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.