Andreas Schmidt is a

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based artist and gallerist.

Biography

Schmidt received a first class

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(Photography) degree from

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, w ...

, School of Art and Design in 1992, after having moved to England from Germany in 1989. Schmidt's early work consisted mainly of straight analogue photography with a later shift in his art practice from 2008 onward towards appropriation, performance, print-on-demand artist's books and video.

Work

In 2005 German fine art and photography book publisher

Hatje Cantz Hatje Cantz Verlag (English: Hatje Cantz Publishing) is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design. It was established in 1945 by Gerd Hatje New Topographics "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape" was a groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary landscape photography held at the George Eastman House's International Museum of Photography (Rochester, New York) from October 1975 to Febru ...

, the humor of New Color, the clever objectivity of newer German photo art." Described by

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as "the poet of the hotel corridor", Schmidt's second book, ''The City'' was published by Hatje Cantz in 2009 and presents dystopian interior and exterior photographs of London's financial district. Schmidt was a founding member of

ABC Artists' Books Cooperative ABC Artists’ Books Cooperative is an international network created by and for artists who make print-on-demand books. Founded in 2009 by German artist Joachim Schmid, the cooperative participates in book fairs and exhibitions predominantly in Euro ...

in early 2009 and left the group in 2014. His work was shown at the From Here On group show at Les Rencontres d'Arles, Arles in 2011,

Fotomuseum Antwerp Fotomuseum Antwerp, also known as FOMU, is a museum of photography in Antwerp, Belgium. History and programme The museum opened in 1986. The Fotomuseum in Antwerp has a historical and contemporary collection of photography that is given a new p ...

, Antwerp in 2012 and Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona in 2013 curated by

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Erik Kessels Erik Kessels (1966) is a Dutch artist, designer and curator with a particular interest in photography, and co-founder of KesselsKramer, an advertising agency in Amsterdam. Kessels and Johan Kramer established the "legendary and unorthodox" Kessels ...

and

Clément Chéroux Clément Chéroux (born 1970) is a French photography historian and curator. He is Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He has also held senior curatorial positions at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and at the ...

, showcasing art works by 36 artists (

Mishka Henner Mishka Henner (born 8 June 1976) is a Belgian artist living and working in Manchester, England. His work has featured in several surveys of contemporary artists working with photography in the internet age. He has been described by some as a mode ...

Penelope Umbrico Penelope Umbrico (born January 31, 1957) is an American artist best known for her work that appropriates images found using search engines and picture sharing websites. Education and career Umbrico was born in Philadelphia in 1957. She gradu ...

Doug Rickard Doug Rickard (26 May 1939 – 7 May 2002) was an Australian-born space engineer. He is known for his stories of engineering while at the Woomera Deep Space Station. He died in 2002 from myelofibrosis caused by contact with cobalt-60 while w ...

, Corinne Vionnet, Thomas Mailaender, Willem Popelier,

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, etc.) The exhibition, included a large panel triptych by Schmidt called "RGB". In 2011, Schmidt's artist book ''Four Seasons'' featured in Photo-Eye's books of the year 2011 list and Schmidt's artist book ''The Cost of Photobooks: A History Volume II'' was listed by

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as one of the 10 best photo books of 2011. On 14 November 2013 Schmidt launched ''GESAMTBUCHKUNSTWERKSKULPTUR'', a custom-made shelving unit containing 77 artist's books at Offprint Paris. His artist book ''The Time Machine'' was included in the group exhibition ''A History of Photography: Series and Sequences'' at the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

in London in 2015 which also featured work by

Nicholas Nixon Nicholas Nixon (born October 27, 1947) is an American photographer, known for his work in portraiture and documentary photography, and for using the 8×10 inch view camera. Biography Nixon was born in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. Influenced by ...

August Sander August Sander (17 November 1876 – 20 April 1964) was a German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book ''Face of our Time'' (German: ''Antlitz der Zeit'') was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important Ger ...

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and

Lewis Baltz Lewis "Duke" Baltz (September 12, 1945 – November 22, 2014) was an American visual artist, photographer, and educator. He was an important figure in the New Topographics movement of the late 1970s.

among others. Schmidt's work is held in a number of private and public collections including the

, London, UK, FRAC Centre, Orléans, France, Centre Des Livres Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France,

Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) is the largest and most comprehensive independent nonprofit book arts center in the United States. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, MCBA is a nationally recognized leader in the celebration and preservation of ...

, Minneapolis, USA. After having lived in London for 22 years, Schmidt moved to Berlin in 2014 and opened Galerie Andreas Schmidt specializing in photography and contemporary art in 2016.

Publications

*Camera Austria 45, Vienna, Austria, 1993 *Surface – Contemporary Photographic Survey
Booth-Clibborn Editions
United Kingdom, 1996 *Eyemazing ‘Built’, Issue 2, Spring 2004 *''Las Vegas'', (monograph),

Hatje Cantz Hatje Cantz Verlag (English: Hatje Cantz Publishing) is a German book publisher specialising in photography, art, architecture and design. It was established in 1945 by Gerd Hatje Ed Ruscha Edward Joseph Ruscha IV (, ''roo-SHAY''; born December 16, 1937) is an American artist associated with the pop art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography and film. He is also noted for creating severa ...

, MIT press, USA, 2013 *From Here On, PostPhotography in an Age of Internet and the Mobile Phone, RM/Arts Santa Monica, Spain, 2013 *Post-Photography: The Artist with a Camera, Laurence King, United Kingdom, 2014 *Ego-Update, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, Germany, 2016.

Exhibitions

*2017 Fotofestival Lodz 2017, Lodz, Poland ‘Books to Play with’ (Group) *2015 Ego Update, NRW Duesseldorf, Germany (Group) *2014

Brighton Photo Biennial Brighton Photo Biennial (BPB), now known as Photoworks Festival, is a month-long festival of photography in Brighton, England, produced by Photoworks. The festival began in 2003 and is often held in October. It plays host to curated exhibitions a ...

, Brighton (Group) *2013

, Directed: The Intersection of Bookart and Film, Minnesota, USA *2013 Centre Des Livres Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France images / images of images / no images (Group) *2013

Gagosian Gallery Gagosian is a contemporary art gallery owned and directed by Larry Gagosian. The gallery exhibits some of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. There are 16 gallery spaces: five in New York City; three in London; two in Par ...

, NYC, USA ‘Ed Ruscha Books & Co.’ (Group) *2012 Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK ‘The Animated Gif’ (Group) *2012

The Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian ...

, Ohio, USA ‘Photographers & Books’ (Group) *201
Les Rencontres d'Arles
France ‘From Here On’ (Group) *201

Germany, ‘Parallel Natur’- (Solo with Herbert Mehler) *2008

Goethe Institut The Goethe-Institut (, GI, en, Goethe Institute) is a non-profit German cultural association operational worldwide with 159 institutes, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and ...

,Official Website Goethe Institu
Atopia Exhibition
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References

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