Regine Schumann

Regine Schumann (born February 23, 1961) is a Germanartist, who is classified as a Light artist and a contemporary art painter and installation artist.

Regine Schumann: Color Satin Karlsruhe, 2015

Regine Schumann studied from 1982 to 1989 at the Hochschule für Bildene Künste Braunschweig art. In 1989 she was acknowledged as a master student of Roland Dörfler. From 1986 to 1994 she was a member of the artist group Freiraum, consisting of Frank Fuhrmann, Dieter Hinz and herself. Aside of numerous scholarships (amongst others a DAAD-scholarship for Italy in 1990 and a grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for Japan in 2000 ) and contracts for public art, she received the Leo Breuer Prize in 2006. Regine Schumann lives and works in Cologne.

In her work Regine Schumann focuses on light effects caused by fluorescent materials. Some of the materials she uses are colored polylight-cords and different colored acrylic panels, which she composes into complex colour spaces in accordance to Goethe's theory of colours. The artist also uses blacklight to complement the other colours.

The emphasis of her room-specific installations is the extension of the existing architecture to a dimension of vibration and - as she calls it - the configuration of a room temperature: "Der Einbezug bildhauerischer Prinzipien wie Hängen, Legen, Arrangieren, Verspannen, Umhüllen ist charakteristisch für die Arbeit Regine Schumanns und führt das Denken in Farben und Farbräumen in eine räumlich erfahrbare Plastizität über." ("The inclusion of sculptural principles as hanging, laying, arranging, conjointing, jacketing is characteristic of the work of Regine Schumann and leads towards a thinking in colors and color spaces in a spatially experiential plasticity.")

Regine Schumann describes her method of operation in this way: "Das Material des farbigen und fluoreszierenden Acrylglases spielt hierbei eine wichtige Rolle. Der von mir verwendete Werkstoff leuchtet, sobald ihm Lichtenergie zugeführt wird, sei es in Form von natürlichem Tageslicht oder von Kunstlicht. Durch die unterschiedlich farbigen Platten ergibt sich je nach Standort ein Durchleuchten, Schichten, Mischen und Selektieren." ("The material of the colored and fluorescent acrylic glass plays an important role here. The material I use glows as soon as it receives light energy, be it in the form of natural daylight or artificial light. Depending on the location, the different colored panels result in a transmission, merging, mixing and selection.")

The constant changes and effects of light is what fascinates the artist and what she focuses her room-specific installations and works on.

• Kunstmuseum Celle, Germany
• Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Germany
• Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Stadtmuseum Oldenburg,Germany
• Stroom Foundation, Den Haag, The Netherlands
• Städtisches Museum Engen, Germany
• Kulturstiftung Annelies und Gerhard Derriks, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
• Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Germany
• Museum Ritter, Waldenbruch, Germany
• Das kleine Museum of Weißenstadt,Germany
• Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln

• 2001: Fluoreszierende Arbeiten, Stadtmuseum Oldenburg, Germany
• 2003: Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
• 2005: Night Owls, Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• 2006: Day and Night, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
• 2006: Candela, Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
• 2008: Glow Worms, Installation, Markthalle, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Great Britain
• 2009: Leuchtstücke, DA-Kunsthaus, Kloster Gravenhorst, Hörstel, Germany
• 2010: Black Box, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany
• 2011: Chameleon, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, USA
• 2011: Jump, Kunstverein Heidenheim, Germany
• 2014: Moving picture, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany
• 2014: Untouchable, Gallery Dr. Julius / ap, Berlin, Germany
• 2014: Look into it, Gallery Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
• 2015: Licht und Bewegung, Edition & Gallery Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
• 2015: Look into it, De Buck Gallery, New York, USA
• 2016: Who’s afraid of mirrors, Gallery Judith Andreae, Bonn, Germany
• 2016: Who’s afraid of glow, Galería de arte Rafael Pérez Hernando, Madrid, Spain
• 2016: Glow!, Axel Pairon Gallery, Knokke, Belgien
• 2016: Regine Schumann, Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany (Solo Exhibition on the occasion of the Beethovenfest in Bonn)
• 2017: Reflection. Mirrors on the wall, Galerie Bernd Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 2018: Colormirror, Dep Art Gallery, Milano, Italy
• 2018: Hikari!, Taguchi Fine Art, Tokio, Japan

• 2004: Contemporary Art from Germany, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• 2006: Lichtkunst, Kunstmuseum Celle, Germany
• 2007: Licht Glas Transparenz, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Germany
• 2011: Niederländische Savanne, Kunstmuseum Schwerin, Germany
• 2011: Streng geometrisch, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
• 2013: Scheinwerfer – European Light Art , Kunstmuseum Celle, Germany
• 2013: Licht. Kunst. Kinetik,Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany
• 2013: The Space between the Stars,Gallery Scream, London, Great Britain
• 2015: Enlight my Space,Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
• 2015: ¡dark!, Unna, Centre for International Light Art, Germany
• 2015: Wir können auch anders, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany
• 2016: Achtung Kulturgut - Sammlung Kunst aus Papier,Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany,
• 2016: True to Form - A Group-Show, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, United States
• 2017: FarbeLicht – LichtFarbe. Dem Licht auf der Spur., Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Germany
• 2017: Signal. Lichtkunst aus der Sammlung Robert Simon, Kunstmuseum Celle, Germany
• 2017: Licht & Bewegung, Kunsthalle Messmer, Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Germany
• 2017: The Planet Is Blue, Galerie Judith Andreae, Bonn, Germany
• 2017: Rot kommt vor Rot, Collection presentation Museum Ritter Waldenbuch, Germany
• 2018: High Frequencies, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
• 2019: Wie weiss ist wissen die Weisen..., Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
• 2019: Premio Lissone, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy
• 2019: Goethe. Verwandlung der Welt, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany

• 2001: Transparent und Spiegelung (Transparent and Reflection), InnSide Hotel, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 2001: Cardo, Gesellschaft für Industrieforschung (Society for Industrial Research), Alsdorf, Germany
• 2002: Farblinien (Colourlines), Astron Hotel, Cologne, Germany
• 2002: Tubies, Wall Covering at Retirement Home St. Josefpflege, Ludwigshafen, Germany
• 2003: Connection und Wasserlauf (Connection and Flowing Water Body), CiV Hilden, Germany
• 2005: Doppelblende (Twin Orifice), CTcon business consultancy, Bonn und Frankfurt, Germany
• 2006: Lightline and Flying Circles, Wateringse Veld College, Kommission Stroom, Den Haag, The Netherlands
• 2006: Schlitz, Leitstelle der Polizei im Saarland (Coordinationcenter of the police department in Saarland), Saarbrücken, Germany
• 2007: Soft Colourmirrors, Herzzentrum der Universitätsklinik Köln (Heart Unit of the University Clinic, Cologne), Germany
• 2009: Thoughts, Multinational Law Firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hamburg, Germany
• 2010: Die Fuge, Sparkasse Gütersloh, Germany
• 2011:Multinational Law Firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hamburg, Germany
• 2011: Cameo, Unfallzentrale Nordrheinwestfalen (Headquarters of the Crash-Centre North Rhine-Westphalia), Münster, Germany
• 2012:Leuchtwerke (Luminous Works), Hotel Barceló, Hamburg, Germany
• 2013: Brix, Kreishandwerkerschaft Mönchengladbach (District Association of Craftspeople Mönchengladbach), Germany