Anton Schön was born in 1985 in Dresden, in the former GDR, and spent his formative years in southern Austria. He initially completed studies in industrial design und mechanical engineering before returning to Dresden to focus on visual arts. Schön earned his master’s degree in fine arts from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (Hfbk), studying in the conceptual painting class.
In 2021, after several years of establishing himself as a freelance artist, he moved to Hamburg.
Schön ’s paintings beautifully intertwine the legacy of Eastern German artistic traditions with a modern sensibility in color and form. His work has been showcased in various group exhibitions throughout Germany and has also been highlighted in solo shows in notable cities such as Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, and Hamburg.
CV
- 1985 Born in Dresden
Education
- 2009 – 16 Studies in fine arts, HfBK Dresden
Scholarship
- 2023 Studio Stipend, Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
- Scholarship, Kulturfunke, Lübeck
- Sponsorship, Bezirksamt Hamburg Mitte
- 2021 Scholarship Hamburgische Kulturstiftung
- 2020 Kdfs Grant Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
- 2018 Sponsorship of the city of Dresden, Saxony, GER
Solo Exhibitions
- 2026 Brav Sein!, Fortuna, Wien
- 2023 Bello Impossibile, Lycra Raum, Hamburg
- 2021 Einfahrt Freihalten, Kode+Hille Architekten, Hamburg
- Autostadt, Okay Works, Wien
- 2020 A Lovers discourse, Spectrum Galerie, Frankfurt (Oder)
- Konstrukt & Gestalt, Charter-Projektgalerie, Leipzig
- I am the driver, Bianco, Dresden
- 2018 Auf Kante (Duo), C. Rockefeller Center, Dresden
- 2017 Kontur (Duo), Dzialdov, Berlin
- 2015 Stillleben, Mican Offspace, Wien
- Brain Train, with Alexander Endrullat, Ex14, Dresden
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
- 2026 Jahresgaben, The Space, Hamburg
- Alsterhängung, Drewes Galerie, Hamburg
- 2025 Abrakadabra, Galerie Melike Bilir, Hamburg
- Hungry for Art, Cyn Cyn, Hamburg
- Carfreytag, Lycra Raum, Hamburg
- Wdbk, Lipsiusbau, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
- 2024 Reclaim Reality, Rosalux, Berlin
- On Hold, Zuostant, Berlin
- Moments, The Space, Mougins, FR
- Drop it, Bcma, Berlin
- Transitions, The Space, Hamburg
- Everyone but Caspar!, Kunsthalle Niendorf, Hamburg
- 2023 Rosa, Lycra Raum, Hamburg
- En Passant, Werkstatt Gröningerhof, Hamburg
- Einstellplatz, Luaf, Lübeck
- 2022 Keine große Sache, LindeNOW-Festival, Leipzig
- Anonyme Zeichner, HYPC Veddel-Space, Hamburg
- 2021 Vergebens, Xpon-Art Galerie, Hamburg
- 2020 Hier und Jetzt, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
- 2018 Kunst in der Aula, Sulzbach/ Saar
- Eberhard-Dietzsch-Kunstpreis, Volksbank, Gera
- Existenz, Oktogon-Hfbk, Dresden
- Klischee/ CLICHE, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz
- 2015 Handel with Care, Ostrale O15, Dresden
- Bilderladen, Galerie Holger John, Dresden
- 2014 Schlussstrich, Alte Feuerwache-Loschwitz
- Diplomausstellung, Hfbk-Dresden
- Around You, Ostrale O14, Dresden
- DADA TY, Festspielhaus-Hellerau
- 2013 Keine Angst im Dunkeln, Altana-Galerie, TU-Dresden
- friendly takeover, Kunsthaus-Dresden
- 2012 Kaschmir wäscht man mit der Hand, Geh8, Dresden