Walter Schembs

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Walter Schembs

Walter Schembs was born in Worms in 1956. Inspired by his training as a carpenter and furniture restorer, he began wood sculpting in 1985. His connection to nature and the will to be creative encouraged his path to being an artist. He is co-founder of the art triennial Blickachse Worms and received the art award of the city of Walldorf in 2005.

The human figure is at the center of his sculptural oeuvre. On the basis of the human body form, Walter Schembs creates typified and yet individual figures, whose faces he gives a character all their own.

Spontaneously, without making a preliminary drawing, the wood is worked by the artist. The roughly hewn surfaces of the sculptures convey a kind of primordiality and at the same time the artist’s passion for the material. Especially the wood of oak is used by Walter Schembs again and again, precisely because its special grain and structure gives the surfaces each time an unexpected and exciting expression.

Since 1998 Walter Schembs has also had bronzes cast in order to be able to place his sculptures outdoors. In doing so, he transfers the structure and grain of the wood into the bronze surface, thus achieving a fascinating haptic perception of the material surface. The viewer is inclined to touch the sculpture in order to be able to grasp the actual material.

Many of his works are in public spaces, including Finland, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg.

BIOGRAPHY

1956
born in Worms

seit 1985
first sculptures

ab 1990
freelance sculptor
Co-founder of the art triennial Blickachse Worms
Sculptor symposia in Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, Bavaria

2005
Art Award of the City of Walldorf near Heidelberg

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

SELECTION 2020s

2023
Gestalt und Figur- Holz und Bronze, Galerie Netuschil Darmstadt

2022
In Bloom, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt

2021
Figur & Natur, Gaslerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt

2020
„Menschenbilder“, Friedenskirche, Ludwigshafen

SELECTION 2010s

2019
Galerie Barbara von Stechow (With Tom Christopher)

2017
Galerie Barbara von Stechow
Alte Kommandantur, Kassel (Supporting program of Dokumenta)

2017
Art Karlsruhe
Galerie Strümpfe, Mannheim
St. Ludwig,  Speyer
Galerie K , Bad Kreuznach

2016
Artclub Mannheim
Große Ikarusfigur, Skulpturenweg Abenheim/Rheinhessen
Art Karlsruhe
Galerie Zulauf
Galerie Netuschil, Darmstadt

2015
Kunst und Kirche, Pilgerpfad Frankenthal

2014
Kunst am Bau, Landesbibliothek TU Darmstadt , – Großer Lesender-

2013
Galerie K , Bad Kreuznach Galerie Netuschil , Darmstadt Galerie von Stechow, Frankfurt
Kunstverein Mannheim / Galerientage, Galerie Zulauf
Auftragsarbeit, Cello-Akademie Kronberg /Ts. – Hommage à Pablo Casals –

2012
Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt
Landesgartenschau/ Bingen, 2004 Museum am Dom/Würzburg,

2010+2015
Kunstverein Speyer, 1994-2000 Galerie Fahlbusch/Mannheim

SELECTION 2000s

2009
Galerie Vömel / Düsseldorf

2008
Sammlung Plattner / Potsdam

2007
Kunstverein Zweibrücken

2005
Commerzbankzentrale Kirchberg / Luxembourg

2003
Museum am Dom, Würzburg
Schloß Waldthausen/Mainz, 1997 BW-Bank/ Stuttgart,2010 DWS-Bank/ Frankfurt

2001
Kunstverein Heidelberg

1994-2000
Galerie Fahlbusch/Mannheim

FAIRS

Art Cologne/Köln

Art Frankfurt

Art Fair/Köln

Kunst Zürich

Cologne fine Art/Köln

Art Karlsruhe

The soloprojekt Basel

WORKS IN MUSEUMS

2019

Museum der bildenden Künste / Leipzig, Reiter
Panoramamuseum / Frankenhausen, Reiter

2002

Museum am Dom / Würzburg, Paar