biography
Julian Schnabel, born 1951 in New York, is an American painter and film director, co-founder of Neo-Expressionism and one of the most famous representatives of this movement. Schnabel participated in the independent study program of the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan in the late 1970s, an exclusive support program that was an important career start for numerous artists, critics, and curators. In the 1990s Schnabel devoted himself to feature films. In his paintings Schnabel’s gestural application of paint to large canvases, his use of unconventional materials and his style, both abstract and figurative, is comparable to the artistic practice of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Eric Fischl and David Salle. He paints on broken glass and porcelain, on velvet, used canvas, tent tarpaulins or on fluffy carpets.
Schnabel lives and works in New York.
His works have been shown at various institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), The Museum of Modern Art (New York), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), Museo Reina Sofia (Madrid), The Tate Modern (London) and Centre Pompidou (Paris).
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
By a Red Window – Julian Schnabel Plate Paintings 1982-2021, The Quin House, Boston
What Are We Painting After All: Plate Paintings (2009-2023), Fondation Linda et Guy Pieters, Saint-Tropez
2022
Versions of Chuck, Revisited, Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, Derneburg
Schnabel and Spain: Anything Can Be a Model for a Painting, CAC Malaga, Malaga
2021
Julian Schnabel Self Portraits of Others, The Brant Foundation, New York
On the Day Cy Died, Böhm Chapel, Hürth Kalscheuren
2019
Julian Schnabel, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg
2018
Julian Schnabel. Aktion Paintings 1965-2017, Aros Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
Orsay Vu Par Julian Schnabel, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Julian Schnabel, Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco
2017
Julian Schnabel, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg
2016
Julian Schnabel, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
Julian Schnabel. Palimpsest Printed Works 1983-2016, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz
2015
Julian Schnabel, University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor
Julian Schnabel: Portrait of Olatz, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale
2014
Julian Schnabel: LA NIL – Pinturas 1988-2014, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Sao Paulo
Julian Schnabel: View of the Dawn in the Tropics: Paintings 1989-1990, Gagosian Gallery, New York
An Artist Has A Past (Puffy Clouds and Strong Cocktails): 15 Paintings over the Last Decade, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas
2013
Julian Schnabel, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich
Julian Schnabel, Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea, Foligno
2011
Julian Schnabel: Polaroids, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf
2009
Julian Schnabel, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
2008
The Conscious Gaze of Frightened Young Nuns, Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma, Helsinki
Julian Schnabel: Untitled (Chinese Paintings), The Saatchi Gallery, London
Julian Schnabel, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
Julian Schnabel, Himalayas Art Museum (the former Zendai Museum of Modern Art), Shanghai
2007
Schnabel in Beijing, Beijiing World Art Museum, Beijing
Summer: Julian Schnabel, Tabacalera – International Contemporary Culture Center, San Sebastian
Julian Schnabel: Paintings 1968-2006, Palazzo Reale, Milan
Julian Schnabel: Paintings 1978-2006, Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome
Julian Schnabel: Versions of Chuck and Other Works, Schloss Derneburg, Derneburg
Julian Schnabel: Paintings 1976-2006, Palazzo Venezia, Rome
2005
Julian Schnabel: Selected Paintings, Mnuchin Gallery, New York
2004
Julian Schnabel: Sculpture, Mnuchin Gallery, New York
Julian Schnabel: Pinturas 1978-2003, The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Julian Schnabel: paintings 1978-2003, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main
Julian Schnabel: Malerei/Paintings 1978-2003, The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
2002
Julian Schnabel: Big Girl Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
Julian Schnabel: Big Girl Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, New York
1999
Julian Schnabel: Plate Paintings 1978-1997, PaceWildenstein, New York
Julian Schnabel, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Julian Schnabel: New paintings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
1998
Julian Schnabel, Guid Hall Museum, East Hampton
Julian Schnabel: Portrait Paintings, PaceWildenstein, Los Angeles
1997
Julian Schnabel: Portrait Paintings, PaceWildenstein, New York
1996
Julian Schnabel: The Conversion of St. Paolo Malfi, PaceWildenstein, New York
Frühe Werke 1972-1982, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1995
Julian Schnabel: 200 Paintings for CRIA, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Julian Schnabel, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Julian Schnabel: Retrospectiva, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
Julian Schnabel, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona
New Paintings, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning
Des and Gina Paintings, Daniel Templon Gallery, Paris
1994
Julian Schnabel: Retrospective, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey
Julian Schnabel: Jane Birkin Paintings, PaceWildenstein, New York
Cy and Olmo, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1993
Los Patos del Buen Retiro, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
1991
Julian Schnabel, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
1990
Julian Schnabel: Tati Paintings, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Julian Schnabel, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, St. Moritz
1989
Julian Schnabel, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
Julian Schnabel: The Kabuki Paintings, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
Julian Schnabel: Arbeiten auf Papier 1975-1988, Museum für Gegenwartskunst – Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel
Julian Schnabel: Oeuvres Nouvelles (Cheers to an Empty Glass), Musée d’Art contemporaine, Bordeaux
1988
Julian Schnabel: Crows Flying the Black Flag of Themselves, Blaffer Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston
1987
Julian Schnabel, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Julian Schnabel, Centre Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Julian Schnabel, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Julian Schnabel, Matrix 51 – Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley
1986
Julian Schnabel, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Julian Schnabel, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Julian Schnabel, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Julian Schnabel, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1984
New Paintings and Sculptures, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
Julian Schnabel, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Julian Schnabel, Akron Museum, Ohio
Julian Schnabel, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
1983
Julian Schnabel, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Julian Schnabel, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Julian Schnabel, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
Julian Schnabel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Julian Schnabel, University Art Museum, Berkeley
Julian Schnabel, The Tate Gallery, London
1982
Julian Schnabel, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Julian Schnabel, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Julian Schnabel, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
1980
Julian Schnabel, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
1975
Julian Schnabel, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston