Installation, Sculpture | Object Art, Painting, Drawing | Graphic Art, Fiber Art

Petra Schoenewald

EXHIBITION VENUE: TUFA (11)

Petra Schoenewald – born 1962 in Kassel. Studies in graphic design at GHK Kassel as well as training as a theatre painter at Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. Studies in Fine Arts at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, graduating with distinction in 1993 and Meisterschülerin of Bogomir Ecker. Solo exhibitions: 2024: La tapisserie des maladies, Kunstbalkon, Kassel – 2013: Personenschaden, Wassermühle Trittau – 2010: Elisabeth, project space Schwarz Berlin – 2001: Aufbewahrungsorte für Hunde, Frauen und Wäsche, Westwerk Hamburg. Group exhibitions: 2014: Votive und Motive, Westwerk Hamburg – 2005: Trendwände, Kunstraum Düsseldorf – 2002: Familienausflug Basel, Kaskadenkondensator Basel – 2002: Haferflockenmaschine, Museum der Arbeit Hamburg. Awards and grants: 1994: Preis der Ditzestiftung Hamburg – 1995: DAAD scholarship Kraków – 2000: working grant Schleswig-Holstein – 2001: working grant Edvard Munch Verein Rostock – 2002: studio grant FHH.

Connection to Rhineland-Palatinate

“Since 2024, my chosen home has been the Palatinate. I live in Neustadt an der Weinstraße and love the forest and the Rhine plain, the people, and the way of life.”