Ana Schmidt
{{Short description|German architect and a painter}}
Ana Schmidt is a German architect and a painter, winner of the Threadneedle Prize in 2018. She focuses her work on urban landscapes.
Biography and career
Born in Bochum, Germany, Schmidt moved with her family to Asia and lived in Vietnam and Thailand.{{Cite web|last=D'Amico|first=Sofia|date=2020-08-21|title=A Foreign Land: the Urban Landscapes of Ana Schmidt|url=https://www.ny-artnews.com/single-post/2020/08/21/a-foreign-land-the-urban-landscapes-of-ana-schmidt|access-date=2020-11-01|website=ny-artnews|language=en}}
Years later, she moved to Spain to study at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, where she received a Master of Science in Architecture. Schmidt also received a ARC Living Master from the Art Renewal Center.{{Cite web|title=Ana Schmidt - 16 artworks|url=https://www.artrenewal.org/artists/ana-schmidt/7784|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Art Renewal Center|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-08|title=The Revival of Landscape Paintings With Artist and Architect Ana Schmidt|url=https://artiholics.com/2020/09/08/the-revival-of-landscape-paintings-with-artist-and-architect-ana-schmidt/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Artiholics|language=en-US}}
In 2018 she won the Columbia Threadneedle Prize, a major art prize for contemporary figurative art.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-26|title=Ana Schmidt: City of Shards|url=https://columbiathreadneedleprize.mallgalleries.org.uk/ana-schmidt-city-shards|access-date=2020-12-04|website=The Columbia Threadneedle Prize|language=en}}
She currently lives and works as an artist and urban planning architect in Bilbao, Spain.
Work
= Selected solo exhibitions =
- Mall Galleries, London, 2019{{Cite web|date=2018-10-29|title=Ana Schmidt: City of Shards|url=https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/ana-schmidt-city-shards|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Mall Galleries|language=en}}
- Cervantes Gallery, Oviedo, Spain, 2015
- L'Occhio Gallery of Art, Venice, Italy, 2013
- Torrene Aretoa Exhibition Space in Getxo, Spain, 2012{{Cite web|date=2012-07-02|title=La artista Ana Schmidt expone en Getxo (Vizcaya) su obra pictórica|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/noticia-artista-ana-schmidt-expone-getxo-vizcaya-obra-pictorica-20120702182358.html|access-date=2020-11-01|publisher=Europa Press}}
- Basque Architectural Association in Bilbao, Spain, 2010
= Selected catalogs =
- The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Figurative Art Today. Mall Galleries, Federation of British Artists - January 2018. Pages: 2–4, 10
- 13th International Art Renewal Center Salon, International Realism. Art Renewal Center - 2018. Pages: 183–189 and back cover - {{ISBN|9781851499175}}
- Leonardo, Guía de arte y artistas. Galería Arte Libre - 2016. Page: 33 - {{ISBN|9788460884040}}
- International Art Exhibition, NordArt, 06/06 - 04/10 2015. Kunstwerk Carlshütte - 2015. Pages: 148 - {{ISBN|9783981375183}}
- International 2014/2015 Art Renewal Center Salon. Art Renewal Center - 2015. Pages: 14–18, 153, 159
- Acrylicworks 2, Radical Breakthroughs. North Light Books - 2015. Pages: 32–33 - {{ISBN|97814403 34702}}
- NordArt 2012, 02.06 -30.09.2012. Kunstwerk Carlshütte - 2012. Pages: 121 - {{ISBN|9783981375145}}
= Media =
- Easel Words / Ana Schmidt, Nov/Dec. 2019 - Editor: The Jackdaw Magazine, London, UK
- Beauty amidst the ruins, Anise Stevens, Winter, 2016 - Editor: Acrylic Artist Magazine, US. Pages: 42–51{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Artists Network|date=2016-11-17|title=How to Master Color Techniques for Amazing Acrylic Paintings|url=https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-mediums/acrylic/master-color-techniques-amazing-acrylic-paintings/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Artists Network|language=en-US}}
Awards
- ARC Salon Award (landscape category), 2020{{Cite web|title=15th International ARC Salon: Landscape results|url=https://www.artrenewal.org/15thARCSalon/Category/Landscape|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Art Renewal Center|language=en}}
- Columbia Threadneedle Prize for her painting, Dead End, 2018{{Cite web|title=Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2018: painting of abandoned urban space wins £20,000 award|url=https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/columbia-threadneedle-prize-2018-painting-abandoned-urban-space-wins-20000-award/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=a-n The Artists Information Company|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=RSG|title=City of Shards / Ana Schmidt|url=https://spainculturescience.co.uk/event/city-of-shards-ana-schmidt/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=SPAIN arts & culture {{!}} Spanish arts and culture in the UK|language=en-GB}}
- ARC Salon Award (landscape category), 2018{{Cite web|title=13th International ARC Salon: Landscape results|url=https://www.artrenewal.org/13thARCSalon/Category/Landscape|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Art Renewal Center|language=en}}
- ARC Salon Award (landscape category), 2015{{Cite web|title=2014-2015 Salon: Landscape results|url=https://www.artrenewal.org/Salon2014/Category/Landscape|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Art Renewal Center|language=en}}
- AixeGetxo Award 2013{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ana Schmidt|url=https://www.nordart.de/downloads/kuenstler/2015/148_Ana_Schmidt.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407050826/http://www.nordart.de/downloads/kuenstler/2015/148_Ana_Schmidt.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-07 |access-date=|website=nordart.de}}
- Ora Prize Award 2012 - 2013
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