| Christian
Schmidt BORN 30th June 1958 in Zwiesel Auackerweg 5, 94227 Rabenstein/Zwiesel, Germany |
| EDUCATION AND CAREER | |
| 1974-77 | Staatl. Glasfachschule Zwiesel (Technical Glass College – craft of engraving) |
| 1977-85 | Engraver with different glass works |
| 1986 | Installed his own studio in Rabenstein/Zwiesel |
| AWARDS | |
| 1988 | 2nd Prize – Free Glass-Art, 2nd Bayerwald-Glaspreis, Glass Museum Frauenau |
| 1993 | Honorary Prize, Bayerwald-Glaspreis 1993, Glass Museum Frauenau |
| 1995 | Gold-Prize, The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa (Japan) |
| 1996 | Kulturförderpreis
Ostbayern Honorary Prize, 1st International Symposium – Engraved Glass, Kamenický Šenov (Czech Republic) |
| 1998 | Hiromu-Fukumitsu-Prize
(Special Mention), The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa
(Japan) Gletscherprise-Glaspreis 1998 (Competition "Snuff Bottles") |
| 2000 | Kulturpreis
2000, Bayer. Wald-Verein e.V. Certificate, Glasveredler-Preis 2000, glasstec 2000, Düsseldorf Gletscherprise-Glaspreis 2000 (Competition "Snuff Bottles") |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
| The
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y. (USA) Ernsting Foundation, Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld (Germany) Glass Museum, Frauenau (Germany) Glass Museum, Immenhausen (Germany) Glass Museum, Kamenický Šenov (Czech Republic) Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Japan) Ishikawa Design Center, Kanazawa (Japan) Kunstsammlung Ostbayern, Spital Hengersberg (Germany) Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee (USA) Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (USA) Collection Herrmann, Drachselsried (Germany) Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart (Germany) Waldmuseum Zwiesel (Germany) |
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| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1985 | "IInd International Glass Symposium", Glass Museum, Frauenau (Germany) |
| 1987 | "Cutting
and Engraving", Kaspar-Hauser-Schloß, Pilsach (Germany) "Magical Phantasies – Engraved in Glass", Compositions Gallery, San Francisco (USA) |
| 1988 | "Glass and Music" (Engraving Exhibition), Trüjen Gallery, Bremen (Germany) |
| 1990 | New Orleans School of Glass Works, New Orleans (USA) |
| 1992 | "Art and Craft in Glass", Kunsthaus am Museum, Cologne (Germany) |
| 1993 | "10.
Neuenburger Kunstwoche", Koch Gallery, Neuenburg (Germany) Exhibition "Danner Prize 1993", Neue Residenz, Bamberg (Germany) |
| 1994 | "Glass
engraving in Europe", Schloß Theuern (Germany) "World Glass Now 1994", Sapporo, Hiroshima, Shimonoseki, Tokyo, Gifu, Osaka, Kurashiki (Japan) |
| 1995 | "The
International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa", Kanazawa (Japan) Gallery B, Sinzheim/Baden-Baden (Germany) "Engraved Glass", Waldmuseum Zwiesel (Germany) |
| 1996 | "Engraved
Glass by A. Wenzel and C. Schmidt", Grabenhof Gallery, Linz (Austria) "Engraved Glass", First Glass Gallery, Munich (Germany) Contemporary Art Centre, Schalkwijk (Netherlands) "1st International Symposium – Engraved Glass", Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov (Czech Republic) |
| 1997 | "20
Years Gallery Herrmann – Special Exhibition ChriSch", Drachselsried
(Germany) "Glass from 2 milleniums", Glaskabinett, Hausen/Brugg (Switzerland) |
| 1998 | "The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa", Kanazawa (Japan) |
| 1999 | Engraved
Glass, International Contemporary Artists, The London Glassblowing Workshop,
London (England) "2nd International Symposium – Engraved Glass", Glass Museum Kamenický Šenov (Czech Republic) |
| 2000 | Neusser Gallery (One-Person-Show), Vienna (Austria) |
| 2001 | "The
International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa", Kanazawa (Japan) "Exempla 2001: The colour red" – Special Exhibition of the 53rd IHM, Munich (Germany) |