Peter Schmitt
Born 1977 in Koblenz, Germany
Lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Arts and Sciences, 2005-present
Research Assistant, Masters Candidate, Smart Cities Group, MIT Media Lab, Professor William J. Mitchell Advisor, expected graduation June 2007
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Arts and Sciences, 2004
Visiting Researcher, Smart Cities Group, MIT Media Lab, Professor William J. Mitchell Advisor
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf – Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, 1999-2005
Akademiebrief (Diploma, Master of Fine Arts), 2005
Meisterschüler of Prof. Klaus Rinke, Highest Honor which can be awarded by a Professor, 2003
Studied sculpture under Klaus Rinke, Professor of Fine Arts and Sculpture; Richard Dunn, Visiting
Professor of Contemporary Visual Art, Artist-in-Residence University of Sydney
Studied photography under Thomas Ruff, Professor of Photography
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Sie liebt mich, Sie liebt mich nicht”, Stellwerk im Kulturbahnhof Kassel, Germany, 2003
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Smart Cities, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2007
Mini Skyscraper, MIT, Cambridge MA, USA, 2006
The Garden, Space Other, Boston, USA, 2006
Lieber Friedrich, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 2006
“>>fast forward”, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden (K), Germany, 2004
Kunststudenten stellen aus, BBK, Düsseldorf Oberkassel, Germany, 2003
AVE COM REAL Multi Media Festival, Museum for modern Art, Arnheim, Netherlands, 2003
Stipendienauswahlausstellung des Cusanuswerks, Kunstraum B2, Leipzig, Germany, 2003
Bergische Kunstausstellung Museum Baden, Solingen, Germany, 2001
AWARDS
turbulence, networked art grand, http://www.turbulence.org/ne2/guidlines.html, 2006
Mini Skyscraper Competition, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006
Scholarship Recipient, Cusanuswerk, 2003-2005
CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS
Ausstellungskatalog “Lieber Friedrich”, Editor: Cusanuswerk, Bonn, Germany 2006
Ausstellungskatalog >>fast forward, Editor: Nassauischer Kunstverein e.V.: ISBN 3 – 9803371 -7 – 0, 2004
Farbjahr. Jahrbuch der Kunstakademien, Editor: Grundmann, Duesseldorf; ISBN 3980947505, 2003