Ute Schendel
About
The photographer Ute Schendel, born in Berlin in 1948, lives and works in Basel. She studied Photography in Berlin and Hamburg. For forty years, Ute Schendel has preferred to use black and white photography. She started as a theater and portrait photographer in the 1970s at the Schiller Theater in Berlin, at Städtische Bühnen Essen, at Theater am Turm in Frankfurt/Main and accompanied productions by theater directors such as Einar Schleef, Heiner Müller, George Tabori, Samuel Beckett, Patrice Chéreau und Jan Fabre. From 2000 to 2003 Ute Schendel has been visiting professor in the field of visual communications at Fachhochschule Mainz/ University of Applied Sciences. Her extensive image archive contains portraits of actors, directors, photographers, painters, musicians, writers and other cultural workers. Ute Schendel has also created a large oeuvre in the field of landscape photography over the past decades. Her photographic work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in art institutions and galleries.
Works
Fernando Arrabal
Silvergelatine Print, sulfur toning on Agfa P90
Taken: Bochum 1977, toned Frankfurt am Main 1983
Vintage, Unikat, 45 x 60cm
Samuel Beckett
Silvergelatine Print, sulfur toning on Agfa P90
Taken: Berlin 1969, toned Frankfurt am Main 1983
Unikat, 45 x 60cm
Ottmar Bergmann
Silvergelatine Print, sulfur toning on Agfa P90
Taken: Frankfurt am Main 1982, toned Frankfurt am Main 1983
Vintage, Unikat, 45 x 60cm
Mauricio Kagel
Silvergelatine Print, sulfur toning on Agfa P90
Taken: Hamburg 1971, toned Frankfurt am Main 1983
Vintage, Unikat, 60 x 45cm
Udo Oskar Rabsch
Silvergelatine Print, sulfur toning on Agfa P90
Taken: Tübingen 1982, toned Frankfurt am Main 1983
Vintage, Unikat, 60 x 45cm
Walter Stöhrer
Silvergelatine Print, sulfur toning on Agfa P90
Taken: Nordhorn 1982, toned Frankfurt am Main 1983
Vintage, Unikat, 60 x 45cm
George Tabori
Silvergelatine Print, sulfur toning on Agfa P90
Taken: Berlin 1969, toned Frankfurt am Main 1983
Vintage, Unikat, 60 x 45cm
Lee Strasberg
Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle
Taken: 1978 Bochum
40 x 30 cm
Edition of 3
Einar Schleef und Heiner Müller
Silvergelatine Print, Vintage
Taken: 1989 Frankfurt am Main
40 x 30 cm
Peter Kurzeck
Silvergelatine Print, Vintage
Taken: 1991, Uzès
40 x 30 cm
Herbert Achternbusch
Silvergelatine Print, Vintage
Taken: 1991 München
40 x 30 cm
Wolfgang Deichsel
Silvergelatine Print, Vintage
Taken: 1989, Cevennes, France
40 x 30 cm
Gisèle Freund
Silvergelatine Print, Vintage
Taken: 1998 Rheinfelden
30 x 40 cm
A. R. Penck
Silvergelatine Print, Vintage,
Taken: 1990 Frankfurt am Main
30 x 40 cm
Venedig 1988
Silvergelatine Print, Vintage
30 x 40 cm
Matterhorn bei Tag
Pigmentdruck auf Hahnemühle Photo RAG
Auflage 2/5 + EA
Unmanipulierte Digitalaufnahme
80 x 120 cm, 2008
Matterhorn bei Nacht
Pigmentdruck auf Hahnemühle Photo RAG
Auflage 2/5 + EA
Unmanipulierte Digitalaufnahme
80 x 116 cm, 2008
Untitled, 2007
Auflage 1/5 + EA
Barythabased, Selenium toned
24 x 30 cm, 2007
Untitled, 2007
Edition 1/5 + EA
Barythabased, Selenium toned
24 x 30 cm
Untitled, 2007
Edition 1/5 + EA
Barythabased, Selenium toned
24 x 30 cm
Untitled, 2007
Edition 1/5 + EA
Barythabased, Selenium toned
24 x 30 cm
Untitled, 2007
Edition 1/5 + EA
Barythabased, Selenium toned
24 x 30 cm
Untitled, 2007
Edition 1/5 + EA
Barythabased, Selenium toned
30 x 40 cm
Huang Shan (China), 1987
Gelatinsilverprint
Vintageprint (Unique)
24x30 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel
Turfan (China), 1993
Pigmentprint on Hahnemühle
Foto RAG
(Edition 3+EA)
40x50 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel
Karakorum (Pakistan, Nangaparbat), 1993
Gelatinsilverprint
Barythabased, Selenium toned
(Edition 3+EA)
24x30cm
Photo: Ute Schendel
Karimabad (Pakistan), 1993
(Rakaposhi, Heiliger Berg der Hunzas)
Pigmentprint on Hahnemühle
Foto RAG
(Edition 3+EA)
76x51 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel
Frankfurt (Taunus), 1998
Gelatinsilverprint
Barythabased, Selenium toned (Edition 5+EA)
24x30cm
Photo: Ute Schendel
Huang Shan (China), 1987
Gelatinsilverprint
Barythabased, Selenium toned (Edition 5+EA)
40x50 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel
Huang Shan (China), 1987
Gelatinsilverprint
Barythabased, Selenium toned
(Aufl. 5+EA)
24x30cm
Photo: Ute Schendel
Nenzing (A), 2011
Digital photography, unmanipulated
Lambdaprint
On aluminium plate, under glass
(Edition 3+EA)
130x44cm
Photo: Ute Schendel
Bergell, Malojapass (Swizzerland), 2015
Pigmentprint on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, Auflage 5 +EA
100 x 150 cm
Ute Schendel: Reichstag mit Neptun. Juli 1995. Silvergelatineprint auf Barytpapier, Selengetont (Vintageprint), Nr.2/3 + EA 48,0cm x 32,5cm Courtesy Galerie Gilla Lörcher
Exhibitions
Biography
Born 1948 in Berlin.
Lives and works in Basel (CH).
Studied photography in Berlin und Hamburg (D).
since 2004
Freelanced photographer for the Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel and the Music-Academy Basel, Gare du Nord (for new music), Basel.
2000 – 2003
Visiting professor at the Fachhochschule Mainz/ University of Applied Sciences Mainz in the field of visual communications
1970 – 2000
Theater- and portrait photographer for Schiller Theater, Berlin; Städtische Bühnen, Essen;
Theater am Turm, Frankfurt; publishing house Stroemfeld Verlag, Frankfurt and publishing house Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt.
She accompanied the work of Boleslaw Barlog, Hans Schweikart, Fritz Kortner, Samuel Beckett, George Tabori, Fernando Arabal, Heiner Müller, Einar Schleef, Patrice Chéreau, Jan Fabre, choreografies by Anna Huber and music events by Fritz Hauser.
Publications
Exhibition review. Himmel und Erde. Die Fotografien von Ute Schendel. Artikel von Christiane Meixner. Tagesspiegel, 26.03.2023
Exhibition review. Berg und Bauch. Artikel von Christiane Meixner. Tagesspiegel, 17.12.2017
2012
Dreizehn 13. Basels Badischer Bahnhof in Geschichte, Architektur und Musik. Hrsg. M. Kunkel, A.K.Liesch, E.Petry, Saarbrücken, Pfau Verlag
Catalog Ute Schendel, published for the exhibition "Landscape". With a text by art historian Dr. Birgit Möckel.
Edition Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin
Das Rheingold. Ein neuer Versuch. Text Ben Paaerson, Fotografie Ute Schendel (Dokumentation einer Performance im Landemuseum Mainz 2002). Hrsg. Roland Siegrist, Mainz
2011
Das Haus. Walter Morgenthaler, Ute Schendel, St. Gallen, Vexer Verlag
2001
Emmett Williams im Gutenberg Pavillon Mainz. Eine Fotodokumentation von Ute Schendel.
Hrsg. von Roland Siegrist, Zürich, Verlag Galerie & Edition Marlene Frei und Fachhochschule Mainz
1998
Symposion: Einar Schleef und Georg K. Glaser.
Hrsg. von Michael Rohrwasser, Frankfurt/Basel, Stroemfeld Verlag
1995
Ute Schendel. Bilder, Stuttgart, Cantz-Verlag
1985
Die Schauspieler im Spiegel, fotografiert von Ute Schendel.
Hrsg. von den Staatlichen Schauspielbühnen Berlin zur Eröffnung der Spielzeit 1985/86, Berlin
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2023
Himmel und Erde, Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin, D
2020
Vintage Portraits, Galerie Gilla Loercher (in the framework of the EMOP European Month of Photography), Berlin (D)
2017
One-single-artwork-show #7, Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art, Berlin (D)
Ute Schendel, Nietzsche-Haus, Sils Maria (CH)
2014
Ins Land schauen, Galerie Karin Sutter, Basel (CH)
2012
Landschaft, Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin (D)
2010
40 years Stroemfeld/Roter Stern, German National Library Frankfurt/Main (D)
2009
Lueget vo Berg und Tal, Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin (D)
Ute Schendel and Ludwig Köhler, Kunstverein Schallstadt, Schallstadt (D)
Cloud is in the eye, Ute Schendel and Rut Himmelsbach, Galerie Karin Sutter, Basel (CH)
2008
Black and white – portraits and landscapes, Galerie Altes Schloss, Wehr
2007
Sheeps at Vals, Galerie Hutter & Wirth, Basel (CH)
At home, Galerie Hutter & Wirth, Basel (CH)
2006
Landscape paintings, Burghof, Lörrach
2004
Portraits – black and white, Galerie im Ziegelgarten, Oberwil (CH)
2002
Photos of tall and small people, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
The Middle Rhine Project, State Museum, Mainz
2000
On big street, Tribes Gallery, New York, USA
1999
Symposion: Einar Schleef and Georg K. Glaser, Forum in the Dominican Monastery, Frankfurt a.M.
1998
Photos of people, 7 author portraits, Kunstverein Hattingen
1996
Writer portraits (7x7), Romanfabrik, Frankfurt a.M.
1995
On big street, Galerie Mesmer, Basel (CH)
Walter’s eye, Galerie Mesmer, Basel (CH)
1994
Die Bestimmung des Azimut, Kunst/Schlossplatz 1 e.V., Hoechst (D)
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2022
Seasonal. Digital, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, D
2021
Seasonal. Digital, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, D
POSITION Berlin Art Fair 2021. Booth Galerie Gilla Loercher
2020
Small Wonders, Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin
2019
Her Gaze Sixty Years of Women in Photography , Lévy Gorvy Rumbler Gallery, Zurich (CH)
2013
Shape the Scape. Landscape in Contemporary Art. Landscape cult. Curated by Agnes Hoffmann. Lehr Zeitgenössische Kunst, Cologne
Shape the Scape. Landscape in Contemporary Art. Line Up – Landschaft im Dialog. Curated by Agnes Hoffmann. Kit Schulte Contemporary Art, Berlin
2011
Summer Exhibition II, Scenery, Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin
Röhrender Hirsch, Galerie Karin Sutter, Basel (CH)
Petit Format, Galerie Karin Sutter, Basel (CH)
Bikes and art, Kunstmuseum Olten, Olten (CH)
Heavenly axis, Prisma-Haus, Berlin
