Stefan Szczesny

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STEFAN SZCZESNY

Biography

1974

Wicke Gallery, Munich

Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich

1975

Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich

1976

Goethe-Institut, Paris

1979

7 Paintings, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Kunstforum München, Munich

1980

Perspectives ‘80, Art II, Basel

1981

Works on Paper 1977- 81, Gallery Friedrich and Knust, Munich

Gugu Ernesto Gallery, Cologne

1982

A Gallery, Amsterdam

Brusberg Gallery, Hanover

Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich

New Paintings, Gmyrek Gallery, Dusseldorf

Gallery Gugu Ernesto at the IKI, Dusseldorf

1983

Immagini Romane 1982/83, Villa Massimo, Rome

Roman Paintings 1982/83, Arte Viva, Ch. Wenger Gallery, Basel

Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

Gugu Ernesto Gallery, Cologne

Second part of the exhibition, Small Sizes, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

1984

Metamorphoses, Glyptothek and Staatliche Antikensammlung, Munich

Immagini Romane, Paintings Gouaches Sculptures, Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich

1985

Works from 1978 to 1985, Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

Bathers, Farbbad – Gallery and Hans Barlach Gallery, Hamburg

Paintings and Works on Paper, Kunstverein Pforzheim, Reuchlinhaus, Pforzheim

Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

1985

Wanda Reiff Gallery, Maastricht

1986

Paintings on Hand Made Paper, Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich

Works on Paper, Birgit Terbrüggen Gallery, Sinsheim/Heidelberg

Paintings and Works on Paper, Silvia Menzel Gallery, Berlin

Stilleben Still Life Nature Morte, Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

Stilleben Still Life Nature Morte, Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

Stilleben Still Life Nature Morte, Hans Barlach Gallery, Hamburg

1988

Portraits Faces Heads, Heinz Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

Paintings 1978-1987, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn

Paintings and Works on Paper 1983-1988, Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich

Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim

Ceramic Works, Hiltrud Jordan Gallery, Cologne

Paintings of a Summer, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

1989

Ceramic (with Elvira Bach and Clemens Kaletsch)

Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

Hans Barlach Gallery, Hamburg

Côtes d‘Àzur & Nudes, Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

Trabajos sobre papel, Instituto Aleman de Madrid, Madrid

1990

Kunstverein Augsburg, Augsburg

Paintings and Works on Paper 1969-1989, Kunstverein Mannheim, Mannheim

Stefan Szczesny, Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

Works on Paper, Elke Zink Gallery, Baden-Baden

Kunstverein Uelzen, Castle Holdenstedt

Works on Paper, Hilger Gallery, Vienna

Works on Paper, Heinz Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

Tropical Dreams, Ernst Hilger Gallery, Frankfurt

Works on Paper, Heinz Wenk Gallery, Dortmund

Stadttheater Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt

1991

Die befleckte Empfängnis, Stefan Szczesny and Harald Vogl,

Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

Versunkene Gärten, paintings und aquarelles, Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim

Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

Aquarelles, Acrylic Paintings und Graphics, Kley Gallery, Hamm

Nude, Birgit Terbrüggen Gallery, Heidelberg

Portraits (Idols, Myths and Models), Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg

Works on Paper, AGR Gallery, Goslar

Aquarells: St. Lucia – Barbados, Heinz Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

1992

Haute Couture, Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

L‘ànnunziazione della Pittura, Arte Contemporanea Hirmer, Greve in Chianti

Museo Comunale, Greve in Chianti

Dark House – gouaches, drawings und graphics for stage design, Lilli Bock Gallery, Hamburg

Work Selection 1978-1992, Heinz Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

Portraits (Portraits/Relationships/Meetings), Kunstverein Bremen at Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen

Paintings of Women, Hilger Gallery (at Klavierfabrik), Vienna

Nieuwe Schilderijen, Brinkmann Gallery, Amsterdam

1993

Tropical Interieurs, Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim

Caribbean Style, Neue Galerie Linz, Linz

Portraits, Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

1994

Caribbean Style, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main

Caribbean Style, Lok Gallery, New York

Portraits of Musicians, Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne

Rain Forest, Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

12 Paraphrasen zu Manets Frühstück im Freien, Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim

Portraits, Nikki Diana Marquardt Gallery, Paris

Caribbean Style, Fassbender Fine Art, Chicago

1995

Exhibition on the occasion of the Artists Book: Donald Kuspit, Stefan Szczesny, Holtmann Gallery, Cologne

Kabale und Liebe – ein Bilderzyklus, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich

Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main

Aquarells and Ceramic, Gallery Hartmann & Noé, Berlin

1996

Eva-Cycle, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main Eva dancing with the mirror, Fassbender Fine Art, Chicago

Opening Exhibition Kasten Gallery, Dresden

1997

Szczesny – Works 1975 – 1996, Haus am Lützowplatz (Night of Museums), Berlin

Photography on Paintings, Hartmann & Noé Gallery, Berlin

Travel Pictures, Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim

Fischerplatz Gallery, Ulm

Ceramic Vases and Hollow-Ware, Badisches Landesmuseum (Museum at the Majolika-Manufactury), Karlsruhe

Figurative Ceramics, Paintings and Vases, Gerhard-Marcks-House, Bremen

Paintings and Ceramics, Mönch Gallery, Bremen

Sculptures and Paintings, Molitor Gallery, Munich Grünwald

Paintings and Works on Paper of the Caribbean, Von Loeper Gallery, Hamburg

Works 1996 – 1997, Peters-Barenbrock Gallery, Berlin

1998

Paintings, Graphics, Ceramics, Kunstkabinett Regensburg, Regenburg

Theater Pictures, Theater Gallery, Trier

Kasten Gallery, Mannheim

Paintings of the Côte d‘Azur, Kunsthalle Emden, Stiftung Henri und Eske Nannen,

Emden

Pictures of the Caribbean, Aquarelles and Graphic, Kunstpunkt Gallery, Emden

Works on Paper, Galleria Daniele Luchetta, Venice

Photoworks, Fassbender Fine Arts, Chicago

La joie de vivre, Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Marbella

Fabien Fryns Gallery, Marbella

Picasso – Szczesny. Ceramic Works, Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Dusseldorf

Szczesny, Frankfurter Hypothekenbank Centralboden AG, Bremen

Scenes of Mustique, Cotton House, Mustique, West Indies

1999

Painting on Photography, Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Dusseldorf

Paintings and Ceramic Hollow-Ware, Kokerbeeck Gallery, Bielefeld

Côte d‘Azur, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen, Passau

Szczesny – Glas and Ceramic, Castle Ziegelberg

Keramikmuseum Mettlach, Mettlach

Paintings of the Côte d‘Azur, Villa Borgnis – Kurhaus at the Park, Königstein/Taunus

Painting meets Photography, Fondazione Levi, Venice

Graphics, Bronze, Ceramic, Glas, Kunsthaus Köln, Cologne

Paintings of the Côte d‘Azur, Espace Bonnard, Le Cannet/Cannes

Painting meets Photography, Beck & Eggeling Gallery, L’Ambassade, Saint-Tropez

Mustique, Thamm Gallery, Küsnacht/Zurich

Summerpaintings and Ceramics, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main

Art and Architecture, Architekturgalerie München, Munich

Works on Paper, Canvas and Ceramic, Duo Bilder & Rahmen, Bonn

Mustique Diary, Cotton House, Mustique, St.Vincent, the Grenadines

2000

anders Gallery at stilwerk, Dusseldorf

Trost Gallery, Lippstadt

Leupi‘s Art Place, Zofingen/Ascona

World Map of Life, 12 large-sized (3 x 8 m) Ceramic murals by order of WWF for EXPO 2000, Hanover

The Living Planet, Kasten Gallery, Mannheim

The Living Planet, Sketches und Graphics for the Expo 2000-Project World Map of Life, Anne Moerchen Gallery, Hamburg

Szczesny – presented by Holger Stewen (Interior Design), Santanyi, Mallorca

The Living Planet Project, Kunsthaus Köln, Cologne

The Living Planet Project, Kasten Gallery, Mannheim

The Living Planet Project, art gallery und CSC PLOENZKE, Wiesbaden

Mediterranean Stillife, Fischerplatzgalerie, Ulm

The Kempinski Art Project, Kempinski Resort Hotel Estepona, Marbella

Fabien Fryns Gallery, Marbella

The Living Planet, Kunsthalle Koblenz, Koblenz

Szczesny, Plak-ART Gallery/ Witzel Gallery, Frankfurt am Main

Desire, Terminus Gallery, Munich

2001

Painting meets Photography, Museum Villa Dessauer, Bamberg

Fabien Fryns Gallery, Marbella

Moments of Sensuality, Vetter Gallery, Düren

Paintings, Aquarelles, Ceramics et Lithographs, Guy Beddington Gallery, Bargemon

Paintings and Ceramics of the Cote d‘Àzur, Mönch Gallery, Bremen

Luxe, calme et volupté … ou la joie de vivre, Musée La Malmaison, Cannes

2002

artrium, Geneva

Painting meets Photography – New Painting on Photography, Kasten Gallery, Mannheim

Una fiesta para los ojos, Galería Casa de la Provincia, Sevilla, (Parallel Painting meets Photography im IMAX/Cinecitta), Voigt Gallery, Nuremberg

Kohle für Kohle, Haus Hartmann, Grevenbroich

Exhibition of Ceramics on roof terrace of Hotel Noga Hilton Cannes for the premiere of Szczesny – the Film, Guy Beddington Gallery, Cannes

Contraste, Galerie du Château Suffren, Saint-Tropez

Fischer Fine Art Gallery, Mougins

Presentation of Szczesny – Mustique, Collectors Edition and Limited Edition at Christies, London und Terminus Gallery, Munich

Ludorff Gallery, Dusseldorf

2003

Rendez-vous au Paradis, Terminus Gallery, Munich

Mustique, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main

Works of Mustique, Brigitte Wagner Gallery, Bonn

Ein Fest für die Augen, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm

Power your life, Mustique, Heidelberger Druckzentrum, Heidelberg

Méditerranée, Thamm Gallery, Zurich

Méditerranée – L‘Esthétique du Sud, Salle Jean Despas, Saint-Tropez

Caribbean Style, Schubert Gallery, Neuß

2004

Mustique, Aquarelles and Paintings on Photography, Guy Beddington Gallery, Bargemon

Mediterráneo – La Estética del Sur, Ses Voltes–Centre d’Exposicions,

Palma de Mallorca

Paintings, Ceramics and Works on Paper, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main

2005

Images érotiques, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim

Kasten Gallery, Mannheim

Images érotiques, Terminus Gallery, Munich

Photowork, Camerawork, Berlin

Graphics, Ehrhardt & Goebel lawyers, Andreas Lück, Agency, Therapy- & Prevention Centre Munich South, Munich

Saint-Tropez Recontre Mustique, l‘Ambassade, Saint-Tropez

Painting on Photo, Contempory Fine Art, Saint-Tropez

2006

Ludorff Gallery, Dusseldorf

Club 55, Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Saint-Tropez

Anne Moerchen Gallery, Hamburg

The Complete Graphics, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Art and Architecture, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Im Licht des Südens, NZB Bank Neue Züricher Bank Schweiz , Zurich

shadow sculptures, Saint-Tropez

2007

Ceramic, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Mainau Island – an earthly paradise, Insel Mainau

Painting on Photography, Villa Aurelien, Frejus

Mainau Island, an earthly Paradise, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Premiere des Films, Kino Arsenal 1, Berlin

An earthly Paradise, Heidelberg Erleben (Raum für Kunst und Kultur), Heidelberg

Le Jardin d’Eden, Les Jardins du Grand Hotel, Cannes

Joie de Vivre, Fine & Contemporary, Andreas Lück, Munich

Shadow Sculptures, City of Cannes, Cannes

Springmann Gallery, Freiburg

Museum Freiburg, Freiburg

In the Light of the South, Paintings and Sculptures from Saint-Tropez), Mönch Gallery, Bremen

2008

Sculptures Récentes en Céramique, (with Jean – Gabriel Domergue), Cannes

Shadow Sculptures, Airport Stuttgart: Trip to Sensuality, Stuttgart

Paintings and Graphics, Juraschek Gallery, Winsen/Luhe

Castle, Winsen/Luhe,

The Graphic Work, Paper, Canvas, Metal, 1991-2008, Fleurs, Fruits, Femmes, anders Gallery, Gallery Ludorff,

Fils-Schumacher, Graphic, Stilwerk, Düsseldorf

Sculptures d‘Ombre á Grimaud, Grimaud

Paintings from the Sternberg-Lounge, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Painting 1978-1990, Shadow Sculptures 2007, Noah Gallery, Augsburg

Schaltwerk, Rottach-Egern

Shadow Sculptures, Rottach-Egern

Hyna Gallery, Rottach-Egern

Hotel Egerner Höfe, Rottach-Egern

New Paintings from Saint-Tropez, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Night Schadows, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Shadow sculptures, Sternberg Lounge, Düsseldorf

2009

Caribbean Style, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Portraits, Szczesny Factory, Berlin

Garden show, Rechberghausen

Shadow sculptures during the Art Basel Miami in the park of the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables

Charity Shadows on the Biltmore, Wolfgang Roth & Partners Fineart

Painting meets photography, Gallery Kasten, Mannheim

New Works, Galerie Espace des Lices, Saint-Tropez

The »Saint-Tropez« book, first presentation at the Club 55, Ramatuelle

Portrais in Paintings and Drawings, Szczesny Factory & Publishing GmbH, Berlin

The Szczesny Factory on the art fair Berliner Liste, Berlin

2010

La joie de vivre, Beddington Fine Art Gallery, Bargemon

Caribbean Dreams, KunstRaum Bernusstraße, Frankfurt

Szczesny Dairy – St. Tropez – New York – Mustique, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York

A summer in Saint-Tropez, Mediengruppe Pressedruck, Augsburg

Saint-Tropez in Berlin, Bocca di Bacco, Berlin

La joie de vivre, Klostergut Besseslich, Kunsthalle Koblenz, Koblenz

“Vis-à-vis”, KunstRaum Bernusstrasse, Frankfurt am Main

New works, Galerie Espace des Lices, Saint-Tropez

Shadows on the Biltmore Benefit Cocktail Reception, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Miami

Special Sales Exhibition, Szczesny Factory & Publishing GmbH, Berlin

Méditerrannée, Galerie Espace des Lices, Saint-Tropez

Or et bleu, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2010, Galerie Espace des Lices, Saint-Tropez

Szczesny’s world, Peter’s friends Gallery, Palais-Royal, Paris

2011

Golden sculptures, Plaza Athénée, Paris

Shadows on the snow, Kulmpark, St. Moritz

Shadows on the sand, Sylt, Sylt Art Festival

Shadows on the water, Saint-Tropez

2012

Schatten im Park, Schloss Bensberg/Schloss Lerbach

Szczesny at the Adlon, Hotel Adlon, Berlin

Szczesny in Frankfurt, with main exhibition “Kunstgarten Palmengarten” at the Palmengarten, Frankfurt

Szczesny: Neue Wilden works from the 80s, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel

2013

“Golden paintings and sculptures”, Novotel Monte Carlo

“Paintings and sculptures”, Kempinski Hotel Bahía Estepona

“Blühende Welten”, Sigmaringen Castle, Sigmaringen

Opening of Szczesny Sculpture Park, Sapporobogen, Munich, with exhibition

“Saint-Tropez meets Miami”, Addison House, Aventura, FL

2014

“Saint-Tropez meets Miami”, CU1 Gallery, Miami

“Lithographs”, Kempinski Hotel Bahía Estepona

“Paintings on photography” (permanent exhibition), Schmelzwerk, Sarotti Höfe, Berlin

“Métamorphoses méditerranéennes”, Palais des Papes, Avignon

“Paintings and ceramics”, Galerie Sassi Milici, Vallauris

2015

Szczesny at the Jigsaw flagship store, London

Galerie Kronsbein, Munich

Galerie Noah, Augsburg

Exhibition of sculptures, Domaine de la Croix, La Croix Valmer

Galerie Schimming, Hamburg

2016

“Welcome to Saint-Tropez”, redbox gallery, Zurich

Glatzel/Szczesny “New York & Saint-Tropez meet Berlin” at Sankthorst Department Berlin

Sculpture exhibition at Golf Club Saint-Tropez, Gassin

Kellermann Gallery, Dusseldorf

2017

Szczesny Besuch im Paradies, Viernheim

Ausstellung in Schmelzwerk, Berlin

Sculpture retrospective “Szczesny Sculptures 2005-2017” at the Citadelle of Saint-Tropez

Stefan Szczesny, Florian Kappe Fine Arts, Porto Cervo, Italien

“Tour de l’Art”, Steigenberger Parkhotel & Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf

“Un monde la lumière” Gerald Hartinger Fine Arts, Wien

Althoff Grand Hotel Schloss Bensberg, Bergisch-Gladbach, Köln

Szczesny´s  “Reflexion” at the Kunskontor Gallery in Wiesbaden Germany

2018

Art Karlsruhe with the Galerie Reitz, Karlsruhe

New works at the Schmelzwerk Restaurant in Berlin

Stefan Szczesny ” Die andere Eva” at the Galerie Reitz, Cologne

Ceramics Week-end at the Villa Belrose Althoff Hotel in Gassin

Persterer Fine Arts, Zürich

“Feedback”, Heitsch Gallery Munich

2019

Art Karlsruhe with the Galerie Reitz, Karlsruhe

“Stefan Szczesny – Carribean Mood”, March 15th – April 20th 2019, Galerie Asie, Saint-Barthélémy

“Nouvelles Peintures”, Galerie Espace des Lices, Saint-Tropez

“Szczesny – Céramiques”, May 4th-14th 2019, Lavoir Vasserot, Saint-Tropez

Exhibition with the Gallery Persterer Contemporary Fine Art, Zürich, May 2019

“Szczesny-Les Baigneuses, July 2019, Galerie Espace des Lices, Saint-Tropez

“Szczesny-Malerei & Skulpturen”, July 15th-October 24th 2019, Sino German Hi-Tech Park, Heidelberg

“Szczesny-Aquarelles”, September 2019-April 2020, Galerie Espace des Lices, Saint-Tropez

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, September 28th-October 6th 2019, Village des Voiles, Saint-Tropez

“Szczesny-The Dance”, Context Art Miami, December 3rd-8th 2019, Miami

“Szczesny-Les Baux-de-Provence”, June 1st 2019 – February 28th 2020, Cité des Baux-de-Provence

2020

Stefan Szczesny, « Caribbean Mood II », January 16th-February 6th 2020, Galerie Asie, Saint-Barthélémy

Stefan Szczesny, « Selected prints », from February 13th 2020, Anse Chastanet Gallery, Santa Lucia

« Szczesny : Surfin’ Saint-Tropez », 2-8 July & 13-19 August 2020, Lavoir Vasserot, Saint-Tropez, France

“Stefan Szczesny – Neue Bilder/Recent Paintings”, October 23rd 2020-January 17th 2021, Geuer & Geuer Art Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

2021

« Szczesny : Sculptures monumentales au Parc du Château de la Moutte », Saint-Tropez, Fonds de dotation Szczesny Art Foundation, 1. August – 17. October 2021

“Stefan Szczesny – Gemälde. Aquarelle. Skulpturen”, 20. August 2021-   , Geuer & Geuer Art Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

« Stefan Szczesny : Sailing #Art4GlobalGoals », Monheim, 22. August 2021

« Stefan Szczesny : Global Goals Project », Ludwig Museum Koblenz, 25. September – 28. November 2021

« Szczesny : Sailing #Art4GlobalGoals Project », Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, Saint-Tropez, 25. September – 9. October 2021 (with Geuer & Geuer Art Gallery)

« Szczesny : Peintures et sculptures sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez », Salle Jean Despas, Saint-Tropez, 1. -17. October 2021

2022

« Szczesny : Peintures et sculptures », Guy Pieters Gallery, Albertplein, Knokke, 2.-18. April 2022

« Szczesny – Sailing Art#4GlobalGoals”, Paris, UNESCO, 8.-9. & 10. June 

“Szczesny Art Project – Grimaud”, Grimaud, 27. May – 15. October 2022

 “Szczesny – Kitz Art Project », Kitzbühel, 17. December 2022 – 31. April 2023

2023

“Szczesny : Céramiques & Oeuvre graphique », Lavoir Vasserot, Saint-Tropez, 4 – 10. May 2023

« Stefan Szczesny – Painting Paradise », Kunsthaus Artes, Berlin, Germany, 01. July – 2. September 2023

« Szczesny Sail #Art4GlobalGoals », Geneva, Switzerland, 9 – 12. June 2023



Since 1974 : Numerous solo and group exhibitions in art galleries and museums.

2020 : Creation of the Fonds de dotation SZCZESNY ART FOUNDATION – Saint-Tropez.

Venues included : Munich, Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Zurich, Rome, Venice, Amsterdam, Saint-Tropez, Chicago, Miami and New York, as well as numerous art and building projects (amongst others: Lindencorso Berlin; Kempinski Marbella, Expo Hannover, Terre Blanche, Côte d’Azur).

Stefan Szczesny lives and works in St. Tropez and Berlin.