Kevin Schott, born in 1991, is a contemporary oil painter who lives and works in Bochum, Germany.
Schott mostly likes to work in series. His paintings show snapshots of life, emotions of freedom as well as those of sadness or mystery can be found in them.
His quick painting style lends the works something free and at the same time refreshingly rough.
Schott's last series ,,40x40" gained wide recognition through publications in the magazines
,,booooooom" and ,,Artists Responding To", and has been published as an anthology at the end of 2023.
Motivated by his constant interest in finding new ways of artistic expression, he explores various techniques like negative space and graphic elements, visible in his current ,,Enjoy the White" series.
Since 2024 Schott works as a judge for the ,,artit" Network.
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Statement
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“As an artist, I have always been driven by the need to use my perception and skills to make something of emotional significance tangible for other people. I therefore try to be a service provider for society through my work by picking up on certain daily influences that I perceive in it and processing them into paintings.
My current focus is mostly the human figure. My motifs are influenced by random everyday scenes, always inspired by a clearly perciptible need. The melancholy of the old Impressionists has always touched me on my path and given me an anchor. Their rapid painting style has had a strong influence on me, both in terms of content and technique. Painting has therefore become a flowing process for me, in which I try to be as honest as possible and allow for mistakes. Giving an authentic insight into my artistic work is always more important to me than my own perfectionism.
Working in series allows me to capture and process a certain point in my self-reflection as a chapter. The work on my current “Enjoy The White” series is strongly influenced by a personal examination of my own masculinity and growing up in a patriarchal society. By technically integrating negative spaces, I try to focus on the most relevant content of the works and thus give viewers more space for their own interpretation and reflection".
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Publications/Prices
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Booooooom "40x40" by Artist Kevin Schott
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A.R.tists responding To Magazine Issue 8
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"Meet the artist" Artit Artist spotlight
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featured Artist at "Art Salon"
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Longlisted work at "Jackson´s Art Price 2024"
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EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
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2024
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"Rock & Paper II"
Fineart gallery, Gibraltar, gs
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"Welcome to Reality"
Artnow Gallery, Berlin, GS
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"Wintersalon"
Artnow gallery, berlin, gs
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"Bochumer Künstler*innen 2024"
Kunstmuseum Bochum, GS
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2021
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"Kleine Kunstschau"
Quartiershalle Kofabrik, Bochum, GS
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"Bochumer Künstler"
Kunstmuseum Bochum, GS
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Workshops (Selection)
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2023
Jugendkongress Henrichshütte hattingen
2023
Jugendbildungsstätte Welper
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2022
u27 Bochum Gerthe
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2022
Respektbüro Dortmund
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2021
Jugendhaus Rubensstraße essen
2020
Lebenshilfe recklinghausen
2019
hu-town bochum
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2018
Sos kinderdorf niederrhein
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2017
stadtmuseum hattingen
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2016/2017/2018
"mein name ist mensch"
Alice salomon berufskolleg bochum
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2016/2017
Stadtteilprojekt Bochum goldhamme
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2012/2013/2014
JZ essen schonebeck
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