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RICHARD SCHUR
(German, b. 1971 in Munich, Germany, live and works in Munich and Berlin, Germany)
Richard Schur’s abstract paintings, large and small, employ a grid-based code of ever-mutating sequence of color.
Discovering newly surprising harmonies in the interplay of colors – from natural to artificial, from subtle to raw – in what
up close prove to be creamily painterly surfaces he creates serene visual spaces. For Schur, abstraction is “a place of
collective and personal memories, experiences and emotions”. He clearly shows his interest in the directness of
Expressionism, the clarity of Hard Edge and the precision of the Renaissance painters.
Schur graduated in 2000 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he was Assistant Professor from 2002 to
2008. His museum solo exhibitions include shows at the Kunstverein Ravensburg, Germany (2011, 2008); Alpine,
Graz, Austria (2010); and Städtische Artothek, Munich, Germany (2005). His works were featured in many group
shows, among others at the Kunstverein München, Germany (2013, 2012); CCA Andraxt, Mallorca, Spain (2011);
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2009); Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, and Duolun Museum
Shanghai, both in China (2005). Schur has been exhibiting with several galleries in Europe as well as, in the US, with
ART 3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
His works are held in many public and corporate collections, including: Guangdong Museum of Art, China; Centro
Cultural Andraxt, Mallorca, Spain; in Germany: Staatliche Grafische Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich;
Städtische Artothek, Munich; Ravensburg City Collection; Katholische Akademie, Berlin; Contemporary Art Collection
of the BMW Group, Munich; Allianz Versicherungs AG Collection, Munich; and HypoVereinsbank Collection,
Düsseldorf.
BIOGRAPHY
1971
Born in Munich, Germany
Lives and works in Munich and Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
2002-08 Assistant Professor of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
1993-00 Meisterschueler, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany
1992-94 Languages and Literature, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Flashes and Fiction, Galerie der Moderne Stefan Vogdt, München, Germany (with Susanne Thiemann)
Edge of Light, Galeria Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Bilder des Jahres, Kunstverein Ravensburg, Germany
Oceans, Carlos Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal
Grand Tour, ars agenda, Munich, Germany
Hard Candies, Galerie Ebbers, Kranenburg, Germany
Richard Schur - Hard Edge Paintings, Alpine, Graz, Austria
Islands, ars agenda, Munich, Germany
ARCO '09, Madrid, Spain: two-man-show at Galeria Manuel Ojeda (with Juan E. Correa)
Shadows, Galeria Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Echoes, Kunstverein Ravensburg, Germany
Galerie am Bergkerk, Deventer, The Netherlands
109 Ingraham Street, Suite 102
Brooklyn NY 11237 T 646 331 2368
www.art-3gallery.com
2007
2005
2000
Space Pool, Galerie Claus Semerak, Munich, Germany
Malerei, Galerie Ebbers, Kranenburg, Germany
Neueste Deutsche Abstraktion, Städtische Artothek, Munich, Germany (with Valentin Goderbauer)
Kunstverein Landshut, Germany (with Michael Hackel)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Bushwick Open Studios, ART 3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein München, Germany
Neue Münchner Malerei V, Galerie der Moderne, Stefan Vogdt, München, Germany
We are pleased to invite you, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein München, Germany
Line and Plane, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
We are pleased to invite you, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal
Small Business Galerie Ebbers, Kranenburg, Germany
Jahresausstellung, Stefan Vogdt – Galerie der Moderne, Munich, Germany
A Romance of Many Dimensions, Brooklyn Artist's Gym, New York, NY
La Colección del CCA, CCA Andraxt Kunsthalle, Mallorca, Spain
We are pleased to invite you, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal
How to paint!, Katholische Akademie, Munich, Germany
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Talente, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany
Save Japan Benefit Show, art-report showroom, Munich, Germany
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sugarbabies II, Galerie Ebbers, Kranenburg, Germany
100 Meisterwerke, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany
Transformal, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA
Revue, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Building Rooms, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal
Trans, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Venus & Mars, Weltraum, Munich, Germany
Sugar Babies, Galerie Ebbers, Kranenburg, Germany
Art Amsterdam '08, Galerie Ebbers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Weltraum - Jahresrückblick, Städtische Kunsthalle Lothringer 13, Munich, Germany
Forever Young, ars agenda, Munich, Germany
Merger, Rocket Gallery, London, UK
Versos, Galeria Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
OPENING, ars agenda, Munich, Germany
Art Amsterdam '08, Galerie Ebbers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mittelbau«, Verein für Originalradierung, Munich, Germany
TRANS: Abstraction, Weltraum, Munich, Germany
x-tra, Galerie Claus Semerak, Munich, Germany
Der Prof. Winkler Romantik-Award (ehem. Herr Winkelmann-Stipendium), Munich, Germany
Bayerischer Kunstfoerderpreis, Galerie der Kuenstler, Munich, Germany
Das Prof. Winkelmann Stipendium, Atelier Hackel/Seitz, Munich, Germany
The Suitcase Show, Bus Dori Project Space, Tokyo, Japan
Farbe bei sich, Galerie Claus Semerak, Munich, Germany
Universal Painting, Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou,China
Universal Painting, Duolun Museum Shanghai, China
Universal Painting, Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
Munich School?, Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg, Germany
109 Ingraham Street, Suite 102
Brooklyn NY 11237 T 646 331 2368
www.art-3gallery.com
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1998
Visual Issues, Staedtische Galerie Traunstein, Germany
Account, Galerie Ebbers, Kranenburg, Germany
Frische Farbe!, Gallery Bodenseekreis, Meersburg, Germany
Munich School?, Kunstverein Aichach, Germany
Und im Winde klirren die Fahnen, Gallery Ben Kaufmann, Munich, Germany
Young Munich Artists, Storms Gallery, Munich, Germany
Of Course, Galerie der Kuenstler, Munich, Germany
Bilder zu grauen Saison, Staedtische Artothek Munich, Germany
Ins, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Cusanuswerk, Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Muenster, Germany
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
Residency at the Centro Cultural Andraxt, Mallorca, Spain
Cite-Stipendium, Paris grant of the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts, Munich,
Germany
Grant of the Erwin und Gisela von Steiner Foundation, Munich, Germany
USA-Stipendium grant of the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts, Munich, Germany
Bayerischer Kunstfoerderpreis Award, Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts, Munich,
Germany
Kunst-am-Bau-Preis Award of the County of Erding, Atelierfoerderung Grant of the Bavarian State, Munich,
Germany
COLLECTIONS
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Staatliche Grafische Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen, Munich,
Germany
Guangdong Museum of Art, China
Centro Cultural Andraxt, Mallorca, Spain
Städtische Artothek, Munich, Germany
HypoVereinsbank Art Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ravensburg City Collection (Sammlung der Stadt Ravensburg), Germany
Katholische Akademie, Berlin, Germany
ALPINE, Graz, Austria
Allianz Versicherungs AG Collection, Munich, Germany
Contemporary Art Collection of the BMW Group, Munich, Germany
Banco BiG, Lisbon, Portugal
GRANIT Collection, Graz, Austria
REVIEWS
2009
2007
San Francisco Chronicle, ‘Trans’ painters at Meridian, by Kenneth Baker, Nov. 28, 2009
Art World (magazine, London, UK), Richard Schur, Painting need not be perfect. It’s like a person: often a
face is more beautiful if there are some marks, interview by Vici MacDonald, Oct/Nov 2007, pp. 4-9, illus.
LITERATURE
2011
2010
How to Paint, Munich, Germany, 2011
Hundert Meisterwerke, Galerie Royal, Munich, Germany, 2010, pp. 153 – 157
109 Ingraham Street, Suite 102
Brooklyn NY 11237 T 646 331 2368
www.art-3gallery.com
2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
2002
Trans, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
Richard Schur – Echoes, Ravensburg, Germany, 2008 (solo exhibition catalogue)
Richard Schur, Green Catalogue, Munich, Germany, 2008 (solo exhibition catalogue)
Richard Schur, White Catalogue, Munich, Germany, 2007 (solo exhibition catalogue)
Universal Painting, Canton, China, 2005
Munich School?, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 2005
Frische Farbe!, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2004
Spirit, Munich, Germany, 2004
Of Course, Galerie der Kuenstler, Munich, Germany, 2002
109 Ingraham Street, Suite 102
Brooklyn NY 11237 T 646 331 2368
www.art-3gallery.com