Biography
1968-1970
Herbstsalon, Haus der Kunst, Munich
1971
International Graphic-Biennale Ibizagraphic, Ibiza
Group Works, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
1971-1973
Große Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich
1974
Borislav von Wenzel Gallery, Hamburg
1976
Les Grandes et les Jeunes, Petit Palais, Paris
1979
Tanit Gallery, Munich
1980
Jürgen-Ponto-Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main
XII. Festival Internationale de la Peinture, Cagnes-sur-Mer
Münchner Kultur, 1. Exhibition of Artists Factory Lothringer Str. 13, Munich
Künstlerbundausstellung, Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover
Art and Critics, Kunstverein Munich, Munich
1981
Rundschau Deutschland I
(et al. mit Schulze, Oehlen, Dahn, Kippenberger, Fetting, Salome, Wörsel), Munich
Rundschau Deutschland II, Cologne
Gillespie / de Laage / Salomon Gallery, Paris
LIS’81 – Bienal de Desenho, Lisbon
Friedrich und Knust Gallery, Art12, Basel
Brusberg Gallery, Hanover
Gugu Ernesto Gallery, Cologne
Laßt tausend Bilder blühen, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
1982
5 from Cologne(with Walter Dahn, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Gerard Kever, Andreas Schulze), Six Friedrich Gallery, Munich
The New Artists Group: Wild Painting (et al. with Anzinger, Dahn, Dokoupil), Im Klapperhof, Cologne
Variations and Sequences, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf
Premierentage Cologne (with Bauch, Buthe, Deisler, Lüthi, Polke, Schifferle),
Gugu Ernesto, Gallery Cologne
Torso, Kunstverein Kassel, Kassel
Eyewitness, Gmyrek Gallery, Dusseldorf
Querschnitte II, Brusberg Gallery, Berlin
Villa Massimo, Rome
1983
Opening of Pfefferle Gallery (with Adamski, Anzinger, Bach, Disler, Dokoupil, Sandoz, Schulze, Tannert, Zimmer), Munich
At Capri, Villa Massimo, Rome und Anacapri / Capri
Drawings and Gouaches ( with Anzinger Buthe, Herold Klauke, Polke et al.)
Gugu Ernesto Gallery, Cologne
Trigon 83, steirischer Herbst, Graz
25 German Painters, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
1984
Interim Result: New German Painting, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz
Interim Result, Villa Stuck, Munich
Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Bonn
25 Jovens Pintores Alemãnes, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon
Position to Interim Result , Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Kunstlandschaft Deutschland, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst Bremen, Bremen
Kunstverein Flensburg, Flensburg
Sculptures, Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
All right, Kunstverein Mannheim, Mannheim
Forum Zürich, Jamileh Weber Gallery, Zurich
German Contemporary Art, Brusberg Gallery, Hanover
Young Art from North Rhine -Westphalia, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
Stairs, Gugu Ernesto Gallery, Cologne
New expressive Painting, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
1985
Stairs II, Gugu Ernesto Gallery, Cologne
The Idea of Men, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Villa Massimo Retrospective 1982-88, Orangerie Kassel, Kassel
Hommages aux Femmes, ICC Berlin, Berlin
Stairs, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid
Without Rectangle and Plinth, Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover
Cologne black-white, Heinz Holtmann Gallery, Cologne
Bömmels, Chia, Disler, Fetting, Mosbacher, Szczesny, Zimmer
Malerei – Painting – Peinture, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
1986
3. Triennale of Kleinplastik, Fellbach
Opening of the Restaurant Bongout (with et al. Adamski, Anzinger, Bach, Buthe, Hödicke, Oehlen, Penck, Schulze, Wörsel, Zimmer), Cologne
Young Wilds – Works on Paper, with Adamski, Anziger, Bach, Fetting, Hornemann, Middendorfs, Mosbacher, Sandoz, Salomé, Schmalix, Zimmer, 10. August – 28. September, Nassauischer Kunstverein e.V., Wiesbaden
1987
Barlach Gallery, Cologne
Materialisation, Kunstverein Mannheim, Mannheim
Painting in Europe, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Sculptures of Painters, Kunstverein Mannheim, Mannheim
Beelden van Schilders, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Netherlands
Columns Exhibition, Silvia Menzel Gallery, Berlin
10 Years of Art, Gallery am Moritzplatz, Berlin
Drawings, Wanda Reiff Gallery, Maastricht
Death and Resurrection, Rieder Gallery, Munich
Painting / Sculpture, Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Stillife, Biedermann Gallery, Munich
1988
Gran Pavese. The Flag-Project, Museumsufer Frankfurt am Main and Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Museum Museumsufer, Berlin
Museum van Hoendaage Kunst, Antwerp
Made in Cologne, DuMont Kunsthalle, Cologne
Paintings 1977-82, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Art against Aids, Auction exhibition ART COLOGNE, Cologne
5. Biennale of European Graphic, Heidelberg
A Propos Dessin (with et al. Allington, Fletcher, Kounellis),
Adrien Maeght Gallery, Paris
1989
Landscape, Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim
Abstraction and Figuration, Neher Gallery, Essen
History of Art-dealing, Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
Akte, Koch Gallery, Hanover
Elvira Bach, Stefan Szczesny, Bernd Zimmer, Works on Paper,
Heinz Wenk Gallery, Dortmund
1990
Colour Blue, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Works on Paper, Heinz Holtmann Gallery, Cologne
New Graphics, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Opening Exhibition Terbrüggen Gallery, Heidelberg
The Portrait, Müller Gallery, Stuttgart
Erotic, Karl Pefferle Gallery, Munich
1991
Theater and Painting, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Animals, Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
An Exhibition for Peace , Schulze Gallery, Cologne
Artists for Ethiopia, Hotel Intercontinental, Frankfurt am Main
Gallery Artists, Elke Zink Gallery, Baden-Baden
A Dialogue of Images., Contemporary American and German Painting,
Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Music and Painting at Prinzregententheater, Munich
The Gran Pavese Exhibition in The Baarnse Wintertuin
Artists support Roma, Anzinger, Dahn, Dokoupil, Kasseböhmer, Szczesny, Trockel, Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne
1992
Arte Contemporanea Hirmer, Greve in Chianti
Adamski, Bloom, Nicolaus, Szczesny, Vogl, Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim
painted prints, Kunstraum at PCC (Kunstraum im Politischen Club Colonia ), Cologne
Arman, Elvira Bach, Charly Banana, Dario Basso, Michael Buthe, Bruno Ceccobelli, Anton Henning, Jürgen Klauke, Stefan Szczesny, Bernd Zimmer, Holtmann Gallery in cooperation with WDR, Cologne
1993
Room with a view, Brinkmann Gallery, Amsterdam
10 Years Pfefferle Gallery, Pfefferle Gallery, Munich
Sculpture today, Holtmann Gallery, Cologne
meacenas, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim
Form und Gestalt, Kasten and Steinmetz Gallery, Mannheim
Fiumara d‘Arte, Museo domestico di Pettineo, Pettineo, Sicily
Summer Exhibition, Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim
1994
At the beginning was the apple, Dr. Rainer Wild Stiftung, Heidelberg
1995
Flowers, Paintings and Sculptures, Fahlbusch Gallery, Mannheim
The Collage, Hartmann & Noé Gallery, Berlin
Hyatt Regency Cologne, Exhibition and Auction of PCC Cologne in favour of the Lakota Native Americans, Cologne
Gran Pavese, Carla Stützer Gallery, Cologne
Artists for Protection of Species, Haus der Kunst, Munich
1996
Gallery of Artists,
Benefit Auction in favour of Überlebenszeichen e.V., Munich
Examples: Heidelberg private property art of the 20th century , Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
The Lindencorso – Project in Frankfurt Central Station, et al. mit Adamski, Bach, Combas, Dahn, Fetting, Garouste, Hacker, Vautier Zimmer, Frankfurt am Main
77. Institut Francais de Cologne, Lindencorso-Flags, Cologne
Heart – Exhibition, Friedrich Kasten Gallery, Mannheim / Dresden
Pictures of the Night, et al. with Bach, Chevalier, Dahn, Näher, Zimmer, Schumann,
Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Sehstücke, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt am Main
Around the Water, Dominikaner Museum, Rottweil
Art Concept Voltaire (with Bach, Hacker), Hotel Voltaire, Potsdam
1997
Tuchfühlung, et al. with Adamski, Anderson, Bach, Bömmels, Dahn, Dokoupil, Hüppi, Tannert, art project in the old city centre, Velbert-Langenberg
Collection Artist-Postcards, Köhler Gallery, Kassel
New Editions, Single Sheets, Portfolio Works, Multiples, et al. with Kasseböhmer, Turek, Zimmer D.P. Druck- und Publikations GmbH, 4. December, Munich
1998
Rot, Red, Rouge, Rosso. Zeitgenössische Kunst Leyerseder, Hauzenberg
Exhibition with Elvira Bach, L’Ambassade, 5.August, Saint-Tropez
Venezia Aperto Vetro – International New Glass, 16. Oktober, Venice
Elvira Bach & Stefan Szczesny, Vetri e Dipinti – Paintings und Glas Sculptures, Galeria Luchetta, Murano / Venice
Graphics & Editions, Fischerplatz Gallery, Ulm and Edition Copenhagen at Ars multiple, Dusseldorf
CologneKunst, Kunsthalle Köln, Cologne
Tuchfühlung, Meteorit, Essen
Acchrochage, Zeitgenössische Kunst Leyerseder, Hauzenberg
Herbst ‘98, Altstadt – Gallery, Remscheid
Prints and Unique copies on Paper, with Fetting, Dokoupil, Immendorf, Lemmerz, Lüpertz, Sonderborg, Szczesny, Zimmer, Kunsthalle Koblenz, Koblenz
Angel, Stuben Gallery, Goslar
1999
Original-Lithographs from the Carl and Rasmus Urwald Factory, Kunsthaus Lübeck, Lübeck
Le joie de vivre, Beck & Eggeling Gallery, L‘Ambassade, Saint-Tropez
8 Artists – 6 Rooms, House Elisabeth von Eicken, Ahrenshoop
You should have a look at this, et al. with Bach, Heckl, Pechstein, Rottluff, Zimmer, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker von Rath, Frankfurt am Main
2000
Il Paradiso, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz
Art Frankfurt, Peters-Bahrenbrock Gallery, Berlin
De la couleur et du feu. Céramiques d‘artistes de 1885 à nos jours, Musée de la Faïence, Château Pastré, Marseille
Exhibition with Elvira Bach and A. R. Penck, Majolica, Karlsruhe
Grafiek/Graphik Art/Graphique Contemporary Graphics from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, Brussum
2001
You’ll become 50 , with Elvira Bach, Clemens Gröszer and Rainer Gross, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
Summer Salon 2001, with Polke, Rauschenberg, Lichtenstein, Baselitz, A. R. Penck, Warhol et al., Terminus Gallery, Munich
Desire for Landscape, with Elvira Bach, Bernd Zimmer u.a., Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
Bodies – Faces, with Bach, Braque, Liebermann, Matisse, Nay et al., Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
2002
Stillife, with Battke, Giebe, Strassner et al., Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
Supernova at the Art Heaven: The New Wilds, with Bömmels, Bach, Dokoupil, Lüpertz, Immendorf et al., Kunstverein Weiden, Weiden
Summer colours, with Bach, Baselitz, Castelli, Polke, Warhol et al., Terminus Gallery, Munich
paper art 8: Turbulences in Paper, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren
2003
Group exhibition with Bach, Hoenerloh, Katz u.a., Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hannah Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
2004
Group exhibition with Bach, Hoenerloh, Katz, Pratschke, Steinbrenner, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
Crossover, Painting, Graphic, Plastic, Photos of Slavin, Reitz, Roth, Vonthron, Bellmer, Klein, Janssen, Bach, Szczesny, Picasso, Wunderlich et al., Anne Moerchen Gallery, Hamburg
Thomapyrin Art Edition for UNICEF: Schmerztransformationen, with Salomé, Corneille, Christo und Jeanne-Claude, Förg, Uhlig, Bogart, Balkenhol, Hrdlicka, Schultze, Antes, Droese, Bach, Presentation at the Orangerie, Castle of Nymphenburg, 13. May, Munich
2005
Group Exhibition with Bach, Berts, Beard, Bisang, Brandt, Comte, Lindbergh, Warhol, Wesselmann, Contempory Fine Art, Saint-Tropez
The Power of Colours, with Bach, Gross, Katz, Kneffel, Schleime, Metzkes,
Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main
Creatures, Saint-Tropez
2007
Art Seasons Cape Town, 4.2 -4.3, Cape Town, South Africa
2009
Kratzen, Ätzen – Pressen, Prints from the collection of Mannheim
Versicherung, XYLON-Museum, 18.04.-21.06, Schwetzingen
2010
Still lifes, Stefan Szczesny and Elvira Bach, Gallery Voigt, Nürnberg
2011
“Night Views”, Paintings and Photographies from Stefan Szczesny, Jan Leonardo Wöllert, Cubri & Paul Ching-Bor, Art Room9 Galerie, Munich, October 2011
“Les sentiers de la Sculpture”, Polo Club of Saint-Tropez, Gassin, June 24th – October 3rd, 2011
2012
“HinterzARTen”, Hinterzarten, Germany, Mai 10th-June 10th, 2012
2013
Jean-Gabriel Domergue & Stefan Szczesny, Villa Domergue, Cannes, July 11-September 28, 2013
2014
“De l’expressivité primitive au regard inspiré”, Centre d’art La Malmaison, Cannes
2015
Exhibition of sculptures and ceramics, Villa Domergue, Cannes
2016
Sassi Milici Gallery, Vallauris
Art Karlsruhe und Art Cologne with the Kellermann Galerie
2017
Agnès Sandahl Gallery, Ramatuelle
Stefan Szczesny´s “Spirit of colours” at the Aaart Fundation in Kirchberg, Kitzbühl area
2018
Skulpturale in Krefeld at the Rather Mühle Golf Klub
Galerie Agnès Sandahl in Vallauris
2019
Heitsch Gallery, Munich 25th Anniversary of the Gallery, January 26-March 09, 2019
Summer Group Show, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, July 6-27, 2019
Stefan Szczesny and Markus Herbicht : “Art & Food”, Berlin Art Week, Schmelzwerk (Sarotti-Höffen), September 2019
“Szczesny-The Dance”, Context Art Miami, December 3rd-8th 2019, Miami
2020
Stefan Szczesny, Sculptures exhibition, Beddington Fine Art, Bargemon, France, April-September 2020
Stefan Szczesny, « Sylt Art Fair », Geuer & Geuer, Düsseldorf – Sylt, Germany, June – October 2020
2021
Stefan Szczesny, « Sylt Art Fair », Geuer & Geuer, Düsseldorf – Sylt, Germany, May – September 2021
2022
Stefan Szczesny, « Sylt Art Fair », Geuer & Geuer, Düsseldorf – Sylt, Germany, June – September 2022
2023
Stefan Szczesny, « Sylt Art Fair », Geuer & Geuer, Düsseldorf – Sylt, Germany, 27. May – 09. September 2023
“Stefan Szczesny & Elvira Bach”, Galerie Noah, Augsburg, Germany, 27. July – 24. September 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.