Regine Schumann
Goslar 1961. Vive e lavora a Colonia.
Dal 1982 al 1989, Regine Schumann studiò all'Hochschule für Bildende Künste di Braunschweig, frequentando il corso del pittore Roland Dörfler. Nel 1986, fondò il gruppo Freiraum insieme a Frank Fuhrmann e Dieter Hinz, sodalizio che continuerà la sua attività fino al 1994. Oltre a diverse commissioni per opere pubbliche, Schumann ottenne numerose sovvenzioni, tra cui la borsa di studio della DAAD per una residenza in Italia nel 1990, e un finanziamento stanziato nel 2000 dallo Stato del Nordreno-Vestfalia per un soggiorno in Giappone. Nel 1996 ricevette il premio Saving Bank Art Award, e nel 2006 il Premio Leo Breuer.
La ricerca di Regine Schumann si incentra sugli effetti luminosi e sull’utilizzo di materiali fluorescenti – tra cui pannelli acrilici colorati o cavi luminosi – che vengono assemblati in complessi ambienti cromatici secondo la teoria dei colori di Goethe. L'artista si avvale inoltre della luce nera per completare lo spettro visibile dei colori. L'enfasi delle sue installazioni è determinata dall'estensione dell'architettura esistente in una dimensione di vibrazione che conferisce allo spazio una “temperatura ambientale”.
L’artista così descrive il proprio metodo di lavoro: "Il vetro acrilico colorato e fluorescente svolge un ruolo importante nel mio lavoro. Il materiale che utilizzo si illumina quando incontra una sorgente luminosa, sia naturale che artificiale. A seconda della loro posizione, i diversi pannelli di colore producono effetti di intensificazione, stratificazione, miscelazione e selezione".
Regine Schumann
Goslar 1961. Lives and works in Cologne.
From 1982 to 1989, Regine Schumann studied art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig. In 1989, she became a Masters student of Roland Dörfler. From 1986 to 1994, she was a member of the artist group Freiraum, consisting in Frank Fuhrmann, Dieter Hinz, and herself. In addition to numerous scholarships (including a DAAD-scholarship for Italy in 1990, and a grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for Japan in 2000), and commissions for public artworks, she received the Leo Breuer Prize in 2006.
In her research, Regine Schumann focuses on the effects of light caused by fluorescent materials. Some of the materials she uses are colored polylight-cords, and different colored acrylic panels, which she assembles into complex color spaces in accordance with Goethe’s theory of colors. The artist also uses blacklight to complement other colors. The emphasis of her room-specific installations is the extension of the existing architecture into a dimension of vibration and – as she calls it – the configuration of a room temperature: “The inclusion of sculptural principles as hanging, laying, arranging, conjointing, jacketing is characteristic of the work of Regine Schumann, and leads towards a thinking in colors and color spaces in a spatially experiential plasticity.”
Regine Schumann describes her method of operation thusly: “It’s the material of the colored and fluorescent acrylic glass that takes an important role in my work. The material used illuminates when light energy is supplied to it, whether in the form of natural daylight or artificial light. Differently colored plates depending on the location lead towards a candling, laying, blending, and selection of the light itself.”
Esposizioni personali / Personal exhibitions
2024
Bonn, Galerie Judith Andreae, jumps in time
Munich, Galerie Renate Bender, Who´s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? A Homage to Barnett Newman
Madrid, Rafael Pérez Hernando Gallery, Regine Schumann. Color me in mirrorview
Milan, Dep Art Gallery, IRIS
2023
Ceglie Messapica, Dep Art OUT, EVENING LIGHTS. Regine Schumann
Burgos, Santa Maria de Bujedo de Juarros, Innerlight
Tokyo, Taguchi Fine Art, Silent Change
Mieres, Pozu Santa Barbara, Innerlight
Hamburg, Galerie Watson, Regine Schumann - Space for Light
2022
Vancouver | Toronto, 5oz, Between 2 lights
Knokke-Heist, Axel Pairon Gallery, Magic
Tokyo, Isetan Art Gallery and Taguchi Fine Art, Immersion in fluorescent light Tokyo
Kyoto, Kojin Kyoto, Regine Schumann + Yoichi Ochiai + Nami Yokoyama
2021
Milan, Dep Art Gallery, Chromasophia
Friedberg, Galerie Hoffmann, Nada - fluorescent light phenomena
Miami, 5oz, Immersion in flouresecnt light Miami
Madrid, Rafael Perez Hernando, Push Borders
2020
Tokyo, Taguchi Fine Art, Light Joy!
Knokke-Heist, Axel Pairon Gallery, Regine Schumann
Munich, Renate Bender, Fluoridescent
Madrid, Rafael Pérez Hernando, Push borders
2019
Munich, Galerie Renate Bender, wie weiss ist wissen die weisen...
Bonn, Galerie Judith Andreae, feel color
2018
Lissone, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Premio Lissone 2018
Ladenburg, galerie linde hollinger, LEUCHT_KRAFT
Milan, Dep Art Gallery, Colormirror
Tokyo, Taguchi Fine Art, Regine Schumann, “HIKARI!”
München, Galerie Renate Bender, High Frequencies (mit Jus Juchtmans)
2017
Düsseldorf, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Reflection, mirror on the wall
Knokke, Axel Pairon Gallery, Glow!
2016
Bonn, Gallery Judith Andreae Who’s afraid of mirrors
Madrid, Galería de arte Rafael Pérez Hernando, Who’s afraid of glow
Houston, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Color rainbows
2015
Friedberg, Gallery &Edition Hoffmann, Licht und Bewegung
Paris, Gallery Nery Marino, Clair couleur
New York, De Buck Gallery, Look into it
2014
Cologne, Galerie Floss & Schultz, shining_im Schatten der Farben
Otterndorf, Museum für gegenstandsfreie Kunst, Moving picture
Berlin, Dr. julius, Untouchable
Munich, Galerie Renate Bender, Look into it
Bonn, Gallery Judith Andreae, Flashlight
2013
Düsseldorf, Gallery Bernd Lausberg, No sin ti
2012
Coesfeld, Kunstverein Münsterland e.V., Connect. back to back
Munich, Gallery Renat Bender, Im fluss – in flux (with Alberto Frei)
New York, DeBuck Gallery, Luminous
2011 – 2012
Heidenheim, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Jump
2011
Madrid, Galeria de arte Rafael Pérez Hernando, Touch me (with Alberto Frei)
Bielefeld, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Connect, back to back
Miami, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Lollipop
Houston, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Chameleon
Art Santa Fe, Dreamteam installation (with Alberto Frei)
2010
FADA Los Angeles, Galerie Lausberg, Regine Schumann. Dreamteam
Art Miami, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg and Galerie Renate Bender, Black box glowing
Düsseldorf, Galerie Lausberg, Step by Step
Waldenbuch, Museum Ritter, Black Box
2009
Hörstel, Kunsthaus Gravenhorst, Leuchtstücke
Munich, Galerie Renate Bender, Chameleon
Goes, Galerie van den Berge, Kameleon
Braunschweig, Allgemeiner Konsumverein, Leuchtstücke
2008
Maratea, MARartEA glow worms
Freiburg, Galerie Baumgarten, Mitten ins herz
Toronto, Lausberg contemporary, And then there was light
Guernsey, Markthalle, St. Peter Port, Glow worms installation
2007
Wiesbaden, Nassauische Sparkasse (Naspa), Leuchttunnel
Freiburg, Galerie Albert Baumgarten
Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Schloss Neuenbürg, Badisches, In Riesen Schritten
2006
Kunstmuseum Celle, (with Christian Herdeg)
Kunstinitiative Radevormwald, Das Leuchten, installation
Bonn, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Day and Night
Sylt, Galerie Scheel, Summerbreeze Landart Projekt
Bergisch Gladbach and Städtisches, Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Candela
Brussels, Ravenstein Gallery
Vlissingen, Kunstruimte, de willem3 zaal 1
2005
Eindhoven, Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst, Night owls
Sylt, Galerie Scheel
Freiburg, Galerie Albert Baumgarten
Aalst, Galerie In Situ
2003
Gent, S.M.A.K.
Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen
Düren, Leopold-Hoesch Museum
Aalst, Galerie In Situ (with Mo Becha)
Aalst, Culture Center De Werf, Lollipop
2002
Sylt, Galerie Scheel
Friedberg, Galerie Hoffmann, Regine Schumann. O!
2001
Oldenburg, Stadtmuseum Oldenburg, Tag und Nacht. Regine Schumann
Cologne, Japanisches Kulturinstitut
2000
Okinawa, Naha, Galerie Okinawa
Tokyo, Galerie CHIKA
Frankfurt, Marielies Hess-Stiftung e.V. im Hessischen Rundfunk
Cologne, artothek - Raum für junge Kunst
1999
Sint-Niklaas, De Vierkante Zaal
1998
Cologne, Galerie Ulrich Müller
1996
Aalst, Galerie In Situ
1994
Cologne, Galerie Ulrich Müller
1991 – 1992
Münster, Galerie Lüdke
Regine Schumann
IRIS
Regine SCHUMANN
2 febbraio – 29 maggio 2021
Chromasophia
Regine SCHUMANN
31 ottobre 2018 - 26 gennaio 2019
Colormirror