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BASTIENNE SCHMIDT

Studio 400, 4th Floor
180 Varick str..
New York N.Y.10014
Tel. 212 627 4262
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414 Butter Lane
P.O. Box 1018
Bridgehampton N.Y. 11932
Tel. 631 537 8859

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Brooklyn Museum, New York
International Center for Photography, New York
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington,D.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Norton Museum of Art,West Palm Beach
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Museet Fotografiska, Stockholm
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Glenn Horowitz Gallery, East Hampton
2008Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis
2006German House, New York University
2005Frankfurt,Fotoforum International,”Schattenheimat’
2004Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, “Schattenheimat”
2002Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, San Antonio. “Fremde Heimat”
Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton, New York.” American Dreams”
Houston Center for Photography, Houston. ”American Dreams”
2001Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York. “The Past Is Still Here “
2000Rote Buhl Center, Stuttgart. “Vivir la Muerte “
Guadelupe Cultural Center, San Antonio. “Vivir la Muerte”
1999Carmen Llewlyn Gallery, New Orleans. “Vivir la Muerte”
1998Galerie Mangisch, Zurich. “American Dreams”
Throckmorton Gallery, New York. “American Dreams”
Kulturverein, Rottenburg, “ Vivir la Muerte”
1997Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor, New York. “American Dreams”
Throckmorton Gallery, New York. “ Vivir la Muerte”, New Work
from “Death in America”
1996Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi. “Vivir La Muerte”
Houston Center for Photography, Houston. “Vivir la Muerte”
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland. “Vivir la Muerte”
Haaneburg, Leer. “Vivir la Muerte”
Throckmorton Gallery, New York. “Fragments of Death”
Chapel Art Center, Cologne. “Vivir la Muerte
1995International Center for Photography, New York. “Bogota Fragments”
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh. “Vivir la Muerte”
Opsis Foundation, New York. “Vivir la Muerte “
Galeria Planita, Rome. “Memory and Age”
Galleria Libertadores, Lima. “ Hunger, Art, Touch “
Galeria Kahlo Coronel, Mexico City. “Vivir la Muerte”

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderna, “Viva la Muerte”, Las Palmas, Spain
Silvester ,“Water”, Amagansette, New York
Kunsthalle ,”Viva la Muerte”, Wien
Fotofestival Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen :Reality Crossing
Wilhelm Hack Museum
Houston Center for Photography,Anniversary Exhibition
2006Leica Gallery, “ German Photography “,New York
Leica Gallery “Anniversary Exhibition “, New York
Houston Center for Photography, “ Made in America”, Houston
Galerie 5,6, “ Group Show “, Munich
2001Houston Center for Photography, Texas. “Anniversary Exhibition”
Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi. “Collection Highlights”
Fotoforum, Frankfurt, Germany. “ In the Face of Christ”
1999Kunsthaus, Phototriennale, Hamburg.
Houston Center for Photography, Houston. “Remembrance”
1998International Center for Photography,New York. Permanent Collection.
New York Academy of Science,New York. “ Angola”
Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon. “Waterproof”
Open Society Institute, New York. “Remembrance and Mourning”
New Island Views, Snug Harbor,New York.
New York State Biennial,Albany.
1997Noorderlichtfestival, Groningen. “The Garden of Eden “
Nikon Image House, Zurich. “Anderswo und Hier ”
Santa Barbara Arts Forum, Santa Barbara. “20/20”
Newhouse Gallery, New York. “Studio Arts Exhibition”
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson.“Collection Highlights”
1996Brooklyn Museum, New York. “ A Spiritual Journey”
Museum for Photography,Bradford. “The Dead”
Beam Gallery, Nijmegen. “The Dead”
Deichtorhallen,Hamburg, “The German Eye”
1995Cable Access Gallery, Dallas. “ Dias de los Muertos”
Throckmorton Gallery, New York. “A Bestiarium”
Julia Cameron House, Island of Wight. “ AFAP “
Landesdesgirokasse Stuttgart, Stuttgart. “ German Photo Prize “
Photokina, Cologne. “Vivir la Muerte”
Rencontres d’Arles, Arles. “German Photo prize “
Hamilton Gallery, London. “Compassion”
“World Press Photo”, Amsterdam.
1991The New Museum, New York. “ Interrupted Life “
Museum for Contemporary Hispanic Art. “ Current Directions”

AWARDS

2004German Photobook Prize for “ShadowHome”, Stuttgart
1996Irene C. Fromer Award, Snug Harbor, New York.
1996Death in America Project Grant from the Soros Foundation, New York.
Kodak Book Award for “Vivir la Muerte”, Stuttgart.
1993German Photoprize, Landesgirokasse Stuttgart.
1991 World Press Photo, Amsterdam.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Vicky Goldberg.”Light Matters: Writings on Photography”, Aperture,2005
Joana Lehan. “ShadowHome”,Photodistrict News, 2005
Dima, “Abschied von der Heimat: Bastiennes Schmidt’s Deutschlandbilder”,Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, 01.27.05
Freddy Langer,.” Distanzsuche :Deutschland in Schwarzweiss “, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 31st, 2005.p.R4
Presley Mc Call. “Born in the USA, Made in America”, Houston Intown,October 2002
Anjali Gupta. “ The Outsider : Bastienne Schmidt at UNAM. A German born photographer journeys home with different
Eyes “, San Antonio Current , September 5-11,2002
Heft 53. “Vivir La Muerte”,Lettre,2001
Madlyn Nancy. “ In Print: American Dreams. “ Photo District News. New York: Sept.1998, pp. 94-95.
“Du Magazine, The Newspaper, in a Word, the World, June 1999
“The Garden of Eden”,Noorderlicht Festival, 1997
Goldberg, Vicky. American Dreams. Zurich: Edition Stemmle, December 1997.
Coleman,A.D. “ Letter from New York.” Photo Metro. Issue 116. New York: December 1997, pp. 38-39.
Aletti, Vince. ”Open Book.” The Village Voice. New York: December 1997.
“Das deutsche Auge”, Schirmer Mosel, Munich,1996,,pp.98-99
Coleman A.D. “Vivir la Muerte.” New York Observer, New York: December 1996.
Sullivan, Edward. Transforming Sensibilities, The Photography of Bastienne Schmidt, Zurich: Edition Stemmle, June 1996.
“Fragments of Death.” The New York Times, New York: May 10th 1996
“Fotofest, Right Place.” The Wall Street Journal. New York: April,1996
“Photographic Ouverte, Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi.” Creative Camera. March, 1996, pp.13-14.
Creative Camera, London: October 1995, pp.12-15
Bogota Fragments, New York: International Center for Photography, 1995
“This Critical Mirror”, World Press Images, Amsterdam ,1995, p.88
The Dead,Bradford, England: Museum for Television, Photography and Broadcasting, October 1995, pp.61-62.
“Memento Mori.” Outtakes,1995.
“Au Nom de Dieu”, Themes, March 1995, pp.30-41.
Deutscher Photopreis 1993 , January 1994,pp.28-39.
“Death in Colombia.” The Village Voice, New York: September 1992.
“Emotion in Tranquility”, Camera and Darkroom. February 1992, pp.32-41.
“Faces of Death”, The New York Times. New York: September 1991,p.C18.
The Interrupted Life. New York: The New Museum of Contemporary Art
1991, p.184.
“Focus on out of Focus.” Darkroom Photography. May 1990, pp.42-51.

PUBLISHED MONOGRAPHS

Vivir la Muerte, Edition Stemmle, 1996

American Dreams, Edition Stemmle,1997

Schattenheimat, Jovis,2004