Ana Schmidt

{"Id":7784,"Name":"Ana Schmidt","Biography":"\u003Cp class=\u0022x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal\u0022\u003EAna Schmidt is a figurative painter known for her realistic depictions of urban landscapes. In the artist\u0026acute;s paintings the presence of graffiti, urban abandoned space, rubbish and decay, but also distant viewing platforms create a sense of an empty land, even banal at times. \u0026ldquo;For me, these urban landscapes are in addition to real environments, environments of signs with metaphorical meanings. The searching for pictures within landscapes on the edge of cities and other man-made places is one of the themes of my paintings. The debris of urban streets, gain through painting new and sometimes comic characterization, to understand alternative values of things\u0026rdquo;, Schmidt explains. \u0026ldquo;The aerial views with their cool and depersonalized sense suggest the experience of looking at a toy town. They are views into the depersonalized and seemingly unnavigable layout of the city\u0026rdquo;.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal\u0022\u003EBorn in Bochum, Germany, Schmidt encountered frequent relocations. Her family moved to Vietnam and then Thailand. Eventually, her parents decided to send her to Barcelona. Throughout her youth, she studied with various art instructors. When the time came to commit to a career path, she opted to major in architecture and enrolled at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona.\u0026nbsp;Schmidt lives currently in Bilbao, Spain.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022x_x_x_x_x_x_MsoNormal\u0022\u003ENotably, Schmidt has been awarded with the second ARC Salon Award in 2018 and the third ARC Salon Award in 2015, both in the landscape category. Recently Schmidt has also been awarded with the Columbia Treadneedle Prize in Figurative Art 2018. \u003Cspan\u003EThe artist has exhibited her works widely through solo and group exhibitions, amongst others at the Salmagundi Club in New York, at the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona, at NordArt in Germany and during the Venice Biennale 2013.\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":"\u003Cp\u003EAwards\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; First Award at the Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2018, London\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Second ARC Salon Award in the landscape category, 2018, USA\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; First and third Award in the landscape category, American Art Award, 2017, USA\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Third ARC Salon Award in the landscape category, 2015, USA\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Acrylicworks: Radical Breakthroughs Award, 2015, USA\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; ORA Prize Award 2013, Italy\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; AixeGetxo Award, 2013, Spain\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; ORA Prize Award 2012, Italy\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; First Prize for the Design of the Augustin Square in Granada, Spain, 1989\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Honorable mention at the Art Contest Galerias Preciados, 1986, Spain\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Honorable mention at the Drawing Contest Amigos de Serrablo, 1986, Spain\u003C/p\u003E","HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":false,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":16}