Schroeder enters in his mostly large-sized and predominantly photorealistic paintings unreal pictorial worlds. These figures out the depth of the unconscious and extends the field of experience narrowed by human logic to the fantastic and absurd. He shows young heroes, idealised figures, ghosts and distressing interpersonal mysteries – the centre of all his work is always the human being in his many layers and his infinite depths.
Through an enigmatic iconography he conveys questions about one’s own existence and about the freedom of the self. He shows violence and the loss of individuality. Schroeder reaches deep into the human psyche. He extends consciousness and the reality of the observer and he attempts to upset viewing-habits.
Schroeder’s paintings do not tell stories. Rather, they are characterised by the absence of meaningful connecting pieces. In that way Schroeder places the function of the observer and the process of emotional perception into the centre. The work is completed only in virtue of the observer who, by interpreting the work, projects their reality of life onto the perceived.
Schroeder’s abstract figures inevitably recall the young Francis Bacon who strove to render „the brutality of fact.“ Definitely, Schroder has also found his unique style.
Current exhibitions (a selection only):
Dec. 6 – Dec. 15, 2024
„100 unter 1000“ (Groupshow)
Galerie Schindler, Potsdam
Oct. 17 – Nov. 23, 2024
„Past, Present, Future“ (Groupshow)
Galerie Schindler, Potsdam
Sept 12 – Sept 15, 2024
Positions Berlin Art Fair
Galerie Von&Von, Nürnberg
Sept. 4 – Sept 8, 2024
KIAF Seoul, Korean International Art Fair
Seoul, South Korea
May 13 – July 8, 2024
OKULUS (Groupshow)
Galerie Huehsam, Offenbach a. Main, Germany
March 6 – April 30, 2024
Spring Vibes (Groupshow)
Galerie Von&Von, Nürnberg
Feb 21 – March 2, 2024
Art Karlsruhe 2024
Galerie Von&Von, Nürnberg
Jan. 18 – Dec. 01, 2024
Frank Stueve Interiors
Showroom Berlin (by appointment only)
Oct. 13 – Nov. 16, 2023
HIDDEN MOMENTS (Groupshow)
Galerie Von & Von, Nürnberg
Oct 6 – Oct 8, 2023
Herbstsalon
Fravil, Tapetenwerk Leipzig
Sept. 14 – Sept. 17, 2023
Positions Berlin Artfair
Flughafen Tempelhof, Galerie Von&Von, Nuremberg
Sept. 07 – Sept. 10, 2023
KIAF Seoul 2023
Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea, Galerie Von&Von, Nuremberg
June 22 – July 29, 2023
“Eine Sommerausstellung”
Galerie Schindler, Potsdam
June 09 – Oct. 01, 2023
OSTRALE – Biennale for Contemporary Art
Dresden
June 09 – June 11, 2023
BAAM Berlin
Paul-Linke-Ufer 44A, 10999 Berlin
Mar. 11 – Apr. 16, 2023
“LOST” (Soloshow)
Kunstverein Uelzen e.V.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Miettinen Collection, Berlin, Germany
Dreiländermuseum (Musée des Trois Pays), Lörrach, Germany
Kunstverein Bad Nauheim e.V. , Bad Nauheim, Germany
DSV – Kunstkontor, Stuttgart, Germany