Robert Schad

1953 born in Ravensburg
1974-80 Studies at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, with Prof. Albrecht von Hancke and Prof. Wilhelm Loth
1976-78 Studied art history at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe with Prof. Andreas Franzke and Prof. Sigfried Wichmann and at the University of Karlsruhe with Prof. Wolfgang Hartmann
1980 Marriage with the musician Erika Stauss
1980-81 DAAD scholarship for a working stay at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes (ESBAP), Porto, Portugal
1982 Prize for Drawing of the III Biennial of Contemporary Art, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
1984 Scholarship of the Art Foundation Baden-Württemberg
1985 Award of the city of Wolfsburg
1986 Award of the cities of Ravensburg and Weingarten | Art Award of the city of Nordhorn / “1. Menció” in the XXV. International Prize for Drawing “Joan Miró”, Barcelona
1987 Working scholarship of the Kunstfonds e. V., Bonn
1988 Fellowship of the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1989 Grand Prize of the II International Biennial of Sculpture Óbidos, Portugal
1989-90 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Scholarship of the City of Duisburg | Visiting Professor for Sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart
1992 Project scholarship “Werk statt Schloss” of the city of Wolfsburg
2003 Opening of the “Parc de Sculptures de Larians” | Working stay in “La Vie des Formes” | Foundation Mark di Suvero, Chalon sur Saône
2019 Iserlohn Art Award
2022 Upper Swabian Art Award

Solo exhibitions (selection)

1984 Municipal gallery “Altes Theater”, Ravensburg
1985 Art Association Gallery “Am Markt”, Schwäbisch Hall |Art Association Ludwigshafen am Rhein
1986 Kunstverein Freiburg | Städtische Galerie Nordhorn | Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (ES) | Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg | Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa (PT)
1987 Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra (PT) | Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Porto (PT) | Palácio da Bolsa do Porto (PT) | Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid (ES) | Städtisches Bodensee-Museum, Friedrichshafen
1988 Hans-Thoma-Society, Kunstverein, Reutlingen | Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn+Taxis, Bregenz (AT) | Kunstverein Bochum
1989 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Orangerie | Forum Kunst Rottweil
1990 Arnsberg Art Association | Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg | Schrade Gallery, Mochental Castle, Ehingen/Danube
1991 Kunstverein Heidelberg | Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund | XXI. Bienal de São Paulo (one-man show) (BRA)
1992 Kunstverein Würzburg | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse (FR)
1993 Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven | Städtische Galerie “Altes Theater”, Ravensburg | Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim | Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
1994 Kunstverein Braunschweig | Kunstverein Pforzheim, Reuchlinhaus
1995 Fészek Galéria and Goethe-Institut, Budapest (with Károly Klimó) (HU)
1996 Kunstverein Unna | Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE), São Paulo (BRA) | Centro Cultural da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte (BRA)
1997 Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Fundação de Serralves, Porto (PT) | Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto (PT) | Centro de Arte Moderna CAM , José de Azeredo Perdigão/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa (PT) | Museion Bolzano (IT)
1998 Municipal Gallery Göppingen
1999 Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe | Skulpturengalerie Löhrl am Abteiberg | Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach | Muzeum Sztuki, Łódz (PL) | Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest (HU)
2001 Musée Minal, Château, Parc du C.R.F.E. Bretegnier, Héricourt (FR) | Kulturforum “Alte Post”, Neuss | Museum of New Art, Freiburg
2002 Dům umění města Brna – House of Art, Brno (CZ) | Art Museum Ahlen (with Jobst Tilmann | Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld | Municipal Gallery “Haus Coburg”, Delmenhorst
2003 Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern | Art Museum “Alte Post”, Mülheim/Ruhr | Gallery Georg Nothelfer, Berlin | “Forum Kultur” of the Sparkasse Hannover | Sculpture Museum Glaskasten im Stadtpark Marl | Art Museum Singen
2004 Park of the New Monastery Bad Schussenried | Galerieverein Leonberg | Fundação Júlio Resende, Gramido/Valbom (PT)
2005 Ludwig Museum, Koblenz | Kiscelli Múzeum, Budapest (HU)
2006 Národnί Gallery v Praze/National Gallery Prague (CZ)
2007 Factory/Kunsthalle Krems (AT ) | artmark Gallery, Vienna (with Martin Noël) (AT) | Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto (PT)
2008 Gallery Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim | Gallery St. Johann, Saarbrücken
2009 Dommuseum Frankfurt am Main | Kunstverein Reutlingen | Städtische Galerie Offenburg
2010 Mönchehaus Museum Goslar | Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Český Krumlov (CZ) | Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte/ Liner Foundation, Appenzell (CH)
2011 Gallery Friese, Stuttgart | ‘TANZ_1’, City of Altshausen, Marketplace
2012 Gallery Peter Zimmermann, Mannheim | ‘TANZ_2’, Sculpture Park Heidelberg
2013 ‘TANZ_3’, City of Linz (AT) | Gallery Linz, Paris (FR)
2014 ‘TANZ_4’, City of Landshut | Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn
2015 ‘Tanz_5’ Castel de Pergine, Pergine Valsugana (IT) | Goethe University Frankfurt (in the context of “Blickachsen 10”) | Lothar Fischer Museum Neumarkt i. d. Oberpfalz
2016 “CARRÉ DIX/29, un parcours de sculptures en Bretagne” (FR) | Château de Trevarez, Saint Goazec | Abbaye Notre Dame de Bon Repos, Bon Repos sur Blavet |
2017 Schrade Gallery, Karlsruhe | Kunstmuseum Ravensburg | “PERCURSO LUSITANO , um caminho de esculturas em Portugal” (PT) | MIECST Museu Internacional da Escultura Contemporânea, Santo Tirso (PT)
2018 “DEUX VILLES – TWO CITIES”, Metz and Saarlouis in Dialogue” | Institute for Contemporary Art in Saarland, Saarlouis | La Porte des Allemands, Metz | Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart
2019 “VON ORT ZU ORT, ein Skulpturenparcours in Oberschwaben” | Orangerie im fürstlichen Hofgarten, Wolfegg | Galerie Schrade, Schloss Mochental, Ehingen/Donau | “Die Fähre”, Bad Saulgau | Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn (award-winning exhibition) | Richard-Haizmann Museum Niebüll
2020 “BREMEN VIERKANT”, Gerhard Marcks Haus Bremen | Galerie “Roter Hahn” , Bremen Gröpelingen | Stiftung Haus Kraenholm Bremen | Bremen Gröpelingen Skulpturen im Stadtraum, Bremen Gröpelingen | Knoop’s Park, Bremen Nord | Stadt Lahr (city exhibition) | Städtische Galerie Lahr | Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus (A) | Artmark Galerie Wien (A)
2021 Foundation Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau (Castle and Park) | “DIX PAR DIX / un parcours de sculptures en Bourgogne/Franche Comté” (F)
2022 Galerie Jean Greset Etuz (F) Kunsthaus Potsdam | Centre Culturel Francois Mitterand, Lure (F) | Galerie am Klostersee, Lehnin
2023 Musée de Bibracte, Mont Beuvray, (F) | Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart | Galerie Friese, Berlin

Large sculptures (selection)

1980/82 University of Karlsruhe 1983 Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research at the Karlsruhe Research Center 1985 Museum of Contemporary Art, Freiburg 1986 City of Nordhorn 1987 State Parliament Baden-Württemberg 1990 Karlsruhe Research Center 1992 German Embassy Katmandu/Nepal (NPL) | German Embassy Moscow (RUS) | City of Badenweiler | City of Neu-Ulm | City of Wolfsburg | City of Mülheim/Ruhr 1993 City of Ravensburg | Southwest LB Mannheim 1994 Schitag Stuttgart | Institute of Microbiology, University of Freiburg 1995 German Literature Archive and Schiller Museum Marbach | City of Singen | State Building Authority, Reutlingen 1996 Police Station North, Freiburg | Kreissparkasse Hannover | Cidade de Belo Horizonte (BRA) 1997 Landesgirokasse Ehningen 1998 City of Bremen 1999 City of Saarbrücken | Tax Office Memmingen 2000 Maria Regina Church, Fellbach | Merckle Ratiopharm, Blaubeuren/Weiler | Ruit/Ostfildern District Hospital 2001 Laupheim District Savings Bank | Berghotel am Mummelsee (Black Forest) | Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin | Karlsruhe District Office | Filderstadt/Bernhausen S-Bahn Station 2002 City of Weingarten (Württemberg) 2003 Sylt-Quelle, Rantum, Sylt | City of Besançon (FR) 2005 Fa. Saacke GmbH, Bremen 2006 Regensburg University of Applied Sciences 2007 Santuário de Fátima (PT) 2008 “Road of Peace”, St. Wendel | ‘La Madeleine, Amiens’ gravesite Mrs. Devauchelle) 2009 City of Bad Schussenried | City of Göppingen | City of Schorndorf | Municipality of Berg 2010 MEZ Coats Areal, Freiburg 2011 Sculpture Path Maulbronn Monastery | Nestlé Product Technology Center PTC, Singen 2012 Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum Villingen-Schwenningen | Kreissparkasse Reutlingen| Lamy GmbH Heidelberg (sculpture terrace) | 2015 City of Hanau, Freedom Square 2016 Kreissparkasse Tuttlingen | Stadt Emmendingen 2017 Westfriedhof Heilbronn/Böckingen | Lieu d’Art Contemporain ‘La Mouche’, Béziers (F) 2018 Stadt Neumarkt i. d. Oberpfalz 2019 Gemeinde Tiefenthal | Fábrica Santo Thyrso, Santo Tirso (PT) | Stadt Bad Saulgau 2020 EMERIGE, Lotissements ‘Pleyel’, Paris-Saint Denis (FR) | Fa. Schunk GmbH + Co KG, Mengen | Fa. Alois Omlor, Homburg / Saar | DB Schenker Fajozes (PT) | Municipio de Maia (PT) 2021 IMITATE, Research Center for Genetic Engineering at the University of Freiburg | Bussen, Uttenweiler | Ulm District Office | Reutlingen District Office (purchases by OEW Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke) | Municipality of Ertingen (commissioned by SLT Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH, Ertingen) | Art Museum Ahlen/Westphalia 2022 Institut Faire Faces, Amiens (FR) | City of Biberach/Riss | City of Ehingen/Donau | District Office Sigmaringen | Fa. Georg Reisch GmbH & Co KG, Bad Saulgau | City of Weinheim