Curriculum Vitae
Claudia Shneider
Born: 1961 Johannesburg
Lives and work between Berlin and Johannesburg
Studies:
1977 – 1982 BA FA, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
1983 – 1990 Post-grad. Diploma, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
Teaching:
1998, 2001 Guest lecturer in Fine Arts, University of Stellenbosch
2003 Hope School, Johannesburg
Lere La Thuto Secondary School, Zastron, Xhariep District, Free State
2007 Guest professor at the University of the Arts, (UdK) Berlin
2007 Guest professor at the China Academy of the Arts, Hangzhou, China
2007, 2008 MÄErz, UdK Berlin
2008 Workshop tutti frutti Aba ve Ayathekla Symposium – Mersin, Turkey
Residencies:
2003 Artist residency at Bag Factory, Johannesburg
2010 Selected for the Flux Factory, New York City
Co-runs the Joburg Fringe art fair since 2009
Exhibitions:
2023 painted in munich, Gallery Rupert Walser, Munich
2023 painting forever, Gallery Rupert Walser, Munich
2022 em em see see, Courtyard Gallery, Aldeburgh, GB
2022 Big Small Works, Dawid Ras Gallery @ Studio 10, Cape Town
2021 Kuns vir ‘n Kameelperd, curated by Dawid Ras Gallery, Bloemfontein
2021 Triggerhappy – Dawid Ras Gallery, Johannesburg (solo)
2021- 2024 Postcards for Perec, travelling exhibition in England
2021 myfair two – online exhibition, Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich
2020 Howzit – Help Yourself, Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich (solo)
2020 Stay at Home / Mail Art!, Kunstmuseen Krefeld
2020 myfair one – online art fair and exhibition, Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich
2019 A Duet by Four Hands, Association of Visual Arts (AVA) Cape Town (solo)
2019 Tierisch, Petersburger Gallery, Cologne
2019 Winter Salon, Bag Factory, Johannesburg. (online catalogue)
2019 Joburg Fringe | Cape Town | 2019 – curated by Sarie Potter
2018 Kunstverein Meiningen, curated by Ulli Diezmann, Meiningen. (catalogue)
2018 AVA Gallery Members Exhibition, Association of Visual Arts, Cape Town
2017 Bonolo Kavula and Claudia Shneider – curated by Sarie Potter, Roving Bantu Gallery, Johannesburg (solo)
2017 FAKE – Petersburger Gallery, Cologne
2017 Taking a Stand – curated by Sarie Potter, Joburg Fringe, Johannesburg
2016 Cape Town Salon 2016/2017, AVA, Cape Town
2016 Throw – Kreuzberg Pavilion, Berlin
2016 Edison 36 – Spreehöfe artist studios, Berlin
2015-16 The Last Drop, Leonard Perlson Gallery, New York City, (solo). (catalogue)
2015 Don’t Misss, Halifax Gallery, JHB, (solo)
2015 Terabyte und Kilogramm – Berlin Weekly, Berlin (solo)
2015 Waterbound, Neue Galerie Dachau & Kallmann Museum Ismaning. (catalogue)
2014 Sugar Honey, Städtische Galerie Cordonhaus, Cham, (solo). (catalogue)
2014 Hängengeblieben, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
2014 Outside – In, Städtische Galerie, Deggendorf
2014 Macht Kunst/Make Art, curated by René Bloch, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin
2014 Vertraute Fremde, Städtische Galerie Böblingen. (catalogue)
2013 Gro0O, Kreuzberg Pavilion, Berlin
2011 Figures of Speech 1, Jozi : Art Lab, Johannesburg
2011 Figures of Speech 2, It’s all Chinese to me, After the Butcher, Berlin
both curated by Eva Seufert and Fouad Asfour.
2011 Horse, Multiple Views of a Singular Beast, curated by Ricky Burnett, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg. (catalogue)
2011 ¡ALPTRAUM! [Travelling Exhibition], Transformer, Washington D.C; Cell Project Space, London; Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin; The Company, Los Angeles; Blank Projects, Cape Town; Green Papaya Art Project & Telenobela, Manila
2011 Agter die Berge, co-curated with Christiane Grüß, 7hours Haus19, Berlin, sponsored by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin
2011 Hands up!, Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich (solo)
2010 Germania 1980 – 2010, Zellweger Arte Contemporanea, Lugano
2010 Draw links, Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg
2010 Showmaster, JAG, Johannesburg, curated by Khwezi Gule (solo). (catalogue)
2010 Private Viewing, D21 Art Assoc., Leipzig, co-curated with D21 team
2010 Three artistic languages, Right on the Rim Project Space, Johannesburg, with Walter Stach (Austria), Frieder Danielis (Germany, Austria, Italy)
2009 if I were me, Neue Galerie Dachau (solo)
2009 Living and dying in Africa, Right on the Rim, Arts on Main, Johannesburg, (solo)
2008 Esikhaleni – Spatial Practices, Afrika Culture Centre, Newtown, Johannesburg, curated with Sharlene Khan and Fouad Asfour
2008 Clanger, 7hours Haus19, Berlin (solo). (catalogue)
2007 show off, Gallery Rupert Walser, Munich (solo). (catalogue Boink)
2006 Painted in Munich: Bechinger, Hafif, Lachauer, Shneider, Prangenberg, Zeniuk, Zwerenz., Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich
2005 Bite, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg (solo)
2005 Talking in my tongue, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town (solo)
2004 pinky-blacky-browny-white, Gallery Rupert Walser (solo). (catalogue)
2004 Money Funnel, Art Association Recklinghausen (solo). (catalogue)
2004 Works on paper, Radius Verlag, Stuttgart (solo)
2004 www.gelb-orange.sommer, Galerie Inga Kondeyne, Berlin
2003 claudia shneider, Zellweger Arte Contemporanea, Lugano (solo)
2003 S.U.M., Bag Factory Residency Exhibition, Bag Factory Artists’ Studios, Johannesburg. Catalogue
2001 Foerderkoje / New Talents, Art Cologne (solo)
2000 On paper, Gallery Rupert Walser, Munich (solo)
Collections:
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
Johannesburg Art Gallery – JAG
Standard Bank Collection, Johannesburg
Kunstverein Recklinghausen
Dachauer Galerien und Museen
Artothek Köln
Sammlung/Collection Lauffs
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