Regine Schumann


Regine Schumann is a German artist who is classified as a light artist, contemporary art painter and installation artist. Schumann lives and works in Cologne.

Life and work

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 Schumann. In addition to scholarships including a DAAD-scholarship for Italy in 1990, 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.
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."
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 constant changes and effects of light is what fascinates the artist and what she focuses her room-specific installations and works on.

Collections

Art installations outside museums

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Videography (selection)

  • 2021: Regine Schumann: Chromasophia, 03′ 19″
  • 2024: Regine Schumann: Iris, 01′ 13″