Wolfgang H. Scholz
Wolfgang H. Scholz ( born October 5, 1958 in Dresden ) is a German painter, photographer and film director. He lives and works in Mexico City and Munich.
Life
Scholz grew up in an old family of artisans in Dresden. Beginning of the eighties he studied civil engineering and painting / graphics in Dresden. In addition, from 1987 to 1988 graphology from Ingeborg Rudolph in Leipzig. In 1989 he went to Munich, where he had from 1990 to 1991 a lecturer at the University of Television and Film ( HFF). He has worked for various television stations since 1992, including the Bavarian Radio, the Central German Radio, the Second German Television and ARTE. In 1994 he founded together with Meinhard Prill the production company Sic! Film GmbH and shot his first feature film " shade-seekers ", which describes his childhood in Dresden. His artistic work is conceptually tied in photography, multimedia installations and based on figurative painting. Unifying elements are movement, time and space, which inspired him to multimedia productions with dancers. 2001 Scholz went to Mexico City. He is married to the Mexican dancer, choreographer and director of the Centro Cultural " Los Talleres " Isabel Beteta De Cou in Mexico City.
Solo exhibitions (selection )
- 2013: Center of Contemporary Arts, Rosario, Argentina
- 2012: Regional Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 2011: Museum Ex - Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 2011: José María Velasco Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2010: UAM Iztapalapa Gallery, Mexico City
- 2010: Gallery of Modern Art Estación Coyoacán, Mexico City
- 2009: New Saxon Art Association ( with Gerda Lepke ), Dresden
- 2009: Museum del Arzobispado, Mexico City
- 2008: Gallery " Seminario de Cultura Méxicana ", Mexico City
- 2005: Museum del Chopo, Mexico City
- 1994: Black Box, Gasteig, Munich
- 1991: Gallery Carl Baasel, Starnberg
Multimedia presentations (selection)
2013 The Inner Labyrinth
- Ex - Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City
- Theatre Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
- Center of Contemporary Arts, Rosario, Argentina
2005 Ser viviente (liver - being)
- Museum del Chopo, Mexico City
- Theatre Centro Cultural " Los Talleres ', Mexico City
2002 Cicles
- Theater of the Instituto Peruano Norteamericano Lima, Peru
- Miguel Covarrubias Theatre ( UNAM), Mexico City
- Theatre de la Danza, Mexico City
2001 Landscapes of Love
- Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York City, USA
- Fringe Festival for Independent Dance Toronto, Canada
- National Theatre Havana, Cuba
- Centro Fotográfico " Álvarez Bravo ", Oaxaca, Mexico
- Theatre de la Danza, Mexico City
- Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City