreierlei· Rathaus Reinbek (near Hamburg)
2010 GE ·Gewinn machen· BBK Annual Exhibition 2010, Kunsthaus Hamburg
2010 GE · Der Tod wird wach· Gallery 2Garage2Reloaded, Berlin
2010 GE ·dienacht· TUFA, Trier
2009 GE ·Kunstwerk Werkkunst XV· Schloss Reinbek
2008 IE ·Drei Orte, drei Themen· Phototriennale Hamburg
2003 IE ·ephemere· Hamburg
2003 GE ·Zivilisation· Neu-Ulmer Kunst- und Kulturtage
2001 GE ·Paradies· Neu-Ulmer Kunst- und Kulturtage
2000 GE ·Zeitläufe· Neu-Ulmer Kunst- und Kulturtage
1998 IE ·Pars pro toto· Lautertal
1996 IE /Schwelle/ Ulm
1993 IE ·atman· Berlin
1989 IE ·Unversöhnlich· Bamberg
1983 und 1984 IE ·plakatwände· Bamberg and Coburg
Publications (a selection):
Since 2020, unique books that document my own work currently produced: ·ainlif· ·in situ· ·Ombra della serra· ·vagari· ·AgfaBilly· in one volume: ·Apotropaion· and ·Doppelfaces·
2018 ·Über Dauer hinweg· The eBook of the work is available for download on the website Download
2017 ·Position, Dialog 2017· Berufsverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler Hamburg [Professional Association of Visual Artists]
2015 ·Park & Ride· Documentation of 2014 project at Einstellungsraum, Hamburg
2008 ·Über Dauer hinweg· dienacht #4, Trier
2003 ·Feuerheft· Catalogue of the exhibition Civilisation
2002 ·in venire· Publisher: Wißner Verlag Augsburg, Golden Pixel Award 2003 in Vienna
1993 ·in situ· Yearbook published by Institut für moderne Kunst, Nürnberg (Institute for Modern Art)
1993 ·gnonom· Erde-Zeichen-Erde – Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (International Society of Fine Arts), Bonn
1992 ·WIND· in cooperation with Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg (publisher of modern art)
Awards / Shortlists:
2016 Shortlisted at APhF:16 Athens Photofestival 2016 with ·vagari·
2007 Shortlist Prix_de_la_PhotographieParis with ·robKamera·
2003 Golden Pixel Award for the publication ·in venire·, Wien
·1994 – This is how we live in the country· Young people’s radio award, Bayerisches Radio, 1984
Media Response (a selection):
2024 ·Kunst am Bauzaun: In Steinheim gibt es faszinierende Fotografien unter freiem Himmel zu sehen· Neu-Ulmer Zeitung (Art on the construction fence: In Steinheim you can see open air fascinating photographs.)
2024 ·Kunst am Bauzaun: Werner A. Schöffels faszinierende Open-Air-Galerie in Steinheim· (Art on the construction fence: Werner A. Schöffel's fascinating open-air gallery in Steinheim) Nachrichten AG
2011 ·Seine Kunst war scheinbar nichts für feine Näschen· Bergedorfer Zeitung (His art was nothing for sensible noses)
2008 & 2009 ·Über Dauer hinweg· Radio feature on channels SR2, DLF and WDR3 broadcasted in the programmes KulturRadio, Corso and Mosaik, Saarbrücken and Cologne
2008 ·Künstlerische Pirschgänge in der Natur· Nürnberger Nachrichten, Nürnberg (Artistic deer-stalking in nature)
2003 ·Preis für Werner Schöffel· Fränkischer Tag, Bamberg (Prize for Werner Schöffel)
2002 ·Photography without camera· Augsburger Allgemeine, Augsburg
1998 ·Fossile aus dem Scanner· Schwäbische Zeitung, Ulm (Fossils out of the scanner)
1998 ·Hier wird das Ende des Mediums Fotografie beschworen· Neu-Ulmer Zeitung (Here the end of photography is conjured up)
1996 ·Holzköpfe und Naturmotive· Südwest Presse, Ulm (Bonehead and themes of nature)
1993 ·Wechselspiel von Bewegung und Erstarrung· Donaukurier, Ingolstadt (Interplay of movement and consolidation)
1990 ·7 bayerische Künstler· Bayerischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband, München (7 Bavarian artists)
1989 ·Vom Winde umweht· Fränkische Nacht, Bamberg (Faned by wind)
1988 ·Der Zufall als Hauptakteur· Wiener Zeitung, Wien (Coincidence as main actor)
1985 ·Spielraum für Phantasie· Fürther Nachrichten, Fürth (The range for fantasy)
1984 ·Plakatwände als Dokument des Alltags· Coburger Tagblatt, Coburg (Hoarding as everyday-document)
International Projects / Journeys
2016: Project draft ·fachadas·, Lisbon, Portugal
Companionship with Dr. Markus Dotterweich as artist on higher-level research projects:
- 2014: Landscape design in the Dixieland (Tennessee , USA http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213305415300023)
- 2012: Landscape design since Roman times in Segbachtal near Mayen, Osteifel, Germany
- 2011, 2010: co-operation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2007: ·vagari·, Fünen, Denmark
2006: ·vagari·, Venice, Italy
Werner A. Schöffel’s works are partly in private ownership.
He lives in Hamburg.