Hans-Christian Schink
*1961
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Biography
From 1986 to 1989 Hans-Christian Schink (German, born 1961) studied photography at the Hochschule für Graphik und Buchkunst (HGB) (Academy of Fine Arts) in Leipzig. After earning his degree he went on to post-graduate studies in Joachim Jansong’s masterclass, which Schink completed in 1993. Hans-Christian Schink has circled the whole globe with his visual studies of socially manifested topographies.
He was artist in residence at the Villa Aurora, Los Angeles in 2002, an awardee at Goethe-Institut Kyoto, Japan in 2012, and a fellow at the German Academy at Villa Massimo in Rome in 2014. His work is featured in a wide range of internationally renowned collections for instance The Getty Center, Los Angeles, USA, Collection German Parliament, DZ Bank Art Collection and has been shown in important group exhibitions, lately at Hamburger Kunsthalle, Centre Pompidou Metz, France, Museo di Roma, Italy and in solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Erfurt in 2021 and at Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal in 2022.
Exhibitions
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HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHINK | Unter WasserMar 11 — Apr 22, 2022
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WILLI BAUMEISTER AND PHOTOGRAPHYSep 13, 2019 — Jan 31, 2020
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ASPECTS OF COLORA History of Color in Photography from Pictoralism to ContemporaryApr 30 — Jun 04, 2011
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HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHINK1 HFeb 02 — Apr 16, 2011
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Hans-Christian SchinkVietnamApr 28 — Jun 24, 2006
Newsletters
Press
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Mönch und mehr
Sep 06, 2018
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Berliner Zeitung: Die Geschichte der Farbfotografie
Apr 28, 2011
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Der Tagesspiegel: Spur der Sonne
Jun 20, 2009
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PROFIFOTO: Stephen Shore
Jun 01, 2006
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Der Tagesspiegel: Hans-Christian Schink
Apr 29, 2006
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zitty: Kein Paradies nirgends
Apr 27, 2006