Regine Schumann
Goslar 1961. Lives and works in Cologne.
From 1982 to 1989, Regine Schumann studied art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste
Braunschweig. In 1989, she became a Masters student of Roland Dörfler. From 1986 to
1994, she was a member of the arHst group Freiraum, consisHng in Frank Fuhrmann,
Dieter Hinz, and herself. In addiHon to numerous scholarships, including a DAAD
scholarship for Italy in 1990, and a grant from the state of North Rhine Westphalia for
Japan in 2000, and commissions for public artworks, she received the Leo Breuer Prize in
2006.
In her research, Regine Schumann focuses on the effects of light caused by fluorescent
materials. Some of the materials she uses are colored polylight cords, and different
colored acrylic panels, which she assembles into complex color spaces in accordance with
Goethe's theory of colors. The arHst also uses blacklight to complement other colors. The
emphasis of her room specific installaHons is the extension of the exisHng architecture
into a dimension of vibraHon and as she calls it the configuraHon of a room temperature.
The inclusion of sculptural principles as hanging, laying, arranging, conjoinHng, jackeHng
is characterisHc of the work of Regine Schumann, and leads towards a thinking in colors
and color spaces in a spaHally experienHal plasHcity.
Regine Schumann describes her method of operaHon thusly: "It's the material of the
colored and fluorescent acrylic glass that takes an important role in my work. The
material used illuminates when light energy is supplied to it, whether in the form of
natural daylight or arHficial light. Differently colored plates depending on the locaHon
lead towards a candling, laying, blending, and selecHon of the light itself.“