Olaf Schlote is an independent artist, born in Bremen, Germany, in 1961. His art focuses on topics around the fundamental issue of life and death. Incorporating many artistic forms and techniques, his work is a journey that beckons people to join in it. He is interested in the flow of life, people, nature; particularly trees and roots. Using the fixed photo, he paves a path to a space beyond it, guided by his belief that life is always moving and changing and never static. It is precisely this movement he depicts in his photographs.
Lecturer, University of Tübingen, Institute of Film and Media Studies
Teaching research project in Tübingen on “The Philosophy of Being Human”
Lecturer, University of Witten – Herdecke, in the scope of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s (BMBF) project 30 Gedanken zum Tod
Artistic and didactic direction of the workshop for photography at Blaumeier-Atelier for inclusive art in Bremen
Karin and Uwe Hollweg collection, and in public and private collections
Federal Cross of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany
Environment prize, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Book catalogue Erinnerungen Ⅱ, Kerber Verlag Berlin, publisher: Olaf Schlote, Klaus Honnef
Book catalogue 30 Gedanken zum Tod, Nicolai Verlag, Berlin
Exhib. cat. Berlin Berlin, cooperation with Blaumeier-Atelier Bremen
Exhib. cat. Blickkontakt, cooperation with Blaumeier-Atelier Bremen
Exhib. cat. Heimat, cooperation with Blaumeier-Atelier Bremen
Exhib. cat. Erinnerungen
Exhib. cat. Transit, publisher: Carsten Ahrens
Exhib. cat. Beyond human nature, Bremen
Von Häfen, Schiffen und viel Meer, cooperation with Blaumeier-Atelier Bremen
Exhib. cat. Jeux de miroirs sur le handicap, Sociéte Générale, GMF, Intégrance, Paris
Picture book Verrückt nach Paris, Bremen, publisher: Eike Besuden
Exhib. cat. Bilder, die noch fehlten, publisher: Klaus Honnef
Exhib. cat. Art Triennale Majdanek, Lublin, Poland
Erinnerungen/Memories, Hecht Museum, Haifa, Israel, Focke Museum, Bremen
Resonanzen, permanent exhibition and space installation, Bursfelde Monastery near Göttingen
Transformationen, German Week in Gdańsk
In Memoria, former Stutthof concentration camp near Gdańsk, Poland
30 Gedanken zum Tod, Düsseldorf Port 7, Bremen City Parliament
Berlin/Berlin, cooperation with Blaumeier Atelier Bremen, Bremen City Parliament, Berlin City Parliament
Blickkontakt, cooperation with Blaumeier Atelier Bremen, Lower Hall of Bremen City Hall
Heimat, cooperation with Blaumeier Atelier Bremen
Erinnerungen, Kunst und Kulturkirche St. Stephani, Bremen
Transit, Museum Weserburg Bremen
In Transit, Galerie Aplanat, Hamburg
In Transit, Galerie Hiltawsky, Berlin
In Transit, essence of Beyond human nature, Lower Hall of Bremen City Hall, Bremen
Von Häfen, Schiffen und viel Meer, Riga, Latvia
Von Häfen, Schiffen und viel Meer, cooperation with Blaumeier-Atelier Bremen, Städtische Galerie, Bremen
Beyond human nature, Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Riga, Latvia, in the scope of the German EU Council Presidency in 2007
beyond, triptych light installation, official altarpiece, Friedens- und Immanuell-Gemeinde, Bremen
Jeux de miroirs sur le handicap, Group exhibition with the cycle Voyage sur la mer, Palais du Luxembourg, Paris
Wer sieht was? Group exhibition with the cycle Voyage sur la mer, Kunsthaus Kannen Münster, GAIA Museum Randers, Denmark, Trongate Studios Gallery Glasgow, Kulturzentrum Adlershof Berlin
Lichtbilder, in cooperation with the Blaumeier artist CARL F., gallery in Antoniushaus Mainz
Lebenslust, Bremen City Parliament, Focke Museum Bremen, theatre, airport, cooperative bank, steel works and Mercedes plant in Bremen
Bilder, die noch fehlten, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, Kunsthalle, Erfurt, Museum of Photography, Moscow, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Künstlerforum, Bonn
Zwei Kugeln Blau, Künstlerforum Bonn
Moving circles, Schauspielhaus Bremen, E-Werk Freiburg, Mainz Town Hall, Majdanek Ⅴ. Art Triennale, former Majdanek concentration camp, Lublin, Poland
Die blaue Karawane, Frankfurter Hof, Lüneburg and Bremen marketplaces
Zwischen den Welten, City of Bremen Environment Prize, BUND Bremen
Olaf Schlote
Hagenauer Straße 19
28211 Bremen