Lorenz Olivier Schmid

The oeuvre of Lorenz Olivier Schmid is suffused with gracefulness and beauty and ephemerality made visible with perfection distinguish his works. Like no one else, Schmid masters the poetry of scientific research work, from which artworks of great precision emerge: photographic works, three-dimensional objects, and art-in-architecture works. The luminous power of his photographs does not develop in the traditional sense—as a result of lighting—but instead based on a suppression of light. Formally and in their approach, his works call to mind the British photographic artist Adam Fuss. 

He has participated in numerous institutional exhibitions in Switzerland and Germany. Thus, for instance, at the Aargauer Kunsthaus, the Kunstmuseum Luzern, the Kunsthalle Luzern, the Kunming Arts Institute in Yunnan, China, as well as in Braunschweig and The Hague. His work has been awarded renowned prizes and studio stipends in Paris and The Hague and been supported by the Swiss Federal Agency for Culture. Schmid’s works are represented, et al., in the art collections of Credit Suisse, Roche, Helvetia Insurance, and of the cities of Aarau and Baden.

Works since 2010 at Alte Papiermühle Benken-Klus on exhibition concepts and other architectural art projects.

Lives in Aarau, Switzerland

  • Since 2019 Member of the committee Kulturförderkommission der Stadt Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
  • Since 2016 Collaborator at the exhibition space Trudelhaus, Baden, Switzerland
  • 2016–2019 Member of the committee Kunstkommission der Stadt Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
  • 2011–2016 Member at the Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • 2010–2016 Assistant at the Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • 2008–2010 Master of Arts in Public Spheres, Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • 2004–2008 Diploma in Visual Arts, Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • 2002 Matura Alte Kantonsschule, Aarau, Switzerland

1982 born in Aarau, Switzerland

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Solo Exhibitions

2017

  • "Licht- und Schattenfuge", Kunsthalle Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland

2016

"Geteilter Raum", Kunsthaus Zofingen, Zofingen, Switzerland

2015

  • "Lorenz Olivier Schmid", König Büro, Kunst 15 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • "Grosser Atlas", Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, Switzerland

2014

"Wellenbrecher", Aarauer Rathaus, Aarau, Switzerland

2012

"Anthologie - die Wahrheit eines Sommers", Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, Switzerland

2011

"Varastotie 2-4", Kunstraum Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

2010

  • "Unter falschen Sonnen", Kunstétage visarte, Zurich, Switzerland 
  • "Nachtkerzen essen", Schau!Fenster für aktuelle Kunst, Sachseln, Switzerland

2009

"Kunming Mermaid", Werkstattgalerie, Aarau, Switzerland

2008

"Venustransit", Kabinett der Galerie Billing Bild, Baar, Switzerland 

Group Exhibitions

2019

  • "Auswahl 19", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Jahresausstellung Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen", Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • "You Sexy Thing", Arnold Galerie, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Vermessen, ausgelotet und schön obendrein", Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, Switzerland

2018

  • "Auswahl 18", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Le verre en dialogue", Vitromusée Romont, Romont, Switzerland

2017

  • "Auswahl 17", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Jahresausstellung Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen", Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • "Impression", Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland
  • "Hortus Botanicus", Helvetia Art Foyer, Basel, Switzerland

2016

  • "Auswahl 16", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Über die Natur hinaus – in Transformation", Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland
  • "Sisyphos lässt grüssen", Kunsthalle Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland

2015 

  • "Impression 2015", Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland
  • "Die Kunstsammlung des KSA in neuem Licht", Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Spiegel lügen", Verein für Originalgraphik, Zurich, Switzerland
  • "Rockets Rise Best in Darkness", Galerie Zimmermannhaus, Brugg, Switzerland

2014 

  • "Auswahl 14", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Werkbeiträge des Kantons Lucerne", Kornschütte, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • "Modell und Utopie", Trudelhaus, Baden, Switzerland
  • "Edition Februar", Verein für Originalgraphik, Zurich, Switzerland

2013

  • "Auswahl 13", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Verdichtung durch Verdünnung", a7, Rombach, Switzerland
  • "Badly Natured", Galerie Nest, Den Haag, Netherlands

2012

  • "Jahresausstellung Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen", Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • "Auswahl 12", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "The Birswanger Collection", Forum Vebikus, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
  • "EinTrudeln", Trudelhaus, Baden, Switzerland
  • "New Exhibition", Kunst im öffentlichen Raum der Galerie Birswanger Contemporary, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

2011

  • "Jahresausstellung Zentral Switzerlander Kunstschaffen", Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • "Auswahl 11", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
  • "Impression 2011", Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen Switzerland
  • "Äther", Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • "Wald", Pavlov’s Dog, Berlin, Germany

2010

  • "Werkschau Design und Kunst 2010", Messehalle Allmend, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • "Impression", Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen Switzerland

2009

  • "Artificial Night", Lapin Yliopisto, Rovaniemi, Finnland
  • "Creativity Under Given Conditions", Kunming Arts Institute, Yunnan, China
  • "Creativity Under Given Conditions", Tank Loft, Chonquing, Guangdong, China
  • "Regionale 09", Kunstmuseum Langenthal, Switzerland

2008

  • "Werkschau 08", Turbinenhalle, Giswil, Switzerland
  • "Förderpreis der Nationale Suisse", Kunstmuseum Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
  • "Venustransit", Galerie Billing Bild, Baar, Switzerland

Architectural Art / Sitespecific Works

2018

"Juglantiphon und Vogelschar", school area Rütihof, Baden, Switzerland 

2016

"Eigentlich eine Eisblumenwiese", new constructed Totenkapelle, Buochs (NW), Switzerland

2014

"Tugendwerk/Fassadenhorcher", school building Pestalozzi, Aarau, Switzerland

2013

"Common Ground", garden of Nutshuis, Den Haag, Niederlande

2011

"Halbkugelwahrheiten", new constructed City Bay, Lucerne, Switzerland

2010

"Parheliorama", Schweizerhofquai, Lucerne, Switzerland

 

Awards and Grants

2013

  • Studio Residency Wander - A Cultural Framework in Den Haag, Netherlands
  • Studio Residency of the Aargauer Kuratoriums in Paris, France

2012

Prize Publikationsbeitrag of the city of Lucerne, Switzerland

2011

As a member of the Alpineum Produzentengalerie, prize Annerkennungspreis of the city of Lucerne, Switzerland

Publications

2019

"Raum für Trauer. Totenkapelle in Buochs", with texts by Gerold Kunz, Hubertus Adam, Alicja Dobrucka, Lorenz Olivier Schmid, Andrea Wiegelmann, Christoph Wieser, Douglas Mandry and Michael Fehr. Quart Verlag, Lucerne, Switzerland

2018

"Kunst und Bau Nummer 6", documentation of the architecture art at the Schulanlage Rütihof in Baden. With texts by Carole Kambli and François Morel. Vexer Verlag, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2016

"Geteilter Raum - Lisa Stauffer/Lorenz Schmid", catalogue to the homonymous exhibition at Kunsthaus Zofingen. Texts by Lisa Stauffer, Lorenz Schmid and Madeleine Rey. Remise Verlag, Suhr, Switzerland

2013

"Anthologie Bd. 1", artist publication. Vol. 9, Lucerne, Junge Kunst. Text by Klaus Merz. Vexer Verlag, St. Gallen, Switzerland

2012

"Verso", exhibition catalogue. With a text by Christiane Kuhlmann. Vitromusée, Romont, Switzerland

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Exhibition view “Geteilter Raum” at Kunsthaus Zofingen, Zofingen, Switzerland, 2016.
“Jardin clair-obscur”, 2015. Nine reverse glass compounds on steel pillars, 120 x 40 x 40 cm. © and photo: the artist.
“Jardin clair-obscur”, 2015. Reverse glass compound, shining in the shadow of a put-on carton cone, 15 x 15 cm. © and photo: the artist.
Exhibition view “Geteilter Raum” at Kunsthaus Zofingen, Zofingen, Switzerland, 2016. Reverse glass compound with carton cone. © and photo: the artist.
Exhibition view “Impression 15” at Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland, 2015.
“Oenothera Biennis” in impinging and sided light, Ultrachrome on cotton rags, 82 x 104 cm, 2013. © and photo: the artist.
“Malve (Alcea cosmophylla)” in sided light, 2015. Ultrachrome on cotton rag, 77 x 124 cm. © and photo: the artist.
Exhibition view “Auswahl 14” at Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, 2014.
“Skonogramme”, Ultrachrome on cotton rags, different fomats, 2014. © and photo: the artist.
“Gruss aus Crimmitschau”, 2014. Ultrachrome on cotton rag, 50 x 40 cm. © and photo: the artist.
Art and construction “Tugendwerk/Fassadenhorcher” in the niches of Pestalozzi Schulhaus, Aarau, Switzerland, 2014. © and photo: the artist.
“Venustransit”, 2008. Reverse glass technique in chrome steel table frame, 0.7 x 0.7 x 1.5 m. © and photo: the artist.
Exhibition view “Auswahl 11” at Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, 2011.
“Venustransit”, 2008. Reverse glass technique, float glass, chrome steel, hat velvet. Four tables of 0.7 x 0.7 x 1.5 m. © and photo: the artist.