Lives and works in Saint Tropez
EDUCATION
1969-75 Studies and degree course at the Akademie für Bildende Künste (Academy of Fine Arts), Munich
1975 Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service in Paris
EXHIBITIONS
1979 Städtische Galerie at the Lenbachhaus, Munich Art Forum
1980 Villa Romana scholarship, Florence
1981 Initiator of the exhibition entitled “Rundschau Deutschland”, Munich and Cologne
1982 Villa Massimo scholarship, Rome
1984 Metamorphoses, State Antique Collection, Munich
1988 Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
1990 Kunstverein Augsburg (Augsburg Art Society)
1990 Kunstverein Mannheim
1991 Idols, Kunstverein Heidelberg
1992 Portraits, DuMont Kunsthalle, Cologne
1991 Portraits, Kunsthalle Bremen
1993 Caribbean Style, Neue Galerie, Linz
1996 International Senefelder Prize for Printed Graphics
1997 Works 1975-1996, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
1997 Ceramic Vases and Vessels, Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe
1997 Ceramics. Painting. Vases., Gerhard Marcks-Haus, Bremen
1998 Pictures of the Côte d’Azur, Kunsthalle in Emden
1998 Museo del Grabado Español Contemporaneo, Marbella
1999 Pictures of the Côte d’Azur, Museum of Modern Art, Passau
1999 Sculptures and Glass, Ceramic Museum, Mettlach
1999 Painting Meets Photography, Fondazione Levi, Venice
2000 World Map of Life, 12 large-format ceramic murals, commissioned by WWF for the EXPO 2000 in Hanover
2001 Painting Meets Photography, Städtische Galerie Villa Dessauer, Bamberg
2001 Luxe, Calme et volupté …ou la joie de vivre, La Malmaison, Cannes
2002 Szczesny, artrium, Geneva
2002 Szczesny, Casa de la Provincia, Sevilla
2002 Premiere of “Szczesny – The Film” at the 55th Film Festival in Cannes
2003 A Feast for the Eyes, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm
2003 Méditerranée – L’Esthétique du Sud, Salle Jean Despace, Saint-Tropez
2004 Szczesny – Una Fiesta para los Ojos, Palma de Mallorca
2005 Kunsthalle Mannheim
2006 Shadow sculptures all over the city of St. Tropez
2007 A Dream of Earthly Paradise, Mainau Island Art Project, Mainau
2007 Musée de la Photographie Villa Aurélienne, Fréjus
2007 Centre d’art la Malmaison, Cannes
2008 Sculptures d’ombre à Grimaud, Grimaud
2008 A summer in Tegernsee, Tegernsee
2008 Shadow sculptures, Sternberg Lounge, Düsseldorf
2008 Shadow sculptures, Villa Aurelien, Fréjus
2008 Ceramics, Villa Domergue, Cannes
2009 Caribbean Style, Szczesny Factory, Berlin
2009 Garden show, Rechberghausen
2009 Shadows on the Biltmore, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Miami
2010 Shadow sculptures, Beddington Fine Art, Bargemon
2010 Caribbean Dreams, KunstRaum Bernusstraße, Frankfurt
2010 La joie de vivre, Beddington Fine Art Gallery, Bargemon
2010 Caribbean Dreams, KunstRaum Bernusstraße, Frankfurt
2010 Szczesny Dairy – St. Tropez – New York – Mustique, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York
2010 A summer in Saint-Tropez, Mediengruppe Pressedruck, Augsburg
2010 Saint-Tropez in Berlin, Bocca di Bacco, Berlin
2010 La joie de vivre, Klostergut Besseslich, Kunsthalle Koblenz, Koblenz
2010 Vis à vi, KunstRaum Bernusstrasse, Frankfurt am Main
2010 Shadows on the Biltmore Benefit Cocktail Reception, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Miami
2010 Or et bleu, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt
2010 Szczesny’s world, Peter’s friends Gallery, Palais-Royal, Paris
2012 Neuen Wilden Works from the 80s, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York