List of products by brand Karolin Schwab
She is also a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
EDUCATION
2014-2016
University of Arts, Berlin
MA Fine Art, Distinction , master student of Prof. Ai Weiwei
2011-2013
University of East London
BA Fine Art - Distinction
2008- 2011
University of Greifswald, English and Fine Art
RESIDENCES & AWARDS
2023
CeU Loves Kunst Award 2023, The Club of Female European Entrepreneurs
Artist Residency at Maltfabrikken, Ebeltof
Neustart Kultur Grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
2022
Young Art Award for Fine Art in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2022
Neustart Kultur Grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
2020
Studio Grant from the City of Berlin
BBK Berlin Neustart Kultur Grant from Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
Grant from the City of Berlin (resigned)
2019
Malt AIR, Scholarship & Residency, Maltfabrikken, Denmark
Grizedale Residency Award, Grizedale Sculpture Forest in collaboration with the Royal Society of Sculptors, UK
2018
Gilbert Bayes Award, Royal Society of Sculptors
Finalist for the Nachwuchskunstpreis für Bildende Kunst in MV (=award for emerging artists in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Scholarship & Artist Residency, Virginia Creative Center for Arts, VA, USA
Scholarship & Artist Residency, Alps Art Academy, Safiental, Switzerland
2017
Scholarship & Artist Residency of CCGE, Qingdao, China
Scholarship, Artist in Residence at UEL Fine Art Space, London
2016- 2014
Atina Artist Residency, Italy
2014
Directional Forces Artist Residency, ARToll, Kleve, Germany
2011
London Photo Festival, The Crypt Gallery, Best in Show Award
PUBLICATIONS
2013
State of Art - Representational & Abstract Vol. 1, Barehill Publishing
2012
Canon EOS Magazine, January- March
PUBLIC SCULPTURE
2018
Cloud Catcher, for ART Safiental - Land Art Biennale , Switzerland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
MAKING ROOM, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, DK
KAROLIN SCHWAB & BEN ALLAN, Grizedale Sculpture Forest, UK
YOU SAY SQUARE- I SAY CIRCLE, with Melanie Balsam, Galerie Schmidt&Schütte, Cologne
YOUR HORIZON IS MY HORIZON, Solo Show, Galerie Burster, Berlin
BACK AND FORTH,..., Solo Show, University of East London Fine Art Space, London 2017: VENTURES, Open Walls Gallery, Berlin
HIER & JETZT, 2019 Catalogue, Plüschow Art Center
HINSEHEN.REINHÖREN. DIE KUNST IST IN DEN KIRCHEN., KERBER Verlag, ISBN
KUNST.ORT.KINO -eine Ausstellung des Erfurter Kunstvereins, Kunsthalle Erfurt,
978-3-7356-04934 ISBN-10: 1909825018
2016
YOUR SQUARE IS MY CIRCLE | YOUR CIRCLE IS MY SQUARE , with Melanie Balsam-Parasole, Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg
2012
SQUARE-SCAPE-SPACE, Solo Show, Polly Faber Kunstverein, Greifswald, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
HIER & JETZT, Schloss Plüschow
PARADISE IN SITU, Biennale Lindau
MATERIAL IM RAUM I, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg
2021
ORTUNG 12, Biennale der Stadt Schwabach
LEBENSSINN, Galerie erstererster, Berlin
ART FOR THE ELEMENTS, Bildhauersymposium Oberschöneweide, Berlin
DAS GRÜNE ZITAT: LICHT ODER SCHATTEN, Schloss Kaarz, MV
2020
Best of Open Call, König Galerie London, UK ( forthcoming)
Making Room, ARKEN - Museum of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK Catenations, Tiger Strikes Astroid, New York
2019
Gilbert Bayes Awards 2019 Grupshow, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, UK
Zwischen den Jahren, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin
Hier & Jetzt, Plüschow Art Institute, GER
National Sculpture Prize 2019, Broomhil Sculpture Park, Devon,UK
2018
SHAPE!, Galerie Burster, Berlin
WHO IS AFRAID OF BLACK, RED; GOLD?, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin
ART SAFIENTAL, LandAart Biennale, Tenna, Switzerland
MOVING SILENTLY, Essanay Silent Film Museum, CA, USA
HINSEHEN: REINHÖREN, St. Katharinen, Katharinenkirchhof 1, Hamburg ( group show together with works of Ai Weiwei, Joseph Beuys, Rebecca Horn, Chiharu Shiota and more)
DAS SCHÖNE ZIMMER, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin
2017
small things - good things, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin
ARTISTS IN DIALOGUE, Laoshan Museum of Art, Qingdao, China
KUNST.ORT.KINO -eine Ausstellung des Erfurter Kunstvereins, Kunsthalle Erfurt
HYDROHIL, Galerie Schmidt & Schütte, Cologne
2016
ON VIEW, Galerie Burster, Berlin
WHAT IS A REFUGEE?, Exhibition of Class Ai Weiwei, University of Arts, Berlin
2015
ZIG-ZAK, Galerie Jordan Seydoux, Berlin, curated by Gina Burdass
2014
ARTFETCH OFFLINE: New Art in Berlin, GSL Projects, Berlin, Germany
DIRECTIONAL FORCES BELGRADE, O3ONE Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
DIRECTIONAL FORCES 2014, Artist Residency, ARToll Kunstlabor , Kleve Germany
CHINESE OPEN, Q-Park Chinatown, London, curated by Vanya Balogh & Cedric Christie
2013
Big Deal no. 5, Q-Park Oxford Street, London, curated by Vanya Balogh & Cedric Christie
Float Art, Dixie Queen, London
Free Range, Truman Brewery, London
Horse Meat, Cock'n' Bull Gallery, London , curated by Alexis Harding
To Each Their Own, RichMix, London
2012
Seek&Hide, Studio Sienko Gallery, London, UK
Cabinet Exhibition, Islington Arts Factory, London, UK
Reverb, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, UK
2011
London Photo Festival, The Crypt, Borough London- winner “Best in Show”.
COLLECTIONS
Stockamp Tsai Collection
Museum Katharinenhof Kranenburg Laoshan Museum of Art, Qingdao several private collections
Using site-specific installation and sculpture, Karolin Schwab explores different ideas of how we perceive a landscape as well as the space and the relationship between the viewer and their ever-changing environment. Her works embrace the gentle processes and movement in everything, while also seeking to find a moment of stillness, that connects inner and outer landscape.
The minimalistic shapes and lines that she deliberately puts into a certain context form a kind of framework or bridge, thus creating a moment that allows for a connection between man and nature, between inner and outer landscape.
With regards to the reoccurring circles in a lot of my installations, one could also speak of lenses or magnifying glasses that make the viewer look far out in order to find a part of their inner self. Looking, noticing, sensing becomes the subject and so the subject becomes the person.
The relationship of humans to nature is an important expression of culture and in many ways synonymous with the relationship to the ‚sacred/universal’. This can be traced back to the beginning of mankind and still remains a very relevant topic especially in our digital age, where we have to ask questions about what it is that makes us human.
Whether she works outdoors or indoors, the artist aims to sensitise the viewer to what is happening around them in terms of light, wind, material, space, change of color or perspective, and that it is their story that completes the piece. The underlying narrative of the work is one that is talking about change, and it is changing with every new environment and every person that encounters it.
