Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt studied art history, musicology and German language and literature in Germany and Spain; 1997 doctorate on “Eduardo Chillida. The Public Monuments”. Continuous publication activity on 20th and 21st century art, especially on video and media art, photography and art in public space and related image discourses and socio-political debates. She edited several group and monographic catalogues about artists like Cristina Lucas (Spain), Aernout Mik (Holland), Korps / Löffler (Germany), Christoph Faulhaber (Germany) and Runa Islam (Great Britain) and contributes continuously to art magazines and newspapers.
Since 1997 she was/is working as a freelance and museum curator: since July 2019 as curator for painting and sculpture at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (East Germany).
Last updated: November 12th, 2022