Christian Schoen

Christian Schoen (born 1970 in Marburg) is a German art historian and curator. He works on classical art (such as Albrecht Dürer or Auguste Rodin) and contemporary art phenomena. From 2000 to 2003 he co-curated the municipal gallery Lothringer13 in Munich. In 2005 he was appointed director of the Center for Icelandic Art, which he ran until 2010.[1] As Commissioner he was responsible for the Icelandic Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2007 and 2009.[2] 2006 to 2008 he was member of the advisory board and the acquisition committee of the Reykjavík Art Museum. He co-founded the art festival Sequences[3] in 2006. Since 2001 he is director of Osram Art Projects and assistant professor for transdisciplinary methods at the University St. Gallen (Switzerland).

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References

  1. ↑ "Denver Museum of Contemporary Art Names Associate Curator". ARTINFO. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Iceland Presents Curators for the 2009 Venice Biennale". Iceland Review. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Nur grüne Geysire schocken in Island". Der Spiegel. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Iceland Presents "The End" at the 2009 Venice Biennale". Iceland Review. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Chrono-Files, from time-based art to database". Neural. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

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