Vita
WH Scholz (1958, Dresden), painter, photographer and film director. Lives in Mexico City and Munich (studios are in Mexico City and Dresden)
Studied fine arts at the Abendakademie of the Academie of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK, 1982-85, F.Panndorf), Graphology (Leipzig, 1987-88, I.Rudolph), had a teaching position at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF, 1990-91, K.Schreyer), gave seminars at the Film University Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Mexico City (CCC, 2002).
He is founder (1994) and CEO of the Sic! Film Production GmbH, Munich. He worked from 1992 till 2008 as an tv editor and film director by Bavarian TV broadcast, ZDF, the MDR and for other european TV broadcasters like ORF and ARTE.
As an independent fine art artist he has realized until now mor the 50 exhibitions and performances of painting, photography and multimedia art.
In 2013 he was appointed at the Saxon Academy of Arts, Germany.
The Film Museum of the University UNAM and the Museum Chopo (both Mexico City) presented 2016 and 2017 a hughe retrospective of his works.
Ausstellungen
1991 "Neue Arbeiten" painting, drawing, objects Galerie Carl Baasel, Starnberg, Germany | 1994 "Balance", multimedia performance, Black Box, Gasteig, Munich | 2001 "Landscapes of Love", multimedia performance Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City; Theater Centro Cultural „Los Talleres“, Mexico City Theatre de la Danza, Mexico City Centro Fotográfico „Álvarez Bravo“, Oaxaca, Mexico | 2002 Fringe Festival for Independent Dance Toronto, Canada "Landscapes of Love", multimedia performance; National Theater Havanna, Kuba Theater Centro Cultural „Los Talleres“, Mexico City "Cicles", Multimediale Inszenierung, 2-channel projection; Theater Miguel Covarrubias (UNAM), Mexico City Theater de la Danza, Mexico City | 2003 "Cicles", multimedia performance, 2-channel projection Theater of the Instituto Peruano-Norteamericano, Lima, Peru; "Landscapes of Love", multimedia performance Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York City, USA | 2005 Museum Chopo, Mexico City "Entspannen Sie sich, Sie sind am Ziel", painting, drawing and room installation, Forum „Vitrales“ IMSS, Mexico City | 2008 "painting, drawing", Gallery „Seminario de Cultura Méxicana“, Mexico City | 2009 "painting, drawing", Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein (mit G.Lepke), Dresden "Cocoons", room installation, Museum del Arzobispado, Mexico City | 2010 painting, Gallery UAM Iztapalapa, Mexico City Gallery Estación Coyoacán of Modern Art, Mexico City; painting, drawing, photography and video installation; room installation and photography, Heilig-Geist-Kirche, Dresden | 2011 painting, Museum Ex-Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico Gallery José María Velasco, Mexico City "Faces - 2 Sites", photography and video installation | 2012 Museum Regional, Guadalajara, Mexico "Expulsion from Paradies", photography, room and video installation, painting,drawing, photography, Dreikönigskirche, Dresden | 2013 La Casona Municipal, Córdoba, Argentinien "Labyrinth Project" - drawing and photography; Teatro Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica "Labyrinth Project" photography and video installation; Teatro Bataclana, Córdoba, Argentina "Labyrinth Project" photography and video installation; Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina "Laberinto" drawing, photography and video installation; Gallery "Feuerwache", Dresden "Heads", painting, drawing, photography and video installation; Museum Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City "Melancholy - Part 1", multimedia stage piece, 3-channel projection; Theater Centro Cultural „Los Talleres“, Mexico City "The Inner Labyrinth", multimedia performance,2-channel projection | 2014 Goethe Institut Mexico City "Números/Numbers" - photography and video Installation; Galería Blanco, Buenos Aires, Argentina "El Laberinto Interno 1" -photography and video Installation; Festival Soliloquios Dialogos, Mexico City "Melancholy - Part 1", multimedia stage piece; Centro de Expresiones Contemporáneas, Rosario, Argentina "El Laberinto Interno 2", photography | 2015 Museum of Modern Art Querétaro, Mexico "Tracks of Bodies" (Huellas de Cuerpos), painting and drawing; "Parts / Partes" - photography, Gallery "Mal de Archivo", Rosario, Argentina | 2016 UNAM, Mexico City, photography "Time of Crows" film, Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City | 2017 LES Gallery The Clemente, New York City "The Intelligent Labyrinth" Orientation and De-Coding, photography
Ausstellungsbeteiligungen
1988 Filme, HfBK Academy of Fine Arts Dresden; drawing, Gallery A-B, Dresden | 1989 Installation, Film, BBK Galerie, Munich | 1990 "Ausgebürgert", Albertinum, Dresden | 1991 painting, "20 Münchner Künstler", Altes Rathaus Munich; drawing, Gallery Walter Bischoff, Stuttgart | 1992 drawing, ART FAIR, Gallery Walter Bischoff, Cologne; Film "Kohlenlothar", Int'l Dokumentarfilm Festival Munich | 1993 ART FAIR, Gallery Walter Bischoff, Los Angeles, USA; "Häutungen", Multimediale Inszenierung, Film, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart | 1995 Festival der A*Devantgarde, Neuen Theater, Munich; Film "Shaddow Seeker", Int'l Dokumentarfilm Festival Munich; Film "Schattensucher", Int'l Dokumentarfilm Festival Leipzig | 1999 Internationale Filmtage Hof, Deutschland | 2000 "Lost Wings" Kinospielfilm, Int'n Film Festival Mailand, Italien; "Lost Wings" Kinospielfilm, Int'n Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Tschechien; "Lost Wings" Kinospielfilm, Int'n Film Festival Houston, USA; "Verlorene Flügel" Kinospielfilm, Filmfestspiele Bieberach, Deutschland; "Lost Wings" Kinospielfilm, Int'n Film Festival Vancouver, Kanada; "Lost Wings" Kinospielfilm, San Marco Island Int'n Film Festival Florida, USA | 2001 "Lost Wings" film, Int'n Independent Film Festival New York, USA | 2005 "Ser Vivientes", multimedia performance, 2-channel projection; Theater Centro Cultural „Los Talleres“, Mexico City | 2006 painting, Gallery Oscar Roman, Mexiko City, Mexico; drawing, Gallery Metropolitana, Mexiko City | 2008 painting, Gallery Vértice, Guadalajara, Mexico; drawing, Museum of Art and History, Juarez City, Mexico | 2009 Film "Das Bild in mir", Dresdner Stadtmuseum; Film "Das Bild in mir", Angermuseum, Erfurt; "Ohne Uns", Films, Motorenhalle Dresden; Film "Das Bild in mir", Int'l Dokumentarfilm Festival Leipzig | 2010 Film "The Image Inside", Documentary Campus, Newseeland | 2011 painting and video installation, Dreikönigskirche "Kreuz-Projekt", Dresden; paintingi, Gallery Vértice, Guadalajara, Mexico; room installation, Gallery SHCP, Mexico City; Film "Body Building", Festival Usti nad Labem, Tschechien | 2012 painting, Galerie Vértice, Guadalajara, Mexico | 2013 "Selbstportraits", drawing, Gallery OBEN, Chemnitz, Germany; photography, JohannStadthalle, Dresden; photography, BBK Galerie, München; "Melancholy - Part 1", multimedia performance, 3-channel projection; Theater Centro Cultural „Los Talleres“, Mexico City; "The Inner Labyrinth", multimedia performance, 2-channel projection; Theater Universität Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico | 2014 painting, Museu dos Correo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; painting, Museu dos Correo, Brasilia, Brasil; painting, Gallery Sybille Nütt, Dresden; Dresden Contemporary Art | 2015 Photography, Museum Chopo, Mexico City; photography, BBK Galerie Maximilianstrasse, Munich; photography, Rathaus Dresden; "Time of Crows" film, Int'n Film Festival Milano, Italy | 2016 "Time of Crows" Kinospielfilm, Int'n Film Festival Houston, USA | 2017 “How Bodies Appear”, Film, Savvy Contemporary, Berlin “Face 05-08”, Video Installation, “Lange Nacht der Utopie”; Saxon Academie of Arts, Haus des Buches, Leipzig, Germany Drawing, Gallery Estación Coyoacán of Modern Art, Mexico City | 2017 drawing, Gallery Estación Coyoacán of Modern Art, Mexico City
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