Hans Scheib is a German sculptor and graphic artist, best known for his wood and bronze sculptures. Born in Potsdam in 1949, he grew up in Berlin. In 1976 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden.

Hans Scheib lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

His works are in prestigious public and private collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in Berlin; Albertinum, Dresden; Grassi Museum in Leipzig; The National Gallery in Berlin; Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim; and the Beijing National Art Museum. He is the winner of the 2nd Prize for Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin in 1995); 2015 Bautzen Award in the field of fine arts and the Egmont Schaefer in 2014 for his drawing.

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1949

was born in Potsdam, grew up in Berlin

practice as a typesetter; qualifications for higher education, military service

1971-76

studies sculpture at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden

since 1976

works as a freelance sculptor in Berlin / East Germany

since 1985

works as a freelance sculptor in Berlin / West Germany

1989

Little brown HYPERION for the Carlo-Schmid award

Carlo Schmid Foundation, Stuttgart

1994

Aspen Institute, “Art & Politics” conference in Aspen, Colorado

Participation

1995

Supporting Art Award, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

With Hela Rolfes, Christine Jackob-Marks and Reinhard Stangl, she won the first prize in the “Monument to the Murdered European Jews” competition (the model was not implemented).

from 2001

Member of the Free Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg

2004

Residence in Romana’s villa in Florence, Italy

Workshops in Kolchis, Tiblissi, Georgia

2005

Bautzen Award for Fine Arts

II International Biennale in Beijing / China – Participation

2006

The Table of Pirosmani – project in Tiblissi, Georgia and Yerevan, Armenia

2007

Visiting artist at Oberlin College, Oberlin / Ohio

2008

Listros – project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2010

Breakthrough – Project in the USA: in Nashville, Aspen, Washington, San Antonio and Chicago

4. International Biennial in Beijing / China

Istanbul Art Fair, Turkey

2014

Egmont-Schaefer-Award for drawing, Berlin

studio in Berlin Spandau

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