biography

 Born in 1969 in Rheydt, Germany, Lives and works in Rheydt .

Gregor Schneider has exhibited internationally since his first exhibition in 1985, at the age of sixteen, at Galerie Kontrast, Mönchengladbach. In 2010, as part of the inauguration of the Treffpunkt Düren at the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany, the artist was presented with this award and created a new, expansive and site-specific installation, Marienstraße. In 2008, Gregor Schneider was awarded the prestigious Peill Prize by the Günther Peill Foundation, and in 2001 he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale for Totes Haus u r. 

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ESSEN (Suppe ausfloffen)
Life action, Odenkirchener Str. 202, Rheydt, Germany 2014, laser print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper, Supreme Laminated on foam board, 30.5 × 45 cm (sheet); 42 × 52 cm (frame), edition of 6 © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, private collection
KINDER MOBILE 2014
Rheydt 2014, metal, nylon lope, books, postcards, photos, tools, 135 × 200 × 200 cm, installation view at WAKO WORKS OF ART 2019 © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
KERZE
Rheydt 2014, wax, paint, 116.5 × 20 × 20 cm, edition of 3 © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
ENTKERNTES GEBURTSZIMMER
Odenkirchener Str. 202, Rheydt, Germany 2014, laser print on Premium Fine Art Matt, 42 × 52 cm (frame), edition of 6 © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
KIRSCHBAUM
Odenkirchener Str. 202, Rheydt, Germany 2014, laser print on Premium Fine Art Matt, 45 × 30.5 cm (sheet); 52 × 42 cm (frame), edition of 6 © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
Golden Lion 2001-2013
2001-2013, lead, granite, gold paint, mixed media, 32 x 16 x 24 cm, unique © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, private collection
Golden Lion 2001-2013 (Z1)
2001-2013, tin, granite, 34 × 23 × 30 cm © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, private collection
it's all Rheydt, Kolkata 2011
2011, single channel video, 11:36 min.(loop), edition of 6 © Gregor Schneider / Goethe Institut Max Mueller Bhavan / Germany and India 2011-2012 Infinite Opportunities / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
E N D
2008, digital print, 48.5 x 69 cm (image), 72.5 x 102.5 cm (frame)© Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
Bondi Beach, 21 Beach Cells
2007, 20x20x2.5m, each cell 4 x 4 x 2.5m, Kaldor Art Projects, Bondi Beach, Sydney © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
4538KM 2, Deurle
2006, digital print, 38.5 × 27 cm (image), set of 3 works, edition of 6 © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
400 meter black dead end No. 6
2006, digital print, 27 × 38.5 cm (image), set of 8 works, edition of 6 © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn
Cube Venice
2005, Digital print, 50 x 75 cm, edition of 6 © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, private collection
Cube Venice 2005 (helle Nacht)
2005, farbfoto ,26 x 32 cm(frame), edition of 6 +A/P © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, private collection
Toter Mann
2000, Performance at Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, German© Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2000
HOUSE UR (U24), Flur
U24, entrance hall, Venice, 1989-93, 2001, B&W print, set of 2 prints, 26 × 20 cm (each), edition of 6, © Gregor Schneider / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, private collection
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