1. Presented by Nicole Pennington

2. Background  April 5 th 1969- Born in Rheydt, Germany  1989-1992- Studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts, Münster Academy of Fine Arts, and Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, Germany  1999-2003- Served as a guest professor at several art schools including:  De Ateliers, Amsterdam  The Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg  The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen  2009- Nominated as professor of sculpting to the University of Art Berlin  Lives and works in Rheydt

3. 1 st Exhibition  1985- Age 16: Pubertäre Verstimmung

5.  “My work is not about making you fearful. It is about helping you to reflect upon and overcome your fear”  -Gregor Schneider

6. Haus U R  1985 after his father died  Unterheydener Straße in Mönchengladbach- Rheydt

7.  http://www.gregorschneider.net/ http://www.gregorschneider.net/  http://gregorschneider.net/gallerie.html http://gregorschneider.net/gallerie.html

8. Totes Haus U R  2001- "Totes Haus u r Venedig 2001"  Won the "Golden Lion" at the 49th Biennale in Venice, with his solo exhibition\  2003- Totes Haus u r constructed for one year inside the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles

9. Cube  2005- Invited to realize the CUBE VENICE at The Piazza di San Marco in Venice during Biennale  Inspired by the Kaaba in Mecca  2007- CUBE HAMBURG

10. Bondi Beach, 21 beach cells  2007- 400 square meters installation composed of 21 identical cells on the Australian eastcoast, the Bondi Beach

11. End  November 8, 2008 - September 6, 2009- 14 meter high, black outdoor-sculpture "END" accessible to the public  In front of the museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach

12. Controversy  2008- Raised controversy about his own couched idea  "I want to show a person, which dies a natural death or just died a natural death. My target is to show the beauty of death.“  Wants to lead death out of the social taboo with this public dying-room and make it into a positive experience similar to the birth of a human being.

13. Works Cited  http://gregorschneider.net/biografia.html http://gregorschneider.net/biografia.html  http://www.gregorschneider.de/ http://www.gregorschneider.de/  http://www.gregorschneider.net/ http://www.gregorschneider.net/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Schneid er http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Schneid er